It's #WorldBookDay this week and I have school visits in Penzance, Bodmin, Truro, Redruth and Devon. Largely with the awesome @cornwalllibraries.
More slots available in the south west in May for anyone interested.
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Feb 26
Listening to Kensuke’s Kingdom via @cornwalllibraries @BorrowBox on my travels this week.
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21 Oct 2024
Our Weekly Read this week continues our look at historic houses across Cornwall. 🏡
We head west to Penzance this time with ‘Trereife: a house of character and characters’ by Tim Le Grice.
#weeklyreads #kresenkernow #cornwalllibraries #cornishstudies @trereifehouse
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7 Oct 2024
Our Weekly Reads this month look at Cornwall’s country houses and this week we highlight Boconnoc, near Lostwithiel, with ‘Boconnoc: the history of a Cornish estate’, by Catherine Lorigan. 📗🌳🏠
#weeklyreads #cornwallsarchives #cornwalllibraries #cornishstudies #boconnocestate
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30 Sep 2024
Our Weekly Reads over the next few weeks will highlight Cornwall’s country houses and we begin with the new publication, ‘The country houses of Cornwall. Part 1: Twycross's mansions of Cornwall’ by Patrick Newberry. 📔🏡
#weeklyreads #cornwallsarchives #cornwalllibraries
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23 Sep 2024
Redruth’s Mining and Pasty Festival celebrated 200 years since the first Cornish emigration to Mexico. At the Library was ‘Ruth the Bal Maiden’ & Tolgus was ready for a selfie! We took part as we are proud the HHC has a Cornish focus including mining history. #CornwallLibraries
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23 Sep 2024
In our Weekly Reads his week we look at ‘Cornish pioneers in South Africa’ by Richard Dawe. This is the story of Cornish men and women who went to South Africa in the nineteenth century.
#weeklyreads #cornwallsarchives #cornwalllibraries #cornishstudies #cornishpioneers
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9 Sep 2024
Our Weekly Reads this month highlight our current mining exhibition 'Cornish Connections'. We continue with ‘Camborne School of Mines: a history of mining education in Cornwall’ by Lawrence Piper.
#weeklyreads #kresenkernow #cornwallsarchives #cornwalllibraries #cornishstudies
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20 Aug 2024
‘Rabelais and Cervantes on the road to Cornwall’ by Andrew Lanyon is the winner of the Gorsedh Kernow literary fiction class and also the Holyer an Gof cup.
#weeklyreads #kresenkernow #cornwallsarchives #cornwalllibraries #cornishstudies #holyerangofawards @gorsedhkernow
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29 Jul 2024
Our Weekly Read this week is volume two of ‘A history of Zennor’ by local historian Jean Nankervis. 📖
The author gives a fascinating insight into the lives of 27 Zennor families.
#weeklyreads #historyofzennor @cornwalllibraries #cornwalllibraries
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24 Jul 2024
The mobile van will be at Launceston Agricultural Show tomorrow 25th July from 8.30am - see you there?
#LauncestonLibrary #CornwallLibraries #LauncestonAgriculturalShow Launceston Agricultural Show #WhatOnCornwall #CornwallEvents
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13 May 2024
Does it matter to you whether an audiobook is read by the author or not?
#CornwallLibrariesMondayMusings #CornwallLibraries #LoveCornwall #LoveBooks #CornwallCouncil
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29 Apr 2024
Following the casting announcements for Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club, our #MondayMusings today are...
Have you read the books?
Would you have cast Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley in those roles?
And, who would you cast as Joyce?
#CornwallLibraries
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24 Apr 2024
We want to hear about how #CornwallLibraries have helped make a difference in your life. Whether it's our baby and toddler sessions bringing new parents together or free access to reading for everyone, let us know your story at the link below letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/lib…
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11 Mar 2024
As we've just had International Women's Day and March is Women's History Month, we thought for this week's question we'd ask - who are your favourite female authors?
#CornwallLibrariesMondayMusings #CornwallLibraries #CornwallLibraryService #CornwallCouncil #ReadingForPleasure
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1 Mar 2024
It’s the first day of March! 🙌🏼
This illustration of Trelil Holy Well is for March 1974 and is part of a Cornish calendar featuring drawings by Cornish bard Mary Mills.
#cornishcalendar #kresenkernow #cornwalllibraries
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19 Feb 2024
‘The Tamara Coast to Coast Way’ by Steve Church is our #weeklyread this week! 🚶🏼♀️ The guide includes a full description of the Tamar Valley Discovery Trail plus lots more! #kresenkernow #cornwalllibraries
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11 Dec 2023
We continue our Christmas themed Weekly Reads and this week we are looking at festive food with 'Cornish Christmas recipes’ by Tamar Swift.
#weeklyreads #kresenkernow #cornwallsarchives #cornwalllibraries #cornishstudies
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28 Nov 2023
Did you know that your #CornwallLibraries membership gets you free access to @comicsplus?
Download the free app to get started at comicsplusapp.com
As well as #comics, they've got a whole collection of Graphic Novel Adaptations of Literary Classics...
#Libraries #Reading
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27 Nov 2023
Looking forward to Saturday afternoons performance.
Due to the popularity of this free event, our library will be ticketing, due to capacity.
To avoid disappointment, please visit to book and collect tickets in advance.
#Nadelik #CornwallLibraries #Oregion #ChristmasInCornwall
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