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Staff recommendations - our favourite albums! This week Tasmin in the Adult Lending Library recommends:
‘What’s Your Pleasure?’ by Jessie Ware
This is probably my favourite album of the year so far. You might have already heard some buzz about ... 2 Likes

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Listen to the exciting new rendition of Wolf Hall, read by Ben Miles who played Thomas Cromwell in the Royal Shakespeare Company adaptation of Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies.
Available on the #RBdigital App

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Help Us Choose Your Winner of Winners! - Women's Prize for Fiction Have you voted for your favourite #WomensPrize winner yet? Vote now!
#ReadingWomen #LoveLibraries #ReadingWell #Fictionfanatics
2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, and we want you to join in the conversation around a quarter of ...

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A warm hearted novel, for those dark autumn nights, listen to Blessing in Disguise by Danielle Steel, available on the #RBdigital app now.
Use your library card to access 1000's of free audiobooks.

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Black Flamingo - book review This is another in our occasional series of teen book reviews by Tasmin, on of our library assistants. Today she is talking about Black Flamingo by Dean Atta.
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City of London Police 🕟 TONIGHT (4:30-6pm): Free bike marking and safety checks.
📍 Embankment (opposite Hamilton House)
🚴 Our latest crime prevention operation is all about protection Londoners’ bicycles as the City becomes increasingly cycle-friendly.
🤝 In collaboration with City of London Corporation, ... 1 Likes

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I Love Libraries “Don’t put any pressure on yourself! If you can’t concentrate on a novel, maybe pick up a collection of short stories or a magazine.” 2 Likes

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Dance Cover Versions, a playlist by Barbican Library on Spotify The Music Library has created a Spotify list of Dance Cover Versions, have a listen here and have a stomping [slightly longer] weekend - Clocks go back one hour https://open.spotify.com/playlist/76yczDXndzlWEhzqZz9ske
A playlist featuring Jackie Clune, Ultra Naté, Respect, and others 2 Likes

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Photos from Barbican Library - City of London Libraries's post Have you checked out any of the titles shortlisted for the #2020BookerPrize yet? You can borrow the books from the library or download the ebooks on the #RBdigital app. The winner is announced on the 19th November.
https://thebookerprizes.com/fiction/2020
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Librarian Recommends - Crime and Conflict Welcome to my next Librarian Recommends video, giving you some ideas of books to read and listen to via our RBdigital collection.This time i'm going to tie in with our Autumn Reads Crime and Conflict programme of events, there are ...

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Shoe Lane Library - City of London Libraries This Thursday at 2pm - join Howard Benge for a Zoom Tour of Billingsgate Roman House and Baths
To register email shoelane@cityoflondon.gov.uk
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The Extraordinary Sherlock Holmes Autumn Reads - Crime and Conflict. Not long to go now until our free talk by Nick Dobson, 'The Extraordinary Sherlock Holmes' tickets are free but going fast, so why not join us on Wednesday 21st October at 2.15pm for ...

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Autumn Reads 2020 - Crime and Conflict, as part of this programme of events, why not have a go at our Sherlock Holmes word search, perfect to keep you occupied now the weather has turned colder and the nights are ...

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Follow along with your favourite characters - Belle, Beast, Chip and Lumiere - and discover the magic of Beauty and the Beast. Young #comicbook readers will enjoy the Graphic Novel, available now on the #RBdigital app.

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Novelty Songs Crossword Puzzle Hello all. Here as promised are the answers to last week's Music Library novelty hits crossword. Just click on the red 'Answers' link / button, bottom left
http://www.whenwecrosswords.com/crossword/novelty_songs/862106/crossword.jsp
Free printable Novelty Songs crossword puzzle. 1 Likes

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Culture Mile are offering ten micro-grants which will support local people to develop ideas for the area which will help create a better future. Closing date is 26th October.
https://www.culturemile.london/imagine-fund

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Staff recommendations, a playlist by Barbican Library on Spotify Every week Music Library staff have been writing reviews of their favourite albums. We've created a Spotify playlist with every track of album so far - that's twenty hours of music! Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5TW1Qy4fWBqPMcL4a7um4q?si=3vxGZjiuQW-KYPLxjBVAPA
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The Extraordinary Sherlock Holmes It's not long to go now until our Sherlock Holmes talk which is proving very popular. As part of 'Autumn Reads 2020 - Crime and Conflict' we are hosting a free online talk by Nick Dobson about the ever popular ...

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The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes To tie in with our Crime and Conflict theme this month, here's Natalie with the latest Best of the Book Club recommendation.
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Here's this month's crossword from the Music Library. Simply name the artists who sang these Novelty Songs. Answers will be posted on Monday 19th October. Enjoy! 2 Likes

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Staff recommendations - our favourite albums! This week Charlotte in the Music Library recommends Deadmau5 - For Lack of a Better Name:
"My journey into electronic music has been a relatively recent one and I am not sure I'm qualified ... 1 Comments

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The Extraordinary Sherlock Holmes Our Autumn Reads - Crime and Conflict programme of events is now well under way, one of these events is coming up soon and is going to be very interesting and popular. So why not join us on Wednesday 21st ... 1 Likes

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Barbican Library - City of London Libraries Our ‘Connect with Creativity’ art classes began at the beginning of 2020. Art teacher Madhumita Bose continued to provide instruction and support to participants throughout lockdown and ‘Our Lockdown Diaries’ began. Read and see what they have achieved over the ...

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95 books and counting: finding solace in reading through the year of Covid https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/03/take-me-away-from-all-this-how-books-save-our-souls-during-difficult-times
What reading would a bibliotherapist prescribe for a global pandemic? Depends if you need escape, comfort, joy or recognition of all the despair 1 Likes

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Libraries Week Libraries champion and national treasure, Stephen Fry proudly supports libraries. 'Without libraries a country can become a kind of desert.' Sign up for a library card this #LibrariesWeek to discover a world of reading! 3 Likes

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