Library of King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham. The top performing girls' independent day school in the West Midlands. Librarian: Mr Rodgers.
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Jun 12
Congratulations to Virginia Evans for winning this year's @WomensPrize for Fiction. You can find her award winning book The Correspondent in the Senior Library, along with the rest of the shortlisted titles! #womensprizeforfiction #womenprize
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Jun 4
June is Pride Month! Have a look at the display in the Senior Library for a selection of books about and by people from the #LGBT community. Look out for the yellow stickers on the spines of books for more. Follow #readwithpride instagram chain with 61 other schools on 17th June!
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KEHS Library retweeted
"We are in a reading crisis and #schoollibrarians are the specialists. When you're in a crisis, you call in the specialists." Yesterday, SLA CEO, Victoria Dilly gave evidence to the Education Committee on the decline in children #RfP: bit.ly/4uK77OG #SchoolLibraries
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May 11
To celebrate the publication of The Blitz Sisters by Judith Eagle, have a look at the display in the Junior Library for this and other WW2 fiction – and grab a FREE Blitz Sisters bookmark/postcard!
@readingagency @faberchildrens
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May 8
The @WomensPrize for Fiction is the greatest celebration of female creativity in the world.The 6 shortlisted novels interrogate the roles women play in society and the power they hold, exploring themes of agency and human connection. Explore the display in Senior Library now!
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May 6
To celebrate the publication of The Girl with the Suitcase by Lesley Pearse, have a look at the display in the Senior Library for this and other historical wartime thrillers! @readingagency @MichaelJBooks
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KEHS Library retweeted
May 1
It’s FREE COMIC BOOK DAY TOMORROW– May 2 – so head down to your local comic shop to pick up some fantastic FREE COMICS!
Start with our title CONAN THE BARBARIAN: TIDES OF THE TYRANT #0!
Find your local participating store here: storelocator.freecomicbookda…
@HeroicSignature
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Apr 30
To celebrate the publication of Vianne by Joanne Harris, have a look at the display in the Senior Library for this and other books by her – and pick up a FREE Vianne bookmark! @readingagency @orionbooks
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#ArtemisII
My latest cartoon for @newscientist
ALT Title: Artemis 2 Panel 1: Moon "Hi guys!" Artemis 2"Hello Moon!" Panel 2: Moon "You're not landing" Panel 3: Artemis 2 "Just orbiting this time." Moon "Oh." Panel 4: Artemis 2, leaving "But we'll be back soon." Panel 5: Moon thinking... Panel 6: Moon, sadly "That's what they said in 1972."
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KEHS Library retweeted
We are so delighted to see that young people’s voices will be central to the new Children’s Booker Prize! This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for children eight to 12, as the search begins to find young book-lovers to join the three adult judges. buff.ly/pDLbpUx
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Apr 24
To celebrate the publication of How to Lose the Lottery by Jay McKenzie have a look at the display in the Senior Library for this and other contemporary reads – and grab a free bookmark! @readingagency @harperfiction
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Apr 24
From witches to watchmen, wizards, and wheelerdealers, there's a corner of Terry Pratchett's world for every reader. Celebrate #TerryPratchettDay on 28th April, take the quiz to discover where to begin in Discworld and grab a copy from the Junior Library!woobox.com/jwfc7j/rpdi8t
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Apr 23
To mark #StGeorgesday, #Shakespearesbirthday, and @WorldBookNight - why not borrow something from the Shakespeare/StGeorge display for #readinghour
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KEHS Library retweeted
The World Book Night #ReadingHour is today!
Take some time this evening between 7- 8pm to get stuck into a good story. This National Year of Reading, share the love of reading with your friends and invite them to join in the Reading Hour.
worldbooknight.org/
#WorldBookNight #GoAllIn2026 #NationalYearOfReading2026
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Apr 22
From 7-8pm 23 April (tomorrow!), dedicate time to reading. Read alone, have a book club meeting, listen to an audiobook, or read to children at bedtime to make it a family activity!#ReadingHour. @readingagency #WorldBookNight, #ReadingHour, #GoAllIn2026 #NationalYearOfReading2026
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Apr 22
A tower of returns! Shelving time beckons but it means there was a mountain of holiday reading! Welcome back everyone! #holidayreading #bookreturns #librarylife
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Apr 16
To celebrate the publication of the All About series have a look at the display in the Junior Library for All About the Human Body and other fact-filled reads! @readingagency @CollinsPublish
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Apr 16
To celebrate the release (23/04/26) of Peregrine Quinn and the Battle for Olympus explore the display in the Junior Library, for this and the rest of the series - and pick up free activity sheets and bookmarks! @readingagency @bonnierbooks_uk #PeregrineQuinn
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