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Alan Gibbons · Campaign for the Book · school libraries

Campaign for the Book

June 12, 2009 John

In September last year, the children’s author, Alan Gibbons (Shadow of the Minotaur is a terrific read!), launched a campaign to protect libraries in schools and to try and prevent library closures in the community. He’s now organised an e-petition, which reads: We, the undersigned, call on Her Majesty’s Government to accept in principle that… Continue reading Campaign for the Book

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