Sylvia Loves Libraries

Library manager. Reader. Nerd. Working in Manchester, UK, and loving it :)

[Sylvia Loves Libraries @sylvialoveslibs]

Love detective stories? Check out the Russell and Holmes series by Laurie R King :) https://t.co/w9ocCTRSrZ

[Manchester Libraries @MancLibraries]

Need Support? One of our most popular partner services @ManchesterCAB has gone virtual. Head over to their website to connect with their awesome advisors. https://t.co/AytY1PXzcD

[Sylvia Loves Libraries @sylvialoveslibs]

Made a little video about how to make envelopes for all those snail mail fans out there 🙂✨📮
https://t.co/kK28T23QfN
#letterwriting #letters #envelopes #crafts

[Sylvia Loves Libraries @sylvialoveslibs]

I'm excited to say that I made another book review video :) This one about one of my favourites: "The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco. Check it out here: https://t.co/1YRMFzK9Ui

[Sylvia Loves Libraries @sylvialoveslibs]

Current reads with new lockdown haircut. Can recommend both, you guys 💇‍♀️📚 #BookRecommendations #LockdownHair

[Manchester Libraries @MancLibraries]

Stay connected and reading like our Newton Heath Library Book Club member here receiving her free tablet computer. Our manager Donna helped her set it up with @Borrowbox and lots more useful stuff! #NewtonHeathLibrary #librariesfromhome @MCCMPandNH @goodthingsfdn

[Manchester Libraries @MancLibraries]

Remember when @VentureArts & local school children created these amazing photo collages for #HulmeLibrary walls? Share your favourite lockdown photo with us #LibraryLockdownPhotoChallenge #LibrariesFromHome @MCCHulme

[Manchester Libraries @MancLibraries]

At #PowerhouseLibrary we are missing our amazing PowerKnitters! They are still super active at home & are creating some fab knits. Have you rediscovered the joy of yarn? Share your creations with us #libraryknits #LibrariesFromHome @msmpowerhouse @MCCMossSide

[Manchester Libraries @MancLibraries]

Staff from Manchester libraries have been home recording themselves delivering craft sessions with basic materials so as many families as possible can follow along at home. The first session comes from Anne and her son Owen. Follow this link to view https://t.co/SuJrYckaGp

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And as it's #worldbookday2020, here are my #desertislandbooks :) Spot the theme ;)
#readmcr #WorldBookNight2020

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Happy #worldbookday2020 everyone! Here is a lovely picture book by Adam & Charlotte Guillain all about World Book Day :) Hope you can all enjoy a good read today 📚

[Sylvia Loves Libraries @sylvialoveslibs]

@JoanPassey Here are a few others to fit the mood:
The Witches of New York by Ami McKay
The Binding by Bridget Collins (hist. fantasy)
The Mercies by KM Hargrave
Trumpet by Jackie Kay
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
:)

[Sylvia Loves Libraries @sylvialoveslibs]

Hey folks, so I made a little thing :) Check out my review of "The Seeker" by S.G. MacLean https://t.co/O1mbJjRlyG #BookWorm #BookRecommendations #LockdownReading

[Sylvia Loves Libraries @sylvialoveslibs]

Hey folks, so I made a little thing :) Check out my review of "The Seeker" by S.G. MacLean https://t.co/O1mbJjRlyG #BookWorm #BookRecommendations #LockdownReading

[Geeks for Social Change @gfscstudio]

Speakers include @sussedblackwoma @SylviaKoelling @urbed's David Rudlin, @johnpiprani & , @DrPimblott, Elizabeth Faye and Kay Welsh, @RoviraGarcia, and YOU?? Please get in touch if you have something to share! Hope to see you there - RTs welcome.

[Sylvia Loves Libraries @sylvialoveslibs]

@MadamFafa I'm probably not the best person, but ask away :)

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In case you missed my talk about Manchester's early baths and wash-houses, here is a recording of the talk https://t.co/2dfgnbCJ27 #history

[Deutsch Centre Intl @DeutschCentre]

CALLING #native speakers who would like to teach #German!

We are running our 'Quereinsteiger-Programm' May - Aug 2019 and want to hear from you! 👇
https://t.co/mHHAjn4pXn
No previous experience needed.
#TeachLanguages #German #LoveLanguages

[𝗙 𝗢 𝗔 𝗠 @MeadowAngels]

@revealmcr They would be built on Miller St @NOMA_mcr serving residents of #AngelMeadow. Great history @SylviaKoelling https://t.co/hVYn0FzjUw

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About librarians - school librarians, prison librarians, ALL librarians - please remember this, by Sarah McIntyre AKA @jabberworks whose illustrated books are on sale, reviewed here: https://t.co/QutyevrfSH

Never a truer word spoken, written or drawn.

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@skylinermcr Municipal baths were seen as vital in improving sanitation in the city following the cholera epidemic of 1832. The first baths were on Miller St @NOMA_mcr as revealed by @SylviaKoelling and @oatweet archaeology