Wakefield Libraries

A colour photograph showing the demolition of Bratley's chemist shop, Market Place, Pontefract. Next door is W Clayton and Sons, butchers.

Our Twixt, Aire and Calder website is home to more than 13,500 photographs of Wakefield District in time gone by!

Here's a picture of the old Bratley's Chemist in Pontefract being demolished in 1967-8.

You can view these pictures and more like them here: www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk

Four books lined up together. They are 'Casino Royale' by Ian Fleming, 'Northern Lights' by Philip Pullman, 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' by Stieg Larsson and 'Archangel' by Robert Harris.

Which actor was in the film version of these books?

Let us know in the comments...

#BookSky #Films #Actors #Quiz #Books

Correct!

Close-up of a person wearing a dark grey sweater and staff lanyard, holding a red badge that says 'GO ALL IN.' in a library setting.

📛 Wakefield Libraries staff are going all in with these amazing badges!

#NationalYearOfReading #GoAllIn #Books

@booktrust.org.uk
@readingagency.bsky.social
@cilip.bsky.social
@schoolreadinglist.bsky.social

Image 1 description: A black and white picture of writer Margaret Millar wearing a black hat and black and white coat.

Image 2 description: The front cover of a book called 'The Iron Gates' by Margaret Millar.

Image 1 description: The front cover of a graphic novel titled 'The Terminator'.

Image 2 description: The front cover of a graphic novel titled 'The Terminator Metal'.

Image 1 description: Library shelf displaying red-wrapped books labelled by genre for a blind date with a book event.

Image 2 description: Red-wrapped book labelled 'Fiction' tied with string, surrounded by heart confetti and 'Blind Date with a Book' instructions.

Image 1 description: A black and white photograph of writer Keith Waterhouse.

Image 2 description: The front cover of a book titled 'Office Life' by Keith Waterhouse.

In his spare time, Waterhouse founded the Association for the Abolition of the Aberrant Apostrophe to campaign for the return of apostrophes to public signage.

#OnThisDay #KeithWaterhouse #BookSky

A black and white photograph of writer Keith Waterhouse.

The front cover of a book titled 'Office Life' by Keith Waterhouse.

On this day in 1929 Keith Waterhouse was born.

Waterhouse was born in a back to back house in Hunslet to a father who sold fruit and vegetables. After working several odd jobs he became a journalist and authors. He wrote stories about everyday life including 'Billy Lair' and 'Office Life'.

The front cover of a graphic novel titled 'The Terminator'.

The front cover of a graphic novel titled 'The Terminator Metal'.

Our good friends at @comicsplus.bsky.social have exciting Terminator comics you can read!

You can read them on smartphone, tablet and desktop.

For instructions to access and use, visit: bit.ly/WFDigitalOffer

#GraphicNovels #ReadAllTheComics #Terminator #SciFi

The rainbow Pride flag with a chevron of Trans and racial equality colours flying at Pontefract Castle

Happy LGBTQ+ history month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

We'll be flying the Pride Flag at Pontefract Castle throughout February.

You can also explore local LGBTQ+ stories on our website: museumsandcastles.wakefield.gov.uk/discover/col...

#LGBTQIA #LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBTQ

That's nice to know.

A black and white picture of writer Margaret Millar wearing a black hat and black and white coat.

The front cover of a book called 'The Iron Gates' by Margaret Millar.

On this day in 1915 Margaret Millar was born.

She wrote 27 mystery and suspense novels, set almost entirely in her homeland of Canada. Millar won many awards and in 1983 the Mystery Writers of America awarded her the Grand Master Award for Lifetime Achievement.

#OnThisDay #MargaretMillar #BookSky

Library shelf displaying red-wrapped books labelled by genre for a blind date with a book event.

Red-wrapped book labelled 'Fiction' tied with string, surrounded by heart confetti and 'Blind Date with a Book' instructions.

😍📚 Its ‘Blind Date with a Book’ at South Elmsall Library!

Choose a mystery book, take it home, unwrap it…be prepared to fall in love with a new author or genre!

#Valentines #Love #Books #BookSky #BookRecs #BlindDateWithABook

😀Join the #booktrust Story Times at #WakefieldLibraries from February to March.
👍Discover the 5 shortlisted books for 2026 and vote for your favourite!
Come along and have fun 👶
Visit #Wakefieldlibrary on Tuesdays 10am an 1:30pm
#Nationalyearofreading2026 #go_all_in_2026

Four pictures pictured together. They are 'The Da Vinci Code' by Dan Brown, 'Forrest Gump' by Winston Groom, 'The Green Mile' by Stephen King and 'The Polar Express' by Chris Van Allsburg.

Which actor was in the film versions of these books? Let us know in the comments...

#BookSky #Quiz #Films #Books #Actor

Video description: a toy monkey with an eye missing sliding up a book case. At the top is the book 'Suki Cat, Astronaut'. Text above reads 'Wakefield Libraries Story Time Prize 2 Feb - 15 Mar'.

Image 1 description: Author Henning Mankell dressed in black in front of a blurry background of what seems to be a city.

Image 2 description: The front cover of 'Faceless Killers' by Henning Mankell. It shows a dark farmhouse in the snow.

Video description: a pigeon stands atop a bookshelf in a library. A man tries to catch it with a green blanket, causing the pigeon to fly overhead to land with some papers.

Image 1 description: Author Robert Coover standing with his arm resting on a wooden podium.

Image 2 description: The front cover of a book called 'The Babysitter' by Robert Coover.

Image description: Circular images of the Bridgerton siblings lined up together. Text above reads 'Did you know the Bridgerton siblings were named alphabetically in the order they were born'.

That's pretty much what we've been doing all evening!

Author Robert Coover standing with his arm resting on a wooden podium.

The front cover of a book called 'The Babysitter' by Robert Coover.

On this day in 1932 Robert Coover was born.

He was one of the first 'meta fiction' authors writing books which parodied traditional story telling. One of his books called 'The Babysitter' featured the eponymous heroine travelling between alternate realities.

#OnThisDay #Books #RobertCoover