Borough of Telford & Wrekin

Libraries

Welcome to Telford and Wrekin libraries web pages.
Bookstart

Libraries organise lots of activites for all age groups.

Pirates Ahoy!
Sail on down and help us to celebrate
National Bookstart Day at Oakengates Library
@ The Place on Friday 10th October
10.30am - 11.15am
Rhymes, songs and stories.
Suitable for under 5's and their parents/carers.
For more details ring Bookstart Administrator on: 382983.


Check out What's on in your local library.

Winners of Telford's first ever Children's Book Awards announced.

National Year of Reading logo
2008 is the National Year of Reading and libraries are celebrating with special events and promotions throughout the year. Watch this page for details.
Find out what events are happening over the next few weeks by selecting your local library and clicking What's On.

Books on Prescription
This new service provides books for loan to help with common mental health problems. Visit our Health Information page and select Mental Health to find out more.

Telford Young Writers Short Story Competition.
Winners Announced

Read the winning stories

Read the runner's up stories.

The group meet once a month
Find out more details.

Authors visiting Telford this Autumn:
Ian McMillan. Talking myself home.
Gervaise Phinn's Christmas show

Bookstart
The Bookstart scheme is for children under the age of 4 years to receive 3 free book packs.

Online information at your fingertips!
Library members have free access to many online reference resources such as Encyclopedia Britannica, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, NewsUK, Times Digital Archive, Grove Music and Grove Art.
Visit our library catalogue and click on Online Reference.

Do you know about our 24 hour services?
Use our library catalogue to search for books, check what you have on loan or request items free of charge.

Enquire is a live question and answer service, available 24/7.
Put your question to trained library staff and they will answer in real-time or you can request a response via e-mail.



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Please note - Some documents published before 1st December 2006 may contain incorrect contact numbers.
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For up to date contact numbers please refer to the Guide to Council Services.