How very different lockdown would have been without technology to help us stay in touch with each other. Zoom, FaceTime, Skype, WhatsApp have all helped to make the separation from family and friends so much easier. Humorous gifs and memes have given us reason to…
Another week, another Jesmond Library Creative Writing Challenge! We’ve received some fascinating entries so far to our lockdown writing challenge – some funny, others thought-provoking, and some quite fantastical. All are brilliant. We hope you’ll continue to send us more! This week we start the…
… Jesmond keeps busy! Even though we’re not allowed to reopen the Library just yet, it doesn’t mean there’s nothing going on. Book Group The library book group will next meet (online) on Wednesday 3 June at 7:00 pm, to discuss “The Return” by Victoria…
Fleming looked up from the Royal Quiet Deluxe typewriter, its gold-plated case gleaming as the last rays of the afternoon sun entered the open window of the study. Had someone come into the room at that moment they would have seen a strange aura surrounding…
On 26th April 1564 William Shakespeare was baptised in Stratford upon Avon and he died on the 23rd April 1616. Most of his works were produced between 1589 and 1613. His plays have been translated into every major living language and they are performed more…
Sadly it’s not possible to visit Jesmond Library at the moment. In the meantime we’d like to invite you to enjoy this virtual tour. The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library. – Albert Einstein Libraries allow children to…
As a child my imagination was the place I went to when I was alone, often making the countries depicted in my stamp collection the inspiration for imaginary journeys. Later many became real. Rivers have formed an important backdrop to my life. I was brought…
We’re hoping you’ll share some laughs with us here on April Fool’s Day. This year all the jokes come courtesy of JK Rowling’s young wizard and his friends. Q: On a scale from one to ten, how obsessed with Harry Potter are you? A:…
I thought that it might be useful to post sites where it is possible to get online books for free – though if your computer is anything like mine it seems to be becoming harder and harder to get online! The city library has an…
My holiday itinerary always seems to involve going to, or staying on, islands. I seem mysteriously to feel the pull of these often isolated places. There is something about that distance between shore and the mainland, viewed often from a deck of a ferry, as…
