Now that Jeremy Corbyn has been elected leader of the Labour Party, I very much hope that included in his government policies-to-oppose tray, is a memo to crank up the protests against the closures of public libraries. Following a short imprisonment in Wormwood Scrubs in 1981, the institution where I managed to educate myself and…
Posted on 2nd October 2015
Posted by joanna
Tags: Alex Wheatle, Brenton Brown, Brixton Bard, Brixton Rock, Catherine Doyle, guest editor, Irenosen Okojie, Jacaranda Books, Libraries, Library Closures, Stephen Thompson