Many library folk and other keen readers from the Council (including the Lord Mayor!) took part in Tales from the City, a special event organised by Children’s Services for the National Year of … more →
Bookstart Bear's Blogbillpurdue wrote 2 months ago: The Victorians and their artists I really enjoyed Jeremy Paxman’s short series of documentaries on t … more →
natashaworswick wrote 3 months ago: I was reading on Book Brunch how one of the biggest successes of last year’s National Year of … more →
davidpleach wrote 3 months ago: That publishing is missing millions of potential customers because of an undesirable perception of b … more →
Chris Beedham wrote 8 months ago: The latest competition for Warrington readers The National Year of Reading theme for December is: “ … more →
Jean Hudson wrote 8 months ago: The National Year of Reading theme for December is: “Write the Future. Some write, others read and … more →
Serena Trowbridge wrote 8 months ago: The excellent Birmingham Book Festival commissioned the philosopher A C Grayling to give a lecture … more →
keithmansfield wrote 8 months ago: My first ever school visit took me to Hounslow Manor in southwest London. Before last Friday, I conf … more →
Bookstart Bear wrote 9 months ago: Many library folk and other keen readers from the Council (including the Lord Mayor!) took part in T … more →
Bookstart Bear wrote 9 months ago: After Team GB’s success in Beijing, Team BB is proud to announce the gold Bookcrawl certificat … more →
Bookstart Bear wrote 11 months ago: No – I’m not in the Big Brother House – I’m sitting in the Telling Tales sto … more →
Bookstart Bear wrote 11 months ago: It’s Plymouth’s Annual Play Day on Wednesday and I’ll be there with the libraries … more →
Bookstart Bear wrote 1 year ago: If you are lucky enough to go to nursery school or a Children’s Centre in Plymouth, you should … more →
Lloyd Davis wrote 1 year ago: [the title by the way will probably only mean something to travellers on the Great Western Railway] … more →
boomergrl49 wrote 1 year ago: 2008 is the National Year of Reading. The NYR website, link above, offers reading challenges, monthl … more →
billpurdue wrote 1 year ago: Jacqueline Wilson does it again Yes, another book from the popular teenage writer Jacqueline Wilson … more →
Christine Rooney-Browne wrote 1 year ago: Reading Partners have just launched their exciting Reader Meets Writer programme, as part of the Nat … more →
barefootapril wrote 1 year ago: 2008 is the National Year of Reading. Wether you’re an adult or child there’s a challen … more →
pdom wrote 1 year ago: In my heat of the moment rampage last post, I clean forgot to mention important stuff about Thursday … more →
leicesterliterature wrote 1 year ago: Library staff, councilors and writers made their nominations for Leicester’s Favourite Book to … more →