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We’ve got everything, and the books! Anyone can use our libraries, whatever your age. We've 11 libraries across the city that provide a fantastic range of activities https://www.hulllibraries.co.uk/
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Hull Libraries @hulllibraries.bsky.social · 7d
Hello Library Lover!
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” / Stephen King - On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
A short, but sweet newsletter this month! We’re having a few technical issues so here’s a few highlights for the month ahead!
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Nothing like an afternoon matinee gig in library on a rare Sunday afternoon off !!
Nice one @hulllibraries.bsky.social
#AlbertineSarge
#Matinee #Hull
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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What Is My Favourite Building In Hull?

Actor Matt Sutton picks the biggest demolition site in the city in order to outline his love for a true icon.

Supplementals: tinyurl.com/bdcn9cyb

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November 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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curiosityhull.bsky.social
What Is The Role Of A Solicitor In A Law Firm?

You may think you have a handle on this job role but Lucy, of Wilkin Chapman Rollits, lays out exactly what’s involved.

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November 6, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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How Was Hull Responsible For Take That?

So, apparently it was all our fault. Writer and boy band aficionado @nickquantrill.bsky.social outlines where and why this travesty took place.

Supplementals: tinyurl.com/n9mer5va

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November 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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curiosityhull.bsky.social
Why Did A Weeping Woman In White Get Hounded Out Of Hull In 1417?

This is exactly the sort of mystery our lachrymose female correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social loves to get his teeth into.

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November 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
hulllibraries.bsky.social
Hello Library Lover!
“Books are a uniquely portable magic.” / Stephen King - On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
A short, but sweet newsletter this month! We’re having a few technical issues so here’s a few highlights for the month ahead!
content.govdelivery.com/.../UKHULL/b...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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What Are My Top 5 Comic Book Characters?

We caught up with comic book artist and author Nathan Hawthorne at the Big Malarkey and he outlined his pick of the superheroes.

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November 3, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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On the latest CuriosityCast, get your laughing gear around this chat between Burnsy and Gary Jennison for all the detail surrounding Hull Comedy Festival 2025.

Available on our website or your favoured podcast supplier: curiosityhull.co.uk/curiositycast-…

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November 2, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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What Is My Favourite View In Hull?

@andytrainhull.bsky.social, of Pride In Hull, picks an unexpected but undeniably amazing view.

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October 31, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Who, What, Where, When, Why & How?

Author and illustrator Ramzee takes a shot at our Big Malarkey quiz, while @typicallymai.bsky.social holds sway.

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October 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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News from Instagram: all 4 authors have pulled out in solidarity with the PCS strike. Absolute diamonds! ✊🏳️‍🌈
hulllibraries.bsky.social Hull Libraries @hulllibraries.bsky.social · 18d
Thursday, 30 October 7-8.30pm
Queer Fantasy: with Juno Dawson, Samantha Shannon, Tash Suri and TJ Klune.
Livestreamed from the @britishlibrary.bsky.social to Hull Central Library. More info in alt text.
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Pictures of Juno Dawson, Samantha Shannon, Tash Suri and TJ Klune. Following the acclaimed recent British Library exhibition Fantasy; Realms of Imagination, we return to glorious, mysterious and fantastical worlds through a queer lens at this evening with some of our most exceptional authors. On a rare visit to the UK, we welcome TJ Klune, author of the worldwide celebrated The Bones Beneath My Skin, The House in the Cerulean Sea and Somewhere Beyond the Sea and many others, alongside Tasha Suri, introducing her brand new The Isle in the Silver Sea, and novelist and writer Juno Dawson, creator of bestselling fantasy series Her Majesty’s Royal Coven. They are in conversation with the million copy bestselling author of The Bone Season and The Roots of Chaos series, Samantha Shannon.
October 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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The Americas’ oldest book is an intricate work of Maya astronomy

Created in the 11th or 12th century, the Códice Maya de México is the oldest of these works and the only one to predate the arrival of the conquistadors in the 16th century.

