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…
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!
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…
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…
Keep a careful look out this week and you may spot the Gangsta Granny, Harry Potter, Where’s Wally, The Gruffalo and many other fictional characters making their way to school. Yes, Thursday 7th March is World Book Day and children will be dressing up to…
I like to try a book that’s been shortlisted for the Booker Prize – in 2018 in this case. Without giving too much away this is an updated version of a classic Greek tragedy. It manages to conjure a way of life on the rivers…
I am a volunteer at the wonderful Jesmond Library. I had been considering getting involved for some time and after a period of well-organised training am now reasonably adept at wielding the date stamp. But there is a lot more to it than simply meeting…
