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You can find us on Facebook and Instagram and on our website (link in bio).
And of course you can find us on Commercial Street, Leeds, where our collection of 140,000 books is growing by the day.
Join us on Tuesday 15 October for a very special event as Frances Brody and Chris Nickson talk historical crime fiction, Leeds, God’s Own Country in a discussion that promises to range far and wide and to include some local stories and strange facts.
https://t.co/HVi8hPkGMH
Our first edition of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859) has gone off for conservation! The book is going to be rebound, through the generosity of a member via our Adopt a Book scheme. (Note the spelling mistake!) A new case is also being hand made.
'Amphoriskos' is our #WordOfTheDay, this is a small jar in the shape of an amphora (a tall jar with two handles), used for holding cosmetics, ointments, or perfumes. #WOTD#LeedsLibraryWOTD
'Ossuary' is our #WordOfTheDay, which means 'a receptacle (an urn, vault, tomb, etc.) for the dried bones of the dead; a charnel house.' #WOTD#LeedsLibraryWOTD
⛲️'Pure & Free' ⛲️
@SeasideFerry on Victorian drinking fountains.
And the talk itself is free to attend.
18:00 on Thurs 5 Sept
@theleedslibrary
Book here:
https://t.co/UASGquIkfF
Ornate architecture, pure water:
1860s fountain in Parliament Sq, London
Copies are now available of 'Margins', a creative writing anthology produced through collaboration with students at Leeds Arts University's Creative Writing and Graphic Design courses! Limited edition of 100 handmade chapbooks - get your copy today!
https://t.co/1TtxiXo8lo
'Equanimity' is our #WordOfTheDay, which means 'the quality of having an even mind or temper; of being relaxed and well-composed in a difficult situation'. #WOTD#LeedsLibraryWOTD
'Barbican' is our #WordOfTheDay, this was an outer fortification or defence to a walled city or castle; usually a strong, crenelated tower erected over a gate or bridge. #WOTD#LeedsLibraryWOTD
'Yawpin' is our #WordOfTheDay, which means 'loud talking' from The dialect and folk-lore of Northamptonshire (1851) by Thomas Sternberg (The LL 👻) #WOTD#LeedsLibraryWOTD