Lancashire Libraries

Thank you to author Joanne Moore for the story time at #GarstangLibrary. We loved hearing all about Bertie the Very Blind Bat and getting involved with the actions to be a super-bat! #DisabilityPrideMonth

We want to say a huge congratulations to our wonderful Culture Hack Finlay on achieving his Gold Award - over 60 hours of volunteering at #EcclestonLibrary!

This week at #RawtenstallLibrary our Reading Heroes used recycled cardboard to make robot hand grabbers and ticked off a challenge! #LancsReadingHeroes

Reuben from #BarnoldswickLibrary has won his Bronze Award for the Lancashire Reading Trail. His favourite book so far is The Gingerbread Man. He and his sister have also both successfully become #LancsReadingHeroes this summer, what a great start to the holidays!

Join us every Wednesday this summer at #WhalleyLibrary for #LancsReadingHeroes Sessions. This week we learnt about building structures. As well as making spider webs and Lego towers, there was a special visitor from @hd_materialsUK who told us all about the cement making process!

We had a great time at #RawtenstallLibrary last Saturday doing our first Reading Heroes event! We created marble maze plates, junk marble mazes using recycled materials and played marble run games. See more #LancsReadingHeroes events tinyurl.com/32m6ee5z

📚 Congrats to A. J. Clack! Her young adult thriller #LieorDie has been named Lancashire Book of the Year 2025! 🎉 👏 A huge well done to all the shortlisted authors and a special thank you to our young judges. Read more 👇 orlo.uk/Ady1E #LBOY2025 @LancsLibraries

A big well done to Elliot at #CoppullLibrary on completing his Bronze part of the #LancashireReadingTrail map!

Come along and be part of the excitement as we launch Reading Heroes 2025! Sign up and enjoy fun activities, including: 🧱 LEGO building 🧲 Magnetic play 🎲 Games galore 🎨 Colouring and crafts ⚙️STEM challenges Find your nearest #LancsReadingHeroes event tinyurl.com/mw8265u8

#LancsReadingHeroes at #CoppullLibrary has launched! We made fantastic robots to tick off our first task. Can you pick your favourite? Join us for more fun over the summer holidays.

See you in September 👋

Adam has achieved a gold certificate after completing the Reading Trail at #CoalCloughLibrary for a second time. He loves the new characters that were introduced for the new map and is very keen to take part in the Reading Heroes over the summer holidays #LancsReadingTrail

Our videos showcasing the thoughts of some of our judges on the Lancashire Book of the Year 2025 shortlist are coming to a close with The Boy Next Door by Jenny Ireland @IdreamofNarnia @PenguinTeen Find out if it has won tomorrow, 4 July! #LBOY2025

Crime in the library! MJ Arlidge, AA Dhand and Rob Parker came to #ChorleyLibrary to tell us all about their new books. It was a fun night with lots of great stories, especially from MJ Arlidges time working on Eastenders! Find more events here www6.apps.lancashire.gov.uk/w/webpage/upco…

Just 1 more day until we find out the winner of Lancashire Book of the Year 2025. Could The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington @joelle_welling @PenguinTeen take it? Here's what our judges had to say about it #LBOY2025

Saturday 5 July - some services will be unavailable including public computers, printing, website, online catalogue, and digital library due to system maintenance. More information at this link lancashire.gov.uk/libraries-and-… We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may cause

Many of our judges had high praise for Snowglobe by Soyoung Park @PenguinTeen - take a look and see, and remember that the winner will be announced on 4 July #LBOY2025

Cynthia Murphy has a strong record at Lancashire Book Of The Year, her books winning the last three! Could it be a fourth with Signed Sealed Dead? @CynthiaMurphyYA @scholasticuk #LBOY2025

What did some of our student judges think about Seven Million Sunflowers by Malcolm Duffy @malcolmduffyUK @headofzeus, one of our 12 Lancashire Book of the Year 2025 shortlisted books? Find out here… #LBOY2025

The Lancashire Book of the Year 2025 shortlist is bursting with great books - here's what our student judges had to say about Lie Or Die by A.J. Clack @alisonclack1 @FireflyPress The winning book will be announced on 4 July #LBOY2025