We are a voluntary group set up to support Redland Library and its services within the local and wider community
Bristol, England
Joined August 2016
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Shortly after he became the second-youngest laureate of the Nobel Prize, Albert Camus sent his childhood teacher this moving letter: themarginalian.org/2014/11/1…
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“Without George Sand, there would be no Jane Eyre, no Adam Bede, no Tess of the d’Urbervilles.” —Kathryn Hughes go.nybooks.com/3Wdxroy
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Gulliver's Travels is 300 years old today. Published in 1726 and never out of print.
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Penguin Random House, Bonnier Books UK, HarperCollins and Nosy Crow are among the nominees for the 2026 Audio Production Awards, with Penguin Studios also shortlisted for Production Company of the Year. 👇 ebx.sh/EdHVq8
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.@JoffeBooks has revealed the seven-strong shortlist for its 2026 prize, with the winner set to receive a two-book publishing contract, a £25,000 Audible audiobook contract for their first book, £1,000 and two years’ membership of the Society of Authors. 👇 ebx.sh/cZSfEu
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📣 What’s happening in Bristol’s Redland Library in November & December
Keep up to date with our events by visiting friendsofredlandlibrary.org.…
We need your support to plan, publicise and run these events. Please email [email protected] if you want to help.
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Massive turnout at last Tuesday’s Redland Library event on #TheArchers
John Telfer ( who plays the Revd Alan Franks ) and scriptwriter Caroline Harrington gave tremendous insights into the world’s longest running radio drama.
Visit friendsofredlandlibrary.org.… for news of events
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What a treat! 🎉🎉🎉A 'Double Launch' special of my Burning Eye Books Dream Time and @TwoRiversPress Sublime Lungs by Kate Noakes. Thursday 29th October at @EBB_Books. We are both currently on extensive UK tours so this a chance to see us in #Bristol #poetrycommunity #poetry
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Since its première, in 2022, “Slow Horses”—Apple TV’s fast-paced espionage drama about a division of MI5 where the screwups and sluggards end up—has become “a treasure to those in the know, and a nonentity to outsiders,” Inkoo Kang writes. The show, starring Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden, boasts nearly two dozen Emmy nominations, and a few wins, but has never reached the breakout status of “Ted Lasso” or “Severance.” Read why Kang thinks the underrated program is the best on Apple TV:newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Eo…
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An article in the New Yorker makes the case that "In America the reading of books is up". This is unfortunately not the case. Reading and literacy levels are in severe and sustained decline. 1/
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Ali Smith’s “constant wordplay, punning, and riffing give her prose a sense of superabundance, of endless, rapid-fire invention held back...by her perception that she has taken her reader too far into the ether.” —Regina Marler go.nybooks.com/4yn1M1b
📣 TODAY
🔰 Tuesday 20th October
🔰 7pm (doors open 6:45pm)
🔰 Redland Library, Bristol
🔰 “Ambridge Lives: The Archers” celebrating the world’s longest-running radio drama series “The Archers” (20,000+ episodes since 1951)
🔰 Admission £3 (pay at the door - cash only)
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Outside Parliament doing a media event speaking up for libraries and other public services. #weshowup
#savelibraries
@IslingtonUNISON
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I've just discovered that the Rehab Hospital I was in in 2020, was one of the workhouses that Dickens used for his researches on workhouses.
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📣 NEXT WEEK
🔰 Tuesday 20th October
🔰 7pm (doors open 6:45pm)
🔰 Redland Library, Bristol
🔰 “Ambridge Lives: The Archers” celebrating the world’s longest-running radio drama series “The Archers” (20,000+ episodes since 1951)
🔰 Admission £3 (pay at the door - cash only)
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“Sitzfleisch” is a German word that refers to the ability to sit still for a long time. It’s understandable why this is a valuable skill; in schoolrooms and offices around the world, there are worksheets and spreadsheets to be done. Because there are so many reasons to try to repress our nervous energy, it’s no surprise that there’s a big-time campaign against mind drift. “But it’s worth noting that sitting still and doing just one thing for a long time is, in many respects, at odds with the essential nature of the human mind,” Joshua Rothman writes. Read more about what our fidgeting reveals: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/yQ…
