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Rhyme Time is back!
We have confirmed that our volunteers are ready to re-start Rhyme Time on Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th October 😊😊😊
Mondays 9:30-10:15
Tuesdays 9:30-10:15 & 10:50-11:30
Thursdays TBC
Rhyme Time – Safety Information
In order to maintain your safety, and that of the staff during the present pandemic, we kindly ask if you could observe the following when attending Rhyme Time.
Since we need to limit numbers 8 places can be pre-booked on-line with a further 4 available in the library on the day. Booking will be available on the Thursday of the week before the event. Places are per adult each of whom can bring up to 3 children, however the cost is £1.00 per child irrespective of age. Payment must be made in advance when booking online. Places taken on the day can be paid in cash or contactless.
The Monday & Tuesday sessions for weeks commencing 18th and 25th October on Ticketsource, can be seen at https://ticketsource.co.uk/lowfell . Bookings open on 14th October for the first week, and 21st October for the second week
The Monday & Tuesday sessions for weeks commencing 18th and 25th October on Ticketsource, can be seen at https://ticketsource.co.uk/lowfell . Bookings open on 14th October for the first week, and 21st October for the second week
We don’t have a date yet for restarting Thursday’s Rhyme Time. Once we have a firm start date (and time) we will publicise this on the website and via our newsletter emails and add the Thursday Rhyme Times to Ticketsource.
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Ongoing Covid precautions
Please sanitise your hands on arrival.
On your arrival please report to the front desk to allow the staff to check off your name against the booking sheet and provide a phone number for traceability. No more than one adult per child permitted in the Community Room.
We would be grateful if you could wear a face covering in the main library and respect social distancing with other library users who may be vulnerable. The wearing of face covering during Rhyme Time is at personal discretion.
If the community room is open please progress through to avoid crowding in the main library.
An Air purifier with UV-C will be operating to reduce (although not eliminate) virus transmission in the community room.
To enable social distancing please only sit on the orange chairs and NOT the double-stacked grey chairs.
All toys will be quarantined and chairs will be changed between sessions in accordance with the latest direction from HSE and Government advice.
At the end of the Rhyme Time session we would be grateful if you could replace your face covering before entering the main library to make use of the other library services or leave. Please try to respect other people by not crowding.
Thank you for your patience and understanding in enabling us to provide Rhyme Time in the safest possible way.
Terry Wileman
Health and Safety Officer
New Books - Exclusive to Low Fell Library
We have a range of new books recently purchased by our volunteers - please come in and browse our New Books Shelf!
Non-Fiction
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day by Captain Tom Moore
Opening Hours
Monday 9:30-17:00
Tuesday 9:30-17:00
Wednesday 9:30-13:00
Thursday 9:30-17:00
Friday 9:30-17:00
Saturday 9:30-12:30
Sunday Closed
Public computers now available
Low Fell Library have 3 PCs for library members aged eight years and over and it's free to use our computers. Due to social distancing the number of computers available has been reduced.
Services include:
computers with internet access and Microsoft Office
printing (a small charge applies), photocopying and scanning
wifi
fax'
News and upcoming events
Now you can support the library one click at a time. We have joined up with Amazon who will donate 0.5% of the cost of your purchases to us - just follow the link, sign up and start shopping. If you use the app you can still support us by following the instructions on smile.amazon.co.uk. Either follow the link in this post or use the box below and get started...
Recycle your old ink cartridges The library is also now able to offer a place for you to leave your used inkjet printer cartridges, for recycling via The Recycling Factory, where these are remanufactured. All the proceeds generated from the subsequent sale of these remanufactured cartridges will be donated to the British Heart Foundation.
Recycle your batteries Putting batteries in household waste is dangerous. Putting spent batteries in our new recycling bin is easy, convenient and good for the environment
Did you know... If there is a book you'd like to read that is not on our shelves and not available to reserve, you can request that Low Fell receives a copy. We will take details of the books you want and pass on that request to Gateshead Central Libraries. Not all requests can be fulfilled but we have received many titles that our readers have asked for and which have become firm favourites.
Spring at LFLA The Low Fell Gardeners continue to keep our garden at the library looking beautiful. Last year they planted more daffodils for us in memory of our much missed colleague, Brian, who sadly passed away in 2020
Latest New Books
New for May 2021
Thrillers -
Never Ask Me by Jeff Abbott
The Banker’s Wife by Christina Alger
Hidden in Plain Sight by Jeffery Archer
Cover Your Tracks by Claire Askew
A Gambling Man by David Baldacci
To Kill a Man by Sam Bourne
Double Agent by Tom Bradby
Saturday Bloody Saturday by Alistair Campbell
The Castaways by Lucy Clarke
Death Awaits in Durham by Helen Cox
The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean
The House of the Hanged Woman by Kate Ellis
The Package by Sebastian Fitzek
Guilty Not Guilty by Felix Francis
The Night Hawks by Elly Griffiths
Sooley by John Grisham
Watch Her Kill by Erin Kelly
If Looks Could Kill by Olivia Kiernan
Devoted by Dean Koontz
The Hunting by Stephen Leather
The Demon Club by Scott Mariani
Rage of the Assasin by Edward Marston
Tragedy on the Branch Line by Edward Marston
Operative 66 by Andy McDermott
1st Case by James Patterson
The Coast-to-Coast Murders by James Patterson
Till Murder do Us Part by James Patterson
Private Moscow by James Patterson
The Red Box by James Patterson
The Russian by James Patterson
Good Girl by Mel Sherratt
Remain Silent by Susie Steiner
Every Vow You Break by Peter Swanson
Rules for Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
Her Last Holiday by C. L. Taylor
Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger
The Nemesis Manifesto by Eric Van Lustbader
Fiction
The Railway Girls in Love by Maisie Thomas
Summer in Greece by Patricia Wilson
The Steel Girls by Michelle Rawlins
The Lonely Wife by Val Wood
The River Home by Hannah Richell
A Wedding in the Olive Garden by Leah Fleming
The Searcher by Tana French
Killing Eve: Die for Me by Luke Jennings
Turncoat by Anthony J. Quinn
The Hermitage by L.J. Ross
The Cornish Cream Tea Christmas by Cressida McLaughlin
The Autumn of the Ace by Louis de Bernières
The Dead of Winter by S.J. Parris
When the Lights Go Out by Carys Bray
20th Victim by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
The Fading of the Light by Charlotte Betts
How to Walk Away by Katherine Center
The French Wife by Diney Costeloe
A Daughters Return by Josephine Cox
The Promise by Lucy Diamond
Secrets at Bletchley Park by Margaret Dickinson
The Last Beserker by Angus Donald
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
A Wedding in the Country by Katie Fforde
A Sister’s War by Molly Green
The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle by Sophie Green
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Coming Home to Brightwater Bay by Holly Hepburn
The Surplus Girls’ Orphans by Polly Heron
The Gates of Athens by Conn Iggulden
A Widow’s Courage by Anna Jacobs
My Lies, Your Lies by Susan Lewis
And Now You’re Back by Jill Mansell
Here and Now by Santa Montefiore
The 24-Hour Café by Libby Page
The Forgotten Orphan by Glynis Peters
An Officer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn
The Girl With the Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn
A Family Reunion by Patricia Scanlan
The Affair by Danielle Steel
The Spark by Jules Wake
The Lonely Wife by Val Wood
Non-Fiction
Crucible of Hell by Saul David
Eat Better Forever by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
The Nanny State Made Me by Stuart Maconie
Wake Up by Piers Morgan
Diary of a Rural GP by Michael Sparrow
I Miss Mummy by Cathy Glass
The Prison Teacher by Mim Skinner
See previous arrivals on the New Books page
How to Ring and Read
Low Fell Library will continue to offer our 'ring and read' which allows you to request up to 6 books, giving details of the kind you like and our librarians will select appropriate titles which you can collect when convenient. All you will need to do is fill in the online form by clicking Ring&Read, email us at lowfelllibrary@gateshead.gov.uk or ring 0191 433 6408 during our revised hours and tell us about the sort of books you like to read. We will choose some books for you and let you know when you can collect them. We are happy to choose books for each member of your family too - if you have children we will supply age appropriate titles for them. Unfortunately, we are not able to accept requests for specific titles at this stage.
Library books may also be returned from this date and there are no fines to pay. Remember to have your library ticket to hand when you ring or fill in the form!
We are unable to provide a delivery service however, if you are shielding at home you may request a doorstep delivery in exactly the same way from Gateshead Council-run Libraries.
Please check our Facebook account and website for more updates.
*Not everyone is online - if you know anyone who might be interested but not digital please pass on details of accessing this service by telephone*
E-Books from Borrow Box
You can also borrow books electronically via Gateshead Library's Borrow Box scheme more details below (we will also be including flyers advertising the service in our book collection bags).
The digital collection gives you 24 hour access to thousands of e-books and hundreds of e-audiobooks. It's available to all Gateshead library members.
With Borrowbox you can:
borrow up to 10 eBooks and 6 eAudiobooks free of charge for 3 weeks
avoid fines as books are returned automatically at the end of your loan period
return books before the end of the 3 weeks - we would encourage you to do this as there is currently a big demand for titles
renew your eBook or eAudiobook twice - you will be prompted to do this
reserve the title and you will receive it on the date that the book is due to be returned - you may even receive the book earlier if it is returned before the due date
join the online book club that meets on Facebook - just look for
All you need is your Library ID (the code on your green ticket beginning DD9) and your pin. If you don't have one or have forgotten it just call the library and we will be happy to set up a new one. To get started just click on the Borrow Box logo above.
Want to join us?
If you're not already a member and wish to access our BorrowBox service just follow the link below and you will be prompted to fill in a web-form. You should be contacted shortly thereafter and you will be able to request your first books.
Book Reviews
The Circle by Dave Eggers
Terry reviewed this book. It can be found on the shelves, or reserved at, Low Fell Library.
When Mae is hired to work for The Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. Run out of a sprawling California campus, The Circle links users' personal emails, social media, and finances with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of transparency. Mae can't believe her great fortune to work for them. Even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at The Circle becomes increasingly public......
More book reviews here, or submit your own review of one our Low Fell Library titles here.
