About Plymouth Libraries
Plymouth City Council Libraries are free to join. Borrow books, access computers, online resources and more. http://www. plymouth. gov. uk /libraries
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Newspapers are a fantastic way of bringing history to life. Our latest blog post looks at all the different Plymouth newspapers you can access through the library.
https://library.plymouth.gov.uk/…/-/blo …/plymouth-newspapers
Pop up famous Plymothians display at Southway Library for the Plymouth History Festival.
Events continue this week with free talks, family history workshops and digital collection days.
https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/libraries/eve nts…
The Get Creative Festival starts tomorrow and we have lots of ways you can get involved!
https://library.plymouth.gov.uk/…/blogs /get-creative-in-lib…
Inspired by Swallows and Amazons the Chatterbooks group at the Central Library built their very own fort on the roof terrace.
If you have a child who loves reading (or building forts) find a Chatterbooks group near you. https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/libraries/eve nts…
10 Year Celebrations at Plymstock Library COMPLETE!
Thank you to 2nd Plymstock Scout Group and every single person that made us a celebration card!
Wishing all of those who turned 10 Years Old in the month of May, a Happy birthday too! ... There's still time to collect your special Birthday prizes from us, just bring your Birthday invite along!
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Happy Birthday to us all at Plymstock Library! Today we're celebrating 10 Years of the new build!!
Thank you to everyone who has came along so far to join in our fun this morning! We've had Oreston Academy Choir and our Mad Hatter's Tea Party. This afternoon we have a Tea Dance too!
Theres still plenty of time to use our photobooth, it'll be around until the end of the week!
It's the Plymouth History Festival and all this month we're going to be looking at some of the brilliant resources we have to help you discover Plymouth's history.
First up is books and we asked librarian and local history expert Graham Naylor to recommend his top five titles.
Read our blog to see his choices.
... https://library.plymouth.gov.uk/‚Ķ/lib‚Ä ¶/-/blogs/history-month
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Quick reminder that we’re closed tomorrow for the bank holiday. Our online library of eBooks, audiobooks and magazines is always open. https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/libraries
Come and enjoy a sing song with your little one every Tuesday at Efford Library 2.15pm to 2.45pm.ūüėÉūüĎ∂ūüé∂
The Plymouth History Festival starts this week!
The first event in libraries is a Digital Collection morning at Plympton on Saturday 4 May. Drop in from 10am to 1pm.
The Lest We Forget Digital Collection Days aim to preserve memories of the First World War. Bring along diaries, letters, photographs, memoirs, objects or stories about your family's experience in the war to add to an online collection.
... Visit the festival website to see everything that's happening. https://historyfestival2019.wordpress.com /
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Do you want to learn more about coding? Come along to Code Club every Tuesday at Southway Library 4.30pm to 5.30pm.ūüíĽūüôā
Code Club is a national network of volunteer-led after school coding clubs for children. Children follow modules of projects to learn about and develop coding skills using Scratch, HTML & CSS and Python.
Code Club runs during term time only. Suitable for children aged 8 and over.
Get help with searching for jobs, CVs, basic IT skills, interviews and more at the Work Club at Effford Library every Thursday from 10am to 12 noon.ūüďĆūüďíūüĎć
You can find a work club at a library near you by visiting our events page https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/li…/activit iesandeventslibraries
These brave children at North Prospect Library went on a bear hunt. ūüźĽ
Join our Feel Better with a Book group at Plympton Library every Wednesday 11am to 12 noon.
Enjoy the power of great novels, stories and poems with the chance to read aloud in a small friendly group.
Feel better with a book groups give you a place to relax, a chance to make friends and a new way to share reading. ūüďĖ‚̧ԳŹūüôā
... Find a group at a library near you by checking our events page https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/li…/activit iesandeventslibraries
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Need some help getting online? Come along to IT for beginners every Tuesday 11am to 12 noon at Crownhill Library. ūüíĽūüôā
Chatterbooks reading group at Crownhill Library runs every Tuesday 4pm to 4.45pm.ūüĎĆ
Chatterbooks is a reading club to help children build a lifelong habit of reading books and aimed at 8 to 11yrs. ūüďö Check our events page to find a Chatterbooks session at a library near you!