"[A] genuinely spine-tingling plot, the series features unusually rich and well-developed characters whose arcs are never sacrificed for the sake of cheap thrills" Thanks for including The Magnus Archives in your Halloween round-up, The New York Times! #MagnusPod nytimes.com/2023/10/03/art…

Happy National Poetry Day! Today I'm celebrating with Jay Hulme's newest collection, 'The Vanishing Song'. It's beautiful.

Still holding out for a tea towel with them all on, like the ones with dog breeds or local landmarks

🧵'We shouldn't be bullied into believing people can be any sex they want to be', said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Conservatives conference yesterday. The OED says the verb 'to bully' means 'seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable).' [1/2]

Tonight's the night! Our FM, Emma, is very excited about the return of All Creatures Great and Small. Why not pop into Halton Libraries tomorrow to grab a copy of the books it's based on? Full of wit and wisdom, just like the show, they're sure to bring a smile to your face. EB

One of my favourite dictionary facts: the verb ‘go’ has always lacked a past tense based on itself. So we opted for the past tense of ‘wend’, as in ‘to wend one’s way’. Which means that instead of ‘I goed’, we say ‘I went’.

OWL SERVICE spotted the plates, seen as either owls or flowers, that inspired the Alan Garner novel, 1960, in British Library; In the MABINOGION, Gwydion creates a woman out of flowers, Blodeuedd, who becomes a flower-faced owl; the children find themselves reenacting this in the

TikTok Made Me Read It, large print titles and LGBTQ+ are just some of the book lists available on library.haltonbc.info/booklists/ #Haltonreads

We're getting ready for #WorldBookDay at Halton Libraries. Find out what we're up to with this little video. #ReadYourWay

The only human shown during the muppets segments is Brennan Lee Mulligan who is playing the DM

Coming soon! Join us for our new Dungeons and Dragons sessions at Widnes Library, every Thursday from 5.00-6.30pm. Launching Thursday 18th April, for ages 13 and over.

I now want to start doing this with all my books! 😆 I already annotate recipes in cookbooks, but this is several steps beyond!

Shout out to our dungeon masters; shapers of the cosmos 🙌 …and to all the stout fighters, mighty magic-users, wily thieves and courageous clerics who made their mark in the magical world of Dungeons & Dragons this afternoon at Halton Lea Library🐉🎲 KL

My best friend just sent me this. It’s lovely when someone knows exactly how to appeal to your very niche interests…..

I will go to my grave screaming about how there are literally zero Muppet movies where the cast is made up of entirely Muppets, except for one human. I beg for the sweet relief of death so I can stop yelling at people about this.

reading books is not enough, I need to see them dramatically reenacted by a Jack Russell terrier in full costume

The French urge to flirt with every British Prime Minister you meet