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Lunch break outside the local library. This one isn't such a high quality image as my others but I wanted to do something using my smartphone; last time I played the 7 Days game, I had planned a mobile picture but then was sent the wrong device and had to resort to using the old phone.
You can see that my hair continues to recede but at least now I have a tree growing out the back of my head!
Dublin's sixth annual Readers' Day took place in the Civic Offices on 6th October. The event brings readers and writers together. Over 200 readers from book clubs attached to Dublin City Libraries attended, and they discussed a range of issues with well-known writers. Among them was Louis de Bernières, the acclaimed author of 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin'. He spoke about the impact writing the book has had on his life. Carlo Gebler, Adrienne Dines, Gerald Dawe and Ailbhe Smith asked whether female authors write too many dull novels about domestic life. A fascinating discussion followed.
According to Divisional Librarian Jane Alger, "supporting book clubs is an important activity of Dublin City Libraries. Nearly 100 book clubs are currently supported through provision of books, information about new publications and reading-related events such as author visits. The main benefit is to introduce readers to books they would not normally read and enable discussion on the various topics in a social environment".
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Notes Cafe, St. Martin's Lane, London, at about noon on 17 July. The cafe has especially good coffee, and also very striking light, with overhead spotlights and mirrors. He was sitting at the table closest to the street. I explained the project and asked his permissions, and he said yes immediately. We talked about the project; he asked if I was photographing intellectual London, and I said most of the pictures were in Lancaster, but I had found several readers in Russell Square. He said London was a good place to find someone waiting around for something. He asked if I wanted him to move to better light, so he must also have noticed the dramatic light in the back of the cafe where there is a skylight. But I didn't want to disturb him more than I had done already.
Many thanks for participating, and for being so patient.
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Ian Brown, Bus 2A in Bowerham, Lancaster, about 1:00 on 21 July. I asked him for permission, and took several angles, to get different backgrounds. I try not to disturb people when I do this, but he then stopped reading and we talked about the Strangers Project and the Readers Project. For the first time, someone told me what they were reading: Neil Hegarty, The Story of Ireland: A History of the Irish People. He is reading other histories of Britain at the same time. He graduated five years ago and we talked about people we knew in his department. Today he was on his way out to the university to do some work for a course.
Thank you, Ian, for taking part in the project. Other photos are here:
Almost 5 pm, 8 May, outside the old Orangery in Williamson Park. I introduced myself and asked permission. She is Bella; she has been at the university for three months (I didn't ask which one) and is now planning some travel. She has a guidebook to the Lake District, and below it, a notebook in which she was jotting down notes. She said she had gone to Heysham the day before, and she was planning more travels.
She also takes photos; she has an elaborate SLR in that black bag. She used her phone to show me pictures of her little son and her mother, and other family photos. She does them in dramatic black and white, with dark backgrounds. We discussed the light for he photos I had taken of her; I noted that the sun had just gotten a bit hazy, after being very bright, which is why I decided it would be good for a photo.
Thank you Bella, for being part of my project. Other photos in my series of readers are here: www.flickr.com/photos/greg_myers/albums/72157652125931010.
A peaceful reader at a park, while walking through the San Isidro neighborhood a week ago.
Check out my walk during that day here. It was a long one!
Lima, Peru.
The Gregson Institute, Lancaster. The poet Sarah Hymas, introduces an evening of readings in memory of Elizabeth Burns, who died in August. Friends, poets, artists, and translators read from Elizabeth's poetry and their own.
Other photos in my series of readers are here: www.flickr.com/photos/greg_myers/albums/72157652125931010.
Taken at the World Fantasy Convention in Calgary: some of my wonderful readers stopped by to say hello.
About 2:45 pm, Old Royal Edinburgh High School. As we came down Calton Hill, we saaw three people sitting in a semi-circle intent on their books in the sun. But when we got down there, two of them leapt up; they were all invigilators for the Edinburgh Art Festival installations in the grand old school building. Fortunately the one who remained agreed to be photographed. Unfortunately, this shot, which I like because it has all three chairs, has her head against the plaque to Thomas Hamilton, architect of the Royal High School. (I may try Photoshopping it out). She is apparently reading Roxanne Gay, Bad Feminist.
Thank you for participating in my project (and thanks to all three of you for making it possible for us to visit the installations). Other photos of readers are here: www.flickr.com/photos/greg_myers/albums/72157652125931010.
With help from her dashing but mischievous friend Flynn Rider, Rapunzel escapes from her tower, and together, they explore the kingdom. For more information on V.Reader's Tangled, please visit www.vtechkids.com/product.cfm/V.Reader_Cartridge_-_Tangle...
The Readers Digest building (1967) in Surry Hills features an amazing roof garden four floors about street level. Waterloo St, Surry Hills. Sydney, Australia.
Williamson Park, Lancaster, about 3:00 pm. This is the dell just southwest of the Memorial, and yesterday afternoon it was full of activity, with a slackrope walker and a family having a barbecue. But today this woman had it to herself. When I asked for her permission to take the picture, she said she was studying for an exam in an Open University science module (so this is the second reader I have found who was taking her revision outdoors on a sunny day).
I told her I wanted to take the picture from a distance, to get a sense of this person having this place to herself.
Thank you for participating in my project, and good luck on your exam. Other photos in my series of readers are here: www.flickr.com/photos/greg_myers/albums/72157652125931010.
I love this vintage button from my stash. I have been hoarding it for so long, it was nice to find a home for it!
E-reader cover made from eamylove's pattern www.craftsy.com/user/471073/pattern-store.
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Dear Readers and Riders" by Marguerite Henry. A thrift store find!
I finally have located most of my own personal copies of Marguerite Henry's books. It was the happy acquisition of "Dear Readers and Riders" that spurred me to post this batch of cover scans and details. I hope you enjoy perusing Marguerite Henry's many books.
Justin Marriott (editor) - Sleazy Reader 7
January 2018
Contents:
Stuart Hall and Australian Exploitation Paperbacks of the 1970s
The History of "Junkie", one of the rarest paperbacks
Junkie: A Personal Reminiscence by Jeff Chambers
The Reefer Club: A Visual Guide to Drug Paperbacks
Readers 11: Gordon Square. I asked permission. This is a somewhat better shot than one from the side; the book is reflected in the glasses.
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5:10 pm, Williamson Park, Lancaster. I asked permission. She is reading 'A Dance with Dragons', Part of James R. R. Martin's 'Game of Thrones' series. Again the book is reflected in her sunglasses. I wish I had taken the picture further back, because what was really striking was that she was sitting with a view from the Park out across Lancaster and Morecambe Bay.
Many thanks for agreeing to be photographed. Other photos of readers are here: www.flickr.com/photos/greg_myers/albums/72157652125931010.