StaffordshirePLS

Wonderful to have been part of this incredible co-creation project - it has made such a difference to our library community @HMPFeatherstone and HMP Oakwood.

A wonderful interview in @BigIssue @bigissuenorth with @BronteSchiltz on the incredible co-creation music project between @clare_pianist and @mbetteridge and our library community in Featherstone & Oakwood. bigissue.com/culture/music/…

Tickets now on sale for our @StaffsLibraries tour! 'Figure on the Pier' Perton Library, Thurs 6 Nov Rugeley Library, Thurs 29 Jan Cannock Library, Thurs 26 Feb All events run 7-9pm (including an interval). Tickets £6 from ticketsource.co.uk/weeping-bank

Thank you to @Kerry2001 for taking the time to visit our library @HMPDrakeHall & to inspire our readers and writers - it was an exceptional afternoon. Many thanks to Louise, Jeanie & Donna for hosting and to @WordsWeeping for organising the visit.

Visiting @HMPDrakeHall library with the wonderful @Kerry2001 to meet their emergent writers. Kerry talked about her journey into writing and led an inspirational writing workshop. Stories flowed. Such a creative group. Thank you to the Library team @StaffsPLS and everyone we met.

Week three of the incredible co-creativity music project lead by @mbetteridge & @clare_pianist - thank you to Adeline & the @StaffsLibraries team @HMPFeatherstone & @WordsWeeping - this project has had an incredibly positive impact on our prison community. Unforgettable.

A joyful afternoon in @HMPFeatherstone library (@StaffsLibraries) with the inspirational and hilarious @cwhillauthor leading a brilliant writing workshop with our prison community. Thank you to Adeline, Fran, Carol & Sue for hosting & to @WordsWeeping for organising this.

A privilege to have spent the last 3 weeks working with the incomparable @clare_pianist & @mbetteridge alongside two extraordinarily creative groups. Emotional, uplifting & unforgettable. All taking place within fantastic #Staffordshire #libraries - can't wait for week 4. #music

The Librarian is looking forward to talking about our all year, sold out ghost story readings in #libraries, community spaces & #theatres with @MrLukeCrawford on @brmbbirmingham Listen to the interview on Sat 29 March @ 8.30am DAB & 89.1FM or online at brmbradio.com

A packed event in #Cannock last night. Thank you to the @StaffsLibraries team & our terrified audience. The #WeepingBank tour continues next week at @Better_UK Halesowen #library (already SOLD OUT) before heading to #Sydenham & #London in April. #librariesareawesome #horror

"One foggy night, I was sitting here watching the patterns in the fire..." With @Markgatiss outside the Signal Box - the interior was used in the BBC's 1976 'The Signalman' - thank you to the staff and volunteers @svrofficialsite for an unforgettable day.

It truly feels like coming home - thank you @StaffsLibraries #Rugeley branch - this is exactly what a #library should be - beloved by the community because the staff are so kind, caring and welcoming. #libraries @publiclibnews @biblioluke @CILIPinfo @StaffordshireCC @WeepingBank

#STAFFORDSHIRE - The Librarian is returning to @StaffsLibraries Rugeley Library. ONLY A FEW SEATS LEFT Thursday 30th January 7:15pm arrival for a 7:30pm start. £5 per person. (15+ only) Contact Rugeley Library on 01889 869063 or [email protected] @CityRugeley

We're on @1018wcrfm at 6pm today talking about our 2025 tour and the music of @RobertPlant @RollingStones @jethrotull & many others on @timb30's fabulous 'Inside Tracks' show. You can listen at 101.8 WCR FM, locally on DAB or anywhere in the world at wcrfm.com.

Raising awareness of the extraordinary work of @giveabookorg and @PRG_UK and bringing an unnerving chill to #London on January 12th @ORLTheatre - @WeepingBank have performed 27 SOLD OUT shows in 2024 and already have a packed tour for 2025 - do not miss this: 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

Exhausting and exhilarating in equal measure! Co-composing piano pieces with prisoners & composer @mbetteridge, to be performed across the UK in 2025/26. A massive thank you to @StaffsPLS @ace_national, Marchus Trust & Gloucestershire Piano Trust for their support! @manwithbooks

Our wonderful Library team @HMPFeatherstone - from left to right, Mel, Fran, Adeline, Ellie and Sue - always supporting reading and writing initiatives and supporting our prison community.

Great to see this from @HMPFeatherstone on @WorldBookDayUK - Our prison library team always work in partnership with the estate to ensure children of prisoners have a book on WBD.

This is a short film I made with prisonreadinggroups.org.uk give it a watch, my real daughter plays my daughter which was a treat

For December's Book of the Month, we asked the reading group members & education department at HMP YOI Isis what book they would like to give someone for Christmas. 🎁 Noughts and Crosses by @malorieblackman got the most votes. ⭕❌ Buy the book here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/nought…