Have you heard about our new maths games? 🎲

Play in your local library, or take them home with you for some family fun that will boost your little one's number skills!🔢

Check out our selection and reserve a game here: libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/family-ma…

Tell me this isn't the best promo for the Essex Book Festival

.Syd Moore is back with a thrilling opener to a new historical fiction series set in WW2, The Grand Illusion.

#SouthWoodham Library🏫
7.30-8.30pm ⏰
Thu 20 Jun 📅

List of Essex Book Festival events and to book: libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/get-your-…

Essex Book Festival

I can’t wait to talk about #OneLove at Essex Book Festival on Thursday 6 June. Come and join us at Harlow Library and I’ll sign your books! 

Tickets - libraries.essex.gov.uk/events/125975

#essexlibraries #essexbookfestival2024

May is Mental Health Awareness Month 📚💚, and we're proud to highlight the resources available to support mental well-being within Essex Library Service, including the Reading Well list 🌟📖 and Essex Frontline services: essexfrontline.org.uk

🎧 Sign up to a free library membership account on the App Store or Google Play. Listen now to our Book of the Month. Home Coming by Kate Morton🚪

#BorrowBox #eAudio #LibraryMembership #AppStore #GooglePlay #BookOfTheMonth #HomeComing #KateMorton

Service update 📚

We have been informed that #BuckhurstHill Library will be temporarily closed from 1.45pm to 3.30pm on Wednesday 1 May. For alternative library locations please go to libraries.essex.gov.uk/library-locati…

Our Summer Reading Challenge is a great chance for your child, if they are 14 and over, to gain some invaluable volunteering experience and meet like minded people📚🧑‍🤝‍🧑🤩

The deadline for applications is Saturday 23.

libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/summer-re…

Did you know that you can access thousands of shows and movies with your library card?🎥

Kanopy is a streaming service that offers a variety of films and series for adults and children all for free with your library card! 📚

libraries.essex.gov.uk/digital-conten…

Politician turned award-winning author Alan Johnson returns to Essex Book Festival to discuss his latest thriller, Death on the Thames.

#Chelmsford Library 🏫
7- 8pm⏰
Wed 19 Jun 📅

List of Festival events and to book: libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/get-your-…

Alan Johnson Books Headline Books

For your next outdoor get-together, make use of this attractive gazebo, free to borrow from the Essex #LibraryOfThings : libraries.essex.gov.uk/digital-conten…

#LetsGetActive

Come along to hear Sunday Times bestselling Louise Doughty, author of Apple Tree Yard, discuss her electrifying new novel, A Bird in Winter.

#Basildon Library 🏫
7-8pm ⏰
Fri 14 Jun 📅

Find out more here: libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/get-your-…

Louise Doughty @faberbooks Essex Book Festival

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Sign up to our newsletter to get all our updates, news, and upcoming events once a fortnight! Sign up by Friday to get our next one!👀

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Service Update 📚

We have been informed that #Springfield Library will be temporarily closed this afternoon. For alternative library locations please go to libraries.essex.gov.uk/library-locati…

This will be an excellent event with slides and video!

Calling all Harry Potter enthusiasts 🤩🖌️

Join us for a magical Harry Potter Day, filled with crafts, trails and activities at Clacton Library on Saturday 29 June.

Booking is needed for crafts. Tickets cost £5 plus booking fee.

library-events.essex.gov.uk/event?id=121322

HarperFiction PR Essex Book Festival So, excited. I have just bought my ticket for Bridget Collins. I absolutely love her books. 7pm at Wivenhoe Library. I will be clutching her latest book, hoping my wheelchair will fit in the queue, to have it signed.

The library app - your pocket gateway to Essex Library Service.

•Search the catalogue
•Reserve and renew your items
•Manage your account
•Explore our services
•Find library information
•Scan books to check their availability

Download it now: libraries.essex.gov.uk/digital-conten…

Service Update 📚

Buckhurst Hill Library will be closed on Wednesday 24 April from 1:45pm and will reopen at 3:30pm . We are sorry for any inconvenience caused by this.

Our fabulous exhibition from Lata Upadhyaya is opening in Harlow today! 🥳

Pop along to see her fantastic sculptures in the flesh and enjoy the celebration of Essex culture! Open until 24 May. 🎨

Essex County Council #ArtsCulturalFund
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