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By work experience student and digital poet Alfie Wilson. If you ask people what a Library means to them, first of all they will probably look at you like you’re a crazy person before proceeding to tell you that libraries are old, boring and – of course – quiet. While Libraries are hardly the noisiest…
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(Winner of the Short Story Competition) by Catherine Dent. Research Takes Time. Shortly after her marriage, Rose discovered her local library, the only place Malcolm’s temper couldn’t reach her. It became a quiet, neutral refuge where she could unwind and lose herself in other worlds without spending her meagre housekeeping allowance on bus fares. Even…
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Big news! I wrote a story that other people actually read… and it won the Short Story category in the recent Bradford Libraries Crime Writing Competition, themed ‘A Murder in the Library’. Why is that such big news? Well, I’ve never really thought of myself as a writer. I’ve got reams of scribblings and unfinished…
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As part of our Crime Reading activities, we ran our first Crime Writing Competition during May, with the theme ‘A Murder in the Library’. We invited people to submit either a short story (500 words), flash fiction (200 words) poetry (max 30 lines) – and were delighted to receive 100 fabulous entries, from people all…
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Everyone loves a sixties tune, whether it’s The Beatles, The Stones, or The Doors – the music, so instantly recognisable, is timeless. But no one loves it more than those who lived through the iconic era! This week, The Ilkley ‘Tappers’ – a hugely talented U3A band, joined us live at Shipley Library where they…
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Bradford Libraries Home Library Service It’s HiVis Fortnight! HiVis fortnight gives libraries across the UK the opportunity to highlight services and support for those with a vision impairment. To celebrate HiVis Fortnight 2026 we’re going behind the scenes of Bradford Libraries Home Library Service with our colleague Julian! Did you know, the Home Library is a free service for anyone living in…
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Do YOU have a favourite family recipe, perhaps passed down the generations? Here at Local Studies, we are compiling a Cook Book to reflect our community. We’d love to hear the story behind your favourite recipes and for you to share them, if you will, with others in the community. The first 50 will be…
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It’s Crime Reading Month, and we have lots of exciting events lined up for our library users. We have been hearing a lot from our authors about why they chose to write in the genre but now we want to hear from YOU our readers – why do you love Crime Fiction? For me, an…
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The importance of crime/thriller fiction… Our Crime Reading month is packed full of fun events and speakers so if you haven’t already, please book your tickets now! Bradford Libraries event tickets from TicketSource. Today we hear from crime writer, Scott Hunter who asks the question… Why does crime fiction continue to fascinate? And murder in…
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Why Crime Fiction? There’s a question I get asked fairly regularly as both a reader and a writer: Why crime fiction? With so many genres out there, why spend so much time in the darker corners of human behaviour? The honest answer is probably the simplest one. I love a good story. Crime fiction, at…
