Families looking for Halloween fun this October half term can try their hand at pumpkin carving - and eating – at a series of five family events across Devon.
Once you’ve carved your pumpkin, learn how to use the seeds and flesh to make a delicious soup and muffins, and take home a free recipe book by Hubbub .
The sessions will be led by two specialist session leaders,...
Libraries will begin to reopen with a limited number of services from Monday 6th July.
Four libraries, Braunton, Chudleigh and Honiton in Devon and Brixham in Torbay, will reopen from Monday 6th July as pilot libraries with public access to choose books from the shelves and use the computer facilities.
A ‘Choose and Collect’ service starts from Monday 6th July, at most...
Due to Covid-19 our library buildings have been closed since the 23rd March 2020 and our mobile library and home library service have been suspended. It has been an extraordinary time and we have rapidly adjusted to the situation.
Our physical libraries may be closed but our staff have been working hard to adapt our service and deliver our library service online. Staff have supported...
Plymouth City Council's Plan for Libraries takes a further step forward this month, with Crownhill Library the next to undergo refurbishment.
Investment includes a new meeting room complete with audio visual equipment, twice as many computers and a refreshed book stock. External and internal signage, including shelf guiding, will also be improved.
Plymouth’s plan to transform and modernise its libraries is getting into gear with funding for the first set of improvement projects now approved.
Meeting spaces are to be created in three existing libraries at Crownhill, Devonport and Southway so that the buildings can host a wider range of events to encourage people to use libraries as places to socialise and improve their health and...
Plymouth libraries are celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 5 March with fancy dress rhymetimes for little ones and special visits for schools.
Now in its 18th year, the annual event encourages children to explore the world of books and reading and provides them with a book of their own. It is marked in more than 100 countries around the globe.
It’s National Libraries Day on Saturday 7 February and libraries are celebrating with a programme of free fun activities for all ages.
Local, public, academic and workplace libraries up and down the country will be marking the event, which promotes our library services and the professionals behind them.
There will be a pop-up library at our 1st Stop in New George Street, where...
The latest Reading Well Books on Prescription scheme will be launched across Devon’s libraries on 2 February, to support people with dementia and their carers.
The scheme, which already helps over 275,000 people across the country with common mental health conditions feel better through self-help reading, is now turning its attention to the enormous need for quality-assured support for...
Plymouth libraries are counting down to Christmas with stories, crafts and puppet shows that are guaranteed to get families feeling festive.
Children aged five to 11 can snuggle up and enjoy some polar storytelling and heart-warming stories of winter, with cosy favourites such as Big Bear, Little Bear by Jane Chapmen and Oliver Jeffers’ Lost and Found.
Libraries from across Plymouth and the South West are taking readers on a journey to new worlds over the next three months.
The Reading Passport Challenge is encouraging people to read books from four genres they may not have tried before – the World of Darkness, World of Passion, Lyrical Worlds and Future Worlds.
Organised by Read South West – a partnership of all the South...
