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Liverpool is bringing the light back next month as city prepares to reopen the Spellow Library & Community Hub which was torched during the summer’s racist riots.
Spellow Library & Community Hub will become part of the community once again, following the completion of works to rectify the damage which destroyed part of the building in August, closing the much-loved venue that had only been open for just over a year, following a revamp in 2023.
The arson attack on the Walton based venue, which prompted a huge outcry and a nationwide response with book donations from Her Majesty the Queen and a host of famous authors as well as a £250,000 fundraising campaign, will open its doors to the public once again on Thursday 12 December 2024.
To mark the occasion, the Leader of Liverpool City Council, Councillor Liam Robinson, is calling on every local authority in England and Wales to be part of a nationwide symbolic moment on the eve of the reopening.
Councillor Robinson is writing to councils, asking them to light up one of their libraries on Wednesday 11 December 2024, in a show of solidarity, hope and joy. By having a light, or a lantern in a window, or illuminating the outside of a building, this will symbolically shine a light on libraries as places of sanctuary, knowledge and community.