Great to host @britishlibrary.bsky.social LKN #UnEarthed livestream event at Bristol Central Library on Monday evening for a lively discussion on incredible plants and their secret worlds.
Thank you to everyone who attended on the hottest day of the year!
@bristollibraries.bsky.social #Bristol

Next week! ✨🌿 Join us for an evening with gardener Danny Clarke, @plantlifeuk.bsky.social botanist Sarah Shuttleworth and pastoral literature scholar Francesca Gardner for a lively discussion exploring the power and poetry of plants

📆 Monday 30th June, 7-8.30pm
🎟️ Free! Sign up on Eventbrite

📚 We're hiring! 📚

Passionate about libraries and helping communities thrive? Join our team as a Library Assistant at libraries across Bristol! 🌟

✅ Fixed-term positions, various hours
✅ Variety of locations across Bristol

For more info ➡️ search 'library' on the Bristol City Council jobs website

The following libraries are part of the Period Friendly Places scheme:

• Avonmouth
• Bedminster
• Bishopston
• Central
• Filwood
• Fishponds
• Hartcliffe
• Henbury
• Hillfields
• Junction 3
• Redland
• Sea Mills
• Shirehampton
• St George
• Southmead

www.periodfriendlyplaces.org

Training in fundraising specifically relevant to library staff - starting 12 March 2025.

This short course will enable participants to identify funding opportunities and write compelling bids, as well as providing individual feedback and more:

❄️❄️ Winter at Bristol Central Library ❄️❄️

🧥 Bring One Leave One winter coats. Anyone in need of a warm coat can collect one from the rail in the foyer.

If you have winter coats to donate, please hang them on the rail in the foyer. Adult coats only please 🙏
#bristol #libraries #bristolcentrallibrary

We took delivery of 160 fabulous new chairs this week for events and study spaces across the historic part of the library, they replace an eclectic mix of modern meeting chairs. Funded by Libraries Improvement Fund (LIF) #ArtsCouncil
Much more in keeping!
#BristolCentralLibrary #Bristol #Libraries

Given Bluesky's increasing success & features (and Twitter's increasingly poor leadership), we at CILIP - the library and information association - are going to be growing our activity on here, so please give @cilip.bsky.social a follow and watch this space... #FactsMatter #LibrariesChangeLives

The BBC is supporting #publiclibraries inc Radio4 Today 08:23, keeping challenges in the news is positive. Concerning that volunteer run libraries are promoted as providing a wider breadth of services, all libraries do this! Thanks @richove.bsky.social for your advocacy www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Here is the link to the article - didn’t come through first time! app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/67177/...

Finally the sun came out for the end if summer. August Bank Holiday weekend, #Boscastle #Cornwall and a happy Milo the #lurcher who loves holidays and being by the sea.
#southwestcoastpath

I realised that I have only posted on the other place 6 times this year and hardly ever check it, it would be lovely to reconnect with all the library people in a more pleasant social media space. So I am dipping my toe in here.
👋 library people! And this is my very lovely library home!