Jesmond Library

Programme of Events, March - April 2026

Calling all children - Draw your favourite #BookCharacter from your favourite book to be in with the chance of winning a prize. Pick up a form from the library. Sadly this lovely drawing has no name or contact details. Silly Sadie indeed! #NationalYearOfReading

Thursday Talk - Men and Women of Jesmond in the Great War of 1914-18
The Great War swept up men from civilian life to fight but also women to nurse. Dr Robert Shiel presents a cross section of those who attended Jesmond Presbyterian Church
March 5th, 6:00pm
£3 on the door

Maisy loves books. Maisy loves reading. That’s why Maisy goes to the Library. Be like Maisy! Thursday 5th March, Storytime at 10am, open for book borrowing all day. Free Maisy books for under 5s. #WorldBookDay #NationalYearOfReading

Strong Women: A celebration of North East women in poetry and music for #InternationalWomensDay with Harry Gallagher & Miggins Fiddle. An evening of poetry and folk music
Friday 6th March, 7:00 - 9:00pm
£5 - Eventbrite or on the door

Our #BookCharacter Challenge for March is underway. This one is for children - the challenge is to draw a favourite character from a favourite book. Today’s entry is from Catherina. #NationalYearOfReading #BookCharacter

Later today at the Library. £5 at the door.

The latest blog post features all the #Book2Poem entries published during January. Thank you to everyone who submitted a poem. jesmondlibrary.org/book2poem/

You can read the winning #Book2Poem here

The winner of the January #Book2Poem Challenge was volunteer Stephanie with a haiku based on Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale'. February's Challenge is now open. Forms available at the Library. There are 28 author names to unscramble. #AuthorAnagram #NationalYearOfReading

A blog post about the various language groups that meet at Jesmond Library and the opportunities to practice your French, Spanish, Italian, German and English in a friendly and supportive space. jesmondlibrary.org/language-group…

2026 #NationalYearOfReading In a quest to encourage more people to come to the Library we asked our volunteers and supporters to join January’s challenge - to rewrite a book in the form of a poem. Well done to all who took part. Today is the last in the series of #Book2Poem

2/2 Dashing away with the unsolved clues, Knowing some friends they would have to lose, Catching the baddies who make the news, They solved the mystery. #Book2Poem #NationalYearofReading

‘Twas on a Thursday afternoon, When I beheld four pensioners, They looked so neat in Coopers Chase In every high degree. They looked so neat and clever, O, A-solving of a murder, O 1/2 #Book2Poem #NationalYearofReading

Heartbroken and Angry at his Mother's Life choices. Ends Tragically. #Book2Poem #NationalYearofReading

2/2 Plan insurrection and a coup Seek out the rebellious few But beware the Thought Police, BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU When rebellion you learn to rue And the Party line to spew, When you learn to love Big Brother, BIG BROTHER WILL LOVE YOU TOO #Book2Poem #NationalYearofReading

Be careful what you say, Be careful what you do. Remember, don’t forget, BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU The truth lies all askew, The past no longer true. They tell you ‘War is Peace’ BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU #Book2Poem #NationalYearofReading 1/2

I invite you all to an evening talk I will be giving at Jesmond Library as part of their Thursday Talks series, based on my book The Chronicles of a Time Travelling Teacher. The event will take place on Thursday 29 January 2026 at 6.00 pm, welcome to join in person or online.

This week’s Thursday Talk we welcome @LesWalton500 for the launch of his book “The Chronicles of a Time Travelling Teacher” Thursday 29 January, 6pm £3, payable at the door