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Harry Potter jokes? You cannot be Sirius!

by fojl 1st April 2020

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:…

Book review, Events, Inspiration

Novel Houses

by fojl 9th March 2020

Houses which give books a sense of place I was in Waterstones after Christmas browsing as you do when you have gift cards burning to be spent in your wallet. In the new book section, I spied a book title which intrigued me ’Novel Houses’…

Book review, Inspiration

The Booker Prize Shortlist

by fojl 20th September 2019

Copies of all six books which have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize are now available on the library shelves. Which one gets your vote?

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Review – Daisy Johnson – Everything Under

by fojl 1st March 2019

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…

Book review, Client story

Review: Rachel Kushner The Mars Room

by fojl 22nd February 2019

Rachel Kushner’s novel The Mars Room focuses primarily on a young mother named Romy Hall who is serving a life sentence in jail. Romy’s experiences are rendered in unflinching detail, tacking between the circumstances that led to her criminal conviction and the reality of life…

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Review your Jesmond library book!

by fojl 22nd February 2019

We are starting a new thread featuring short reviews of books in Jesmond Library. If you would like your review to be featured please email it to events@jesmondlibrary.org and we can post it on the website. We could also post a picture of you or…

Book review, Client story

New Books at Jesmond Library

by fojl 30th November 2018

We have added fifty new books to Jesmond Library this week, including some lovely Junior books on a Christmas theme, and a range of new fiction, biographies, cookery and general non-fiction. Titles include: Michelle Obama’s autobiography “Becoming”, Stephen Hawking’s final book “Brief Answers to Big…

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Harry Potter jokes? You cannot be Sirius!

Novel Houses

The Booker Prize Shortlist

Review – Daisy Johnson – Everything Under

Review: Rachel Kushner The Mars Room

Review your Jesmond library book!

New Books at Jesmond Library

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