We hope your writing fingers are twitching, because we are excited to announce an entirely virtual, lockdown creative writing challenge. Every week we will be posting a new topic or writing prompt on our website and social media, and accepting entries from all ages via email…
ELECTRIC CARS – AN UPDATE FOR 2020 On Thursday May 21st at 6.00pm Steve Emsley will be talking about electric cars. If you would like to receive an invitation to the zoom meeting please email events@jesmondlibrary.org. COLLECTION AND DELIVERY SERVICE The collection and…
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…
Following recent clarification of the rules for operating during the coronavirus the trustees of the library are ready to trial a book collection service. We have a library full of amazing books and we are sure you are all keen to be able to borrow…
With lockdown continuing and no definite end in sight we are trying to bring you some of the library’s activities online. In a two-part talk using Zoom, Keith Jewitt will look first at Gertrude Bell’s North East roots, and then at her extraordinary life and…
