MORE than 13,000 people have crossed the threshold of Newhaven’s new library since it opened earlier this year.
With the library fast becoming a popular community hub, the county council’s lead member for community services, Cllr Chris Dowling, visited the facility this week to perform the official opening. Continue reading
YOUNG book fans can be part of a world record attempt by taking part in the Summer Reading Challenge 2015.
East Sussex County Council is encouraging four to 11 year olds to sign up for the annual event by borrowing books from their local library. This year’s challenge follows the theme of record breaking and is being run in partnership with Guinness World Records. Continue reading
CHILDREN across East Sussex have voted for their favourite book as a six-month initiative aimed at fuelling youngsters’ love of reading reached its climax.
Wild Boy, a rollicking adventure novel by Rob Lloyd Jones set among the freak shows of Victorian London, was named winner of the East Sussex Children’s Book Award 2015. Continue reading
COUNCIL chiefs say they are doing everything possible to reopen Pevensey Bay Library.
The library, in Richmond Road, has been closed since January 2015, when the building was damaged as a result of extensive flooding. Continue reading
