Michelle, on life as a book addict

2020-12-31

"I like the smell of books. It's addictive - I wish you could bottle up and put it in a perfume spray, because it would be the best perfume smell." Michelle Elliot replaced cigarettes with books five years ago and hasn't looked back. "I was a heavy smoker and I had no willpower to give up. One day I took the tablets (to stop smoking), and after that I started going to the library. I couldn't stop reading." In the final episode of Season 1 of Meet Me at the Library, we're celebrating books with a book addict, and an all-star librarian....

"I like the smell of books. It's addictive - I wish you could bottle up and put it in a perfume spray, because it would be the best perfume smell."

Michelle Elliot replaced cigarettes with books five years ago and hasn't looked back.

"I was a heavy smoker and I had no willpower to give up. One day I took the tablets (to stop smoking), and after that I started going to the library. I couldn't stop reading."

In the final episode of Season 1 of Meet Me at the Library, we're celebrating books with a book addict, and an all-star librarian.

Credits:

Host/Producer: Anne-Marie Middlemast

Supervising Producer: Jane Curtis

Mix Engineer: Hamish Robertson, Tall Tale Audio

Music: Eliza Hull / Blue Dot Sessions / Chad Crouch

Artwork: Justine Henry

Supported by: MAIN 94.9FM and Goldfields Library Corporation

Produced with the assistance of the Community Broadcasting Foundation.

Find out more at www.cbf.org.au

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