Micro:bit lending scheme

Did you know you can now borrow a BBC micro:bit from some of our libraries in Bradford?

Starter kits are free to borrow, and contain a BBC micro:bit, a mini-USB cable and a battery pack, along with some instructions to get you started … which means you can unleash your digital creativity in the comfort of your own bedroom – and get your family involved too!

The BBC micro:bit is really easy to pick up and use with little training, and can be programmed using a variety of free coding platforms on a PC, laptop or Bluetooth-enabled smartphone or tablet. And although it’s small enough to fit into the palm of your hand, it has a screen, onboard sensors and the option to add a host of exciting peripherals such as servo motors, lights, switches and all manner of sensors – and even robots.

AA Dhand Girl Zero

City Library
Saturday 3rd March 2pm

Read Regional 2018  kicks off in style with an author reading and talk from Bradford’s own A.A Dhand who will be talking about his second Harry Virdee novel Girl Zero.

Luther meets The Wire on the gritty streets of Bradford.

Book your ticket here - https://aadhandbradfordlibrary.eventbrite.com

This event is free of charge.

Read Regional – Bringing together readers and writers in northern libraries.

‘Keighley Women’, a talk by Ian Dewhirst MBE

Keighley Local Studies Library
Saturday 3rd March 2.00pm

Celebrated local historian Ian Dewhirst MBE will be speaking about a variety of notable Keighley women including Miss Sandra Dorne, film star, Mrs Maud Marks who was caught up in the fall of France in 1940 and Miss Annie Collett who kept an autograph album while visiting Keighley War Hospital in 1917-1918

Free of charge.

Bradford Suffragettes: The Fight for the Vote’ a talk by Helen Broadhead 

Bradford Local Studies Library
Saturday 10th March 2.00pm

Join Helen Broadhead as she tells the story of Bradford's suffragettes. 

Free Entry

Suffrage Workshops especially for Home- Educating Families 

Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Suffrage Movement and the Representation of the People Act 1918 at our Suffrage Workshops especially for Home- Educating Families.

Bradford Libraries are delighted that we can offer Home Educating Families a chance to celebrate the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 and the Suffrage Movement. 

The workshop will offer children the chance to find out first hand from a local Suffragette (actress & storyteller Irene Lofthouse) about her experience fighting for the right to vote including protests in Bradford and London and a time in jail.  Find out who exactly got the vote on the 6th February 1918, how the press reported the events leading to the act of Parliament and what the significance was to us all. There will an opportunity for the children to view local archive materials and wander around the display as well making the ribbon-pins traditionally worn by the Suffragettes.

Our Suffrage Workshop is at Bradford Local Studies Library, Margaret McMillan Tower (side entrance), 
Princes’ Way, Bradford, BD1 1NN on  

Tuesday 6th March  1.15pm – 2.30pm.  

The session is free of charge and places must be booked in advance.

 If you are interested in booking please contact Christinea Donnelly Development Officer for Young People:

Email: christinea.donnelly@bradford.gov.uk

This year World Book Day is Thursday 1st March. 

Bradford Libraries have a host of events and activities for children and their families to enjoy on and around World Book Day. We are really excited that we can offer such a wide range of activities to encourage children to celebrate World Book Day and to discover reading and their local library. This year we also have copies of the World Book Day books to give away to visiting pupils as well as children who come along to our pre-school and after school events.