For the Love of Books

Something Spooky | Bea’s Books

It's officially spooky season with Halloween just around the corner. For the latest episode of our For the Love of Books podcast, Bea challenged Jennie and Pari to recommend something spooky.

Catch up with Jennie and Pari and see if they can find you the frightful read that you need this Halloween.

All the books are available from your local library either on the shelf or to reserve.

Don't forget you can leave us feedback on our podcast using the hashtag #FLBpodcast or #BeasBooks or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk. On podcast platforms that allow ratings, we'd always appreciate a rating too.

Go Team Digital

In the latest episode of our For the Love of Books podcast our E-Services Librarian, Chris Wilson, catches up with members of our Digital Team, Digital Learning Officers Hilary Petrie and Phyllis Canavan. 

Listening to this episode, you'll discover some of the great activities they are involved in including Code Club, Family History sessions and ICDL courses.

There are lots going on in our libraries to take part in and this highlights some of those for you.

Don't forget you can leave us feedback on our podcast by using #FLBpodcast or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk. On podcast platforms that allow ratings, we'd always appreciate a rating too.

Should You Judge A Book By Its Cover? | Bea’s Books

It's the age-old saying, don't judge a book by it's cover - But should we? 

Join Jennie and Pari as they discuss some books and how the covers influenced them.

Publishing companies spend a lot of time and money on cover design, so it's got to be important, right?

All the books are available from your local library either on the shelf or to reserve.

Don't forget you can leave us feedback on our podcast using the hashtag #FLBpodcast or #BeasBooks or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk. On podcast platforms that allow ratings, we'd always appreciate a rating too.

Festive National Poetry Day

Our new episode of the For the Love of Books podcast goes live on National Poetry Day. 

To celebrate, our E-Services Librarian, Chris Wilson, caught up with children's author A.H. Proctor who has begun promotion of a poem she wrote that will soon be set to animation and screened across Scotland in aid of Shelter Scotland. 

Catch the episode to find out more about the festive poem and why it will be so important to help raise awareness of the great work that Shelter Scotland does and if you are a huge Thumble Tumble fan, there's an exciting update on the next book near the end.

Don't forget you can leave us feedback on our podcast by using #FLBpodcast or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk. On podcast platforms that allow ratings, we'd always appreciate a rating too.

It’s a Mystery | Bea’s Books

It's time for another episode of Bea's Books on our For the Love of Books podcast. This week, the theme given by Bea was - It's a Mystery.

Not only are the books that Jennie and Pari are chatting about mysteries, they are also joined by a mystery guest too. 

Listen in to the episode to hear their thoughts on some terrific books which might be a mystery to you and find their way onto your to-read lists. 

All the books are available from your local library either on the shelf or to reserve.

Don't forget you can leave us feedback on our podcast using the hashtag #FLBpodcast or #BeasBooks or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk. On podcast platforms that allow ratings, we'd always appreciate a rating too.

Playlist for Life

Wednesday 20 September was National Playlist Day 2023 and we celebrated with the launch of a new community-built playlist on Spotify. But more importantly, we caught up with Pam Ribbeck from Playlist for Life to find out more about the charity. Playlist for Life is a charity that aims to promote the benefits of music for those affected by Dementia.

North Lanarkshire Libraries has Playlist for Life Help Points in Airdrie Library, Bellshill Cultural Centre, Coatbridge Library, Cumbernauld Library, Motherwell Library and Wishaw Library. Our Help Points are the starting place for finding out more about the benefits of personal playlists.

Pam chats with our E-Services Librarian, Chris Wilson, about the Playlist for Life charity, and tells us about some of the experiences that they've come across that highlight why it is so important to them to showcase the power of music and the personal memories that music can be associated with it.

Don't forget to visit our website at https://culturenl.co.uk/playlistforlife to submit your song for our Go-To Songs playlist as we continue to celebrate National Playlist Day and build our community playlist.

Don't forget you can leave us feedback on our podcast by using #FLBpodcast or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk. On podcast platforms that allow ratings, we'd always appreciate a rating too.

Correction: Pam has asked us to include a correction as she used the term 'anti psychotic' drugs in error when talking about the reduction in medication at the care home at minute 18. The medications were in fact sedative drugs. Apologies for this error.

Golden Years | Bea’s Books

Jennie and Pari are back with an episode of our Bea's Books edition podcasts in our For the Love of Books podcast.

Bea's challenge this week was Golden Years. Catch up with our hosts to see which books they have chosen to recommend for this theme. 

Will your next read be amongst them?

All the books are available from your local library either on the shelf or to reserve.

Don't forget you can leave us feedback on our podcast using the hashtag #FLBpodcast or #BeasBooks or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk. On podcast platforms that allow ratings, we'd always appreciate a rating too.

Warhammer, Dinosaurs and More

Our latest episode of the For the Love of Books podcast sees our E-Services Librarian, Chris Wilson, discover more about some of the more lesser known events that have been going on recently at Coatbridge Library.

Chris is joined by Thomas Clark, Librarian for Coatbridge Library, and Thomas gives us an overview of events and activities such as the Warhammer Club, the community jigsaws, forthcoming Dinosaur Week, Shared Reading and more. 

Listen now to find out just a little more about some of the activities that you and your family can get involved in at Coatbridge Library.

Don't forget you can leave us feedback on our podcast by using #FLBpodcast or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk.  On podcast platforms that allow ratings, we'd always appreciate a rating too.

A Colourful Life | Bea’s Books

Jennie and Pari are back with a new Bea's Books edition of our For the Love of Books podcast.

Bea's challenge this week was A Colourful Life which suits our hosts perfectly, but what book recommendations can they come up with for it? 

Listen to find out.

All the books are available from your local library either on the shelf or to reserve. 

Don't forget you can leave us feedback on our podcast using the hashtag #FLBpodcast or #BeasBooks or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk. On podcast platforms that allow ratings, we'd always appreciate a rating too.

Capture North Lanarkshire

In today's episode of the For the Love of Books podcast, our E-Services Librarian - Chris Wilson chats about our recently finished project, Capture North Lanarkshire.

Capture North Lanarkshire was our summer eLibrary competition to help us create local content for our eLibrary app BorrowBox using photographs of North Lanarkshire. Over the course of the summer, our local community engaged fantastically well with the project, submitting over 100 photographs from all around North Lanarkshire.

We selected our favourites and created the eBook Capture North Lanarkshire and added it to BorrowBox on World Photography Day for our library members to enjoy. 

Find out more about the eBook by listening to Chris and then download it on BorrowBox to see the brilliant images submitted by our community. You can download the eBook here: https://northlanarkshire.borrowbox.com/product/LLC_5025451

Don't forget you can leave us feedback on our podcast by using #FLBpodcast or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk. On podcast platforms that allow ratings, we'd always appreciate a rating too.