Libraries, in particular, are civic society’s sole remaining ‘safe spaces’. In our troubled times, these multi-faceted, non-judgmental and inherently kind places are absolutely the last things people can afford to lose.
Each episode, host Ben Holden meets a great writer in a library or bookshop of their choosing.
In Ex Libris, the written word blends with the spoken word… to craft a love letter not only to libraries and bookshops – those serendipitous spaces where imagination takes flight – but to reading, writing and freedom of thought.
" The library is a prerequisite to let citizens make use of their right to information and freedom of speech.
Free access to information is necessary in a democratic society, for open debate and creation of public opinion.”
/ The UNESCO Public Library Manifesto, 1949 /
