A library is a place you go to borrow books to read, but imagine a library where you can ‘borrow’ a bit of time with a person and hear the stories they have to tell.
This is the idea behind the Westside Library’s ‘The Human Library - Where Books are People’ initiative, which takes place next Wednesday from 6pm to 8pm.
This event, which is being held in association with the Westside Resource Centre and the Galway County Council’s Social Inclusion Unit, takes place next Wednesday from 6pm to 8pm and is the first of its kind in Galway.
In the Human Library the ‘shelves’ will be full of people who frequently face prejudice and, instead of borrowing books, ‘readers’ can ‘borrow’ a Traveller, an older person, a teenager, an African migrant for a chat.
The Human Library will allow ‘readers’ to have a candid chat with people and the aim is to challenge and overcome prejudices and stereotypical judgements.
The event is part of Library Ireland Week. For more information contact Cora or Liz in the Westside Library on 091 - 520616.
