Bristol Libraries

Due to staff absence, the following libraries will be closed today, Monday 4th August:
Bishopsworth 1-2pm
Thank you for your patience.

Due to a building problem, Westbury Library will be closed in extended access from 4pm today, Fri 1 Aug, until further notice.
The library will open as usual during staffed hours .
Apologies for any inconvenience.

⚠️Due to a building maintenance issue, J3 will open late today, Sat 26 July:
• Junction 3 library will open at 10.30am
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Due to staff absence, the following library will be closed on Saturday 26th July:

• St Pauls 1-2.

We apologise for the inconvenience

Thank you our Redland Library staff for this book display

🔍 Thursday 24th July
7pm (Doors open 6:45pm)
🔍 Desert Island Books -
Books & the World of Crime
🔍 #RedlandLibrary #Bristol
🔍 Admission £3
(Pay at the door - Cash only)

@bristollibraries.bsky.social

Flyter for an evening with Andrew Child in Avonmouth on Tuesday 22 July 6pm, pay as you can

Jack Reacher fans! This Tuesday, meet author Andrew Child in Avonmouth, #Bristol - a @bristollibraries.bsky.social event.

Tuesday 22 July 6pm.

Book in advance, pay what you can.

www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bri...

*PLEASE SHARE*

#JackReacher #AndrewChild #Avonmouth #Library #CrimeFiction 📚💙

📚 Avonmouth Community Centre Association presents: An evening with Andrew Child in conversation with Roger Corke

🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/acca
🗓️ Tuesday 22nd July
🕕 6 pm to 8 pm
🚪 Doors open at 5:15 pm

#avonmouth #library #bristol #bristollibraries #avonmouthcommunitycentre #free

Due to staff absence, the following library will be closed today:
• Bishopston 1-2pm
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

⚠️ Due to staff absence, Avonmouth Library will be closed today from 4-5pm. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Thank you our Redland Library staff for this book display

🔰 Thursday 10th July
7pm (Doors open 6:45pm)
🔰 Beasts and Birds in Words
🔰 A talk by poet Liz Brownlee
🔰 #RedlandLibrary #Bristol
🔰 Admission £4
(Pay at the door - Cash only)

#LizBrownlee @bristollibraries.bsky.social

Due to staff absence, Horfield Library will be closed today between 1pm and 2pm

We apologise for the inconvenience

Do you know someone who struggles to read? 📚

ReadEasy offers free and confidential one-to-one reading coaching for adults. Help someone you know improve their reading skills and gain confidence!

📧 Email: bristolnetworker@readeasy.org.uk
📞 Call: 07554 117 763
🌐 @readeasynnt.bsky.social

Lunchtime Lecture: James Cowles Prichard of the Red Lodge Different speakers, different subjects! Free lunchtime lecture on Thursdays from 12.30-1.20pm at Bristol Central Library.

📚 Next week's Lunchtime Lecture at Bristol Central Library

Join us on Thursday 10th July at 12.30pm for a talk with author Margaret Crump about the life and legacy of James Cowles Prichard, one of Bristol’s most remarkable physicians.
Drop in - no need to book! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunchtime-...

St Pauls Learning Centre in Bristol

St Pauls Library will be closed on Saturday July 5th, including the Public Network PCs in the Cafe. This is due to the St Pauls Learning Centre being closed while St Pauls' Carnival is happening.

Junction 3 Library will remain open as normal.

Earlier technical problems have been fixed so all branch phones and Extended Access at St George, Stockwood and Westbury Libraries are now working.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Special Collections Sunday : Art of Gardens Discover garden history, design & creativity from our Art Book Collection—perfect for every garden lover!

🌱 #UnEarthed is on display until the end of August — pop in and view items from our Special Collection on display in the Local Studies area.

🌼 Don't miss our next event on The Art of Gardens on Sunday 6th July! More details on our Eventbrite page:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/special-co...

🌿 Thank you to everyone who came along to our Incredible Plants and their Secret Worlds event last night!

