After a two-day Facebook conversation about a bookish friend’s first reading of 84, Charing Cross Road and an associated follow-up conversation on the glories of the film adaptation, I noticed on the Friends of Helene Hanff page on Facebook that today would have been her 100th birthday.

For fans here is a visual reminder of how much we love her and 84, Charing Cross Road. For those who haven’t read this short, but lovely bit of bookish non-fiction, now might be a good time to give it a go.