Authors stamp new library strategy 'too little, too late'

Val McDermid, Joanna Trollope and Francesca Simon among writers and campaigners questioning what the £4m Libraries Deliver plans will provide

Writers including Val McDermid, Joanna Trollope and Francesca Simon have lined up to brand the strategy for public libraries in England announced by the government this week “too little, too late”.

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