Libraries, writers and their publics

Writers are involving themselves more and more in “the city”, and in particular in libraries, in various ways. Starting from some examples of activities in the Centre region, or in other places, one can ask the question about the significance of meetings between the writer and the public, and reaffirm that within the library, the meeting is a tool for promoting a collection of contemporary literature, the principal mission of the library always being the building of a demanding collection and the discovery by the public of works other than those promoted by the media.
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