The Night LibraryThat every library is a magical place, a portal to our world of many worlds, is acknowledged and celebrated in The Night Library. Anna Robinsons book length poem, and Martin Parkers playful and beautifully observed artworks, offer the reader a many layered response to the library as living entity. They take us with verve and energy through labyrinths of volumes, and on to portraits of librarians themselves. The Night Library is indeed a love song to

the story of Seaby’s many accomplishments is recounted by his grandson

honest imagination: visceral

containing film and sound recordings for a complete multimedia experience

” Marta Segal Block

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into wild geese and wild ducks

But along with the businessman who can convey something of the excitement of commercial strategy and take-over bids

yet the irony brings a taste of Englishness

and bound up with his own family drama

refurbishment and redevelopment

managed to catch him opening the gate

Susan Millar DuMars writes with compassion and clarity about the terminal illness and death of a family member