Articles based on remarks made delivering the second annual Reading Agency lecture on October 14, 2013 at the Barbican centre in London. Neil Gaiman delivers our second annual lecture | The Reading Agency. Here’s the full transcript.

Neil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming | theguardian
A lecture explaining why using our imaginations, and providing for others to use theirs, is an obligation for all citizens.

Neil Gaiman: Let children read the books they love | theguardian
Author says physical books are here to stay during keynote speech on what he sees as future of books, reading and libraries.

Gaiman: Closing libraries ‘like stopping vaccinations’ | The Bookseller
Author Neil Gaiman has said that closing libraries is “like stopping vaccinations”, and that the “insidious” effects will be felt by our children.

Neil Gaiman: ‘No such thing as a bad book for children’ | BBC News
Fantasy author Neil Gaiman has said “snobbery and foolishness” by adults about certain books can easily destroy a child’s love of reading.