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Highlights

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We are here for students - study space and free Wi-Fi to help with your homework, study and exams! Find out more
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Cook Along! It's week four of a free five part series of online cooking lessons - learn to cook Vegetable Tagine. Click here to view
Highlight tile 3, Draw Along Week 3

Draw Along! It's the third episode of a free five part series of line drawing lessons - learn the fundamentals of shading. Click here to view
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Experience the 'I Just Called' Exhibition by Colin James Woods in Local Libraries. Find out more

Features

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Are you considering a short break or longer holiday? Explore some of your options with our range of travel eMagazines. Borrow them now
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Go ON sessions are available in May - these are Computer and tablet skills classes for adults to help with every day tasks. View the timetable
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This visitor book is from the 1960s and includes Terence O'Neill's signature following a visit to Belfast Central Library. View in our 135th anniversary booklet

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Libraries NI Learning Hub - check out our latest featured course which will help with preparation for examinations. Register and begin now
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With the local temperatures rising a little will this inspire you to go running? If so, then we can help you with these running magazines; available to borrow now
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eMag of the week is Adventure magazine. Download the latest issue and back issues for free on Libby

Book Recommendations

Staff Picks, favourites and reviews!


The Mess We're In By Annie Macmanus

The Mess We’re In by Annie Macmanus

It's the turn of the millennium and, landing in London with nothing but her CD collection and demo tape, Orla Quinn moves into a squalid Kilburn house with her best mate and a band called Shiva.

Orla wants to make music, but juggling two jobs and partying every night isn't helping. Back in Ireland her parents' marriage has crumbled, she's not speaking to her father, and her mother and sister are drinking too much.

This immersive tale of music, messiness,…

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Betrayal By Lesley Pearse

Betrayal by Lesley Pearse

Eve Hathaway should never have married Don Hathaway. Despite giving her two beautiful children, Olly and Tabitha, Don is a bully who inflicts pain upon her. After one drunken rage too many, Eve gathers the courage to leave him. However, escaping entirely from Don proves impossible. When she tries to teach him a lesson, events take a dark turn, leaving Eve burdened with a terrible secret.

Lesley Pearse’s storytelling shines, capturing the reader’s heart. The book is evocative, compelling, and…

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