This term Dr O's Economics students are reading Talking to My Daughter by Yanis Varoufakis. They came up to the library today to collect their books, and while they were here they decided what reading animal they are - there were a lot of tortoises! #bedesreads #goallin #nationalyearofreading2026

Miss Evans is currently reading... Share what you're reading in the comments! #bedesreads #goallin #nationalyearofreading2026

New blog post: What reading animal are you? Link in comments #bedesreads #goallin #nationalyearofreading2026

Miss Evans is currently reading... #bedesreads #goallin #nationalyearofreading2026

Bede's is Going All In! #bedesreads #goallin #nationalyearofreading2026

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

#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?

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

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...

Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️

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

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

There are times when only Wodehouse will do…

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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. 🤷‍♂️

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..

Ggrrrrrrrr.... 😇 #booksky #libraries

Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️

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...

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.

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...

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

#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!

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.