Frederick Petford giving a talk on “Witchcraft, War Graves and Murder” in Bristol’s Redland Library. From last night’s event organised by the Friends of Redland Library @bristollibraries.bsky.social

📣 TODAY 🔰  Thursday 7th May 🔰 7pm ( doors open 6:45pm ) 📖  Witchcraft, War Graves and Murder 📖 An illustrated talk by Frederick Petford, crime author 🔰   Redland Library, Bristol 🔰  Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only ) @bristollibraries.bsky.social

I got this book from the library that I finished recently and highly recommend:

Under rubble and rain, Gaza women try to save rare books in centuries-old library - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/under-rubble-and-rain-gaza-women-try-save-rare-books-centuries-old-library

Ancient Library of Celsus in Ephesus,Turkey ..

Many thanks to our Redland Library staff for this book display 🔰 Thursday 7th May 🔰 7pm (doors open 6:45pm) 📖 Witchcraft, War Graves and Murder 📖 An illustrated talk by Frederick Petford, crime author 🔰 Redland Library, Bristol 🔰 Admission £3 (pay at the door - cash only)

📣 This Thursday 🔰  Thursday 7th May 🔰 7pm ( doors open 6:45pm ) 📖  Witchcraft, War Graves and Murder 📖 An illustrated talk by Frederick Petford, crime author 🔰   Redland Library, Bristol 🔰  Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only ) @bristollibraries.bsky.social

My latest books cartoon for the @theguardian.com

I can think of many books that have ‘stayed with me’. Can you…. #BookSky

Next Thursday 🔰  Thursday 7th May 🔰 7pm ( doors open 6:45pm ) 📖  Witchcraft, War Graves and Murder 📖 An illustrated talk by Frederick Petford, crime author 🔰   Redland Library, Bristol 🔰  Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only ) @bristollibraries.bsky.social

Nick Hunt and Michael Malay with their book choices at our Desert Island Books event on Nature

Alice of bookhaus Bookshop at our recent Tim Sullivan event @bookhaus.bsky.social

Tim Sullivan in Redland Library

📣 THIS WEEK 🐦‍⬛  Tuesday 28th April 🪶 7pm ( doors open 6:45pm ) 🍃  Desert Island Books on NATURE with a panel including - Nick Hunt - Michael Malay 🌳  Redland Library, Bristol 🐇  Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only ) @bristollibraries.bsky.social

📣 Next Week 🐦‍⬛  Tuesday 28th April 🪶 7pm ( doors open 6:45pm ) 🍃  Desert Island Books on NATURE with a panel including - Nick Hunt - Michael Malay 🌳  Redland Library, Bristol 🐇  Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only ) @bristollibraries.bsky.social

📣 TODAY 🔎  Wednesday 15th April 🔎 7:45pm ( doors open 7:30pm ) 🔎  An Evening with Tim Sullivan 🔎  Redland Library, Bristol 🔎  Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only ) Signed copies of Tim Sullivan’s books will be on sale. @timsullivanauthor.bsky.social @bristollibraries.bsky.social

📣 TOMORROW 🔎  Wednesday 15th April 🔎 7:45pm ( doors open 7:30pm ) 🔎  An Evening with Tim Sullivan 🔎  Redland Library, Bristol 🔎  Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only ) Signed copies of Tim Sullivan’s books will be on sale. @timsullivanauthor.bsky.social

Another in my series of libraries Stockholm Public Library #SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky

📣 Next WEDNESDAY 🔎  Wednesday 15th April 🔎 7:45pm ( doors open 7:30pm ) 🔎  An Evening with Tim Sullivan 🔎  Redland Library, Bristol 🔎  Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only ) Signed copies of Tim Sullivan’s books will be on sale. @timsullivanauthor.bsky.social

📢🐣🌸 Easter Bank Holiday Closures 🌸🐣📢 All Bristol Libraries will be closed on: 📅 Friday 3 April 📅 Sunday 5 April 📅 Monday 6 April ⏰ Extended Access will only be available 8–11am on Saturday 4 April only Enjoy a lovely spring weekend, and thank you for planning your visits accordingly! 💐📚✨

📣 TODAY IN REDLAND LIBRARY 🔰 Thursday 26th March 🔰 Getting To Know Your Place 🔰 An illustrated talk by Pete Insole 🔰 Redland Library, Bristol 🔰 Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only ) @bristollibraries.bsky.social

📣 TOMORROW 🔰 Thursday 26th March 🔰 Getting To Know Your Place 🔰 An illustrated talk by Pete Insole 🔰 Redland Library, Bristol 🔰 Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only ) @bristollibraries.bsky.social

Many thanks to our Redland Library staff for this book display 🔰 Thursday 26th March 🔰 Getting To Know Your Place 🔰 An illustrated talk by Pete Insole 🔰 Redland Library, Bristol 🔰 Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only ) Learn about the history & geography of Bristol

NEXT WEEK 🔰 Thursday 26th March 🔰 Getting To Know Your Place 🔰 An illustrated talk by Pete Insole 🔰 Redland Library, Bristol 🔰 Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only )

