It’s Rhyming Fun for Everyone as BookTrust Cymru’s Big Welsh Rhyme Time returns for 2023 BookTrust Cymru, the children’s reading charity, is encouraging families, schools, and early years spaces across Wales to join in with Big Welsh Rhyme time this…
Our January 2023 author of the month is Lleucu Roberts Lleucu Roberts is a multi-award winning author who writes for adults and children alike. The first person to win both prestigious prose prizes in the same year at the National…
We have compiled together a few of our favourite memories from 2022. From our gym members achieving amazing fitness goals, to welcoming new library members and seeing hundreds in attendance at our Fit, Fed and Read sessions, 2022 has been…
We are quickly approaching the penultimate pages in the book of 2022, and getting ready to start a brand new chapter in the new year. With this in mind, it is time to take a look back over the fantastic…
Christmas is around the corner and in our unbiased opinion here at Aura Libraries, cosying up with a festive book is the perfect way to spend a December evening. With this in mind, we’ve put together some of our favourite…
‘Celebrating our town, castle and coast’ Off Flint is an exciting new project to record, conserve and celebrate the rich heritage of Flint and in particular the town, castle and coast. This project, funded through The National Lottery, aims…
Aura Libraries All Aura libraries, including the Mobile Library and Home Delivery Service, will close for Christmas at the end of the day on Friday, 23 December. They will all re-open as normal from Tuesday, 3 January 2023. The…
Our December 2022 author of the month is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer of both fiction and non-fiction. Place, culture and voice are all important and central themes in her work, which is adored by…
With the release of her newest and highly anticipated novel, The Marriage Portrait, we have chosen Maggie O’Farrell as our November 2022 author of the month. Beloved by readers everywhere, Maggie O’Farrell is the author of several titles, each dealing…
To coincide with World Mental Health Day on 10 October, the Reading Agency, in partnership SCL Cymru and Libraries Connected, launched a brand new Reading Well for Teens booklist. The comprehensive list of titles provides recommended reading to help teenagers…