The Librarianist Patrick deWitt House of Anansi Press, July Award winner Patrick deWitt returns after 2018’s French Exit with this novel about retired librarian Bog Comet who lives a solitary life surrounded by his books. An unexpected encounter with a confused elderly woman leads to a volunteer position at a local seniors’ centre, ultimately revealing
A toolkit and app have been launched to help local authorities, charities and community-based organisations convert vacant commercial buildings into social housing for vulnerable groups, including young care leavers.
The organisation, which retrofits vacant council-owned spaces into affordable housing, made the claim at a launch event for its new Empty Spaces to Homes