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To celebrate Pride Month we asked Liberate's Ellie Jones to share this guest blog about LGBTQ fiction and why we should all be reading more of it.  Hi Ellie, why don’t you introduce yourself? I’m Ellie and I'm the CEO of Liberate here in…

Silence please! For this poem by librarian Sarah Fletcher, painting a verbal impression of Guernsey's second lockdown using only book titles from our collection.     The invisible enemy - Channel Islands invaded. The fear bubble. Guernsey people…

Children's Mental Health Week from 1-7 February got Sally from our Children's Team thinking about the powerful role reading can play in supporting mental health and wellbeing.After all, the National Literacy Trust has found that ‘Children who…

Once upon a time, families in Guernsey were staying at home...  It's National Storytelling Week, celebrating the enormous power of stories. This year it's a little different, as we all stay at home during lockdown. So here's Abi from our Children's…

Book Bingo is back! Our reading challenge for adults returns for 2021 with brand new categories and more great prizes from the Old Quarter Restaurant, the Fermain Valley Hotel, and the OGH.The challenge is to read 9 books in 9 different categories…

Happy new year! Made any resolutions? For many people, the start of a new year can kickstart some new, healthier habits - the top new year's resolutions in the UK are 'To eat healthier' and 'To exercise more'. You may know about our range…

2020. A year like any other. A year where nothing unusual happened… That’s not true, is it. None of us will ever forget 2020. Of course, in Guernsey we’ve been astonishingly fortunate compared to most of the rest of the world, and we are all…

Want a literary Christmas? Take a leaf out of Iceland's book... There’s nothing better than snuggling up with a book and a hot drink, and no one knows this better than the people of Iceland. They’re a nation known for their love of reading, with…