Allison Symes's Blog - Posts Tagged "library"
Appreciating Books
I was at the Winchester Discovery Centre on 25th November as one member of a group of local writers invited to take part in the Centre's 10th-anniversary celebrations. I used to work in Winchester and passed the Centre countless times but had never been in there before. It is a stunning building and the library is beautifully laid out.
I'll be writing more about today's event for my Chandler's Ford Today post this week but I wanted to say now how good it was there were so many people in the Centre and that books are appreciated. Sometimes I've had the impression books can be sidelined. There ARE other forms of entertainment after all but to my mind you can't beat curling up with a good book, whether that is in book, audio or electronic format.
It was good to talk to people about what flash fiction is and, better still, read a couple of examples out from From Light to Dark and Back Again. Loveliest comment of the day was from someone who relished my reading to her as an adult! Perhaps we "grown ups" need to be read to much more often!
I'll be writing more about today's event for my Chandler's Ford Today post this week but I wanted to say now how good it was there were so many people in the Centre and that books are appreciated. Sometimes I've had the impression books can be sidelined. There ARE other forms of entertainment after all but to my mind you can't beat curling up with a good book, whether that is in book, audio or electronic format.
It was good to talk to people about what flash fiction is and, better still, read a couple of examples out from From Light to Dark and Back Again. Loveliest comment of the day was from someone who relished my reading to her as an adult! Perhaps we "grown ups" need to be read to much more often!
