Hull Libraries

Join us at East Park Library for an afternoon of musical making during half term! 📍 East Park Library 🗓️ Wednesday 27th May ⏰ 2:30-3:15pm & 3:30-4:15pm We will be making: 🎵 charms and bracelets using beads and guitar picks! 🎵 felt patches to add to your jacket or bag! Help us celebrate this year's Summer Reading Challenge and get creative with some cool crafts! Head to our Eventbrite page to book your place! These crafts are more suitable for children age 8+, some younger children will need adult supervision.

What do you get if you cross a park, some authors, some illustrators, doodles, some actors, acrobatics, dance, bushcraft and music...? A BIG MALARKEY MYSTERY! In just a few short weeks The Big Malarkey Festival team will be taking over East Park, bringing riddles, puzzles, codes, challenges and amazing activities for families. There will be stories for all ages, a chance to meet authors and illustrators and some secret missions to complete. If you just can’t wait for the festival we’ve got great news! - We have free Big Malarkey Extra Helpings coming up...! Check our Eventbrite page for details: /o/hull-libraries-14573965599

Tickets are going fast for our event at Humber Business Week at Hull Truck on Weds 3rd June. Reserve you place here: /e/creating-a-city-of-curiosity-tickets-1987510476337 @hull.libraries @bizweekhumber @hulltruck

There’s still time to visit this beautiful show at HuFree Gallery curated alongside @christopher_tansey @karimskalliphoto @tarik_skalli_photography and @bill_tansey within Western @hull.libraries on Boulevard. It’s a show that focuses on the Tower blocks of Anlaby Road. It looked particularly great in the sun when we visited this week. The gallery has been developed by EofUs with HU3 communities and in partnership with the library. What EofUs loves about this photography focused initiative is that it puts at the heart of the community a place where great work, made by residents or people responding to this place, can be seen for what they are and it is - gold! Oh and let’s not forget it also draws attention to the amazing resources that are local libraries.

Marfleet Primary School have been visiting Waudby Library for the last few years with all of their classes, and today the year 2 class surprised library staff with cards to say thank you! The children have drawn images of their favourite books and written about why they enjoy them. 💛 We absolutely love the cards, thank you!

What Were The Last 5 Winning Books Of The Key Stage 3 James Reckitt Hull Children’s Book Awards? Amy, from the Hull Schools Library Service, takes us through past victors of the award. Supplementals: /kwue3erj @hull.libraries @hullschoolslibraryservice @big.malarkey

Finally had time to sit and down and reflect upon a non-stop few days… We had a brilliant time at @britishlibrary at their Fairytales exhibition, followed by an exceptionally emotive evening at @thebritishbookawards There was laughter, joy and tears as we celebrated the wonder that is the book industry. There certainly was inspiration, power and incredible personal stories shared. And although we didn’t win the overall Library of the Year Award, we were immensly proud that @hull.libraries was the country winner for the North, and we enjoyed every minute celebrating that alongside all of the other incredible library services and overall winners in the City of Edinburgh team. Huge congratulations 🥳 A massive thank you to our incredible partner for One Hull of a Read @scholastic_uk for inviting us to share the evening with them, and for our lovely gift 💝 You all made us feel so welcome and we were thrilled to celebrate your fabulous FOUR awards along with you! The icing on the cake…obviously catching up with our besties and integral partner to the project @the_rabbithole.bookshop_ our friend @jeffreykboakye and getting to meet (and have way too many selfies with) lots of other fabulous authors, celebrities and the people who bring fabulous books to the masses. 🎉🥳⭐👏

Interested in being a part of plans for the garden of Western Library? 🌻🌸 Head down and get involved at the AGM! Flyer designed by a wonderful 17-year old Friends of Western Library volunteer!

A week ago already. Still thinking about the incredible @moonchildsanelly lighting up Hull Central Library with her electrifying future ghetto funk sound. Part of the brilliant @loudinlibraries programme bringing high-quality live music to libraries across the UK. @apexacoustics @hull.libraries @canonuk . . . . . . #MoonchildSanelly #LiveMusicPhotography #ConcertPhotography #GigPhotography #MusicPhotography #LiveGig #FutureGhettoFunk #HullMusic #HullEvents #HullCulture #HullPhotographer #EventPhotography #StagePhotography #CanonR6II #ShotOnCanon #SouthAfricanMusic #UKMusicScene #LivePerformance #MusicScene #CreativePhotography #LiveMusicUK #FestivalPhotography #GetItLoudInLibraries #LibraryGig

It's a Malarkey Mystery! 🔎 Celebrate the National Year of Reading and join us this May Half-Term for a week of curious activities! Head to the Hull Libraries Eventbrite page to book your place! 💛

Lovely picture of one of Western Library's customers, Owen, reading on their cosy bean bags. 💛 Thank you to Owen's mum for sharing this with us.

Make and Take this week at Hull Central Library! This week we are making paper chain animals. 🐍 Hull Central Library's sessions run every Thursday 6pm-7pm, with all materials included! Places can be booked on Hull Libraries Eventbrite, but walk ins are more than welcome. 💛