There is something for everyone at Toon Libraries! Whether it’s a book with pages made of skin or a framed lock of hair belonging to ‘Thomas Bewick’ - we’ve got it all!! 🤪
How did we do with this query? 🤔
For free access to audiobooks (that work) your Newcastle Libraries membership gives you free access to @borrowbox
Or if you do fancy listening to a story being read aloud (it deffo won’t be Heated Rivalry though soz 🤪), join the Reading for Wellbeing Team on Thursdays (during Term-Time) for adult storytimes on Level 3 from 10.30am...
We're finalists in the Bookseller's Library of the Year @thebritishbookawards for our Practise English groups! 🤩
Newcastle Libraries are proud to offer a safe and welcoming space where people can improve their English literacy and enjoy reading together. Thank you to all of the staff and volunteers who make this program possible and to the readers who come along - you're all amazing! ✨📚
There are only a few places left on the AI, Misinformation V Disinformation session at City Library on Wednesday!
Discover how artificial intelligence is shaping information we see online, learn practical ways to spot misinformation and disinformation. This is an accessible, beginner‑friendly session.
For more information and to book tickets visit Eventbrite (link in bio!)
(This image was AI generate - could you tell?)
Starting tomorrow at City Library (10.30am) for children with an interest age of 7-9!
Storytimes for older children...come along to listen to a story, do some colouring in or crafts and find out more about the library service.
For more information, email: [email protected]
The First Geordie Lioness 🦁
Grab you ticket for Thursday's fascinating talk Exploring the history of women’s football in the North East with Ken Hutchinson and special guest Christine Knox, former Lioness of the 70s and 80s, who earned 10 England caps after the 50-year ban on the women’s game. Hear Christine share first-hand the challenges faced by early players and how they paved the way for today’s Lionesses. Booking via Eventbrite (link in bio)
📸: Women's Football, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1938. Newcastle Libraries Archives.
Special Storytime at Blakelaw Library, TOMORROW!! ✨📚
Blakelaw Library invites families to a special storytime featuring The Ship’s Cat, read by local author Katie Scorah – a lovely opportunity to enjoy a story straight from the storyteller herself. Blakelaw Library at @leisureunited.ne5 | Friday 15 May at 4pm
Join us for a fascinating talk with Richard Pears at Bewick Hall, City Library on tomorrow (Thursday 14 May) at 5:30pm - last few tickets available!
Once the largest private estate in a European walled town, Anderson Place was created from two monasteries after 1540 and became the powerhouse of the Blackett family—until Richard Grainger reshaped the city in the 1830s.
📍 Discover the story behind this lost piece of Newcastle’s history
🎟️ Book now via Eventbrite (link in bio!)
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🔥Anise the Phoenix by @chloerodham for
Moving Parts Arts🔥 with quilled eggs made by local residents in workshops.
As part of Afterlives Festival in partnership with @toonlibraries
We had a wonderful couple of days at Afterlives Festival / The Late Shows last weekend. Our Immortelle artist commissions and workshops continue in Exeter this weekend, and Redbridge next month - details on our website whats on page (link in bio @movingpartsarts ). In Victorian times, people placed beautiful glass domes on graves filled with precious objects, symbols and treasures to honour those they had lost.
Now that tradition is coming back to life, and it has found a powerful new muse. It is common knowledge that the phoenix is a mythical bird reborn from its own ashes but in some ancient accounts, this beautiful creature performs a deeper ritual.
When it senses its life force ebbing, it gathers aromatic spices and scented resins like myrrh, shaping them into an egg and placing within it the ashes of its previous self. The newly born phoenix must then carry this precious object to a sacred place.
There are still some places on tomorrow's Staying Safe Online workshop at City Library! 🤩
Learn how to spot scams, protect your personal information, and stay confident online at this friendly session. Perfect for anyone using email, shopping online, or social media - come along and stay one step ahead.
Book your free place, here:
