Friends of Redland Library

We are a voluntary group set up to support Redland Library and its services within the local and wider community

[The London Library @TheLondonLib]

This #NationalWritingDay, we're celebrating just a few of the authors who have found inspiration at The London Library over the last 185 years.

From Charles Dickens and Virginia Woolf to Kazuo Ishiguro and Hallie Rubenhold, our collection has inspired generations of writers.

[Friends of Redland Library @FORedlandLib]

The Bristol Library Strategy Engagement Survey ends today.

It has to be competed by midnight.

Information + online survey 👉 https://t.co/fNjENWF1ZR

[A.A.Milne @A_AMilne]

And there would I rest, and lie,
My chin in my hands, and gaze
At the dazzle of sand below,
And the green waves curling slow,
And the grey-blue distant haze
Where the sea goes up to the sky…
~A.A.Milne

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Remembering David Hockney, the painter known for his colorful, light-filled portraits, landscapes, and still-lifes, who died last week, at the age of 88. https://t.co/NJ65SeXVzG

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

The great German philosopher, who died in March, understood how much depended on a principled public sphere. https://t.co/0Fc4qdd98Q

[Friends of Redland Library @FORedlandLib]

📣 TODAY

📖  Thursday 11th June
📖 7pm ( doors open 6:45pm )

📖  Harriet Baker
in conversation with Stephen James

📖  Redland Library, Bristol
📖  Admission £3
( pay at the door - cash only )

[Daily Philosophy @_DailyPhil]

"Courage is found in unlikely places."

— J. R. R. Tolkien

[Marysia @marysia_cc]

good night, friends
illus. Quentin Blake

[Save Redland Library @SaveRedlandLibr]

Booker Prize launches new quick read in effort to boost adult reading rates

#BookchatWeekly #Reading #Literacy https://t.co/yOEsO7VyQF

[Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations @five_books]

“Chemists use test tubes and Bunsen burners; what do economists use?”
https://t.co/M14N6hlGlr

[Redland Library Events @RedlandLibEvent]

Many thanks to our Redland Library staff for this book display

📖  Thursday 11th June
📖 7pm ( doors open 6:45pm )
📖  Harriet Baker
in conversation with Stephen James
📖  Redland Library, Bristol
📖  Admission £3
( pay at the door - cash only )

[Friends of Redland Library @FORedlandLib]

📣 Tomorrow

📖  Thursday 11th June
📖 7pm ( doors open 6:45pm )

📖  Harriet Baker
in conversation with Stephen James

📖  Redland Library, Bristol
📖  Admission £3
( pay at the door - cash only )

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

A cartoon by Drew Dernavich.

See all the cartoons from this week’s issue: https://t.co/MlooF0FITu

[A.A.Abbott @AAAbbottStories]

Writers in #Bristol! 🖋️Hone your skills at the Bristol Fiction Writers' Group on Saturday 6th June at 2pm. We'll give each other feedback and do some writing.

We're meeting at the Cafe at The New Room in Bristol city centre. It's free, just buy a hot drink to support the venue.

[Hesse Philosophy @HermannHessed]

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”

— Joseph Campbell

[The Shift Journal @TheShiftJournal]

“Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read…”

— Werner Herzog

[Marsh's Library @MarshsLibrary]

It's very lovely to see all the irises in bloom around Dublin 8 at the moment. These lovely hand-coloured ones are from a mid-16th century herbal.

[La femme merveilleuse invisible @larwoolf]

"Never say ‘no’ to adventures. Always say ‘yes,’ otherwise you’ll lead a very dull life."
Ian Fleming, May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964.

[successmovers @successmoverss]

“All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.”

— Leo Tolstoy

[Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations @five_books]

“The idea that concerns about death have a consequential influence on human affairs goes back to antiquity.”
https://t.co/n7Rn6Xmdg2