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Read the Book join the Debate!

imagesIts fantastic to have the Library of Secrets here in Walsall, I’m here at the gallery over the next few days trying to recruit people to join  Book Club.  On Saturday we will be hitting the streets of Walsall wheeling the library from the gallery to Walsall Central Library stopping along our way to recruit new members.  In honour of Jacob Epstein’s controversial career this months theme is banned books.  We will be reading “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” by D.H Lawrence, written in 1928 and most famous perhaps for being censored in the UK for over 30 years.  The publication caused a scandal due to its explicit sex scenes and the fact that the lovers were from different social classes.

There are 20 free copies of the book to give away to new members.  Helen Brown, journalist and broadcaster will be chairing the Book Club Debate, focusing on ideas of censorship, controversy and taboo on Thursday 5th November, 6pm -8pm at The New Art Gallery Walsall.

We hope that you can join us for this heated debate and look forward to bumping into you on the streets of Walsall!

Serena Korda

Head Librarian, The Library of Secrets.

Posted by Serena Korda on October 3, 2009

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2 Responses to “Read the Book join the Debate!”
  1. sunita says:
    October 19, 2009 at 12:32 pm

    I am interested in the book club wanted to know how i can get a copy of ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’.

  2. Cheryl Jones says:
    October 21, 2009 at 11:06 am

    Hi Sunita,
    if you pop into the library at the gallery and see me we will be able to lend you one. Alternatively you can see if your local public library has a copy.

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