Adult Reading Group - March

The Adult Reading group meet to discuss "Double Fault" by Lionel Shriver on Thursday, 6th March between 6 and 7 pm. Refreshments will be served. All welcome - even if you haven't read the book!


The Bookseller, Feb 3, 2006
'Purposeful and provocative novel... fans of Kevin won't be disappointed'

Observer Review, May 7, 2006
‘A brilliant tale of doomed love’

Do you agree with the reviews?

News from Knit & Natter

The next meeting of the knit & Natter group will be on 29th February.

The following meeting (14th March) will be to plan the "Children's Knit-in" session.

The "Knit-in" will take place on 28th March.

Regular meetings will resume on 11th April.

Introducing "KNIT CLUB"
"The first rule of Knit Club is never talk about Knit Club...."
Knit Club is the "younger sister" of Knit & Natter and will be held on Thursday evenings at West Kirby Library, from 5.30 7.00 pm. All ages are welcome, especially young mums and teenagers.Informal tuition, fun and great refreshments...come along and join us! The first meeting will be held on 10th April.

Some library facts and figures...

Some facts about public libraries in England:

There are about 3100 public libraries in England and 460 mobile libraries.
More than 60% of people have a library ticket
96% of people believe that public libraries are a valuable community resource
There were over 274 million visits to public libraries during 2002/3, an increase of almost 4 million on the previous year
35% of the population visit public libraries at least once a month
More people visit libraries than go to cinemas or attend football matches
There are 92.4million books in 3,500 public libraries and every year more than 318million book loans
There are a further 34million issues of other material, including DVDs, videos, talking books
Libraries provide over 60million hours a year of high speed access to the internet through the People's Network
Library staff answer 58.5million enquiries a year
More thatn 22,000 library staff run the service.