Pick up your pens!

Wednesday 26th June is National Writing Day – an annual celebration of writing designed to inspire everyone to get writing. Look around the library at our 8,000 plus books. Every one of them began the same way. Whether it be a poem, a short story, a children’s…

Hoppings Mad!

This week sees the return of The Hoppings to the Town Moor. Claimed to be Europe’s largest funfair, The Hoppings has been a big part of Newcastle life since 1882. To find out more about the history of this spectacle, take a look in the…

Welcome All!

We are delighted to have played an active part in the highly successful Jesmond Community Festival 2019 which came to an end last week. The Library played host to university lecturers but also to teddy bears. We were entertained by jazz musicians as well as…