Coming to Dudley Libraries from the 5th July

Dr Hayden's a class act. Fired US librarian of Congress details callous dismissal in new interview theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

Happy #EmpathyDay! Khalid & Jenny from #OrpingtonLibrary are wearing their Empathy Superpower glasses to jump into these fantastic stories! Fablehouse by E.L. Norry, King of Nothing by Nathanael Lessore and Wild East by Ashley Hickson-Lovence EmpathyLabUK

Last week we had dental hygienist + dental therapist Tracy Tang speak to local schools about the importance of maintaining a healthy smile by sharing her book with us. Thank you to all that got involved! 🦷 Royal Greenwich Libraries Royal Borough of Greenwich Better #LoveYourLibrary

Following initial preparations, more substantive works are getting underway to create the new home for Bromley Central Library in a prime high street location. bromley.gov.uk/news/article/8… #Bromley

"A library without a librarian is just a room full of books" Shadowers' Choice winner for King of Nothing, Nathanael Lessore. #carnegies2025 pic.x.com/0ChtEvf3Ce

"A library without a librarian is just a room full of books" Shadowers' Choice winner for King of Nothing, Nathanael Lessore. #carnegies2025

🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Winners of the Carnegie Medals for Writing and Illustration, and Shadowers' Choice Medals: Margaret McDonald, @natelessore, Theo Parish and Olivia Lomenech Gill! #Carnegies2025 Read the press release: carnegies.co.uk/2025-winners-a…

Delighted for @natelessore! King of Nothing has won the 2025 Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Medal for Writing! #Carnegies2025

As promised earlier, here is a quick Q&A from Nathanael Lessore, this year's @carngeiemedals Shadowers' Choice winner. (interview carried out before he knew he'd won - sworn to secrecy, but more to come in Autumn's P&I). #carnegies2025 cilip.org.uk/news/703747/Na…

Carnegie medal for writing: Margaret McDonald named youngest ever winner. The 27-year-old’s prizewinning debut, Glasgow Boys, is a coming-of-age novel about the friendship between two boys who have grown up in the care system. #Carnegies2025 theguardian.com/books/2025/jun…

I was delighted to be at the ceremony today for the Carnegie Medals for Illustration and for Writing. Congratulations to Margaret McDonald, @natelessore, Theo Parish and Olivia Lomenech Gill! #Carnegies2025

And the winner of #CLiPPA25 is 'Colossal Words for Kids' by Colette Hiller, illustrated by Tor Freeman, and published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books 🏆 clpe.org.uk/news/colossal-…

An incredible day with the GLL Literary Foundation team celebrating the CLPE Clippa Awards! Matt Goodfellow thanks for signing my copy of ‘The Final Year’ - a fab bday present Jenny Hawke! I started it on the train and couldn’t stop until I finished it!! It’s a masterpiece!

Yesterday at #ElthamLibrary in the Enchanted Story Garden we celebrated the GLL Literary Foundation #Greenwich authors with local school librarians, authors and community partners. The foundation supports local authors to network + develop skills with support! 📚 #LoveYourLibrary

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This afternoon the #OrpingtonLibrary #Chatterbooks group were very excited to be given ‘The Final Year’ written by Matt Goodfellow and illustrated by Joe Todd Stanton to read over the next month! Can’t wait to find out what they think of it!

We are delighted to have reopened #WestWickhamLibrary today. A wonderful project in partnership with the Bromley Council Award winning author Peter Bently ran a great Storytime session & other local children’s authors & illustrators came along too! The whole library looks amazing!

West Wickham Library reopens to enthusiastic crowd, as many eager residents joined the celebrations to explore the new facilities. Find out more at bromley.gov.uk/news/article/8… #WestWickham #Bromley

Congratulations to Margaret McDonald and her editors Alice Swan and Ama Badu, winners of the 2025 #BranfordBoaseAward for the year's outstanding debut novel for young people💐💐💐 booksforkeeps.co.uk/margaret-mcdon…