Margaret Atwood and Neil Young sign open letter urging Peterborough library to reverse staff cuts
'Children deserve safe, welcoming, and magical spaces where their imagination and creativity are encouraged and celebrated,' reads the letter, organized by a grassroots advocacy group called Our Future Peterborough.
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