Libraries Wales Author of the Month December 2022, Angela Graham reflects on the role of public libraries in her writing life.

Cardiff Central and the Canton branch are the libraries of Wales which I know best.  In their different ways, but working together, they have supplied me with a range of books which I could never have accessed on my own, either because of cost or because a librarian’s advice steered me towards something I would have issed unaided.

The university libraries of Wales  have been a terrific resource, not only for books, but images and film, voice recordings and maps and documents.

What they all have in common is that they offer plentitde, ample resources, more than I imagined; and in that ‘more’ they broaden my outlook and extend my reach into my own life and the lives of others. They nourish. They nurture.

Libraries exemplify the Common Good. They’re a demonstration of how resources, that might have been restricted to a few, can be shared by many. Continue reading The Paradise of Libraries →