📣 TODAY 🔰 Tuesday 10th March 🔰 7pm (doors open 6:45pm) 🔰 Elizabeth Linley: The Nightingale of Bath 🔰 Thomas Messel tells the story of Elizabeth Linley, one of Britain’s most celebrated singers of C18th 🔰 Redland Library, Bristol 🔰 Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only )

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📣 TODAY 🔰 Tuesday 10th March 🔰 7pm (doors open 6:45pm) 🔰 Elizabeth Linley: The Nightingale of Bath 🔰 Thomas Messel tells the story of Elizabeth Linley, one of Britain’s most celebrated singers of C18th 🔰 Redland Library, Bristol 🔰 Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only )

Many thanks to our Redland Library staff for this book display 🔰 Tuesday 10th March 🔰 7pm (doors open 6:45pm) 🔰 Elizabeth Linley: The Nightingale of Bath 🔰 Talk by Thomas Messel 🔰 Redland Library, Bristol 🔰 Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only )

📣 NEXT WEEK 🔰 Tuesday 10th March 🔰 7pm (doors open 6:45pm) 🔰 Elizabeth Linley: The Nightingale of Bath 🔰 Thomas Messel tells the story of Elizabeth Linley, one of Britain’s most celebrated singers of C18th 🔰 Redland Library, Bristol 🔰 Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only )

Please support your local Library Friends group by: 📚 attending events 📚 publicising these events on social media 📚 volunteering to help organise events and activities 📚 using your local library #Libraries @bristollibraries.bsky.social

I picked this up at the library today, they are handing out postcards to send in for support to keep the library service that borrows books from participating libraries across the state. #library #georgia

La magnifique Peabody Library à Baltimore dans le Maryland 🇺🇸📚

Always support your local library. When I need a book for research, I request it, and it is shipped to my library so I can pick it up. I couldn't do my job without the library.

📣 OUR NEXT EVENT 🔰 Tuesday 10th March 🔰 7pm (doors open 6:45pm) 🔰 Elizabeth Linley: The Nightingale of Bath 🔰 Thomas Messel tells the story of Elizabeth Linley, one of Britain’s most celebrated singers of C18th 🔰 Redland Library, Bristol 🔰 Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only )

📚 Tickets on sale now! 🎉 We're really excited to be hosting this Fiction in Translation event, it's going to be a fascinating conversation between author and translator 🖋️ 🎟️ £4 or Pay What You Can 👉 Book your place here: bristol.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=266...

📣 TODAY ☘️ Tuesday 17th February ☘️ 7pm (doors open 6:45pm) ☘️ Country View : Ireland ☘️ A panel discusses the literature, culture, history & people of Ireland ☘️ Redland Library, Bristol ☘️ Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only ) #Ireland #Irish #Bristol

Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the agency’s new grant guidelines could fund projects that encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American history.

Best part of my day. I worked one of the five shifts I'll get to work before the library budget runs out.

"He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music." 📖 “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” ~ James Joyce, 1916 #BookchatWeekly #Ireland

“All writing is a form of manipulation, of course, but you realize that a plain sentence can actually do so much.” ~ Colm Tóibín #BookchatWeekly #Ireland

"Mistakes are the portals of discovery" 📖 “Ulysses” ~ James Joyce, 1922 #ClassicLitMonday #BookchatWeekly #Ireland

“I had a very happy childhood, which is unsuitable if you are going to be an Irish writer.” ~ Maeve Binchy #BookchatWeekly #Ireland

Paul Lynch, winner of the 2023 Booker Prize said when asked why Ireland was so well represented on that year’s longlist, “It’s a great place for writers.” #BookwormSat #BookchatWeekly #Ireland

Many thanks to our Redland Library staff for this book display ☘️ Tuesday 17th February ☘️ 7pm (doors open 6:45pm) ☘️ Country View : Ireland ☘️ A panel discusses the literature, culture, history & people of Ireland ☘️ Redland Library, Bristol ☘️ Admission £3 (pay at the door - cash only)

📣 Next week ☘️ Tuesday 17th February ☘️ 7pm (doors open 6:45pm) ☘️ Country View : Ireland ☘️ A panel discusses the literature, culture, history & people of Ireland ☘️ Redland Library, Bristol ☘️ Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only ) #Ireland #Irish #Bristol

🐑🌱 Celebrate the onset of spring with us by making your own fluffy lamb! 🌼✨ 📚 At Redland Library 🗓️ Wednesday 18 February ⏰ 1pm–2pm (Free, no booking necessary, just drop in!) 👧👦 Suitable for ages 3+ (adult supervision required) 🎨 Materials provided 🐏💚 #redlandlibrary @redlandlibevents.bsky.social

📣 Future events in #Bristol’s Redland Library

No! Don't do it! www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=richard+... #books #new #fiction #horrorbooks #booksky 💙📚 #authors #writingcommunity #horror

📣 Next week ☘️ Tuesday 17th February ☘️ 7pm (doors open 6:45pm) ☘️ Country View : Ireland ☘️ A panel discusses the literature, culture, history & people of Ireland ☘️ Redland Library, Bristol ☘️ Admission £3 ( pay at the door - cash only ) #Ireland #Irish #Bristol