How do public libraries fight racism? Can you be addicted to books? What’s it really like to be a librarian? Meet Me at the Library takes you inside public libraries across Central Victoria to find out how these remarkable spaces bring us together. With wise, wonderful and witty characters, from the keyboard warrior using the library’s free WiFi to help reunite families, through to the reformed smoker who’s replaced cigarettes with books, you’ll find out why these surprising, creative and democratic places – our public libraries – are more important than ever. Produced with the assistance of the Community Broadcasting Foundation. Find out more at www.cbf.org.au
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Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
“Libraries are such amazing spaces. They are democratic in themselves, and forums for people to come together. It’s a place where you can share your culture.”
So says Paris-born cultural champion, Bruno Spandonide.
He’s been sharing culture at his local library as part of a program that aims to increase connections between diverse cultures and communities.
“You can discover the world when you go to a library.”
Bruno's ideas on the library being a force for positive change are right on, and something that many of world’s leading thinkers on cities and sustainable living agree with.
So why are the places where we borrow our books a major tool in fighting racism and discrimination?
Credits:
Host/Producer: Anne-Marie Middlemast
Supervising Producer: Jane Curtis
Mix Engineer: Hamish Robertson, Tall Tale Audio
Music: Eliza Hull / Blue Dot Sessions / Chad Crouch
Artwork: Justine Henry
Supported by: MAIN 94.9FM and Goldfields Library Corporation
Produced with the assistance of the Community Broadcasting Foundation.
Find out more at www.cbf.org.au
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