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LibraryLass
@bedeslibrary.bsky.social
School librarian, keeper of all things bookish, thoughts and opinions my own
Blog 'Books & Beyond' - https://www.bedes.org/senior/academic/library/library-blog
New blog post - how the library can help during exam season. Link in bio. #bedesreads #booksky #libraries #exams
April 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Not to pile on, but every 'c' in 'Pacific Ocean' is pronounced differently.
March 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
New blog post - review of the brilliant Glasgow Boys! #bedesreads #booksandbeyond #booksky
Bede's Loves...
Read Miss Evan's latest review of The Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald...
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March 20, 2025 at 9:28 AM
We'll be reading three of these titles in next term's Brilliant Books and Biscuits. But not The Things We Leave Behind or Glasgow Boys because we already read those - look at us, fingers all over the literary pulse! #bedesreads #booksky #libraries
📣 Announcing the shortlist for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing! With a focus on marginalised perspectives, these books highlight diversity and empathy ✨✍️
Congratulations to the exceptional authors shortlisted for the #Carnegies2025! 🏅
Delve into the books here: 🔗 carnegies.co.uk/writing-shor...
March 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Brilliant Books and Biscuits Nostalgia Special: Dash of Wind in the Willows, a dollop of James and the Giant Peach, a drizzle of Frog and Toad, and a sprinkling of Pippi Longstocking - a really lovely World Book Day event! #bedesreads #booksky #libraries #librarylife
March 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Almost ready for our World Book Day Brilliant Books and Biscuits Nostalgia Special! #bedesreads #booksky #libraries #librarylife
March 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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These amazing #schoollibrarians are building a #library in Kenya this summer! Learn how you can help this Fri March 7 #episode 311. #tlsky @captainlibrary.bsky.social @librarianjones.com @andrea-trudeau.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #ParableOfTheSower by Octavia E. Butler. #BookSky

What did you think of Butler's use of diary entries to tell the story? Did it add to the impact? How?
March 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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George Eliot and George Sand were both authors, and women.

Happy Women's History Month.
March 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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There's a new Colm Tóibín story in this week's New Yorker, some gentle, mournful fiction about what America was and is for an ordinary man today www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
“Five Bridges,” by Colm Tóibín
Being undocumented at a time when no one bothered much about illegal Irish people had almost suited him.
www.newyorker.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
February 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Whatever career you want to pursue, reading books will get you there. #bedesreads #booksky
Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
February 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A productive afternoon spent with our Reading Ambassadors, putting together a jolly new noticeboard outside the Sports Hall! #bedesreads #libraries #booksky
February 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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There are times when only Wodehouse will do…
February 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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They go on a lot today about responsible drinking, but neighbourhood pubs used to enforce that. There’d be a pal of your dad’s in there saying, “You’ve had a few too many, kid, steady on – it’s still three hours till closing time.” ~ John Cooper Clarke
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘I write all my poems with a quill by candlelight’: John Cooper Clarke on the joy of life without tech
The punk poet has no smartphone, no email, not even a computer. Everyone should try it, he says
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Just a friendly reminder that your desire to have a bookshelf with a rolling ladder is valid. Don’t let anyone ever disrespect you by telling you otherwise.
February 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Loved 'Isaac and the Egg' (available in your friendly school library), and looking forward to this one! #bedesreads #booksky
I honestly can't find the words to articulate how beautiful this book is & how moved I was by it. A stunning exploration of love, loss & man's relationship with nature, I'm genuinely lost for how to explain its impact on me. Highly, highly recommend #BookSky
February 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro has joined calls for the UK government to “reconsider and change course” when it comes to AI, warning that “no one believes the proposed ‘opt-out’ system will work”. 👇 #BookSky
Kazuo Ishiguro urges government to 'reconsider' AI 'opt-out' plan: 'No-one believes it will work'
www.thebookseller.com
February 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Congratulations to our Library of the Year Finalists: South-East England✨
⭐Portsmouth Libraries and Archives
⭐West Sussex County Council Library
⭐Broadstairs Library
⭐Winchester Library
Find out more about the full list of finalists 👉 buff.ly/3EJZmns
February 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Most of these excellent titles available from your friendly school library... 😊 #bedesreads #booksky #libraries
February is Black History Month. Honor Black authors by reading their books. #BookSky
February 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Also available from your friendly school library... #bedesreads #booksky #libraries
Some days just start earlier... first book of the day was "Ink" by Alice Broadway.

This YA novel is set in a world where no one has any secrets because everything you do, say and are is tattooed onto your skin for everyone to see. - Michael
February 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Early years practitioners are doing incredible work to bring the benefits of reading to children - and it can have a lifelong impact.

Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social visited a school nursery in Liverpool to see this in action:

www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
February 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Happy #FamilyDay!

We believe every family should be supported to make sharing books a regular part of daily life, helping children to enjoy the benefits of reading.

Here's why shared reading has a vital role to play in early education and childcare 👇

www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...
February 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM