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Staff Pick: The Cazalet Chronicles

The five novels, tracing the fortunes of an upper-middle-class family, are set in Sussex and London in the period surrounding the Second World War.
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13 November 2024

Transition Year Citywide Reading Campaign 2024

This project encourages Transition Year students to read The Gone Book by Helena Close. There were two library visits schedules, the first, to showcase library resources for teens and teachers alike, including the benefits of membership.
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13 November 2024

Staff Pick: So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan

This short, compact book is a powerful and occasionally abrasive piece of writing.
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12 November 2024

Home Energy Saving Kits available at all Libraries

Did you know you can borrow practical tools to help you save energy from your local library?
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11 November 2024

Book clubs in Dublin City Libraries

Book clubs are a great way to establish a sense of community with other readers. You can spend hours chatting with people who love the same authors as you, or debating about the merits of a particular character/plot.
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6 November 2024

Storytelling and Toddler groups at Dublin City Libraries

Toddler Group / Baby Group/ Storytime for children takes place in the following Dublin City Libraries on a regular basis. Days and times can vary so it is advisable to check with the relevant library in advance.
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30 October 2024

Staff Pick: The End of Loneliness by Benedict Wells

Suddenly his meaningless life is turned upside down and he is faced with the biggest questions: what is important to him and what will he take to get it?
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29 October 2024

Change to eNewspapers and eMagazine services

Great news! Media Huis titles are NOW available remotely on Borrow Box. This includes the Irish Independent, Sunday Independent, Herald, Sunday World, Ireland’s Own and a range of regional and local titles.

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23 October 2024

Fast ladies and freewheeling women in 1890s Dublin

Stumbling across the unexpected is one of the great joys of working at Dublin City Library and Archive. We recently encountered this image of three young ladies in ‘rational’ costume in The Parnellite ‘newspaper magazine’ of February 1895, one of many in our collections of newspapers and periodicals.
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2 October 2024

Libraries: a lifeline for local communities

Libraries are one of THE most important gathering places in our communities. Not only are they places of learning and personal growth but leisure.
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26 September 2024