Thursday, June 18, 2015

The magic of libraries

Books are magical because they are like doors that open on exciting new worlds – and libraries are where those magical worlds are preserved, says DD Everest. So why are they under threat?

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Hogwarts Library

The magic of Hogwarts library in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Photograph: PR
Magical books and secret libraries are an irresistible combination. Think of Mr Norrell’s jealously guarded collection of magical books in Susanna Clark’s novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, which has been made into a TV drama; or who can forget the restricted section of the Hogwarts library?
In my book, Archie Greene and the Magician’s Secret, the secret library in question is part of the Museum of Magical Miscellany hidden beneath the Bodleian Library in Oxford, one of the most famous libraries in the world. 

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