For over a decade the Library has hosted a variety of temporary exhibitions, drawing objects from its own collections. The subjects ranged from the beautiful, extraordinary, unknown, interesting to the thought-provoking. In our current temporary [...]
Image credit: Ian Maginess The City Chapter’s World Book Day event was held in the Library this year. Seated in the centre is Dr Sophia Hillan, who gave a talk entitled ‘Reading into Writing’. Representatives […]
The City Chapter is twenty-five years old this year and keen to celebrate in several ways. The first event is a celebration of World Book Day 2026 with a reading by the author Stuart Neville […]
World Book Night is a celebration of reading and books which sees tens of thousands of passionate readers who will gift books in their communities to share their love of reading. 1,000,000 books were given […]
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