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Are you looking for cost of living support? Come along to a free drop-in event to meet organisations ready to offer help and advice on bills, budgeting and financial support; energy; health, wellbeing and more. There are two events in South Cambridgeshire this month:
Papworth Library, Wednesday 1st February, 10:00am-1:00pm
Cottenham Library, Tuesday 7th February, 12:00-3:00pm
Drop in for a warm welcome, a hot drink and a chat. These events are run in partnership with Think Communities.
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Our Elly Griffiths event at Cambourne Library has sold out but we've got plenty more author events across Cambridgeshire!
Jessie Keane – Never Go Back
Online, Thursday 23rd February, 7pm
In this online conversation, Jessie introduces her latest gritty gangland adventure. Discover the inspiration behind her popular novels: from her Romany origins to encounters with shady characters in London's East End and Soho, Jessie has some gripping tales to share!
Tickets free, book to receive a Zoom link to the event:
Online event with bestselling author Jessie Keane Tickets, Thu 23 Feb 2023 at 19:00 | Eventbrite
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Kate Rhodes & Penny Hancock: A Life of Crime
Bar Hill Library, Wed 22nd February, 2pm
Do you love a classic whodunnit? Or maybe the drama of a family with skeletons in the closet? If so, come and enjoy a double dose of mystery and intrigue with two popular Cambridgeshire crime writers.
Free, but donations welcomed. No booking required.
For more information, ask at Bar Hill Library, email BarHill.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or call 0345 045 5225
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Save the date for a Jim Kelly author tour this spring!
Jim Kelly – The Silent Child
St Neots Library, Wednesday 15th March 2023, 7:30pm
Ramsey Library, Thursday 30th March 2023, 7pm
Milton Road Library, Thursday 20th April 2023, 7pm
St Ives Library, Thursday 27th April 2023, 7pm
She can’t have a future until she has a past. Author Jim Kelly introduces his powerful and moving historical novel, The Silent Child – a survivor’s search for lost identity after the horrors of World War II.
Tickets £5. Ask in the relevant library, call 0345 045 5225 or email:
StNeots.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk (for St Neots event)
StIves.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk (for Ramsey and St Ives events)
Libraries.referralCentre@cambridgeshire.gov.uk (Milton Road event)
Meet your local authors!
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A free drop-in event at Cambridge Central Library
Saturday 11th February 11am-1pm and 2-4pm
Come and chat with local authors. You’ll also be able to buy their books or art prints.
11am-1pm meet our local authors of books for adults.
2-4pm bring your children along to take part in simple craft activities or listen to stories and rhymes.
All welcome and there is no need to book - just come along on the day! Adults need to stay with their children at all times.
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Essential maintenance at Warboys Library – the library will be closed from Monday 6th February, reopening on Monday 27th February.
All loans will be extended to cover this period, you can manage your library account here.
To find out about libraries nearby visit our website.
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All editions of The Economist are being removed from the OverDrive Magazine Collection on 1st February, so they will no longer be on the OverDrive website or Libby app.
The Economist will still be available on PressReader: https://www.pressreader.com/catalog
Log in to the PressReader app or website with your library card number to read current and past issues, as well as thousands more magazines and newspapers!
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February is LGBTQ+ History Month and we have an exciting programme of events planned, both in person and online. These include our popular monthly LGBTQ+ Board Games Social at Cambridge Central Library, a Living Knowledge Network streamed event where Jackie Kay and Bernardine Evaristo discuss the life and work of Blues singer Bessie Smith, a pop-up reading group, a talk on LGBTQ+ history in Cambridgeshire, and family craft and storytime events. To find out all the details and to book your free ticket, please event our Eventbrite page: LGBTQ+ History Month | Eventbrite
For the full programme of LGBTQ+ History Month events in Cambridgeshire, please visit the Encompass Network website.
Don’t forget that you can also celebrate by reading one of the many books by LGBTQ+ authors available through Cambridgeshire Libraries. You can visit the library catalogue for a list of reading suggestions and to place requests, or keep an eye out for a display at our local library!
February 21st is International Mother Language Day. Offering resources in a range of languages is one of the ways Cambridgeshire Libraries welcome new arrivals into our communities and celebrate diversity and multilinguism. Why not take a moment to explore these resources? #AllWelcome
 Our February Online Resource of the Month is the British Newspaper Archive, which gives you access to millions of UK newspaper articles from as early as 1800 and including local sources such as the Cambridge Chronicle and Journal, Huntingdon, Bedford & Peterborough Gazette, Cambridge Independent Press and many more.
Users must register before they can use the site, but it is free to use in your local library. Book a library computer to access it.
Image shows a 7th November 1942 headline: “Women Hatless in Church: Archbishops Renounce ‘Old Customary Rule’ as Obsolete”.
February 7th is Safer Internet Day, and to mark the occasion we’re hosting a free drop-in session at Cambridge Central Library on the day (10.30-11.30am). You’re invited to join our friendly staff and volunteers to learn more about how you and your family and friends can use the Internet safely. This includes protecting your data, being aware of scams, and accessing reliable sources of information. All welcome!
 Click on the button below to take a look at our selection of new books for February.
Top Pick: Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend: A celebration of gay gods, sapphic saints, and queerness through the ages
Hidden in the margins of history books, classical literature, and thousands of years of stories, myths and legends, through to contemporary literature, TV and film, there is a diverse and other-worldly super community of queer heroes to discover, learn from, and celebrate.
Queer Heroes of Myth & Legend brings to life characters who are romantic, brave, mysterious, and always fantastical. It is a magnificent celebration of queerness through the ages in all its legendary glory.
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 Our Cambridgeshire Listens and Cambridgeshire Reads collections bring you a wide range of books to borrow in eBook or eAudiobook format. Multiple use, they're great for reading groups and workplace reads.
Each month the selection of adult, young adult and children's titles refresh - they're available to borrow over a 60 day period. Try the links to look at this month's offerings. We have 7 titles available as both Reads and Listens this month including A Gambling Man by David Baldacci, A Three Dog Problem by SJ Bennett, Where the Missing Gather by Helen Sedwick and The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst.
 We also have 7 adult fiction and non fiction titles available as just Listens including Ruby-Fruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown, Gay Bar by Jeremy Atherton Lin and The Innocent by Harlan Coben.
Junior and Teen Titles
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We've got something for everyone over on our YouTube channel! There's rhymetime, crafts and storytimes for children as well as local history, top ten countdowns, a podcast and lots more!
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