tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21780743.post8595681858425648494..comments2023-10-20T14:42:07.844+00:00Comments on Louise Baldock: World Book Night and Our Read 2011Louise Baldockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430662342062143143noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21780743.post-5140161414722126482011-03-10T12:11:25.754+00:002011-03-10T12:11:25.754+00:00Oddly enough my Uni did specialise in Library stud...Oddly enough my Uni did specialise in Library studies, or whatever title it holds. <br />As to playing with fairies...I couldn't possibly comment!<br />(Depends on how much absinthe, I suppose).<br /><br />I'm at pains to point out at the age of 25, I no longer have an imaginary friend. This catharsis is turning into surrealism now!Gerardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21780743.post-46621638402594632112011-03-08T17:23:12.889+00:002011-03-08T17:23:12.889+00:00People will talk!
I have got a City and Guilds in...People will talk!<br /><br />I have got a City and Guilds in Library-ness, don't know if I remembered to say that, and I have been known to do a bit of shelving when I am in my surgery and it is quiet.<br /><br />I dont think there is anything wrong with Moonface being your imaginary friend, he was probably that for thousands of kids. I used to play with imaginary fairies, not sure if they lived up the Faraway Tree but I expect they were distantly related. (Cue the obvious joke about them not being quite so imaginary these days, yeah, I know....)<br /><br />Nice reading with you!Louise Baldockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430662342062143143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21780743.post-34206961849072615212011-03-08T16:50:28.633+00:002011-03-08T16:50:28.633+00:00Another posting from me - its becoming like buses!...Another posting from me - its becoming like buses! I couldn't help but chip in on this one. Anyone who knows me well will know i'm something of a bibliophile. <br /><br />Like yourself, I started on Blyton when I was about 7, specifically the Magic Faraway Tree. 'Moonface' was (and I blanche at this) to become the imaginary friend most kids have. I wonder if in these pages I can find the origins of the healthy imagination I have. The character of Fatty and the Mystery adventures instantly bring back nights in bed with a touchlight, so that my parents wouldn't catch me awake after bedtime.<br /><br />The very first library I joined was Croxteth (with can now be found in the Communiversity in the Page Moss area). I used to go after secondary school to Central Library, sometimes to study in the Picton, and I actually used the public records office to research the history of West Derby at the age of 12 (!).<br /><br />I did my work experience prior to GCSEs at Larkhill Library as an assistant, and I would have gladly entered it as a career.<br /><br />The number of libraries I have subsequently joined are as long as yours. English lit was always my strongest subject, and I subsequently went on to read the subject at Aberystwyth Uni. (My readers card for the National Library of Wales is still valid until 2012). Aber is a bibliophiles dream, as it reportedly has more books per person than anywhere else in the world. (This not being the case, it must be up there with the best of them).<br /><br />Fave authors? Graham Greene, Kazuo Ishiguro & Graham Swift.<br /><br />I'll be keeping an eye on the public consultations in regards to this fabulous service. But I will certainly look forward to the refurbished Central Library, where I spent many many happy hours when I was younger.Gerardnoreply@blogger.com