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"For anyone who loves books and reading, An Imperfect Librarian is a perfect delight-a clever, entertaining and utterly splendid novel!" Alberto Manguel

This story is as wild, fierce and moving as the landscape that forms its backdrop, where a dry wit and wry temper are the best shields against a crazy winter and a crazier bureaucracy… a great book for people who love books, read books, collect books, catalogue books, treasure books, memorize books, covet books, crave books or ferret books away.” Joan Sullivan

Newfoundland and Labrador has produced yet another very fine writer. Elizabeth Murphy’s An Imperfect Librarian is clever and compassionate, witty and heartfelt. Laced with surprises and humour, it is a wonderfully entertaining read.Leo Furey

Witty and sharp, full of stinging one-liners, An Imperfect Librarian is a brisk and memorable journey through the workaday lives of some delightfully arresting characters.” Paul Butler

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The future of the library & Starbucks


Carl reminds us that the library is changing:

"If there’s one role that the Internet is going to change, it’s the librarian’s. You don’t need to be Nostradamus to predict that. Who needs a librarian if all the knowledge in the world is at your fingertips?"

Henry imagines a future without libraries and books:

“Language will be eroded, knowledge will be reduced to bits of information pulsing through wires, contact will be limited to an electronic signal, while the book…” Here, he pauses,raises his chin to gaze out onto an invisible audience then drops his hands to his side, palms facing out. “The book is abandoned, unattended like an ancient relic gathering centuries of dust.”

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Ron Hynes

Musician, song writer extraordinaire, Man of a Thousand Songs, Ron Hynes appears briefly in An Imperfect Librarian.

From: CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Seagulls’ dreams

"Time for a break…” the cowboy finally says. The audience groans. “…right after this song.” People applaud. “We had a request from…” He pauses while he talks to someone on the dance floor. “We’re gonna play a request from Norah. This is Atlantic Blue. If you can’t be with the one you love then you know what you gotta do."