Wednesday 25 July 2018

Crime (July)


Letter :“Sir, It’s not surprising that crime novels are the most borrowed books in Australian libraries (‘The Age’, July 24) when that’s about all that’s on offer. Last week I visited our local library to find aisles of fiction and glossy magazines and just one small aisle of non-fiction. Our public libraries have been stripped of books that inform, enlighten, and broaden our minds. What happened to the library’s purpose of showing us the world? Is it any wonder Australians have so little knowledge of their own history and culture when all they’re being given is trash crime? Philip Harvey.”

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