Cover Story: our ace teen reading promotion!
Cover Story is our yearly pick of the best teen reads. The booklist (available free in libraries and online) contains 48 of the best books for 11 – 14 year…
Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do In The Library
When did you last visit? Your first visit to the library was probably when you were a child. You may have scanned the shelves with eager eyes for your…
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.…
Teenage reading group at Whitton Library
The brilliant teenage reading group at Whitton Library has been running for over a year and oh my gosh we’ve read and done so much. From WWII fighter pilots to…
Anatomy of a book [Part 2]: the inside
Fiona Campbell continues her Anatomy of a book .... The inside of a book is made up pages which are called leaves. The front of a leaf, which is the…
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…
Anatomy of a book [Part 1]: the outside
Ever wondered what the numbers above the barcode on a book are? Or why hardbacks are sometimes called cloth? Or what the loose cover that wraps around a hardback is…
Author, Tom Palmer, visits Twickenham
Ahead of the author, Tom Palmer, visiting us at Twickenham Library at on Monday, 10 August, we are lucky enough to have him write a piece for our blog which…
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…