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#books #astronomy
Page 9 of the Grolier Codex, a supposedly pre-Columbian Maya screenfold book, the authenticity of which is disputed. A standing deity figure dominates the page, facing left, highly stylized with elaborate headdress and glyphic adornment. To the left margin is a column of Maya day-signs or numerals — a vertical series of repeating glyph blocks, likely used for calendrical or Venus-cycle notation. The deity holds or is interacting with what appears to be a stone projectile or weapon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Codex_of_Mexico#/media/File:Grolier_Codex,_page_9.jpg
October 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Thursday, 30 October 7-8.30pm
Queer Fantasy: with Juno Dawson, Samantha Shannon, Tash Suri and TJ Klune.
Livestreamed from the @britishlibrary.bsky.social to Hull Central Library. More info in alt text.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-fant...
Pictures of Juno Dawson, Samantha Shannon, Tash Suri and TJ Klune. Following the acclaimed recent British Library exhibition Fantasy; Realms of Imagination, we return to glorious, mysterious and fantastical worlds through a queer lens at this evening with some of our most exceptional authors. On a rare visit to the UK, we welcome TJ Klune, author of the worldwide celebrated The Bones Beneath My Skin, The House in the Cerulean Sea and Somewhere Beyond the Sea and many others, alongside Tasha Suri, introducing her brand new The Isle in the Silver Sea, and novelist and writer Juno Dawson, creator of bestselling fantasy series Her Majesty’s Royal Coven. They are in conversation with the million copy bestselling author of The Bone Season and The Roots of Chaos series, Samantha Shannon.
October 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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We're definitely part of the "rest of us", having driven past this doorway at least twice a day for 21 years....
curiosityhull.bsky.social Curiosity @curiosityhull.bsky.social · 13d
What’s The Story Behind This Old Doorway In Witham?

The difference between the rest of us and our muck garths correspondent @angusyoung61.bsky.social is that we see an owld doorway and he sees a social history of Hull.

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October 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Anyone can get involved in research @researchhumber.bsky.social at @humbernhsft.bsky.social

👀Why not take 3 mins to watch our co-produced animation 👭Help us find new treatments and change the future of healthcare!

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#Research #EastRidingofYorkshire #Hull
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust - My Research Journey (English Subtitles)
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October 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Just s few days to #Halloween

Don't get spooked by an information overload!

Ask your local #NHSlibrary staff for help with literature searches, getting articles and books, advice on anything evidence-based.

#medlibs #EvidenceBased
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Alt: a cartoon of scooby doo and a vampire
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October 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Which Part Of Hull Is Forever Spain?

@hulltourguide.bsky.social Paul Schofield visits a memorial to the brave volunteers who fought fascism in the 1930s.

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October 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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6 haunted libraries you can actually visit (if you dare) ...

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6 haunted libraries you can actually visit (if you dare) | Libby Life: Blog, Podcast, Book Clubs & More.
Take a peek inside the supernatural happenings in these 6 haunted libraries. Keep the scares going and explore books featuring fictional haunted libraries on the Libby app.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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🌱 Residents are invited to help to create a sensory garden at Oak Road playing fields.

The aim is to create a sensory garden with plants, herbs and vegetables throughout this week, until Friday 31 October.

Sessions will be led daily from 1-3pm. Drop in to get involved!
Before and After of the Oak Road Playing Field Sensory Garden. There's more to do so drop in this week from 1-3pm each day to help out!
October 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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May this black cat bring you good fortune and fill your Monday morning with positive energy. ✨

#NationalBlackCatDay

Image: Black Cats are Lucky by A. Fielding (1937.7.2763)
A person is holding a 1930s crime fiction book in its original dust jacket. The cover artwork shows an illustration of a glamorous woman in a green evening dress. A black cat sits on her shoulder.
October 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Yes, yes we may have posted this before, but he is the most handsome 'groom' and she the most fab look-no-hands witch! From Old King Cole's Nursery Rhymes, 1901 for #BlackCatDay 🐈‍⬛
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A woman riding on her broomstick with her hands on her head while her black cat in top hat and white tie sits behind her.
October 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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In a podcast so fascinating Burnsy is (almost) stunned silent, Stewart Baxter talks about how everything from childhood trauma to improvised music to Spotify to the Nuremberg Trials combine in his project Bombed Buildings

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October 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Who Are My Top 5 Hull-Related Writers?

While appearing at a recent @hullnoir.bsky.social event, top author Jake Arnott was kind enough to tell us about his love for our local litterateurs.

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October 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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It's National Black Cat Day!
To celebrate, here's a pic of our very own monochrome moggie, Spike!
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A photo of Spike, a particularly handsome black cat, looking somewhat mournfully, at the the camera.
October 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Incidentally, Montesquieu was a descendant of the de la Poles of Hull… @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social @hulllibraries.bsky.social @hullhistorynerd.bsky.social @hulltourguide.bsky.social @uniofhull.bsky.social
sophieintveld.bsky.social Sophie in't Veld @sophieintveld.bsky.social · 17d
This week's events show how the separation of powers is being throttled in the EU in much the same way as in the US (though in a more subtle tone of voice). EU leaders need a refresher course in Trias Politica. Read my blog "Montesquieu orphaned" 👉 open.substack.com/pub/sophiein...
Montesquieu orphaned
How the separation of powers is throttled on both sides of the Atlantic
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October 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM