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Children's Book Festival 2020

October is Children's Book Festival month! dlr Libraries have a selection of events for both families and school classes, that you can enjoy from the comfort of your home or classroom. From a family workshop this Saturday 3 October to class events, recorded sessions, activity packs and author live sessions, there is something that will appeal to everyone in this exciting programme. Click read more for more details!

In line with the Government's decision for Dublin City and County to move to Level 3 of the Plan for Living with COVID-19 for three weeks, all dlr Libraries branches are closed to the public. We have reinstated our Bag a Book: Contact and Collect service. Our national online catalogue is still available, so books can be reserved online, via phone, email or the dlr Libraries app for collection at your chosen dlr library branch*. We'll contact you once your requested item has arrived to arrange collection.

In order to manage queues safely and efficiently and in line with physical distancing requirements, we ask that one member from each household come to the library at the arranged time.
You cannot come into the library to browse for books during this time.
Returns will be accepted at designated drop-off points in each participating library. And remember, there are no library fines.

*Please see separate news item for arrangements for Dalkey Library.

On Friday 18 September we awarded our Lego prizewinners 2020 their prizes, with the help of An Cathaoirleach Councillor Una Power and Elaine Bowden from Bricks4 Kidz, South County Dublin.

A huge congratulations to our winners but also to all 23 children that entered the competition and livened up the Children's Library in dlr LexIcon from Wed 16 to Fri 18 September. While we didn't have as many entries to our competition as in previous years, we were delighted to see the 23 builds arriving! The standard, flair, imagination and skill were all of a very high standard and as usual it was a difficult judging process for Elaine Bowden from Bricks4Kidz.ie

All entrants put a huge amount of time and effort into their builds and they are all winners for building and entering and we do hope they will be encouraged to keep building and to keep an eye out for dlr Libraries Lego competition 2021.

Our online book club has proved so popular that we're starting a second club! If you're missing out on your usual in-person book club meeting or if you've been meaning to join a club for ages, we'd love to hear from you.

The Wednesday evening book club meets on the last Wednesday of the month at 7.30pm on Zoom. The book to be discussed on Wednesday, 28 October is The cow book by John Connell. Please contact dlr LexIcon to arrange collection of a copy of the book. You can also request a copy in the usual ways (online catalogue, phone, email, dlr Libraries App) to be collected at your local library. Please contact libraryculture@dlrcoco.ie for more information and to register for the book club.

The Thursday evening book club will meet for the first time on Thursday, 29 October at 7.00pm on Skype. The book up for discussion is Where the crawdads sing by Delia Owens. Please contact Blackrock Library to arrange collection of this book. Please contact blackrocklib@dlrcoco.ie for more information on this book club and to register.

Plays in the Park

During the months of October and November 2020, dlr LexIcon has planned a series entitled Plays in the Park, supported by Creative Ireland Programme funding. The plays will be performed in Moran Park for the most part, beside the library. We will be collaborating with artistes who have worked with us before so we know that audiences will be entertained and stimulated. It is an important step towards providing a measure of confidence for community audiences and opportunities for artistes to perform for live audiences again. Some of the performances will also be live-streamed. Click read more to find out all about this exciting series!

Current public health guidelines will be adhered to during each performance.

Dalkey Library will be closing for a short period (Thursday 1 - Monday 12 October inclusive) in order to progress some works to upgrade the library facilities at the branch.

Starting from October 1st, this means that library staff will not be on site. As such, the Contact & Collect service as well as collection of requests will be suspended for Dalkey Library during this period. Neither will we be able to accept stock returns to Dalkey during this period. However, all items on loan have been renewed until 30 October.

Dalkey patrons can still request to collect items from any other dlr Libraries branch and Dalkey staff will remain contactable by phone (01-2855277) and email ( dalkeylib@dlrcoco.ie ) as usual. Our online services are also available at libraries.dlrcoco.ie

We regret any inconvenience that this will cause, but we are confident that these works will provide a better library experience and community space at the heart of Dalkey village.

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Summer Stars 2020 Prizes

Our dlr Libraries Summer Stars 2020 reading challenge officially finished yesterday, Wednesday 30 September. Over the next week or so, we'll be organising our Grand Prize Draw,
drawing names from all those who completed the challenge for some wonderful prizes!

Make sure your name is included in the draw by returning any outstanding Summer Stars reading cards to your local library as soon as possible. If you'd rather not call to your branch in person you can email a photo of your completed card to us at libraryculture@dlrcoco.ie

Thanks to all those who participated in the challenge. We hope you enjoyed it!

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1st October 2020

Children's Book Festival 2020

dlr Libraries curently at Level 3

Lego competition winners 2020

dlr Libraries online book clubs

Plays in the Park

Temporary closure of Dalkey Library

Summer Stars 2020 Prizes