We've heard on the grapevine that there's a big event coming up in a month a and a bits time that presents get exchanged at? If you're a crafty person why not check out @BorrowBox for magazines like Simply Crochet and The Knitter for project ideas! #WandFLibraries#BorrowBox
At Kendal Library we are currently experiencing issues with our phone lines. Apologies if you have tried to contact us today - we are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.
In the meantime you can email us at:
Kendal.Library@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
Want to join one of the biggest book clubs in the UK? 📖✨
Check out the six books featured this season on the Radio 2 Book Club with Sarah Cox, and request them using our online catalogue: cwflibraries.org.uk/
Check out the latest @BBCRadio2 Book Club selections at readinggroups.org/news.
These books, chosen with help from library staff across the UK, are some of the best new novels around, and are perfect for Book Clubs to enjoy. Which one will your group choose? #R2BookClub
ALT This image features book jackets for the novels You Are Here by David Nicholls, Alter Ego by Helen Heckety and Table for Two by Amor Towles.
Join #barrowarchives for “AIRSHIPS – BARROW and HOW DO YOU LOSE AN MP?” A talk by Peter Laird on Wednesday 13 November at 7pm in Barrow Library.
Event is free but booking is essential. Email barrow.archives@cumberland.gov.uk or phone 01229 407377.
#airships#signalfilmandmedia
ALT Sankey photo 1906 Vickers Airship, R80, Walney Island. The Forward Gondola 1920
The forward gondola of the airship with an inflated landing buffer underneath. One of the rear wing cars in view in the background. Many men holding guy ropes. Men in the gondola and a portion of the propellor in view.
ALT Sankey photo 874 Airship Shed Under Construction 1910
Cavendish Dock looking East. A large steel structure is under construction alongside the dock wall. This is the Airship shed which will be used for the construction of the airship HMA No. 1, known as Mayfly. Steam powered winch on quayside, large crane behind shed. Various industrial buildings and tall chimney probably the Vulcan Steel and Iron Works in the background.
Celebrate World Food Day (16th of October) with tantalising tales of food and flavour. From flavourful fiction to glorious gastronomic memoirs, discover these titles on BorrowBox today.
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ALT Banner advertising Green Libraries Week. Copy reads: Every library a green library. 7 -13 Oct 2024. Photo of 4 children playing with a large green bucket.
We're asking people 'what's your story?', this Dyslexia Awareness Week!
All year round, Westmorland and Furness Libraries have a fantastic selection of Dyslexia friendly books - ask at your local library or search our online catalogue!
#DAW24
ALT A display of books at Barrow Library. There are pictures of Dyslexic celebrities stuck around the outside of the display.
This #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re #ReclaimingNarratives - elevating Black stories and reclaiming Black mental health.
Let’s break down barriers, challenge stigma, and push for culturally competent care.
🔗 Read our new blog: bit.ly/3XNIGBj
ALT Graphic with text: "Black History Month: Reclaiming narratives and Black mental health". Above there's an M shaped graphic with a drawing of a hand in a fist. Top right corner - the MHF logo.
✍️We're delighted to launch a new competition; BCU Presents: Benjamin Zephaniah Future Writers!
Celebrating the life & rhythms of BCU Honorary Doctorate & Brummie icon @BZephaniah, the competition encourages all ages to submit poetry & short stories.
✨bcu.ac.uk/future-writers✨
ALT BCU Presents:
Benjamin Zephaniah: Future Writers
Enter BCU's new competition today!
bcu.ac.uk/future-writers
Submission deadline: 11th November
During the SRC, Kendal Library hosted some brilliant pottery sessions, led by Gwen Bainbridge🏺
The creatures and creations from those sessions are making themselves at home in Kendal Library but the pottery protégés who created them can take them home from next Monday! 🐿️🐕
The 2024 @wainwrightprize ceremony happened last night and the winners announced! Michael Malay with Late Light, @helenczerski with Blue Machine and Katya Balen with Foxlight. Congratulations! Fancy giving them a read? Request them here cwflibraries.org.uk/#WainwrightPrize24
If you're interested in setting up a reading group for you and your friends, it could not be easier!
Registration is free and there is no charge for borrowing a set. For more information, email readinggroups@cumbria.gov.uk ~ enjoy! 📖
@Reading_Groups #NationalReadingGroupDay
Happy National Reading Group Day to all of our wonderful reading groups! 💙
Can you spot your group's name amongst the ones in our picture? Thank you for using our service!
@reading_groups #NationalReadingGroupDay
Set your alarms! Our Winner's Event is tomorrow and for the FIRST TIME EVER, we're live-streaming the ceremony 🌿
So wherever you might be, you can join in with celebrating the very best of nature and conservation writing.
Join us at 5:45pm: youtube.com/live/MlVhiKsb7zo…