Bookstart – never too young to enjoy books
No one is ever too young to be introduced to a book! Librarians are passionate about the value of reading and enjoying stories. They know that from a very early…
What’s hot? The most in-demand books of 2017
In 2013 with the introduction of a new library management system, Spydus, the reservations service was reinvented as a click-and-collect process to rival that of any commercial organisation. We can now…
Are you a Book Groupie?
In the rather anonymous building next door to Richmond Library there is a dimly-lit room full of rolling book stacks. On these shelves lives a collection of more than 150…
Cityread: London 1583 – Spies. Suspicion. Murder.
As another fantastic Cityread London festival draws to a close we are tired but triumphant here in Richmond upon Thames Library Services. We have put on 11 successful Elizabethan themed…
Tales of outlaws and rebels
‘Easily the most interesting cultural event in Teddington for a long time. Accessible, entertaining and suitable for all.’ The atmospheric Carnegie Library in Teddington was the venue last week for a…
Interview with local author, Fleur Smithwick
Fleur recently appeared in conversation at Hampton Hill Library talking about how she wrote and published her debut novel, which is a psychological thriller called How to make a friend.…
Record Breakers – Summer Reading Challenge 2015
The Summer Reading Challenge is the UK’s biggest children’s reading initiative for 4 -11 year-olds and is produced by The Reading Agency and delivered by libraries. Record Breakers was the 17th…
Cityread London: coming soon…
Saturday the 11th of April will see the author Ben Aaronovitch visit Twickenham Library to kick off three weeks of events in Richmond Libraries focused around his book Rivers of…
Like a chance to influence a national book prize?
The People's Book Prize aims to promote new and undiscovered writers. Publishers submit titles every quarter which anyone can then vote on by logging on to the People’s Book Prize…
Tell your e-book story…
The inaugural Read an E-book Day is coming up fast on 18 September and Cheney Gardner, Stock and Promotions Manager, points out the ways you can join in with this…