[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-my-very-own-library-birmingham":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Such exciting news in \u003Ca href=\"http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/new-birmingham-library-launch-tide-2578719\">The Birmingham Mail\u003C/a> this morning! One does not need to be dead yet to have a Memorial Libray. When Birmgham Council asked me if I'd be a foundational part of their new hat-box-shaped library, I fully understood that it would mean letting me become part of the \u003Ci>actual foundations\u003C/i>. The things we do to promote literacy. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/brumlibrary_tweet_zpsa3aa4d51-97cd29ffdd.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/new-birmingham-library-launch-tide-2578719\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/birmingham_library_4_zps00f3ac1d-5be056790a.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/new-birmingham-library-launch-tide-2578719\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/birmingham_library5_zps74ef17f4-a764b262a7.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cfont size=\"3\">\u003Cb>Okay, HATS, \u003Ci>Morris the Mankiest Monster\u003C/i>\u003C/b>... surely this is MY LIBRARY.\u003C/font> My studio mate \u003Ca href=\"http://www.garynorthfield.com\">Gary Northfield\u003C/a> was pleased to learn he had a library, too - Northfield Library - but then we went on to the new app and discovered that the Suffragettes \u003Ca href=\"http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/case-study-the-right-to-vote/the-right-to-vote/suffragette-acts-in-birmingham/northfield-library/\">burned it down in 1914\u003C/a>. (Sorry about that, Gary.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/birmingham_library_3_zps5f9d4e4f-d881f12c49.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here to read more under the cut!-->\\r\nThe app is great, I just downloaded it to my phone. It takes you on all these Birmingham trails and gives you short, fun reviews of the books they have in their library treasure troves.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://dozensandtrails.com/\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/birmingham_library6_zps740e0ee9-d4c66cf399.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nFind out more about the app \u003Ca href=\"http://dozensandtrails.com/\">here on the website!\u003C/a> \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/birmingham_library_2_zpscb695d36-f63386d68f.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThanks for this fab review of \u003Ci>Morris\u003C/i>, \u003Cb>Barry Griffiths\u003C/b>! I am going to make a point to use the verb 'jaccuzzies' in at least five sentences today.  Barry's the guy who runs the excellent \u003Ca href=\"http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org/\">Stories from the Web\u003C/a> story website. He's agreed to lay the first brick at my Interment Ceremony. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/birmingham_library_1_zps2464d7dc-d70f76e64a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHa ha! 'Rhymes delicately scented with egg'. No one's ever said SUCH NICE THINGS ABOUT OUR BOOK! *weeps noisily and pulls egg-scented hanky from underneath hat to wipe streaming mascara*\\r\n\\r\nOh, and I should add, \u003Cb>you can download lots of fun \u003Ci>Morris the Mankiest Monster\u003C/i> free activity sheets \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/morris-the-mankiest-monster/\">here on my website\u003C/a>\u003C/b>.","2013-04-12T12:27:00.000Z","my-very-own-library-birmingham",[],"my very own library, birmingham",1776628724987]