Her poignant letters celebrate librarians, libraries, and reading, which, Annie shows us, are all here to stay. If you are a reader, you will love it!Īnnie Spence is a librarian for the 21st century, breaking stereotypes about shushing cat ladies and reminding us that libraries provide free access to knowledge (and, yes, the internet). Annie Spence has siblings William Savage Spence, James Maxwell Spence, Mary Spence, George Smorrell Spence, Ann Jane Winter, and Ruby May Brooks. This collection of letters and reading lists will take readers on a tour of dog-eared favorites and never-been-checked-out relics destined for the free book bin. Annie Jane Spence of Creswick Australia was born in 1882 in Creswick to Ann Jane (Savage) Spence and William Guthri Spence. Books shelved as recommended-by-annie-spence: The Wilds by Julia Elliott, Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani, Dhalgren by Samuel R. Librarian Anne Spence composed letters to books in her head for years-on the job as a public librarian in the Midwest, She put these letters down in words in her hilarious, heart-warming book, DEAR FAHRENHEIT 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks (Flatiron Books, Hardcover).

In celebration of National Library Week, Newport Beach Public Library hosted a special program with Annie Spence, author of Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks: A Librarian’s Love Letters and Break Up Notes to the Books in Her Life. Bruce Spence was born on Septemin New Zealand. Annie Spence (anniespence) on BuzzFeed - Annie Spence has spent the last decade as a librarian at public libraries in the Midwest.

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