Tag: libraries

  • 5 Reasons To Love Libraries

    When Did You Last Visit Your Local Library? Since the advent of the internet and search engines, which have given us the ability to explore endless content from all around the world from the comfort of our own home, library visitor numbers have fallen dramatically. You might ask: Does it matter? Are we missing out?…

  • Blind Date With A Book

    The blind date with a book trend – also known as the don’t judge a book by its cover trend – has been a great source of fun and engagement for bookshops, libraries and even Etsy, for many years now. By helping people find their ideal book in this creative and mysterious manner, the trend…

  • 15 tips to get back into reading

    Losing that love for reading can happen to avid and casual readers alike. Fortunately, we have compiled 15 tips to get back into reading. Formulated by book-based Instagrammers, or bookstagrammers for short, they share their top tips to help you rediscover your need to read. A study from the University of Sussex showed that reading…

  • The Haunted History of Paper

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    When we think of Halloween, paper usually means masks, cut-outs, or party invitations. But paper has a much darker story to tell. From cursed manuscripts to ghostly letters, this humble material has carried secrets, fears, and supernatural tales for centuries. Forbidden Books Paper has long carried secrets of dangerous knowledge. In medieval Europe, whispers circulated…