Free Books! Little Libraries around Pontefract @AvenueFree @stmarysccponte @pontecastle Make With B, The Addy We also Pop Up at community events 💜📚💜
Pontefract, England
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#BookFairiesinLove are celebrating some romantic reads this February! Who will be lucky enough to find this new ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ read read book Just One Look at You by @JillMansell in Banks Avenue Little Free Library in Pontefract? – at Pontefract, England
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Today, I avoided doomscrolling by:
- sharing free books from @PontefractReads
- reading outside in my hammock
- walking to my GP surgery to drop off my blood pressure readings (all stage 2 hypertension levels, whoops)
- food shopping at Tesco on the way back from the GP surgery – at Pontefract, England
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Yesterday I avoided doomscrolling by:
- sharing free books with @PontefractReads
- experiencing a gazebo in gusty winds
- watching parachutists above me
- watching Remarkably Bright Creatures ok netflix & crying twice – at Pontefract, England
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Just a friendly reminder that libraries are free.
Not “free trial” free.
Not “free with ads” free.
Not “free if you give us all of your data” free.
But free free.
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A child reading a book about football tactics is reading.
A child reading a recipe book is reading.
A child reading the back of a cereal box is reading.
We have an extraordinary habit of deciding which reading counts as real reading.
And an equally extraordinary habit of doing it in front of the child.
Every book counts. Every page counts.
Stop gatekeeping.
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I think it’s a crisis that kids are growing up with no knowledge of Robin Hood & Merlin, Charlotte and Babar, Ratty and Badger and Long John Silver. In the words of Katherine Rundell, “We need to be infinitely more furious that there are children without books.”
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🌈 Neurodiversity & Me
A free Live Well, online workshop exploring how neurodiversity affects daily life, practical ways to manage challenges, and how to connect with others — with or without a diagnosis.
8 & 15 July 2026, 1–2pm.
[email protected]
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Calling all readers! 📚 We have lots of exciting new books in the #Library ! Come along and find yourself a new book to get lost in 📖 #ReadingForPleasure
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Most of life occurs in those ten-minute stretches where nothing seems to be happening. You’d be shocked at how much reading you can get done while you’re standing in line or riding the subway. There’s no such thing as “performative reading” when we are in a literacy crisis.
ALT tweet that reads: "not to be a hater but i genuinely feel like reading on the subway is performative. it's what, a 10 minute (bumpy) ride?"
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Bolton!
Manchester Little Libraries & Heightvale Ltd have 3 pre-built little libraries ready to be installed for three lucky people or community organisations!
Needs:
To be based in Bolton.
Have a space for the library that is accessible to the public.
Take part in promotion – at Pontefract, England
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“Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time.”
― Joseph Campbell, born #OTD in 1904
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Nothing is much better than a cup of hot coffee or tea on a cold night, and an entertaining novel to read.
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People say there’s no magic in books but the fact that you can string words together to create a series of visions in someone else’s brain is still our greatest achievement as a species.
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We are excited to go offline this Sunday! Feel free to use this pic on your social media to show that you’re joining #BookFairiesOffline ☺️ You never know, it might encourage others to pick up a book and enjoy some quiet time away from screens, too!
What are YOU planning to read? – at Pontefract, England
📚📚 FREE BOOKS 📚📚
We'll be here with our free books for pre schoolers, plus a few for grown ups 💜📚💜
Today at 1 - 2.30 pm at Friarwood Valley Gardens
Sithee – at Pontefract, England
