February 14 is Library Lovers Day!

Love is in the air! The Arthur Holt Library is celebrating Library Lovers Day by offering staff and students a blind date with a book! Visit us this week to choose something from our pile of specially wrapped books.

Go on, take a chance! Imagine not needing to worry about outward appearances - no famous authors, no catchy titles, no intriguing blurbs, no attention-grabbing cover designs. It's just you and the story, and the thrill that this really could be the one...

Six Word Stories

The author Ernest Hemingway was challenged to write a short story in six words – with a beginning, middle and an end – and he produced “For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn.” It may not be fact, but it sure is a great anecdote!

True or not, the challenge of brevity lives on in Say It In Six, a hugely popular online project started by Smith Magazine as a way to celebrate the joy of storytelling and personal narrative.

The Library staff liked the idea of this mission so much that we tried it on our windows way back this time last year. And it's that time again, we are asking you  for “A novel in six words”. Go to the comments below and try it!