🌸 A huge thank you to panellists Francesca Gardener, Sarah Shuttleworth (@plantlife.loveplants) and Danny Clarke (@theblackgardener), and event chair Katherine from @britishlibrary.bsky.social

We are having technical problems with our phone network today so you may not be able to phone your local library. Please bear with us while we work to solve this issue.

We apologise for the inconvenience

Great to host @britishlibrary.bsky.social LKN #UnEarthed livestream event at Bristol Central Library on Monday evening for a lively discussion on incredible plants and their secret worlds.
Thank you to everyone who attended on the hottest day of the year!
@bristollibraries.bsky.social #Bristol

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/incredible...

Next week! ✨🌿 Join us for an evening with gardener Danny Clarke, @plantlifeuk.bsky.social botanist Sarah Shuttleworth and pastoral literature scholar Francesca Gardner for a lively discussion exploring the power and poetry of plants

📆 Monday 30th June, 7-8.30pm
🎟️ Free! Sign up on Eventbrite

Two front covers of books by Liz Brownlee. On the left, a book called 'Animal Magic: Poems on a disappearing world', with a beautiful illustration: grey background and two slender white birds with black legs and black necks and heads. White paint is splattered and smudged across the grey, giving the impression of snow or wind or cold. On the right is a book called 'Apes to Zebras, An A to Z of shape poems' with poems from Brownlee, but also Sue Hardy-Dawson and Roger Stevens. This cover has a white background with lots of colourful animals around the edges: snake, tortoise, tiger, gorilla, chamaeleon, tropical bird.

📖🎭Talk and poems from Liz Brownlee at Redland Library!

📅🕐 Thursday 10th July, 7pm (Doors 6:45pm)
📚🏫 Redland Library, Whiteladies Road, Bristol
🎟️ Admission £4 (pay at the door - cash only)

📧👉For more info email: FriendsOfRedlandLibrary@gmail.com or visit: friendsofredlandlibrary.org.uk

Knowle Library is closed today, Tuesday 24th June, due to unforeseen circumstances. We will update when we know more and apologise for the inconvenience.

📢 Advance notice: Bristol Central Library Closed on Monday 7 July 📅

💻 The Central Library will be closed on Monday 7 July 2025 for essential IT maintenance work.

📚 Branch Libraries are unaffected and will be open as normal ✅

We're sorry for the inconvenience.

Due to staff absence, the following libraries will be closed today:

Bedminster 1-2pm
Bishopsworth 1-2pm
Filwood 1-2pm

We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.

The RPS Landscape Group Members' Exhibition is open at Bristol Central Library until 13th July. 80 beautiful images.

Details and Online Gallery - rps.org/Landscape-EX...
Video - www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sXh...
@bristollibraries.bsky.social
#rpslandscapeexhibition

Jobs

📅 Application deadlines: Wednesday 25th June

Apply now via the Bristol City Council website: www.bristol.gov.uk/jobs

#bristol #libraries #jobs #bristoljobs #library

📚 We're hiring! 📚

Passionate about libraries and helping communities thrive? Join our team as a Library Assistant at libraries across Bristol! 🌟

✅ Fixed-term positions, various hours
✅ Variety of locations across Bristol

For more info ➡️ search 'library' on the Bristol City Council jobs website

Holiday reads display in southmead library: a small bookshelf full of a wide variety of books and small bookmarks reading 'pack me too'

Holiday reads available in all our libraries!

Tai Chi in Clifton Come and join us for a special Tai Chi session to celebrate nature and the arrival of summer in the beautiful Mall Gardens in Clifton!What time and where? 2-3pm in Mall Gardens, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 ...

🧘‍♂️🌿 Come and join us for a special Tai Chi session to celebrate nature and the arrival of summer in the beautiful Mall Gardens in Clifton!
Wednesday 9th July 2-3pm
FREE tickets here: bristol.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=228...

Any questions, email library.ideas@bristol.gov.uk