An exhibition of works of art produced from old books by library members is being staged at Bath Central Library.
Visitors to the library have the chance to vote for their favourite at the exhibition, which runs from Wednesday 5th September until Saturday 15th September.
Every year, the Council’s library service has books that have reached the end of their life; either through the amount of times they have been issued or due to an updated version becoming available. Most find new homes in the annual book sale; with the proceeds invested back into the service.
But the small number of books left over have been used in this imaginative competition designed to bring out people’s creative sides.
Councillor David Dixon (Lib-Dem, Oldfield), Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods, said: “We’ve had a total of 54 fantastic works of art – all recycled from old library books.
“We hope that this brilliant exhibition will encourage more people to pop back into Bath & North East Somerset Council’s libraries to discover what else we have available for them to enjoy – including an amazing range of books, CDs, DVDs and Blu-Ray discs.”
All the entries are from library members and will be in one of the four groups: family group; 12-17; 18 and over; and members of library staff.
The exhibition features all the entries and the public can vote for their favourite, with the overall winner receiving an e-book reader. All the entries are also being featured on the “Bathnes Libraries” Facebook page and the Council’s Twitter feed @bathnes.
The idea for the competition came from Katie Whelan-Jones, a Stock Assistant in Bath Central Library.
Katie, who has a degree in Illustration, added: “Art and reading are two of my biggest passions, so it seemed a wonderful opportunity to combine them both and get the whole community involved as well!”
Spoken word supplier AudioGo is also supporting the initiative with some prizes for the winners of the different age group categories.
