Wellington Library

Vibrant, busy school Library encouraging innovation, reading and research.

[Wellington Library @Welly_Library]

Calling School Librarians: Wellington College Prep is looking for an experienced and qualified School Librarian. Closing date 28th January. Find out more here: https://t.co/S5QkS1ZDvK

[Foyles Bookshop @Foyles]

Presenting our Foyles Book of the Year 2024 shortlist: whittled down from the past year of bookish excellence—a bookshelf full of essential reading, from established writers and new voices alike, defining this year in books. Behold the shortlistees… https://t.co/gRSBffJBTi

[Wellington Library @Welly_Library]

@WesteLinda @SarahCrossan @melblibrary @nypl @LAPublicLibrary @LibrariesNZ @ReadinAustralia @mvlibraries @LibrarianAges @SCSD_MS_Lib @IBBYINT @doucette515 Read it and loved it! Recommending it to all our students. Big fans of Sarah Crossan here!

[Wellington Library @Welly_Library]

‘I love the whole atmosphere and can spend hours browsing’: how did bookshops suddenly become cool? https://t.co/0Gl0ySq7am

[Books Are My Bag @booksaremybag]

Visit your local bookshop tomorrow and celebrate all the ways they make a difference to our local communities.

🎨: @sophyhenn

#BookshopDay

[Wellington Library @Welly_Library]

I'm really excited to hear these talks today. A whole strand on #readingforpleasure and lots of brilliant authors visiting us today!

[LoveReading4Schools @lr4schools]

We are excited to be at The Festival of Education at @WellingtonUK tomorrow, Hosting a programme of talks on The Power of Books and the Importance of #ReadingforPleasure.

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@EducationFest #EducationFest

[Wellington Library @Welly_Library]

Brilliant news! A fantastic choice. Many congratulations to @frankcottrell_b

[School Library Association @uksla]

We're over the moon that SLA Patron, @frankcottrell_b, has been named the Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate 2024-2026! 🌟

We're pleased to hear Frank's plans to address inequality through the transformative power of books and reading.

Congratulations! 👏🏼
#ReadingRights

[Wellington Library @Welly_Library]

Picture books for children – reviews https://t.co/bbWBJvpznh

[Wellington Library @Welly_Library]

Reading libraries - public libraries offer so much and are a lifeline for so many people. Insightful and fascinating article on Battle Library. ‘If there’s nowhere else to go, this is where they come’: how Britain’s libraries provide much more than books https://t.co/ieDrpDIeFF

[Wellington Library @Welly_Library]

Looking forward to welcoming @DanFreedman99 to talk to our Y9 Wheeler Programme students. They have their copies of #Unstoppable and we're looking forward to hearing their insights into the book and questions for Dan. It was so enjoyable last year - we're doing it again!

[Wellington Library @Welly_Library]

https://t.co/8ZN2SKLAKy

[The Carnegies @CarnegieMedals]

🎉 Congratulations to the 2024 Winners of the Yoto Carnegie Medals for Writing and Illustration, and Shadowers' Choice Medals @CarnegieMedals: @StoryBreathing, @JospehACoelho and @tiafisher_! #YotoCarnegies24

Read the press release: https://t.co/SXcNesq9Wz

[The YA Book Prize @yabookprize]

Did you see our #YABookPrize shortlist announcement last week?

Let us know in the comments how many you've read 👇

[Women's Prize @WomensPrize]

Announcing the 29th winner of the #WomensPrize for Fiction – @V_V_G with her novel Brotherless Night. Congratulations Sugi!

With thanks to our sponsors @Audible_UK and @BaileysOfficial

#WomensPrize

[Wellington Library @Welly_Library]

Love this! Perfect introduction to the shortlisted books before the winner announcement today.

[Simon Savidge @SavidgeReads]

Mum and I have filmed our @WomensPrize for Fiction Shortlist Ranking & Winner Predictions video, which you can see here https://t.co/jsuCH4V2Uz

[Wellington Library @Welly_Library]

Wonderful talk by @richardgerver at the start of @uksla Conference day 2 in Sheffield. #SLASheffield #schoollibraries #librariesunleashed

[Wellington Library @Welly_Library]

Looking forward to more thought-provoking talks and sharing ideas with fellow school librarians in Sheffield today. Yesterday was excellent. Ideas for promoting reading, discussion of AI, @PatrickNess5 and @nicolamorgan #librariesunleashed #uksla @uksla

[Wellington Library @Welly_Library]

https://t.co/czzUWgF6dz

[The Booker Prizes @TheBookerPrizes]

Why fiction from Korea and Japan has become so popular with English-language readers.

https://t.co/L9ZP9SMzIJ

[Wellington Library @Welly_Library]

Looking forward to our Community Book Club discussion of these two brilliant novels this evening in the library. @Welly_Community #bookclubs