Games, authors and world news

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Chess anyone?

Do you enjoy playing Chess, Scrabble, Draughts, or doing a jigsaw, then come along to one of our Libraries where you can join a Games Club. It’s a great way to meet up with friends and make new ones. The Clubs are held at Bromham, Kempston, Putnoe and Wootton Libraries and details can be found on the Virtual Library. You will need a Library Plus membership for some of the clubs as they are run in unstaffed hours. Its easy and free to upgrade your membership, just pop in to any Bedford Borough Library and ask a member of staff.

Meet the Author - Jean Fullerton

Bromham Library

Saturday 9th November 4.30 - 6.00 pm

Join Jean as she talks about her new book “A Ration Book Childhood” and the much loved Brogan Family and Ration Book series. Award winning author Jean Fullerton is the author of many novels all based in and around East London where she was born.

Tickets £2.00 available from Bromham Library in advance.

Copies of Jean’s books will be available for purchase and signing.

What happened on the day you were born?

As the "world's newspaper of record", The Times of London has covered all major international events from the French Revolution to the war on ISIS. The Times Digital Archive, 1785–2013 makes 228 years of this highly regarded resource available. Every page of every issue is full-text searchable — every headline, article, editorial, announcement, image and advertisement. A fantastic resource for anyone interested in history, politics, social and cultural history, family history, law, genealogy and criminology, business and so much more.

The Times Digital Archive is only available to library card holders.

Space Chase Success

We've come to the end of another busy and enjoyable Summer Reading Challenge, with 3,004 children joining and reading an incredible total of 41,462 books.

Thank you to everyone who participated, and to the

26 Summer Reading Challenge Champions that collectively volunteered 502 hours of their time in libraries to help us deliver a very successful Challenge. We look forward to Summer 2020.