I have Linda and Pinterest to thank for this summer’s reading promotion. Linda brings her aunt to bingo every week and tells me all about it afterwards, whether I listen or not. Random American librarians on Pinterest share their programme ideas online. They make my life easier in so many ways.

This is how it works for me -

• Stuck for a child’s craft workshop? Check the craft boards.
• Ready to kill Linda because she has broken the printer, again? Check the library humour boards, or possibly the cocktail recipe boards depending on how annoyed you are.
• Need a summer thing? Check the events boards.
• Have a zillion books in your To Be Read Pile but it’s Friday and you’re feeling hormonal and want a new book and some chocolate? Check the book recommendation bo...

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