To celebrate the release of the paperback edition of A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston, we're delighted to be giving away a gorgeous framed poster and a signed copy of the book to one lucky winner! RT & Follow to enter! T&Cs apply.

*GIVEAWAY* time. Those lovely folk at riverrun have given me 3 copies of the fascinating #Unfollow by Megan Phelps-Roper to giveaway. RT this tweet, no need to reply to it! Winners announced 14/10/19 8pm. UK only. Good luck!

Having been a librarian first Wakefield Libraries then for the past 10 years Poole Museum I finally decided to try and charter. I’m proud to report that after 2 years of work under the guidance of an amazing mentor Alison Day I am now a chartered librarian! #chartership #mclip

You have worked so hard, I am so pleased you have gained your chartership - congratulations x

Thank you for my invite and sorry I can’t make it! Have a great launch, Maggsie is the best and the cake looks amazing x

The wonderful #MixTapeBook Jane Sanderson is my ‘Book of the Month’ in Prima Magazine and I have two copies to giveaway. RT this tweet. UK only. Closes 23/1/20. Winners announced on publication day.

I’m doing it again, running the Bath Half Marathon for @Tommys_baby any donations appreciated justgiving.com/fundraising/ka…

Our new Creative Wellbeing group at Poole Museum has been making colourful mono prints for their wellbeing journals. #5waystowellbeing #takenotice

On #InternationalWomensDay2020 researchers in Poole History Centre Poole Museum uncover an almost 300 year old story of Poole women leading riots over food shortages poolehistory.org.uk/node/329322 #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2020 #hiddenhistory

Even though Poole History Centre Poole Museum is closed, we are still working, researching the history of Poole. Here's an interesting snippet from the archives poolehistory.org.uk/node/329326 We have great web resources and are still open for enquiries [email protected]

Dining room/school/office! Katie from Poole Museum doing WW2 research, while her daughter draws. Not all our partners’ staff are able to #WorkFromHome at the moment so we send them our love. Here’s to us all being reunited soon! Wiltshire Museum The Salisbury Museum @DorsetMuseum

Interested in starting your own family history research from home? Read our weekly blog, Guide to Beginning Your Family History, by Poole Museums’ Local History Librarian. Part one focuses on recording what you know. poolemuseum.org.uk/museum-from-ho… #MuseumFromHome

Want to research your family history, but not sure where to start? Our guide will help answer your questions with new instalments each week. We’ll also be sharing ‘Snippets from the Archives’, with fascinating facts from Poole’s past. #MuseumFromHome poolemuseum.org.uk/research/onlin…

Interested in starting your own family history research from home? Read Part 2 of our weekly blog, Guide to Beginning Your Family History, by Poole Museums’ Local History Librarian. poolemuseum.org.uk/museum-from-ho… #MuseumFromHome BCP Council Love Poole Wessex Museums

Interested in starting your own family history research from home? Part Three of our weekly blog focuses on how to find ancestors before 1837. poolemuseum.org.uk/museum-from-ho… #MuseumFromHome BCP Council Love Poole Wessex Museums @CultureVols

Interested in starting your own family history research from home? Part Four of our weekly blog, Guide to Beginning Your Family History, focuses on looking at the Census to trace family members. poolemuseum.org.uk/museum-from-ho… #MuseumFromHome BCP Council Love Poole Wessex Museums

We have something urgent to share with you; in fact it’ a matter of life and death! At least, it would have been during the Victorian period and for many decades after. Take a look at this week’s Collections Blog. poolemuseum.org.uk/museum-from-ho… Wessex Museums

*GIVEAWAY* time. I LOVED #AskAgainYes @Mary_Beth_Keane it was on my ‘Books of the Year’ last year. It’s out in paperback tomorrow and those lovely folk Penguin Michael Joseph have given me FIVE copies to giveaway. RT to enter. Ends 8pm 6/8/20 UK only.

Readers get excited!!! I have FIVE PROOFS of the utterly beautiful #LenniAndMargot by Marianne Cronin to GIVEAWAY! It’s not out till next Feb so you could have the chance for an early read. RT and follow to enter. UK only. Ends 25/9/20 GO GO GO Thanks to Doubleday Books Alison Barrow

So happy to welcome our first researcher since March into Poole History Centre Poole Museum . Procedures and consultation are a little different but we’re making it work. Please contact [email protected] for enquiries