Books Are My Business: Marion Gillooly, The Imagination Library

"When Dolly Parton’s name pops up in your inbox, you think, ‘oh my goodness, what is that about?’."

Marion Gillooly, from Bo’ness in Scotland, is executive director of The Dollywood Foundation UK and oversees the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in the UK and Ireland.

Marion Gillooly, from Bo’ness in Scotland, is executive director of The Dollywood Foundation UK and oversees the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in the UK and Ireland. 

Originally launched by the country music legend to give children in her home state of Tennessee access to books and foster a love of reading, the programme now assists in providing free books to children from birth to age five in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, and Australia.