If a book lover is a bibliophile, what is a library lover?  I don’t know the word (or if it exists) but I am one, and here I share images of libraries and other places which invite you to read and write, including book shops, cafés and easy chairs.

A sunny spot to read

A sunny spot to read

I fell in love with this room when I saw this sunlit painting.  The Victorian artist has captured a perfect cosy, bright spot for reading, in a magnificent yet intimate Elizabethan or Jacobean interior.  I wonder what titles are in that pile of books on the table. ...

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The perfect spot, finally

The perfect spot, finally

From the multiple versions described by his wife, it seems it took many years and experiments for John Steinbeck to settle on the perfect writing space.  And in the end, he simply built it himself, with the help of a local carpenter.In homage to the name...

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Writing on wheels

Writing on wheels

Another in a series of accounts by John Steinbeck's wife, Elaine, of his perpetual search for the perfect writing space. This bright idea came of his frustration at one point of a writing room which had no sound insulation and therefore no privacy. But his...

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Of centuries and cows

Of centuries and cows

These quirky comments by Steinbeck charmed me - first his reaction to the first room he chose to work in, and then his decision to move elsewhere on the old property they rented near Glastonbury. 'We lived in an ancient cottage that was listed in the...

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Throughout the library, there is an energy and a joy that, in too many other rare books and manuscripts libraries, almost always remains suppressed.

Matthew Battles – Library: An Unquiet History

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