Category: News and Views

The annual BookTrust Storytime Prize has been awarded to The Whales on the Bus (see what they did there?) by Katrina Charman and Nick Sharratt (Bloomsbury).But this year’s award is…

FEBRUARY 4 is the deadline to nominate a 'local service champion' for UNISON's promotion campaign.We bet you know at least one in your library service...UNISON says: 'Local government has been…

Some libraries are expanding their work into a bold new initiative - encouraging people to talk about loss, dying, death, bereavement, and more. Of course, Friends groups have run events…

Challenging but so worthwhile - libraries have been exploring ways to help people deal with death. Libraries Connected (LC), the chief librarians' group, is kindly inviting us to join a…

It will take time for the real consequences of Rishi Sunk’s 27 October spending review to emerge. But here’s TLC’s take, so far… First all-round reaction was surprise and relief.…

New culture secretary Nadine Dorries has declared herself a champion of public libraries. "If I have one mission as culture secretary, it's to open doors for those who need it…

The Library Campaign is joining Libraries Week in style, with the launch of our new Instagram  presence and we’re hitting the national press with a topical message for Boris Johnson:…

The Bookseller, the Bible of the book trade, has published a whole issue focused on libraries - for the first time ever. It includes, of course, a piece by us…

OUT NOW: latest issue of TLC's Campaigner magazine, the only UK magazine focused on public libraries.READ IT HERE: https://librarycampaign.com/magazinesTLC MEMBERS exclusively get the print version, delivered to their door - you…

Filming now are two star-studded book adaptations with a strong literary presence. Make sure you read the books before you see them! Music icon Harry Styles is joined by Emma…

Not many of us really know, for obvious reasons. But we all hope that libraries will be open, and will be working hard to encourage people back through their doors.That’s…

Crime books - from cosy to noir - are always a hit in public libraries. And the annual Dagger awards from the Crime Writers' Association are a great way to…