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It's that time of year again! Newcastle Libraries and the The Lit and Phil are very pleased to be collaborating once more on the 12th Books on Tyne Festival. Saturday 23rd Nov to 30th Nov 2024. We hope you enjoy what’s on offer 🥳 Tickets: tiny.cc/booksontyne2024

A warm thank you to Dr. Diletta De Cristofaro and Prof. Jason Ellis from Northumbria University who hosted one of our Morning Conversations this Saturday morning at the Lit & Phil!

NEW EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT We are very excited to host journalist & author Michael Bird for a special Halloween-eve event to celebrate the launch of his new book, MODERN GOTHIC, The Lit and Phil. Tickets on sale NOW: shorturl.at/0cWch 🎟️📚🦇

The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems. Old-Fashioned Flowers by Maurice Maeterlinck (1906)

Come to Newcastle (UK) for a spooky evening of Gothic stories - both fantastic and true at the The Lit and Phil

Our 2024 Christmas Cards are now available in our online Shop! litandphil.org.uk/shop/christmas… They are £7 for a pack of 8, plus P&P. (We regret that we can only currently offer to post within the UK.)

And here's the place that inspired me to write this piece, the The Lit and Phil, and a list of some of the places I featured: Mosaic Tap Laurels Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art UK Departure Boards Woodhorn Museum Independent Theatre Council Grainger Market L.Robson & Sons DilstonPhysicGarden and of course Tyne and Wear Metro 🚊💪🏾

Are you around Newcastle on Halloween-eve? Michael Bird will be at the The Lit and Phil reading from his amazing short story ‘A Glass House for Esther’ and talking all things gothic🥀 🎟️ here: ticketsource.co.uk/optindiebooks/…

Opt Indie Books James Routledge Michael Bird The Lit and Phil Fly on the Wall Press Inpress Books 📚 TyneTales Books Are My Bag northernfictionalliance New Writing North National Book Tokens Bookshop.org A fascinating and inspiring evening - and suitably spooky! Thank you, Michael Bird, Opt Indie Books and The Lit and Phil 👻🎃😍

Tickets are still available for our 2nd NU Ideas session: litandphil.org.uk/event/nu-ideas… Covered in these talks are honeybees and Himalayan Balsam and insect social behaviour. Places are FREE for Monday the 11th November at 6pm!

The Lit & Phil’s collection of books is full of surprises, oddities and gems. From "The Scottish Gael; or, Celtic Manners as preserved among the Highlander" by James Logan. Volume I. 1831.

Places are available for our event "Jimmy Learmouth: Inimitable Comedian" the 2nd in our The Open University Autumn Talks Series: litandphil.org.uk/event/open-uni… Tickets are FREE for Thursday 14th November 6pm at the Lit & Phil in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

We now offer a pair of A3 posters in our online shop! Made from high quality card with a gloss finish, choose from the glowering Crawhall Owl or our popular Dodo! litandphil.org.uk/shop/ They are £5 each + p&p

We still have places left for a FREE event this evening, "Writing Middle-Eastern Lives": litandphil.org.uk/event/writing-… Scholars and historians Sonja Mejcher-Atassi, Marilyn Booth and Peter Hill discuss their recent books which investigate the modern history of the Middle East.

Tickets are LIVE for a talk with Dr Martha Lovell Stewart, "The 15 Faces of John Collingwood Bruce": litandphil.org.uk/event/the-fift… Places are FREE, for Monday 2nd December at 6pm in the Lit & Phil, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Places are LIVE for a talk with the author Sue Reed (Sue Reed 📚 ✍️ 🌱🏅 ), 'Dare to Be Different' litandphil.org.uk/event/books-on… Places are FREE for Saturday 30th November at 12.30pm at the Lit & Phil Library. ( Ages 13+ welcome! )

Despite initial butterflies, I had such an enjoyable time at The Lit and Phil yesterday, reading from my novel #TheRewildingofMollyMcFlynn, talking about my writing process and themes in the book. We covered witch trials, othering, daring to be different and dieting that doesn't work

The Lit & Phil will be closed over the Christmas Holidays. The last day we are open is 9:30am-1pm on Saturday 21st December 2024. We will reopen at 9:30am on Thursday 2nd January 2025. We hope you have a wonderful holiday, Lit & Phil Team

Honored to be featured in the The Lit and Phil's Winter Journal! Their support has been invaluable in bringing my latest #middlegrade novel, Cassey Almond & the Order of Chaos, to life. As a proud member, I'm excited to celebrate the Lit & Phil's 200th Anniv. this year #LitAndPhil ❤️

FRIDAY JANUARY 24TH 2025 Due to adverse weather conditions we will be closed all day. MONDAY JANUARY 27TH 2025 Due to the monthly staff meeting, the library will not be open until 10.30am. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.