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Reminince of times gone by and play these two short video quizzes of Slough's past. Answers at the end. If you are interested in explorin...

Slough Libraries and Culture Service is delighted to be working with the Reading Agency on their new campaign Read, Talk, Share - an init...

Let's Read Together is a group started by the Slough Caribbean Forum with Slough Libraries. Are you who is interested in reading and shar...

Writer and memoirist Monique Roffey takes the Costa Prize for Book of the Year with her sixth novel. Based on a Taino legend, The Mermaid...

The Big Garden Birdwatch is organized each year and normally asks people to spend an hour recording the birds they see in their garden, l...

Ed from our Libraries and Culture team has reviewed Leila by Prayaag Akbar. It's been described as a moving, dystopian work of fiction bu...

Library Services We want to thank all customers for your continuing support for our library service during the pandemic and the changing ...

A New Year is a great time to set a goal to learn a new skill. Whilst Mandarin is the most spoken language in the world, it is English th...

One of the best ways to utilise the time in the coming months is to learn a new skill. If you have been considering settling in the UK pe...

The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to set some goals for our personal lives. Learning to drive during a pandemic can be quit...

With a new year on the horizon, there’s no better time to think about learning new skills, improving job prospects or developing a new in...

The books featured are available through Slough Libraries. All four of our libraries – The Curve, Britwell, Cippenham and Langley – are p...

It's the perfect time of the year to relax and enjoy old movies on Kanopy. Whether it's comedy, crime. mystery or romance get your popcor...

The next step of the project is the one with the highest stakes, making contact with Lydia and seeing if she’ll fill in the factual eleme...

The Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2021 are calling on young people, aged 14-25, to submit a photo related to the theme for HMD 2021: Be th...

Here's a selection of books to get you in the mood for Christmas! For adults and children, fiction and non-fiction - there's something fo...

The 7th of December marks Letter Writing Day, a day designed to encourage people to pick up a pen and write a letter. Letter writing has ...

While we can't host exhibitions in person, we are sharing artists in virtual exhibitions. Last month we hosted Thames Valley Learning Par...

Curve Library Assistant and Part Time Business Lecturer Linda is an avid reader. She has found time to switch off during this challenging...

The Reading Agency Winter Mini Challenge is back! Tuesday 1 December 2020 - Friday 15 January 2021 This year's theme is: Everyone is a He...