Libraries across Devon are encouraging residents to ‘think differently’ this month as part of a project to inspire creativity.
A series of events and activities associated with experiment, discovery, play, learning and reflection will be held throughout June aimed getting people to try something new.
Designed for those of all ages, they include activities such as learning to use a smart phone, creating treasures at a free play table, cake decorating, knitting and discovering how e-book readers work.
Councillor Roger Croad, Devon County Council’s Cabinet Member for...
A pioneering scheme designed to improve people’s memory and mental wellbeing through shared reading is being rolled out across libraries in Devon next week. (Monday 21 January)
Devon County Council has joined forces with national charity The Reader Organisation to expand the successful ‘Get Into Reading' programme, and create 'Reading Together in Devon' - a county-wide network of 'Library Memory Groups' and 'Feel Better with a Book' groups.
A year-long pilot of ‘Library Memory Groups’ was launched in Devon County Council’s Libraries in Tiverton and Exeter Central two years...
Exeter Central Library will be closed for redevelopment from Monday 5 November - and there will be no library service at Exeter Central at all during the month of November while the library moves to temporary premises next door.
The new Exeter Central Temporary Library will open on Monday 3 December and is to be housed in the Castle Street building next door to the Central Library, which used to be home to the Registration Service and Westcountry Studies Library.
The temporary library will open Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9am to 6pm, on Wednesdays from...
