Tag: Libraries

Can Short Fiction Bring Readers Back?

Gaby Wood of the Booker Prize Foundation speaks to Litro about short fiction, reading habits, time, cost, distraction, libraries, bookshops and why stories can still help people feel less alone.

by Eric Akoto • 12th June 202612th June 2026

Arts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Future Archives, Interviews, Publishing

Independent Publishers, Cultural Memory, and What Still Gets Seen

Daniel T. O’Brien, Executive Director of the Independent Publishers Caucus, talks to Eric Akoto about independent publishing, AI slop, shrinking discoverability, booksellers, libraries, archives and the systems that decide which ...

by Eric Akoto • 7th May 202614th May 2026

Essay Saturday

At My Local Library

Samuel Nello on the secrets of these most special of places.

by samuelnello • 23rd April 201627th April 2016

Arts & Culture

10 Things To Do In A Library Other Than Reading

10 Things to do in a Library other than reading!

by pjlittle • 24th August 201527th August 2015

Arts & Culture

Top Ten Small Inner London Libraries

by pjlittle • 20th August 2015

Past Events

Words Words Words at Selfridges

The seriously stylish department store, Selfridges, has opened their very own pop-up library until March 1st. The 15,000-book library set up in the UltraLounge space in the basement area of ...

by kimberley-chen • 10th February 20125th November 2012

Literature

Genre Games

If you’re a regular user of your local library – that is, if you’re lucky enough still to have one – you’ll be familiar with the way the libraries categorise ...

by Briony Wickes • 11th November 201130th April 2013

Literature

Review: The London Word Festival

Rob Fred Parker continues his coverage of the London Word Festival for www.litromagazine.com, with reviews of shows The Goodbye Library and No Furniture So Charming. On the 27th of April ...

by Litro Magazine • 3rd May 20114th June 2013

Literature

How Do You Shelve Your Books

It’s official: Amazon now sells more e-books in the US than it does paperbacks. The gradual disappearance of the physical book could be the long-awaited solution to that old problem: ...

by 999Bagpuss • 8th February 201130th April 2013