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Congratulations to our School Library Service on its 50th anniversary!

A number of our libraries will see new opening hours following a public consultation.

The brand new Tiny Totley Studio is now open! Visit our ground floor Children's Library at Leeds Central Library during our regular hours and check it out.

Are you ready for a summer of fun, creativity and reading? Join the Marvellous Makers Summer Reading Challenge at your local library!

A very successful event at Crossgates Library for Armed Forces Festival

On Wednesday 1 May, the Whinmoor Library Social group went on Tour… returning to Central Library after almost a year, for a morning of great company and discovery.

Micah is a young space enthusiast, whose confidence has soared since he started attending a Code Club at his local library in Leeds.

In England, 2.4 million adults cannot read and that’s something Read Easy Leeds is working hard to change. Since 2021 they have matched 24 coaches with over 40 adults in the area, helping them to build their literacy skills. Leeds Libraries are working in partnership with Read Easy

A rare book laced with a deadly poison has been discovered by librarians in Leeds.

My Own Garden: The Young Gardener's Yearbook was published in 1855 and owes its vivid green colour to a dye containing arsenic.