Did you know Taylor Swift wrote her very first songs at school on sheets next to her maths notebook. #DidYouKnow #Music #ReadToTheBeat #Songs #TaylorSwift #Swiftie

Did you know Frank Sinatra died on the same day as the final episode of Seinfeld. According to the paramedics, with everyone home watching the episode the streets were quite. #DidYouKnow #Music #ReadToTheBeat #Songs #FrankSinatra #Seinfeld

Did you know Courtney Cox (Monica in Friends) was in the music video for Springsteen's 'Dancing in the Dark'. #DidYouKnow #Music #ReadToTheBeat #Songs #CourtneyCox #Friends #BruceSpringsteen

Did you know although he was a global superstar, Elvis only ever performed at concerts in the USA and Canada! #DidYouKnow #Music #ReadToTheBeat #Songs #Elvis

Did you know Dolly Parton wrote 'Jolene' and 'I Will Always Love You' on a single day in the 1970s! #DidYouKnow #Music #ReadToTheBeat #Songs #DollyParton

On this day in 1960 David Baldacci was born. He is one of the best selling authors in the world and has sold an estimated 150 million books. Prior to writing, Baldacci was a lawyer. He runs the ‘Wish You Well’ charity which has gifted over a million books to Americans in need. #OnThisDay #BookSky

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In case you haven't heard, the Summer Reading Challenge is on! Visit us to sign up for Read to the Beat! and discover fantastic FREE books all summer long. Keep your child reading over the summer holidays this #NationalYearOfReading2026! Find out more at https://ow.ly/JX6S50Z6K2n #GoAllIn2026

On this day in 1913 Robert Hayden was born. Hayden grew up in an unpleasant children’s home and was viciously bullied. He became one of America’s most well known poets. In 1976-78 he was the official Consultant in Poetry for the Library of Congress. #Poetry #OnThisDay

🎵🧶 Check out the Featherstone Friends Group's new display! In honour of the Summer Reading Challenge, it is themed around music and song! It features a little bunny that was born to run! #SummerReadingChallenge #ReadToTheBeat #Featherstone #Display #Music #Songs

🎵🧶 Check out the Featherstone Friends Group's new display! In honour of the Summer Reading Challenge, it is themed around music and song! #SummerReadingChallenge #ReadToTheBeat #Featherstone #Display #Music #Songs

🎵🧶 Check out the Featherstone Friends Group's new display! In honour of the Summer Reading Challenge, it is themed around music and song! It has a picture of John Lennon... imagine than? #SummerReadingChallenge #ReadToTheBeat #Featherstone #Display #Music #Songs #Beatles #JohnLennon

👑 Our Twixt, Aire and Calder website is home to over 15,000 pictures of Wakefield District in time gone by. Here's a picture of the soon to be Elizabeth II visiting Wakefield in 1949. You can see this picture and more like it here: https://www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk/ #History #RoyalFamily

On this day in 1861 the final instalment of Great Expectations was published. In the 19th century novels were almost always published in instalments (mostly to make extra money). They were usually published in 3-4 volumes, but some could be even more (Middlemarch was published in 8!). #OnThisDay

Our library members have access to 'Theory Test Pro'. This online website allows you to take practice tests featuring licenced questions from the DVLA! Guaranteed to help you take a theory test for real! For instructions to use, visit: https://ow.ly/1VKn50ZuWzN #Driving #TheoryTest #Libraries

👪🪾 Come to you local library to use 'Find My Past' and 'Ancestry on our computers. You might be related to royalty! It is scientifically proven that millions of Britons are related to royalty. For more information about both sites, visit: https://ow.ly/b8jK50ZuCrn #FamilyHistory #Libraries

On this day in 1942 Isabel Allende was born. You can reserve and borrow her books from us here: https://ow.ly/iPPu50ZtMRJ #OnThisDay #IsabelAllende #bookstagram #books #SouthAmerica #authors

🍎 Do you love 'Delicious in Dungeon'? Our good friends at Comics Plus have the complete series! Read it for FREE on smartphone, tablet and desktop! For more information on using the site, visit: bit.ly/WFDigitalOffer #ReadAllTheComics #DeliciousInDungeon #Netflix #TV #Fantasy

Today's Lines at Lunchtime is 'Epilogue' By John Masefield #poems #LinesAtLunchtime #library #librarian #literature #SpokenWord #SlamPoetry #Poetry #poet #JohnMasefield

On this day in 2005 the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was published. Sadly Stieg Larsson died before it was published. When the book was translated into English it became one of the best selling novels of all time, currently ranking as 57th. #OnThisDay #GirlWithTheDragonTattoo #StiegLarsson

💥 Do you love Clive Cussler's novels? Listen to 'Dark Vector' and 'The Devil's Sea', continuation of Cussler's characters, with our good friends at uLibrary! Listen to for FREE on smartphone, tablet and desktop! To access, visit and sign in at https://ow.ly/iIlL50Zml9h #Audiobooks #CliveCussler

🎞️ Which actor was in the film version of these books? Let us know in the comments... #Quiz #Films #Bookstagram #Books #Actors

🍾 Our Twixt, Aire and Calder website is home to over 14,000 pictures of Wakefield District in time gone by. Here's a picture of the lovely tiling at the Elephant and Castle pub in Westgate. You can see this picture and more like it here: https://ow.ly/oMuF50ZmkKg #Wakefield #Pubs #Heritage

Whitby's Whale Bone Arch to be replaced by a bronze replica costing £70k. Real jawbones of a dead whales were first raised on top of West Cliff in 1964. 👇 BBC News - Whitby's Whale Bone Arch to be replaced by bronze replica - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Whitby's Whale Bone Arch to be replaced by bronze replica

North Yorkshire Council says the famous Whitby landmark, consisting of real bones, is deteriorating.

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In case you haven't heard, the Summer Reading Challenge is on! Visit us to sign up for Read to the Beat! and discover fantastic FREE books all summer long. Keep your child reading over the summer holidays this #NationalYearOfReading2026! Find out more at https://ow.ly/JX6S50Z6K2n #GoAllIn2026

🐝 Did you know Dumbledore comes from the Old English word for 'bumblebee' #DidYouKnow #HarryPotter #Potterhead #Hogwarts #BookSky #Facts

🪓 Did you know there is a portrait of Anne Boleyn on the staircase in the Harry Potter films. One of the 'charges' at her trial was witchcraft... does that mean Anne was a witch in the wizarding world? #DidYouKnow #HarryPotter #Potterhead #Hogwarts #BookSky #Facts

🕸️ Did you know the Philosopher's Stone (1997) was the first children's book in the NY Times best sellers list since Charlotte's Web in 1952! #DidYouKnow #HarryPotter #Potterhead #Hogwarts #BookSky #Facts

👩‍🏫 JK Rowling has said that if she worked at Hogwarts, she would teach charms. #DidYouKnow #HarryPotter #Potterhead #Hogwarts #BookSky #Facts

and fireplaces, with further 19th-century alterations. Grade II listed, the buildings retain significant historic fabric, including jettied first floors and timber framing. Renovated, they later became The Counting House a name that recalls their historic origins. @wflibraries.bsky.social