Our Current Provision
The Library Service continues to be able offer a service to Derbyshire residents as follows:
- All 45 static libraries are offering a Book and Borrow service. There are currently no plans to provide access to public PCs. You can find your local library contact details here.
- Libraries will close by 5pm during the week. All Saturday opening hours will remain the same.
- The two Mobile Libraries are currently not in service.
- The Home Library Service will continue.
We will keep all aspects of this offer under review and continue to monitor the information issued by the Government. Any update will be posted on our social media pages and updated on our Library Updates page.
All books and other items currently on loan will be automatically renewed until 1st March 2021 and will not incur any overdue charges. Requests can be placed on books from other libraries. Our Library Information Service continues to be monitored from Monday to Saturday, which you can reach on 01629 533444 or ask.library@derbyshire.gov.uk
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BBC Novels That Shaped Our World
To celebrate the BBC's Novels That Shaped Our World programme, Derbyshire libraries is running a short story competition aimed at adults around the theme of isolation.
The competition runs from Monday 1 February 2021 and closes on Wednesday 31 March 2021 and is open to all residents aged 16 and over who live within the administrative boundaries of Derbyshire County Council.
Entrants must write up to 500 words, this could be fiction, memoir or poetry, but all entries should centre on the theme of isolation. Entries should be sent to ask.library@derbyshire.gov.uk with the name of the participant and a contact number or email. Prizes of book tokens will be awarded for the top three entries, and all entries will be published in a compendium ebook on Derbyshire Libraries' BorrowBox platform available all customers to read and enjoy. Click here for more information.
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BBC Novels Writing Workshops
As part of the above programme, we have also received funding to run a couple of writing workshops, which you can book by clicking on the links below:
All events take place online via Zoom, and tickets are FREE.
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Theme of the Month: Romance
Every month we like to bring you a different theme, and this month it's 'Romance'! We've got several romance-themed activities coming your way this month on Facebook and Twitter, including:
- Valentine's Truffles recipe - Weds 10th - 6pm
- Romance Coffee Morning - Fri 12th - 10.30am
- Recommended Romance Reads - Fri 19th - 12.30pm
We'll also be announcing the winner of THE FIRST GREAT DERBYSHIRE LIBRARIES VALENTINE'S BOOK-OFF on Sunday 14th February at 9am, so make sure you keep voting until then if you want you preferred dinner date to make it all the way to the end!
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National Storytelling Week
It's National Storytelling Week from Saturday 30th January to Saturday 6th February, and we've got plenty going on for you to enjoy! Check out our Facebook and Twitter pages on the days and time below to enjoy all of these:
- Saturday 30th January - 10am - Kahoot! Story Quiz
- Sunday 31st January - 6pm - Storytelling: Fable
- Monday 1st February - 10am - Storytelling: Fairtyale
- Tuesday 2nd February - 6pm - Storytelling: Legend
- Thursday 4th February - 10am - Storytelling: Bagbook
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Short Story Competition for Children
To celebrate National Storytelling Week, Saturday 30 January – Saturday 6 February 2021, we are launching a creative writing competition for children. We are looking for stories of no more than 50 words that use one of these four pictures for inspiration. There are 2 age categories, 7 to 11 and 12 to 18. The deadline for entries is Sunday 28 February 2021 with the winners announced on Facebook and Twitter on Friday 5 March 2021 at 6pm. The prizes will be books. You can get further information and send any entries to ask.library@derbyshire.gov.uk, or check out the larger pictures here.
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I Love Reading
We do enjoy bringing you a video full of our library staff passing books between their screens, and we're doing the same again this month! This time we're telling you all about the books we love and why, and we're hoping that you'll all tell us your favourite books too!
Look out for it at 10am on Sunday 7th February on Facebook and Twitter.
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Census 2021
The Census will take place this year on March 21st. You will receive information through the post about how to complete the Census and why you should. Derbyshire Libraries will be on hand to provide you with information and direct you to further support, nearer the time.
