Author Ian Rankin and
the mysterious paper sculptures.
One day in March, staff at the Scottish Poetry Library came across a wonderful creation, left anonymously on a table in the library. Carved from paper, mounted on a book and with a tag addressed to @byleaveswelive the librarys Twitter account reading: It started with your name @byleaveswelive and became a tree.
We know that a library is so much more than a building full of books
a book is so much more than pages full of words.
This is for you in support of libraries, books, words, ideas
.. a gesture (poetic maybe?)

Nobody knew where it came from, nor was anyone forthcoming with information in person or online, despite a fair amount of local news coverage.
These sculptures then began showing up in libraries and museums, frequently carved from a Rankin novel or actually dipicting him.

One was eventually sent to him. A pair of skeletons perched on a coffin lid, clearly having a good time drinking, smoking and listening to music. By their feet is a crate of bottles and next to them is a turntable and a record sleeve reading THE IMPOSSIBLE DEAD / IAN RANKIN / SOME SECRETS NEVER DIE

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