Cathy Cassidy: we must all speak up for libraries

Libraries are slipping away from us and unless we speak up for them and stand up for them, they will be gone, warns author Cathy Cassidy on the eve of National Libraries Day

I remember libraries... those quiet, magical places filled with books, facts, opportunities, possibilities. When I was seven, my very brave school teacher took the class to our closest library. Inside that little breeze block building were all the colours of the rainbow, all the hopes and dreams I had never dared voice before. After that, my dad and I began a library habit; weekly visits to borrow armfuls of books, gradually widening our scope to include more libraries, more magic.

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