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Other Online Events to Look Out For
As well as all the above we've also got the following exciting onine content coming to Facebook and Twitter for you:
- Learn Something New - 'Wilder Garden' instructional video - Monday 8th - 12.30pm
- Pancake Recipe Video - Tuesday 16th - 12.30pm
- #LoveYourPetsDay Video - Saturday 20th - 2pm
- Saturday Activity Club - Every Saturday at 10am
Don't forget to look out in your newsfeeds for all our exciting content coming your way throughout February!
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LGBT+ Books for Teens
It's LGBT+ History Month in February, and we wanted to share some of the brilliant LGBT+ books for teens in our physical and digital collections.
Our physical collections (requestable here) include:
- Release by Patrick Ness
- Birthday by Meredith Russo
- Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
- Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
- Heartstopper Volumes 1-3 by Alice Oseman
- Lumberjanes (mulitple volumes) by Noelle Stevenson et al
On BorrowBox you can find:
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Multi-Use Titles
Every month we get a new selection of titles on our BorrowBox app of both eBooks and eAudiobooks that can be taken out by multiple users at one time. These stay multi-use for 60 days, so if you have a book club and you're looking for your next title then one of these could be your next choice!
You can find these titles on the main BorrowBox page, identified as a collection with 'No Waiting!' or 'Available Now!'. Titles available from February include:
- 29 Seconds by T.M.Logan (eBook & eAudiobook)
- Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing by Bob Mortimer & Paul Whitehouse (eBook & eAudiobook)
- The Wreck by Meg Keneally (eBook & eAudiobook)
- The Cleaner by John Milton (eAudiobook)
- I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella (eAudiobook)
- The Stranger on the Bridge by Jonny Benjamin (eBook)
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This Month We Recommend You Read...
We're got more of the excellent children's books available on our eBook and eAudiobook collections to share with you this month, which are great choices for you and your family.
On Borrowbox we've chosen the magical Shadows of Winterspell, by Amy Wilson. Stella has been living behind the magic of the forest for most of her life. Lonely, she enrolls at the local school, and as she begins to make friends, she discovers that she is even more different than she thought. But as autumn turns to magical winter, Stella realizes that uncovering her own family secret is the only way to release the forest from the grip of a dark and old magic.
Our second pick is The Storm Keeper's Island by Catherine Doyle. When Fionn Boyle sets foot on Arranmore Island, it begins to stir beneath his feet ... Once in a generation, Arranmore Island chooses a new Storm Keeper to wield its power and keep its magic safe from enemies. The time has come for Fionn's grandfather, a secretive and eccentric old man, to step down. Soon, a new Keeper will rise. But, deep underground, someone has been waiting for Fionn. As the battle to become the island's next champion rages, a more sinister magic is waking up, intent on rekindling an ancient war.
Over on RBdigital, we've opted for Future Friend by David Baddiel. The year is 3020. Pip@256X#YY.3_7 is lonely and bored: she goes to virtual school on her G-Glasses, she only has a talking cat and parrot to hang out with, and she can’t even leave her LivingSpace due to the extreme heat and floods outside. Until the day that Pip explores a glowing ring in a lab and finds herself in a warehouse, in 2019. Where she meets boy-inventor Rahul – who is also lonely and bored. Together, Rahul and Pip are no longer lonely. But they have a whole load of new problems, including hiding talking animals from Rahul’s parents, and finding a way back to the future. Plus – just maybe – saving the world…
Need a further suggestion? We're always delighted to suggest a story! Contact us on Facebook, Twitter, or ask.library@derbyshire.gov.uk and we'll do our best to find you something fantastic!
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Library Love
We have been receiving so many kind comments over the past few weeks about how important and useful our customers have been finding our online library offer. If you would like to contribute and share your stories and comments, please email us at: ask.library@derbyshire.gov.uk
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