The latest Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) library statistics show falls in numbers of facilities, visits to premises and library websites and books issued. Income to libraries is down by 4.3%, and the funding situation ahead is likely to be worse. The cuts are having an inevitable and depressing effect.

On 19 November we celebrated our 10th birthday with a party at the British Library where Miranda McKearney, our Founder Director, gave the following speech.

On 19 November we celebrated our 10th birthday with a party and inaugural anniversary lecture by Jeanette Winterson at the British Library; the very location Miranda McKearney, Anne Sarag and Debbie Hicks had launched The Reading Agency 10 years previously.