Saturday, February 4 is National Libraries Day and to celebrate and raise support for our libraries, 23 top writers have combined their considerable literary talents to create The Library Book.

This anthology is really a love letter to libraries, with essays, memoirs and short stories from the likes of Stephen Fry, Caitlin Moran, Zadie Smith, Lionel Shriver and Stylist columnist Lucy Mangan. They describe libraries real and imagined, past, present and future and why they matter. All 23 authors are donating their royalties to The Reading Agency, the independent charity that works towards inspiring people to read more.