What Gift Aid means for Jesmond Library Last year we received an extra £2,400 on top of the donations given by our kind supporters. It was due to the Gift Aid scheme, where the Government gives back 25p of every £1 donated to charities by…
Thursday Evening Talks at Jesmond Library have been a regular event in our calendar for over 10 years, offering a varied and interesting range of talks on many different topics. We’re back this week with a new season. Hopefully you’ll find something here to interest…
By Florence, age 7 Jesmond Library is a good example of a library because the people there are helpful and kind. They have really good books, it’s hard to only take five out per person. The craft sessions are brilliant so I wish they were…
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…
2024 Sporty Teddy Bear Trail Another successful Teddy Bear Trail! This year it took a sporty theme. Thank you to all who hosted and participated. Despite the rather wet weather, many children and grown-ups enjoyed finding the 32 active Teddies across quite a large section…
Let there be… LIGHT! Jesmond Library has launched its 2024 Creative Writing Competition. This year the theme is ‘Light’. You can interpret that how you like. Here are some ideas, but you can use the theme in any way: Light in contrast to darkness; Light…
Final Blog post from our Writer in Residence It doesn’t seem that long ago I was introducing myself as your writer in residence, but here I am already in the last week of my residency. So, what have I been doing for the last six…
What are your first memories of going to the library? My first library ticket was a small piece of pink card. It gave me the freedom of the children’s section of Halesowen Library. I read my way through the narrow room – from the low…
You may have seen posters up in the library advertising sessions with the Jesmond Library Writer in Residence. That’s me – Amanda Quinn – and I thought it’d be a good idea to introduce myself and explain what I’ll be doing over the next six…
