Meet The Winners

An exciting evening of storytelling, poetry and an impromptu play reading took place on Saturday at the Award Ceremony of Jesmond Library’s 2018 Creative Writing Contest. Special thanks to Michael Chaplin for presenting the prizes. Michael and his wife Susan have long been supporters of…

Creative writing competition

This Saturday March 23rd at 5.00 pm the prizes for the 4th Jesmond Library creative writing competition will be awarded and the winners will be reading their entries. Michael Chaplin will be presenting the awards. Come and join us for an exciting new writing evening!

Once upon a time…

This week on Wednesday 20th March it is World Storytelling Day Before the advent of the printing press, before books were widely available, and certainly long before libraries were built, stories existed. Sitting round the campfire or family hearth, our early ancestors would share tales of…

Irish Inspiration

Later this week the town will no doubt be painted green in honour of the Patron Saint of Ireland. Did you know Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated in more countries than any other national festival? Did you also know that four Irish writers have been…