Apocalypse Earth - The Threat from Space

Is the World under threat from collisions from Space? If so, how soon could this occur? ...and more importantly, what can be done to avoid disaster?   For almost as long as we have been around as a species, we have regarded the arrival of comets in our skies as bad omens or harbingers of doom - and for very good reasons.  Come to Halton Lea Library to find out more.

Mark Rosney of Planet Preternatural presents “Apocalypse Earth - The Threat from Space” on Thursday 10 May at 7pm at Halton Lea Library.

Saturday reading group at Widnes

Do you have trouble getting to one of our mid-week reading groups?  Then why not come along to our Saturday reading group?  It meets once a month between 10.30am and 11.30am to discuss a fiction book.

If you'd like to join, please email Sally at sally.shaw@halton.gov.uk or call us at Widnes library on 907 8383.

Explore Halton's heritage online

Discover thousands of historical objects that tell the local, social and civic history of Halton. Halton’s Heritage is a website that brings together images and objects from four public collections, including Halton Libraries, into a 'virtual museum'. Here you can search and discover the rich and exciting heritage of Runcorn and Widnes.

The website has been created through a partnership between Halton Borough Council, Norton Priory Museum Trust and Catalyst Science Discovery Centre. 

Each month you'll see an object of the month like the one seen here which is the object for April - the Millenium Mug 2000.

Young peoples' author Shelley E Parker at Halton Lea library

Young People's author Shelley E Parker will be at Halton Lea Library to promote her work. She is the author of fantasy novels ‘The Allapatria Series and will be talking about her books, writing in general and reading from her books.

The event is on 21 April from 11am-12noon.

You can find out more about Shelley and her books here

Digital audiobooks now available at Halton Libraries

Here at Halton Libraries we're very excited about our latest service to you. We now have thousands of digital audiobooks online ready for you to enjoy - and they're all free.

We've joined up with OneClickdigital, a major provider of audiobooks. It's easy to download your favourite book - all you need to do is create an account using your Halton library card and download the software. Then you're ready to start reading books on your MP3 or iPod.

Click here to register and get started. Don't hesitate to ask our staff if you need help.

Event for young people - 12 April at Halton Lea

Halton Libraries in connection with the Young Voices project presents an event not to be missed for people aged 11 to 19. Activities will include:

*Preparing, cooking and EATING party sharer foods
*Games consoles and table football
*Book Swap - please bring 1 -3 books you have enjoyed to swap with others to get your Hunger Games freebies

Our Young Voices project group members plan and organise events and gain useful skills through library work experience which are used to gain a volunteering award.

The event is on Thursday 12th April between 2:30pm and 5.00 pm at Halton Lea library.

Titanic and the Liverpool Connection - Free Talk

Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 and caused the deaths of 1,514 people. She was registered at Liverpool but never made it to her home port. Yet Liverpool is inextricably linked with the Titanic, after all, the city’s name is on the bow.

One hundred years later, almost to the night, Author Lee Walker talks about the eerie coincidences surrounding the loss of the Titanic, and its connections to the city of Liverpool. Lee is author of Dead of Night - An Illustrated Compendium of True Life Ghost Stories, Urban Legends and Unexplained Phenomena from the Haunted Heart of Merseyside. If you enjoy a spine-tingling read with more than a smattering of moments when you laugh aloud, then Dead of Night is a must.

Join us for this free event at Halton Lea library on Thursday 19 April at 7pm.