Dyslexic Friendly Books – what a great idea! At Jesmond Library we regularly add to our children’s collection of books. We add new titles, replace some well loved favourites and our latest addition has been to have some Dyslexic Friendly Books on our shelves. Dyslexia…
The British Library Classics Series Had enough of ever more violent crime, gore and detectives with complicated home lives in your ‘light’ reading? You might like to try the British Library Crime Classics series. There are 130 books now with more published each year and…
Do you love reading? Have a story you’d like to share, or want to fall in love with your neighbour’s favourite tale? We would love to hear from you. From 6pm we are looking for children to read their favourite story or poem to a…
By Anna Coppinger – Third year BA Geography student at Newcastle University and volunteer at Jesmond Library What is the Booker Prize? This is an annual literary award given to the best novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. The…
If you want to understand more about the complex history of Ukraine we have on display at the Library a selection of relevant books. From the Crimean War to the Bolshevik Revolution to Putin’s Russia to contemporary writers, we hope the books offer an insight…
Thank you We are grateful to our friends at St George’s Church for their recent gift of a photocopy of a short story which, as they say in their letter to us, is a part of Jesmond’s history. The story in question is The Islanders,…
We are fortunate to have some very talented authors here in the northeast. This blog will focus on those who write crime, mystery and thriller books. Not all the books are set here in the northeast but some are, all are written by local authors,…
In the 18th century Victorians would gather round the flickering lights of an open fire and tell each other ghost stories at Christmas time. But the telling and sharing of scary tales at midwinter goes back much further. As the days grew shorter it must…
It’s Christmas! The decorations are up and we’re delighted to say the children’s Christmas books are back on the shelves and already being eagerly borrowed and read. This year we have craft packs available in the Library for our younger visitors to take away and…
There really is nothing like holding a new book in your hands. The picture on the cover captures your attention. The blurb inside the fly leaf teases you with a hint of what lies within. You open to the first page and breath in that…
