As a kid I would get my parents to drop me off at my local library on their way to work during the summer holidays and I would walk home at night. For several years I read the children's library until I finished the children's library. Then I moved into the adult library and slowly worked my way through them. ✨ Neil Gaiman on libraries, Dr Who, fanatical fans and his dreams. Neil Gaiman remarks at the interational book festival in Edinburgh, www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2011.
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