As part of Kirklees’ efforts to fight the coronavirus and reduce infection rates, we have made the difficult decision to temporarily suspend some of our library services, including our ring and read service.
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Ring and Read From 4th January our Ring and Read offer has been enhanced and extended to include specific titles. You can still get a selection of books chosen for you through the scheme, but if there are specific titles you would like, you can now request them using the online catalogue. We will get in touch when they are
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Birkby and Fartown will see work commence on the construction of a new library building from next week. Contractors Marshalls will build a library that will benefit not just the local residents but also schools especially nearby Birkby Junior School. Located on Lea Street, the new library will provide additional resource to support children in their reading and overall childhood
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Kirklees Libraries have done a fantastic job keeping local communities connected during lockdown. But a few weeks into the pandemic staff soon realised that people were desperate for reading material and physical books as not everyone has access to online facilities.
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This week we joined the amazing author and poet Catherine Fisher. As well as talking about what inspired her love of words and reading, Catherine gave us an exciting glimpse into her new book ‘The Midnight Swan’.
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This week on Library Adventures Live, we joined Nadine Kaadan, award-winning author and illustrator. Nadine read from her book ‘Tomorrow’ in both Arabic and English.
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What a fantastic library adventure with hip-hop artist, rapper, beatboxer and writer Testament! We discovered the roots of hip-hop and how it was born out of two communities and cultures coming together.
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What a fantastic library adventure from two wonderfully talented poets. This week we were joined by Conrad Burdekin and Dom Conlon who read out a few of their poems and talked about different language techniques…
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