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The Summer Reading Challenge: behind the scenes

Reading Team 18 February 2019 The Summer Reading Challenge: behind the scenes2019-02-18T14:11:25+00:00 Children's
Each summer Richmond upon Thames Library Services, along with many other library authorities in the country, challenge children aged 4 – 11 to read six library books between mid-July and…
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Bibliotherapy: reading for health

Learning Team 4 January 2019 Bibliotherapy: reading for health2019-02-05T12:01:34+00:00 Learning
Search self-help in the libraries' catalogue or in a book shop and you will find hundreds of publications. From anxiety, self-esteem and grief to mindfulness, self-care and cognitive behavioural therapy…
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Cover Story 2017-2018: The best in teen fiction

Reading Team 16 February 2018 Cover Story 2017-2018: The best in teen fiction2019-04-18T12:08:23+00:00 Children's
Once again librarians from our Reading and Learning Teams have been busy promoting Cover Story our annual pick of the most exciting teen fiction reads published throughout the last year. Our…
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Bookstart – never too young to enjoy books

Reading Team 2 January 2018 Bookstart – never too young to enjoy books2019-04-16T15:34:49+00:00 Children's
No one is ever too young to be introduced to a book! Librarians are passionate about the value of reading and enjoying stories.  They know that from a very early…
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What’s hot? The most in-demand books of 2017

Reading Team 2 January 2018 What’s hot? The most in-demand books of 20172019-04-16T15:17:31+00:00 Reading
In 2013 with the introduction of a new library management system, Spydus, the reservations service was reinvented as a click-and-collect process to rival that of any commercial organisation. We can now…
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From Writer to Author – help along the way

Learning Team 27 October 2017 From Writer to Author – help along the way2017-11-30T08:41:33+00:00 Learning
Other than time, inspiration and a passion for writing what can you do to make it from writer to author? Writers' Clubs and Creative Writing Courses Joining a  writers' group…
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Are you a Book Groupie?

Reading Team 18 August 2017 Are you a Book Groupie?2017-08-18T11:57:38+00:00 Reading
In the rather anonymous building next door to Richmond Library there is a dimly-lit room full of rolling book stacks. On these shelves lives a collection of more than 150…
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Jane Austen: Behind the Bonnets

Learning Team 18 July 2017 Jane Austen: Behind the Bonnets2019-04-16T15:09:05+00:00 Learning
Many will have seen the films and luscious TV adaptations of Austen's works - beautiful costumes, affluent country houses, the carriages. And at the centre of it all, an attractive…
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – 20th Anniversary

Learning Team 26 June 2017 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – 20th Anniversary2017-08-16T08:29:15+00:00 Learning
Just in case you didn't know ..... Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, written by Rowling, was published twenty years ago on 26 June 1997 and fans across the globe…
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Cityread – London 1583: Spies. Suspicion. Murder.

Reading Team 23 May 2017 Cityread – London 1583: Spies. Suspicion. Murder.2017-08-16T08:22:18+00:00 Reading
As another fantastic Cityread London festival draws to a close we are tired but triumphant here in Richmond upon Thames Library Services. We have put on 11 successful Elizabethan themed…
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Archives

