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Take part in our survey before Friday 11 June and be in with a chance of winning a family ticket to the Titus: T.rex is King exhibition at Wollaton Hall & Deer Park this July!
As a member of Nottingham City Libraries, show support for the libraries you love by helping us write The Next Chapter.
Grab a cuppa and take 10 minutes to share your thoughts about what we offer.
It's an opportunity to share your ideas about how library services could be developed and delivered in the future.
We also want to know what you want to see in your community as we move forward after the pandemic.
Books and resources, activities and events, computers and learning – tell us your views on all these topics and more.
We want your ideas – whether they’re big ones or little ones!
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 No waiting lists, no queues, just download the app and get reading! This months campaign titles include,
The Shadow King, Maaza Mengiste | A Falcon Flies, Wilbur Smith | Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth, Frank Cottrell-Boyce | The Wicked King, Holly Black | The Ungrateful Refugee, Dina Nayeri.
Now that our libraries have been back open for some time we are encouraging you to return all those overdue books and library materials so that others can enjoy them.
What you need to know…
- Our normal overdue charges start again on 1 July 2021
- You can return your books and other loans now, no need to wait
- If you have only just borrowed your books you can return or renew them as usual
- You can return your books to any available Nottingham City Library or Inspire (Nottinghamshire County) Library
- You can take more books out to get your next great read!
So start hunting those pesky books down - check under the bed, on your shelves and in your cupboards!
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 On 10 June, Empathy Day goes live with an online programme of activities from authors, illustrators, and poets to engage children and all who live and work with them.
There's a great line up full of all your favourite children's authors!
Let's make every day empathy day!
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We're so proud and excited to share the Connecting Stories online exhibition that we have been a part of!
Visit the website to see the exhibition, which showcases creative writing from local children and young people and enjoy special workshops from author Sue Cheung and poet Jeffrey Boayke.
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 We have hand-picked some of our favourite awards from over the last year, that showcases some of the most incredible fiction and non-fiction published.
And the best bit ...collections of the award shortlisted titles are available at our libraries!
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 Bestselling author of Gunner Girl, Clare Harvey, joins us in conversation, giving us an insight into being an author. She tells us about why she loves setting her books around the WWII era, her mother-in laws’ experiences during the war and how this connection inspired her to write about real-life women in history.
Accounting Matters: Let’s get started, Tuesday 15 June, 10am. Thinking of starting a business and wondering what you need to know about company structure, tax or accounting? Join us for this webinar with a chartered accountant from Rogers Spencer taking you through all the basics with time for your questions.
Reset. Restart: Post-lockdown recovery, Tuesday 15 June, 10am. Is your business in the right place to move forward as we move out of lockdown? Is your product or service still relevant given the huge changes in consumer needs and behaviour? Find out what’s changed and how to move with it in this webinar.
Reset. Restart: A2B Accelerator: customer-focused marketing, Thursday 17 June, 10am. Why should companies forget about sales and forget about marketing before thinking really hard about their customer?
Passionate about supporting start-ups? We have a great opportunity to join our team as a Business & IP Centre Advisor, helping people from all walks of life to find the information and support they need to become their own boss. But hurry, applications close tonight! Details and apply here
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Wild World Heroes, Summer Reading Challenge 2021, arrives in libraries from July.
This year, children can take part online or in libraries. It’s fun, free and easy to take part!
More in the next edition of Library News.
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