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| The Hobbit is first book on new Birmingham library shelves | The Hobbit is first book on new Birmingham library shelves |
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| A copy of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit has become the first book to be put on the shelves of Birmingham's new library. | A copy of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit has become the first book to be put on the shelves of Birmingham's new library. |
| Library managers had asked people to vote via Twitter which book should have the honour of being first. | Library managers had asked people to vote via Twitter which book should have the honour of being first. |
| More than 400,000 books are to be transferred into the £190m building in Centenary Square from the old Central Library. | More than 400,000 books are to be transferred into the £190m building in Centenary Square from the old Central Library. |
| About 1,100 crates of books will be brought into the library every day for the next three months. | About 1,100 crates of books will be brought into the library every day for the next three months. |
| Project director Brian Gambles said it felt "so rewarding" to finally get some books on the shelves. | Project director Brian Gambles said it felt "so rewarding" to finally get some books on the shelves. |
| "It seems like only yesterday that we were walking here on a muddy field that was a building site and now we're in a fantastic building," he said. | "It seems like only yesterday that we were walking here on a muddy field that was a building site and now we're in a fantastic building," he said. |
| "The Hobbit is a classically-accessible book for both adults and children which reflects what we want for the library, to be accessible for everyone. | "The Hobbit is a classically-accessible book for both adults and children which reflects what we want for the library, to be accessible for everyone. |
| "The book also has links to Birmingham, what with Tolkien spending his childhood in the city." | "The book also has links to Birmingham, what with Tolkien spending his childhood in the city." |
| A number of scenes from The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy are said to be inspired by landmarks around the city including Perrot's Folly, Edgbaston Waterworks and Sarehole Mill, in Hall Green. | |
| Four other books voted into the top 10 also had local links, including Before I Go to Sleep by Stourbridge author Steven Watson and Talking Turkeys by Handsworth poet Benjamin Zephaniah. | Four other books voted into the top 10 also had local links, including Before I Go to Sleep by Stourbridge author Steven Watson and Talking Turkeys by Handsworth poet Benjamin Zephaniah. |
| The library opens to the public on 3 September. | The library opens to the public on 3 September. |