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The third Monday in January has been dubbed ‘Blue Monday’. Feeling ‘blue’ on this day is understandable and can be down to a number of factors that come together at this time of year. January is a dark month – short days and a lack of…

This week we’re saying goodbye to our Chief Librarian, Laura Milligan, who’s retiring after almost forty years at the Library.Laura first joined the staff in 1980, leading the computerisation of the service in the 80s and 90s before becoming…

Ella Pather-Jacob has been a member of the Library since she was three months old. The Library was one of the first places Ella visited with her parents, Jason and Anne, when they moved to the island in 2019. At two she’s now an avid reader, and…

Our Library Assistant Beth gives her top suggestions for young adult books - to help spark that love of reading for pleasure. Young adult fiction is a category aimed at 12 – 18-year-olds – but did you know that roughly half of its readership are…

Need some Book Bingo inspiration? Our Book Bingo challenge is back for 2022. A great way to mix up your usual reading list, and take you out of your comfort zone, this year’s Book Bingo has nine new categories for you to have a go at. Find out…

If you asked us to describe 2021 in a single word, it would be ‘busy’.From launching our new Fab Lab to our most popular ever Summer Reading Challenge, not to mention all the ongoing challenges of the pandemic, it’s certainly been a memorable…

At ninety-four, Eugene Laine is one of the Library’s longest-standing members – he joined in 1943! Still an avid reader, Eugene borrows books from the Western Community Library, or sometimes has books delivered to his home by Patrick from our…

Every year in the UK, 200,000 children will experience the imprisonment of a parent. The resulting shame, guilt and fear makes these children more likely to fail at school and more likely to suffer mental health problems than their peers. Staying in…