First 2024 visit Liverpool Libraries and Information Services, but not the last as research and writing finally start to take centre stage again…

Today it was webinar prep on #solidarity and a new paper on #stateaid and #hospitals …

Our greatest thanks for our secret guest Mike McCartney who gave up his valuable time to speak to our star stuck Beatles Lyrics students about the music and history of the Scaffold. Also special thanks to Sue Peterson and Spencer Leigh . A fascinating relaxed Q+A

Still time to register for our session today at 2pm . We have a secret special guest ... he's famous in his own right, a musician, writer and gifted photographer and he has a glocally famous brother. he'll be very much in the pink at Central Library 🤐eventbrite.co.uk/e/things-we-sa…

Having fun with Museum in a Box -look out for for them at the Beyond the Baseline exhibition Living Knowledge Network .Made by our maker friend Adrian McEwen @[email protected] DoES Liverpool Liverpool MakeFest

#Merseyside 's own Edwardian crime novel. Mayhem, martial law, suffragettes and strikers - a fabulous recreation of 1911 #Liverpool . Available through all good outlets.
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Neat talk about the background too! News From Nowhere Liverpool Libraries and Information Services Sefton Libraries

#FREE Course for Parents, Grandparents and Carers.
#Phonics #Reading #lifelonglearning Liverpool Libraries and Information Services
Spellow Library T: 293 8351 to book a place

How fantastic ! We’d love this and the kids, communities and local economy would benefit so much ! Fingers crossed !

We are pleased to announce the launch of a crowdfunding appeal to buy and deliver a mobile #Library to Ukraine.

We hope to raise £10,000, with which we will purchase a decommissioned, fully serviced mobile library from a council and deliver it.

librariesconnected.org.uk/news/libraries…

How many characters in books, comics and films aren’t able to live with their birth family? Come and have a chat about ‘orphans in popular culture’ and fostering at Toxteth Library ⁦Liverpool City Council Fostering Service⁩ ⁦Liverpool Libraries and Information Services⁩ ⁦Liz Parsons⁩

Some great stuff coming out the archives for this autumn exhibition St George's Quarter Liverpool Empire Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse theatres Unity Theatre 🧡 Paperwork Theatre

Meet Davros at Liverpool MakeFest . We are very excited (and scared) he’s coming . Call is now open for Makers too . The theme this year is sustainability, repurposing and recycling.

liverpoolmakefest.org/2024/03/2024-c… - ATTENTION PLEASE our 2024 call for makers is now open, we're especially looking for sustainable projects but all are welcome. Apply now, it's 100% FREE

It's not easy being green!
#LivMF24 #Makers #Community #Liverpool

Please note all Liverpool Libraries are closed today and on bank holiday Monday . We will revert to our normal opening hours on Tuesday 2nd April. We wish all of our customers a Happy Easter.

FREE storytelling sessions over the Easter holidays. Join Little Lamb Tales for adventures and tales. Liverpool Libraries and Information Services LivLitCycle #EasterHolidays #FREE #FamilyFun

Our #HealthAndWellbeing Award nominees for 2024 stand out for their compassion and determination in working to improve the lives of some of the most vulnerable members of their communities, from those experiencing #Dementia to refugees and asylum seekers. librariesconnected.org.uk/page/libraries…

So egg-cited for The Story Box at Easter! Join us for stories, crafts & games from 8th April 🐣🐰
- Monday Spellow Library 10:30-11:30
- Tuesday Toxteth Library 10:30-11:30
- Thursday The Old Library 10-11
- Friday Walton Life Rooms 10:30-11:30

Book here: creativespacesco.eventbrite.co.uk

We had a brilliant day for the Dementia Action Alliance event 💚

Our staff attended to showcase the support we offer to culturally diverse communities facing dementia diagnosis and also how we raise awareness around the condition, causes & treatment #DementiaAwareness #Culture

22nd anniversary #LiverpoolBizFair at #LFC Thurs 21 March will have lots of great business features Halton Libraries Liverpool Libraries and Information Services BIPC Liverpool City Region @localgrowthhub Warrington Business Exchange #PRRequest #JournoRequest Liverpool Live TV Free Entry - Exhibit from £260+VAT liverpoolbizfair.co.uk

Super proud of Alison Cassidy Team Leader in the Read department of Liverpool Central Library, who worked within library strategy and collaboratively with social prescribers to define, instigate and deliver the Universal Health and Wellbeing offer in Liverpool Central Library.

A groundbreaking study of 10-12 year olds shows kids read better on paper, not screens.

‘For “deeper reading” there is a clear advantage to reading a text on paper, rather than on a screen, where “shallow reading was observed”.’
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