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My book Lady C<\/em> is, among other things, a celebration of libraries. \u00a0They play an important part in the book, and many people first encountered Lawrence’s book by finding it in a library. \u00a0In fact, Lady Chatterley’s Lover<\/em> caused some dilemmas for libraries as they had to decide whether, and how, to stock it. \u00a0 When the unexpurgated edition was published, would the book be on open shelves, or would the public have to request it? \u00a0Which librarians would be allowed to handle it? \u00a0And if library books weren\u2019t being borrowed or stolen, they were being scribbled in. \u00a0One type of annotation was the message at the front of the book telling you that it\u2019s a dirty book and helpfully telling you which pages to turn to \u2013 when you turned to them, those pages might, alas, have been torn out. \u00a0Then there are the books about Lawrence. \u00a0Books about Lawrence from the 1960s and 70s often now remain untouched as records of a lost primitive civilisation, gathering dust, waiting for the occasional visitor, some archaeologist of sorts who will unearth these fragments, blow off the layer of dust from \u2018the age of Lawrence\u2019 and try to decipher the handwritten pencil messages in the margins.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In May I was pleased to be able to give a talk at Olton Library, the library I used as a child and where I first borrowed Lady Chatterley’s Lover.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here below is a selection of some of the libraries with copies of Lady C. \u00a0<\/em>The book is available in a number of countries. \u00a0Do let me know if your library has a copy (and if it doesn’t, do ask your library to acquire a copy).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Canada:<\/p>\n Toronto Public Library<\/a><\/p>\n Vancouver Public Library\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Germany:<\/p>\n The Stabi, Berlin<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Iraq:<\/p>\n American University of Iraq Baghdad<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n New Zealand:<\/p>\n Christchurch City Libraries<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Wellington City Libraries<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n UK:<\/p>\n Kent Libraries<\/a><\/p>\n Nottingham City Libraries<\/a><\/p>\n Solihull Libraries<\/a><\/p>\n Surrey Libraries<\/a><\/p>\n West Sussex Libraries<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n USA:<\/p>\n Arlington Public Library<\/a><\/p>\n Chicago Public Library<\/a><\/p>\n Lawrence Public Library, Kansas<\/a><\/p>\n Los Angeles Public Library<\/a><\/p>\n Monroe County Library, NY<\/a><\/p>\n Phoenix Public Library<\/a><\/p>\n Seattle Public Library<\/a><\/p>\n Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library<\/a><\/p>\n
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