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New blog post - how the library can help during exam season. Link in bio. #bedesreads #booksky #libraries #exams

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Not to pile on, but every 'c' in 'Pacific Ocean' is pronounced differently.

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New blog post - review of the brilliant Glasgow Boys! #bedesreads #booksandbeyond #booksky

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We'll be reading three of these titles in next term's Brilliant Books and Biscuits. But not The Things We Leave Behind or Glasgow Boys because we already read those - look at us, fingers all over the literary pulse! #bedesreads #booksky #libraries

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Brilliant Books and Biscuits Nostalgia Special: Dash of Wind in the Willows, a dollop of James and the Giant Peach, a drizzle of Frog and Toad, and a sprinkling of Pippi Longstocking - a really lovely World Book Day event! #bedesreads #booksky #libraries #librarylife

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Almost ready for our World Book Day Brilliant Books and Biscuits Nostalgia Special! #bedesreads #booksky #libraries #librarylife

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These amazing #schoollibrarians are building a #library in Kenya this summer! Learn how you can help this Fri March 7 #episode 311. #tlsky @captainlibrary.bsky.social @librarianjones.com @andrea-trudeau.bsky.social

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New library blog! 🥳 #bedesreads #booksky #libraries #blog

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#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #ParableOfTheSower by Octavia E. Butler. #BookSky What did you think of Butler's use of diary entries to tell the story? Did it add to the impact? How?

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George Eliot and George Sand were both authors, and women. Happy Women's History Month.

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There's a new Colm Tóibín story in this week's New Yorker, some gentle, mournful fiction about what America was and is for an ordinary man today www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️

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Whatever career you want to pursue, reading books will get you there. #bedesreads #booksky

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A productive afternoon spent with our Reading Ambassadors, putting together a jolly new noticeboard outside the Sports Hall! #bedesreads #libraries #booksky

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There are times when only Wodehouse will do…

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They go on a lot today about responsible drinking, but neighbourhood pubs used to enforce that. There’d be a pal of your dad’s in there saying, “You’ve had a few too many, kid, steady on – it’s still three hours till closing time.” ~ John Cooper Clarke www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Just a friendly reminder that your desire to have a bookshelf with a rolling ladder is valid. Don’t let anyone ever disrespect you by telling you otherwise.

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Loved 'Isaac and the Egg' (available in your friendly school library), and looking forward to this one! #bedesreads #booksky

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Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro has joined calls for the UK government to “reconsider and change course” when it comes to AI, warning that “no one believes the proposed ‘opt-out’ system will work”. 👇 #BookSky

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Congratulations to our Library of the Year Finalists: South-East England✨ ⭐Portsmouth Libraries and Archives ⭐West Sussex County Council Library ⭐Broadstairs Library ⭐Winchester Library Find out more about the full list of finalists 👉 buff.ly/3EJZmns

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Most of these excellent titles available from your friendly school library... 😊 #bedesreads #booksky #libraries

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Also available from your friendly school library... #bedesreads #booksky #libraries

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Early years practitioners are doing incredible work to bring the benefits of reading to children - and it can have a lifelong impact. Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social visited a school nursery in Liverpool to see this in action: www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...

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Happy #FamilyDay! We believe every family should be supported to make sharing books a regular part of daily life, helping children to enjoy the benefits of reading. Here's why shared reading has a vital role to play in early education and childcare 👇 www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...

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I love the US, I'm a quarter American, I have American family, my great uncle was an ambassador and a senator, I have visited many times and seen much of the country. I feel a strong sense of solidarity with all the Americans who DID NOT VOTE FOR THIS!! #booksky #libraries #America

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An oldie but a goodie, that is always one of my first recommendations to teen boys who say they 'hate reading'! #booksky #libraries

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A customer refused to buy the copy of the book they wanted from our shelves because they “don’t buy display copies.” Not sure they know how bookshops work. 🤷‍♂️

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After Life by Gayle Forman 📚👍🏼 https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-book-reviews/after-life/ #kidlit After Life is a story capturing a poignant moment in time in the lives of a grieving family and those connected to them. It is an enthralling tale that keeps yo..

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Ggrrrrrrrr.... 😇 #booksky #libraries

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Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️

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Exciting news in the memoir department, kids! Margaret Atwood is finally spilling the beans about her life and work. It's out in November but you can pre-order now! - Michael bertsbooks.co.uk/product/book...

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Libraries are great for the books, sure, but it's also nice to have a quiet and safe space to sit and think- a place where no one is trying to sell you anything.

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We reached over 1.4 million children through our programmes in 2023/24, helping families to discover the lifelong benefits of reading together. Find out more about the difference our wonderful supporters have made here: www.booktrust.org.uk/support-us/h...

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I've posted this before, I think, but it bears repeating... #libraries #booksky

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#BannedBookSkyClub Reminder that the March 2025 book is #ParableOfTheSower by Octavia Butler. Discussion start date forthcoming. Meanwhile in February, we're discussing #TheFireNextTime by James Baldwin. April 2025: Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook, et al. Get link to feed in replies. Join us!

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Love this new #PictureBook by Kate Rolfe, Wiggling Words, about how frustrating trying to read words on a page can be when neurodivergent. Dyslexia friendly font & paperstock, & useful tips for readers. Thanks @twohootsbooks.bsky.social @panmacmillan.bsky.social for sending me a copy!

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arthur was right having fun really isn’t hard when you've got a library card

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Re-upping this. We need experts in media literacy & stewards of the freedom to read now more than ever.

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I judge books by their covers. And their page quality. And their fonts. And their vibes. 📖 ✨️ #BookSky

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Katherine Rundell is the wisest woman in the world. Although I am older than she, I would still like to be her when I grow up. This is a long article, but read it, read it all, absorb it into your bones, and strive to act upon it. #booksky

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Standing room only for John McCullough this lunchtime. Fabulous poetry, great Q&A with some brilliant questions from the students, and Dr O and I may have won a bottle of wine each for the poems we wrote for the competition! #bedesreads #booksky #libraries #poetry

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John McCullough is coming in today for a Q&A and then a workshop with our poetry competition winners. The library is ready, bring on the poet! #bedesreads #booksky #libraries #poetry

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Happy birthday, Elmo! 🥳 Congratulations on your library card!

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