Come stay for a while

Summer is here, the sun is shining and our libraries are now back to their original opening hours! During August special theatre events for families will be held in libraries and from September we will gradually bring back more events and resume regular activities in libraries, like our super popular Totstimes. Visiting your local library You can now stay for as long as you like when you visit the library so come stay a while! Enjoy free internet  - bring your laptop and make use of our free WiFi Book a PC - more computers have been made available for you to use Have a change of scenery and hire a library room for your event or meeting  Sit and curl up with a book. Until 31 August Nottingham City Library members can reserve items, free of charge, online via the Library catalogue, in person or by phone at any Nottingham City or Inspire (Notts County) library. There is still a small fee with inter-library loans. But remember ‘Let’s Stay Safe, Let’s Go Carefully’.We will continue to make the library a safe place for customers and staff by keeping some of our safety measures in place.  Read our guidelines on visiting our library safely. Visiting our libraries

New fiction on our shelves

We have some great new fiction on our shelves so pop on in and have a browse. You can also reserve books for free at the moment-so make the most of it!

V2, Robert Harris | The Other Black Girl,  Zakiya Dalila Harris | Summer Water, Sarah Moss | Intermission, Graham Hurley | The Other Passenger, Louise Candlish | If I Don’t Have You, Sareeta Domingo | The Fine Art of Invisible Detection, Robert Goddard | Light Perpetual, Francis Spufford .

New adult fiction on our shelves

Live family theatre in your library

The Spark Arts for Children’s theatre will return with a performance called ‘Seasons’ featuring music and acrobatics. Two acrobats will dig and climb, find and lose balance using joyful acrobatics and objects accompanied by acoustic and pre-recorded music, to create an engaging interactive performance. 

It’s a carefully composed, Covid-19 secure performance designed for small audiences of families and groups who will sit in their own pop up pod, with their own area to spread out in. You can bring along blankets and pillows to make the area your own!

Choose from 9 performances!

• Tuesday 17 August 2pm Meadows Library
• Wednesday 18 August 11am and 2pm Bilborough Library
• Thursday 19 August 11am and 2pm Strelley Road Library
• Friday 20 August 11am and 2pm Vernon Park (outdoors next to Basford Library)
• Saturday 21 August 11am and 2pm Southglade Park (outdoors on the green next to the library).

Pods are £10 a ticket and each pod seats up to a maximum of 6 - so bring along your friends and family! Suitable for children aged 5+.

Find out more and book a pod

Get down to the park!

In conjunction with ‘Seasons’ we are running two summer fun days for all the family: Vernon Park, 20 August, 11am -2pm Southglade Park, 21 August,  11am-2pm. Animal /minibeast themed treasure hunts, games, puzzles, colouring, craft, large outdoor games and of course lots of exciting books to read together. Bring a picnic and make a day of it! No need to book- just turn up ready for some outdoorsy fun!

More great reads

Great fiction for our younger readers all available to borrow from your local library right now.

Twitch, M G Leonard | Worst Holiday Ever, Charlie Higson | Max Takes a Stand, Tim Allman | Dino Chick, Pamela Butchart  | Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow, Benjamin Dean |  Noah’s Gold, Frank Cottrell-Boyce

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Missed our Schools Out Fun Day?

Don’t worry we recorded it all - so go on and explore the fun! Summer Silly Session: Get your pencils out and join writer and illustrator Chris White for a silly, snappy summer session! Walters Wonderful Web: Our Stacey reads a story about a very determined spider! Storytime with Nicky Rafferty: Ever wondered how a rabbit got long ears and a bobtail! Find out by listening in and then have a go at making an origami rabbit. Anna and Otis: Councillor Barnard reads a funny story about friendship, kindness and overcoming fears. Drawing Animals: Learn how to draw animals and go on a mini beasts hunt  with local author and illustrator Gemma Denham. Shadow Puppets: Robin Simpson retells the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood using puppets. Watch it all here!