  • ►2019 (14)
    • ►Nov(1)
      • Asgill House, Richmond - [Local History Notes: 9]
    • ►Oct(1)
      • The Original Star and Garter, Richmond Hill - [Local History Notes: 8]
    • ►Sep(1)
      • Richmond Bridge - [Local History Notes: 7]
    • ►Aug(1)
      • Merlin's Cave and The Hermitage - [Local History Notes: 6]
    • ►Jul(1)
      • The Observatory and Obelisks, Kew - [Local History Notes: 5]
    • ►Jun(1)
      • St Anne's Church, Kew Green - [Local History Notes: 4]
    • ►May(1)
      • York House, Twickenham - [Local History Notes: 3]
    • ►Apr(1)
      • The Almshouses of Richmond - [Local History Notes: 2]
    • ►Mar(2)
      • Orleans House and The Octagon - [Local History Notes: 1]
      • Save money with Richmond upon Thames libraries
    • ►Feb(2)
      • The Summer Reading Challenge: behind the scenes
      • Follow the Drum: a reflection [Part 2] - The Home Front Response
    • ►Jan(2)
      • A letter to Albert Barkas, Chief Librarian
      • Bibliotherapy: reading for health
  • ►2018 (8)
    • ►Dec(1)
      • Discovering Richmond upon Thames Libraries
    • ►Mar(2)
      • Women who made history - a celebration
      • Buffy the Vampire Slayer
    • ►Feb(1)
      • Cover Story 2017-2018: The best in teen fiction
    • ►Jan(4)
      • Know Your Place – A year in the making
      • Follow the Drum: Christmas 1917
      • Bookstart – never too young to enjoy books
      • What's hot? The most in-demand books of 2017
  • ►2017 (23)
    • ►Dec(2)
      • The World in One Volume: Whitaker's at 150
      • How did a 4th century bishop from Asia Minor become the 21st century's Father Christmas?
    • ►Nov(2)
      • IT Jargon Buster: Part 1 - Emails
      • Follow the Drum: South African Military Hospital
    • ►Oct(2)
      • The Mysterious Montague Summers
      • From Writer to Author - help along the way
    • ►Sep(2)
      • Pevsner: the Man and His Eponymous Architectural Guides
      • Artists at War: Eric Ravilious
    • ►Aug(3)
      • Are you a Book Groupie?
      • Archive Explorers 2017
      • Follow the Drum: Life's Essentials
    • ►Jul(2)
      • Jane Austen: Behind the Bonnets
      • Canada's sesquicentennial: 1867-2017
    • ►Jun(1)
      • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - 20th Anniversary
    • ►May(2)
      • Cityread - London 1583: Spies. Suspicion. Murder.
      • Artists at War: Stanley Spencer and the Second World War
    • ►Apr(1)
      • Books Are Good For Your Health!
    • ►Mar(3)
      • The Eiffel Tower - a quick tour
      • Leigh’s 'Panorama of the Thames ...'
      • Artists at War: Paul Nash and the First World War
    • ►Feb(1)
      • Middlesex: the county that vanished
    • ►Jan(2)
      • Cover Story: our ace teen reading promotion!
      • U.S. Presidential Inaugurations: from Lincoln to Trump
  • ►2016 (34)
    • ►Dec(6)
      • 'Home Sweet Home', says CEO, Paul Martin
      • London: the city as a phoenix [2] - the Blitz and St. Paul's
      • Follow the Drum: Christmas 1916
      • The Origins of Bank Holidays
      • Behind the Scenes: planning an IT event
      • 1966 and all that. Part 2 - Graphic Design
    • ►Nov(2)
      • The Battle of the Somme: contemporary sources - Part 2
      • Follow the Drum: Bernard Freyberg VC
    • ►Oct(1)
      • Discover Digital Magazines!
    • ►Sep(1)
      • London: the city as a phoenix - The Great Fire of London
    • ►Aug(2)
      • Utopia to Dystopia: Utopian ideas in Twentieth Century architecture
      • Things You Didn't Know You Could Do In The Library
    • ►Jul(1)
      • The Battle of the Somme: contemporary sources - Part 1
    • ►May(3)
      • VOGUE - Part 2: fashion on a budget
      • EU Referendum - online information sources
      • Tales of outlaws and rebels
    • ►Apr(5)
      • VOGUE - Part 1: more than a fashion magazine
      • Careers resources
      • Follow the Drum: The South African Presence
      • 1966 and all that. Part 1 - Fashion
      • Architectural Review: a magazine and its editors
    • ►Mar(6)
      • Timeless and enduring: the Dora Lewis letters
      • Safer social networking: Part 3
      • Interview with local author, Fleur Smithwick
      • Letters, letters everywhere...
      • Teenage reading group at Whitton Library
      • Picture Post: news in the predigital era
    • ►Feb(3)
      • My Family and Hampton Wick
      • Safer social networking: Part 2
      • Anatomy of a book - Part 2: the inside
    • ►Jan(4)
      • Safer social networking: Part 1
      • New additions to the Local Studies collection
      • Record Breakers – Summer Reading Challenge 2015
      • Anatomy of a book - Part 1: the outside
  • ►2015 (21)
    • ►Dec(1)
      • Christmas presents from the Colonies
    • ►Nov(1)
      • What happens to your ‘digital footprint’?
    • ►Oct(1)
      • Ham Library Garden - Outstanding!
    • ►Sep(1)
      • Follow the Drum - Go on the Die Hards!
    • ►Aug(1)
      • Follow the Drum - Go on the Midds!
    • ►Jul(1)
      • Author, Tom Palmer, visits Twickenham
    • ►Jun(3)
      • Eel Pie Museum now at Twickenham Library
      • Library Volunteers' Day Out: A Trip to Strawberry Hill House
      • Planning an Invasion: Bushy Park's D-Day contribution
    • ►May(4)
      • Make a Noise in Libraries fortnight
      • Follow the Drum: Spring 1915
      • Mary Elizabeth Braddon's Letters
      • Cityread London comics workshop
    • ►Apr(2)
      • Follow the Drum: Experiencing the trenches
      • 2015 Election in Richmond upon Thames
    • ►Mar(4)
      • Cityread London - coming soon...
      • Borough in Prints Collection
      • Be Online 2015 - Demonstrating Digital Services
      • Follow the Drum - The Terriers far from home
    • ►Feb(1)
      • How do I love thee? Let me count the 10 amazing ways
    • ►Jan(1)
      • Volunteers Give New Life to Print Collection
  • ►2014 (14)
    • ►Dec(2)
      • Follow the drum - Christmas 1914
      • The essential home reference collection
    • ►Nov(3)
      • Thinking serious and talking fun about comics
      • Follow the drum: The first winter of the war
      • Stephen King, you'd be surprised
    • ►Oct(2)
      • Like a chance to  influence a national book prize?
      • Follow the Drum: The Domestic Front
    • ►Sep(2)
      • Tell your e-book story…
      • Follow The Drum: Early days of War - The Public Response.
    • ►Aug(2)
      • Behind the scenes of our volunteering programme
      • Follow the drum: Richmond upon Thames during World War I
    • ►Jul(3)
      • Follow the drum
      • The KYPcache treasure trail is nearly here
      • Mythical a-Maze-ment at Teddington Library

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