Q&A with Freya North: “Throughout my life, libraries have been a haven”
A passionate reader since childhood, Freya North is the award-winning author of 14 best-selling novels, the most recent of which - The Turning Point - was published this summer.
View ArticleCould libraries outlast the Internet?
Libraries have a great future, according to the head of the UK's national institution - arguably brighter than more recent inventions like the Internet.
View ArticlePublic libraries: ‘Invaluable contribution’ to children’s reading’
Public libraries are making an 'invaluable contribution' to children's reading according to two of the country's largest reader development organisations.
View ArticleSleeping in the library goes legit
Sleeping in the academic library is going properly mainstream - with the introduction of 'sleeping pods' for stressed students facing exams who have pulled all-nighters, or who need a time-out to...
View ArticleSave the date! Join it, Use it, Love it on National Libraries Day 6 February...
National Libraries Day will be back on Saturday 6 February 2016, celebrating libraries, library staff and their communities all over the UK. This year’s campaign aims to get more public libraries...
View ArticleRun a digital event with your local MP for Get Online Week
As part of this year’s Get Online Week, Tinder Foundation are encouraging libraries to sign up to run events to promote their great digital inclusion activity to their local MPs. Get Online Week takes...
View ArticleA new hashtag for National Libraries Day 2016
Get ready for the fifth National Libraries Day, taking place Saturday 6 February 2016. To support campaign publicity and to be clearer to those outside of the library sector what the campaign is about,...
View ArticleVera and Shetland author Ann Cleeves is National Libraries Day ambassador
Top crime writer Ann Cleeves, children’s publisher Andersen Press and a host of writers and artists will join local library communities for a week of special activities to mark National Libraries...
View ArticleLibrary letters from Shami Chakrabarti, cricketer James Taylor & more..
Arts Council England invite you to write to the children of your town and share what libraries mean to you, via #libraryletters for National Libraries Day. Read letters from Shami Chakrabarti, James...
View ArticleThe first Libraries Week to take place in October 2017
CILIP, the UK’s library and information association has today announced plans for the first Libraries Week, a week-long celebration of Britain’s much-loved libraries. Libraries will showcase the best...
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