The magic of mending

As a librarian, I've seen it all; broken spines, torn pages, even whole books ripped in two. Books are cheap. Books are plentiful. Books are there to be handled, carried, shared. They are not museum objects or fragile decorations; accumulating war wounds is part of their job. And even if we do want to hold onto a title we’ve particularly enjoyed, with so many new and almost new copies on the market, why shouldn’t we just throw our defective originals in the recycling bin and click to buy again? Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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