I did a writing course at the start of this year (2026) in my local library. At the end of the course we were invited to write a 300 word essay from the perspective of something in the library. The questions which came to my mind were, is there a Bible in the library, and would the staff know where it was if they were asked? The idea was that these essays would be read out to audiences at both Beeston and Arnold libraries, but my voice isn’t up to public reading. So I asked a friend from church, John Gibbon, if he would read it for me, and he did.