Amanda Bennett has ten years’ experience as a local studies librarian, with a vast amount of local knowledge and enthusiasm for Guernsey history, life and culture. Since becoming Chief Librarian of the Priaulx Library in 2005, she has written a history of Guernsey newspapers, and published several articles on a variety of subjects for local research journals, and a couple of UK based ones, including the Antique Leather Journal. The Library frequently holds exhibitions, more recently photographic exhibitions, and has an archive of over 30,000 photographs. Amanda lives in Guernsey.