Author calls the restoration of the city’s library budget a ‘no-brainer’, while British writer Alan Gibbons attacks culture minister Ed Vaizey’s ‘ludicrous’ claims about library closures
As public libraries find themselves under pressure on both sides of the Atlantic, the author Judy Blume has added her voice to the chorus calling for an increase in funding with an impassioned appeal to New York City’s mayor, Bill de Blasio, in which she called librarians her “heroes”.
Blume, the author of classic children’s books including Forever and Deenie, joined the New York Public Library’s plea for the city’s council to “reverse years of neglect and provide appropriate funding for libraries” in New York, which the NYPL says have seen funding cut by nearly 20%, with staff reduced by more than 1,000 workers.
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