National Poetry Day 2019

Watch the video below and find out how you can become the next YouTube poetry star.  

We have a great selection of poetry books in the Discovery Library and War Memorial Library if you need inspiration.

Is my book challenging enough?

If you are not sure if your book is challenging enough, or maybe it is a bit too difficult, you can apply the Five Finger Rule.  Here is fun video explaining how the Five Finger Rule works.

Roald Dahl Day

What a great author Roald Dahl was and what a fantastic legacy he left.  We hope you are having a happy 

We have lots of Roald Dahl's titles in both the Discovery Library and the War Memorial Library.

International Literacy Day

On the 8th of September every year International Literacy Day is a time for Governments, civil society and stakeholder to highlight improvements in world literacy rates and reflect on the world's remaining literacy challenges.  It is also a time when we can take the opportunity to celebrate how lucky we are to have two fantastic school Libraries, access to local public Libraries in Bromley and Lewisham and local book shops.

The Booker Prize 2019

The Booker Prize is awarded annually to the best novel of the year written in English and published in the UK or Ireland..

The six books on this year's shortlist are:

Margaret Atwood The Testaments 

Lucy Ellmann Ducks, Newburyport 

Bernardine Evaristo Girl, Woman, Other 

Chigozie Obioma An Orchestra of Minorities

Salman Rushdie Quichotte

Elif Shafak 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

The winner of the year's Man Booker Prize will be announced on Monday the 14th October.

Previous Man Booker Prize winners and shortlisted titles are available to borrow from the War Memorial Library.