What happened next…? People have asked for a list of the books which were read during the Jesmond Library Readathon, 26-27 June 2026 Books read: To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee The Elephant’s Child – Rudyard Kipling There is an England – Harry Gallagher…
The 2026 Teddy Bear Trail This is the National Year of Reading, so this year’s Teddy Bear Trail took the theme of ‘Ted Loves Books’. Jez the Ted’s friends did not hold back! Thirty teddies took part with all of them taking on characters from…
April’s challenge For the National Year of Reading 2026, we are setting a new challenge each month. The April challenge was a picture quiz, imagining what would happen if the illustrator of a book misheard or misunderstood the title and inadvertently used an animal in…
The March Challenge As part of our engagement in the National Year of Reading 2026, we are setting a new challenge each month. The March challenge #BookCharacter was for our younger members to draw their favourite character from their favourite book. It also tied in…
Congratulations to this year’s winners! And a heartfelt thank you to everyone who entered. The standard this year was exceptionally high, the range of voices and stories a reminder of the remarkable talent in our writing community. Enormous gratitude to the people who helped make…
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…
2023 Musical Teddy Bear Trail Jez the Ted says a big ‘Thank you’ to all his 32 friends for taking part in this year’s Teddy Bear Trail. What fun we all had! The sun shone for most of the two week Trail. All the Teddies…
Jesmond Library is thrilled that our treasurer Chris Clarke has been awarded the BEM in the Queen’s Jubilee Honours. Our congratulations to Chris and thanks for all his efforts on behalf of the library and more widely in Jesmond. Chronicle Live
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…
So what is the question? As every Douglas Adams fan knows, 42 is the answer to the ultimate question: life, the universe and everything! Here at Jesmond Library, the question is not philosophical but entirely practical. 42 x £1000 is how much we need to…
