Newtown Library will be offering a very special Valentine’s Day treat.
Library visitors will be able to to take part in a “Blind Date with a Book.”
Library staff are encouraging people to choose specially wrapped books showing no indication of what they are getting except a brief but tempting outline of the story plot.
Since the launch of ‘Blind Date with a Book’ on St Dwynwen’s Day (Monday 25 January), the Welsh Patron Saint of Love, books are flying off the shelves as library visitors take part in this event.
Cllr Graham Brown, Cabinet Member for Library Services, said: “It’s so easy to just keep reading the same type of books and not try something new especially when there are so many other genres to choose from.
“People may be used to historical novels or thrillers but have never tried reading a romance, even a classic novel or a detective story and any of the other categories we have available. We want to shake it up a bit by getting people out of their reading ‘comfort zones’ and to try something new and different to widen their reading experience - this is a fun way to try that.”
