October 18, 2024

Pressreader Coming Soon!

  Pressreader, Overdrive’s eMagazine and eNewspaper service, will be coming to Welsh Libraries in November! The service will be available to library users across Wales for the first time. What is PressReader? PressReader is your digital newsstand for newspapers and magazines – available to you very soon through your library! With the PressReader app or […]

October 16, 2024

Refurbishment Plans for Betws Library

Betws Library, which is managed by Awen Cultural Trust in partnership with Bridgend County Borough Council, will be closed from 18th October until early February 2025 to undergo a refurbishment. With almost £150,000 being invested, the work is being funded by a Welsh Government Transformation Capital Grant with match funding provided by Awen Cultural Trust. […]

October 2, 2024

Green Initiatives Highlighted for Libraries Week

Green Libraries Week will return and run from 7-13 October 2024, celebrating libraries with a focus on the climate and sustainability. In 2023, Libraries Week went Green, with libraries from Jersey to John O’Groats hosting more than 290 environmental and sustainability activities from 2nd-8th October. The Green Libraries campaign is growing. Libraries across the UK and […]

September 13, 2024

Young readers find delight in Summer Reading Challenge author events

  The Books Council of Wales have been running some exciting author events in Welsh public libraries this summer to inspire and entertain young readers! Young readers in Wales have been delighted by author events presented by Leisa Mererid, Sophie Zalayet and Ian Brown to promote this year’s Summer Reading Challenge. Events kicked off in […]

September 4, 2024

Libraries’ Warm Welcome Saluted with National Honour

  Swansea’s much-loved local library service has been honoured for offering a warm welcome to people seeking sanctuary. The network of libraries, run by Swansea Council, has become the first in Wales to be awarded Library of Sanctuary status.  Libraries of Sanctuary is a network of librarians, library staff, community groups and book lovers who […]

July 8, 2024

Summer Reading Challenge Launches at Denbigh Library

  Young readers from Ysgol Twm o’r Nant in Denbigh are getting ready to tackle this year’s Summer Reading Challenge with author Leisa Mererid at a launch event at Denbigh Library on Wednesday 10 July 2024. The children are signing up for the challenge, which aims to keep kids reading over the summer holidays with […]

June 12, 2024

Win a copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio: A Children’s Edition

  A new book has been published that aims to make Shakespeare’s works more accessible to young people through an abridged and illustrated version of the landmark book that helped to ensure William Shakespeare’s legacy in world culture over 400 years ago. The book, known more famously as the First Folio, has been the cornerstone […]

May 16, 2024

National charity, The Reading Agency, launches compelling, new Reading Well for dementia book collection

  The Reading Agency launches Reading Well for dementia, an innovative, curated collection of books and resources designed to harness the power of reading to support the health and wellbeing of those affected by the condition. The book collection launches, in partnership with public libraries, during Dementia Action Week (13-19 May 2024), which inspires people […]

Gwynedd to Lead National Library Project

  Library services across Wales will be transformed as a result of a new system funded by the Welsh Government and led by Cyngor Gwynedd. This will mean that one system will be available along with an app to browse the books and audiobooks catalogue, as well as to order or renew items, which will […]