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June 17, 2020

More Books on Mental Health Available in Welsh

Award-winning author Matt Haig’s memoir of living with depression has been translated into Welsh as part of the groundbreaking Reading Well Books on Prescription for mental health scheme. Regularly featured on best-seller lists, Matt Haig’s Reasons to Stay Alive is among the latest collection of self-help books to be published in Welsh to help people […]

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April 6, 2020

Access the Library Anywhere, Anytime

Discover your Library’s wide range of digital resources — including eBooks & eAudiobooks, eMagazines & eComics, and a wealth of Digital Collections. Your Library’s fantastic collection of online resources includes over 250 top eMagazines, over 25,000 eBooks and eAudiobooks, eComics – all for free, simply join the library! You also have access to a selection […]

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April 2, 2020

Enhanced eComics Service Includes Disney titles

Welsh Libraries are proud to be offering an enhanced eComics service from April 2020 to all library users throughout Wales, which will include over 3,500 titles. The enhanced collection will include popular Disney titles such as Frozen, Mulan & Finding Nemo, as well as Marvel classics such as Spiderman and The Incredible Hulk, and other top comics such as Transformers, Star Trek, and Ghostbusters. Deputy […]

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March 9, 2020

Book Lovers Across Wales Celebrate World Book Day 2020

Book lovers across Wales joined together to celebrate World Book Day this year on 5 March 2020. The Books Council of Wales invited schools, bookshops, colleges, libraries, businesses and households to join the largest annual celebration of books and reading in the United Kingdom and Ireland, by taking part in activities and events across Wales […]

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February 18, 2020

Swansea Libraries Celebrate 50th Year of City Status

Swansea celebrated 50 years as a city in 2019, with Swansea Council leading a programme of events and activities to mark this special anniversary. As a council service and one with a strong presence in many local communities, Swansea Libraries were keen to take part in the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the award announcement of […]

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February 12, 2020

From Rugby to Rhymes: Rugby icon James Hook helps launch BookTrust’s annual Big Welsh Rhyme Time

This week over twenty-two thousand Welsh children will be singing, rhyming and smiling as part of The Big Welsh Rhyme Time, BookTrust’s (the UK’s largest reading charity) Wales-wide celebration of sharing rhymes and songs, together in the early years with a little help from Welsh Rugby icon James Hook. Each year The Big Welsh Rhyme […]

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February 7, 2020

Contemporary Facelift for Carmarthenshire Library and Archive

2.6 million investment has allowed for a state-of-the-art Archive and Library building, bringing Cultural Services to the forefront in Carmarthenshire. From a stunning external facelift, upon entering Carmarthen library, customers are welcomed in to a modern, bright open foyer which incorporates a vibrant and contemporary children’s library; a space offering support for whole families to […]

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October 23, 2019

New Users Inspired to Join The Great Welsh Libraries Read Together

Did you take part in our ‘Great Welsh Libraries Read Together’? What were your favourite titles? During Libraries Week this year, 226 new readers joined our reading campaign across Wales, with a total of 8,259 eBook & eAudio loans! Our unique campaign titles available during Libraries Week were: David Baldacci – The Memory Man (eAudio […]

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October 9, 2019

Join in the Great Welsh Libraries Read Together!

To coincide with this year’s Libraries Week theme of ‘Celebrating Libraries in a Digital World’, we have launched a special shared reading campaign: ‘The Great Welsh Libraries Read Together / Cyd-ddarllen Cymru! Trwy eich Llyfrgell Chi!’ We have arranged with our eBook & eAudioBook service Borrowbox to have 5 campaign titles made available. Campaign titles […]

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