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Andy Legg - Pro Soccer player, Swansea, Cardiff and Wales National side.
Portrait session for Andy's forthcoming book.
Strobist info:
SB600 through umbrella cam left,
SB600 bounced of white ceiling cam right
SB600 rear right of Andy zoomed (but could have been snooted really!)
White background wall of the publisher's office!
Book Blurb ....
"Andy Legg is a Welsh international footballer and one of a select band to play for South Wales arch rivals Swansea City and Cardiff City.
But in 2005 his life was turned upside down.
Forced to retire after finding out that a lump in his neck was cancer, it seemed that his 15-year career, which included playing for Cardiff and Swansea City, was over.
But an operation to remove the tumour was successful and the 42-year-old Neath-born star is now back on the field.
Alive and Kicking is his emotional account of his fears for his career and his life, and his gratitude for the support of his fans which give him the strength to fight on… "
More info on "Quick Reads" Book project here ..
View of quick reads on left, adjacent to picture books on right, maximum face out display of books to appeal to young readers.
Checking the thickness of a book follows students into high school, for sure. A display of quick reads.
Quick reads with series in labelled bins - standard cream coloured shelves, mix of slotted divider shelf, bins, and sloping shelves.
Today, I finished "for one more day" written by Mitch Albom. I has been a while since I've read a book. This book is about having the chance to spend one more day with a loved one that has passed. What would you say? What would you do? with that person.
Lap 82 out of 365 complete.
(On page 75)
Dalek : "A fiery streak shot across the parade ground, striking a Cyberman full in the chest"
Cyberman: "Noooooooooooo!"
Fiction with mix of flat, sloping shelves and a row of bins with series or authors featured. Laminated labels on Velcro dots so they can be changed as suits.
View of library with quick reads on right, looking through to the Fiction section with mix of flat and sloping shelves and bins.
Cyberman: "Why must we suffer every time in these books?
Dalek: "Target identi-fied!"
Cyberman: "Great Idea, six rounds rapid fire!"
I am hosting my book club this month and I picked this novella. Basically a fictitious book about books, it's actually quite good, we are going to have a good discussion.
Lovely to meet author Ann Cleeves this evening - ambassador for National Libraries Day too, I hadn't realised she worked in libraries before her writing became really well known
Quick reads section, mix of bins, slotted divider shelves for loose storage of collection, bins with series fiction.
Went to an event this evening to celebrate 10 years of this programme. They have given away millions of books during this time, encouraging many people to read. A huge range of authors have taken part - this year includes Ann Cleeves, Andy McNab, and Malala.
And as it was a party, of course there was cake, and as the programme is sponsored by Galaxy..... of course, there was chocolate :-)
Clear labels for junior series, with smiley face hologram sticker on bins with most junior series for first foray into fiction for youngsters moving up from picture books.
Mobile unit Hydestor shelves with mix of flat and sloping shelves and bins with labels made by the student librarians.
Mobile unit Hydestor shelves with mix of flat and sloping shelves and bins with labels made by the student librarians.
More senior series on the other side of the peninsula, facing the sophisticated picture books and fiction area.
Series fiction shelved by series rather than author, clearly labelled, and easily accessible. Hydestor low profile browser bins 200mm deep, in Sky blue.
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Sure fire hit series in bins - shelved on bottom shelf as kids will go there anyway and using the higher shelves to promote other series.
Tuscan red shelves, quick reads on left and fiction on right, mix of slotted divider shelves, bins with labels and sloping shelves.
Close up of slotted divider shelves, bins with labels and sloping shelves in Quick reads section - bins featuring series.