One of our members, Robert McMillan, has been sending disptaches from Warsaw. Here are some of his book-sightings.
“Taken in tunnel under The Royal Castle – the 4th book fair we have attended this year in Warsaw.”
“Taken in Czytelnik (a ‘reading’ centre established many years ago) dining room showing an interesting way of displaying books.”
“These two photos were taken from the entrance of a wonderful second-hand bookshop in Solec Warsaw. The owner, a diminutive woman, had an encyclopaedic knowledge of her books; when asked if she had a copy of Witlin’s Salt of the Earth she promptly answered – no.”
Some books that are there but out of sight…
“I think this photo taken in the hallway of the splendid Warsaw University Library shows how the system of student requests for particular books can be dealt with, i.e. make your request online, the book is deposited in one of the deposit drawers and the student uses an emailed code to open the appropriate door. No dialogue between student and staff required!”
And finally some books that seem to be there but aren’t.
“If like us, you book lovers are faced with overflowing bookcases gradually filling up your accommodation, here is a possible solution – photograph the bookcases and replace them with flat screen displays as exemplified by the photo above. I know Basia would never agree – except, of course, for my books!”