Knowsley Library Service

Knowsley Library Service Knowsley's Library Service with branches in Halewood, Huyton, Kirkby, Prescot and Stockbridge Village

📚 Knowsley Literature Festival 📚 presents... Murder in the Bookshelves!Join us for a thrilling evening with 3 local crim...
31/05/2026

📚 Knowsley Literature Festival 📚 presents... Murder in the Bookshelves!

Join us for a thrilling evening with 3 local crime authors - T.M. Payne, Sarah Moorhead and Sean Watkin! They'll be joining us in Huyton Library on Wednesday 24th June at 7pm. Tickets are FREE!

📕 TM Payne has worked in the criminal justice system for most of her life - she was in the police for 18 years and spent the majority of them as a Police Case Investigator. In 2024 she published her first novel and has a few to her name now since!
📗Sarah Moorhead was born in Liverpool and is known for writing speculative crime thrillers that focus on themes of morality, justice, and the psychology of crime
📘Sean Watkin grew up in Kirkby and released his first novel last year, which was shortlisted for the McDermid Debut Award. He's since wrote two more of his Liverpool-based series!

Get your tickets now on: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/

📢 ANNOUNCEMENTYou may have seen already our first few events for our 📚 Knowsley Literature Festival 2026 📚 - it included...
30/05/2026

📢 ANNOUNCEMENT

You may have seen already our first few events for our 📚 Knowsley Literature Festival 2026 📚 - it included Tony Schumacher, Jimmy McGovern and the launch of creative writing sessions. Well there's more!

🗓️ Our Literature Festival's main programme takes place across 2 weeks from 15th June to 26th June
🗺️ We have author visits in ALL 5 libraries!
🪙 Every event is completely FREE! You just need to book

Keep an eye on our page as more spotlight posts with details will follow in the next week!
All tickets are live on Eventbrite now and full details are on our website:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/
https://knowsleyliteraturefest.co.uk/

Our Events are:
➡️ Andrea Christodoulou - KIRKBY - Monday 15th June 2pm
➡️ Ramsey Campbell - HALEWOOD - Tuesday 16th June 2pm
➡️ Zoe Richards - HUYTON - Wednesday 17th June 2pm
➡️ TM Payne, Sarah Moorhead, Sean Watkin - HUYTON - Wednesday 24th June 7pm
➡️ Eliza Morton - STOCKBRIDGE VILLAGE - Thursday 25th June 11am
➡️ Eliza Morton - PRESCOT - Thursday 25th June 2pm
➡️ Sean Watkin - KIRKBY - Friday 26th June 2pm

It'll be great fun! We hope to see you at any of the fantastic events we have!

Thank you to Knowsley Archives for a fascinating talk on the history of Huyton with Roby on Thursday!It was a great eve...
30/05/2026

Thank you to Knowsley Archives for a fascinating talk on the history of Huyton with Roby on Thursday!

It was a great event to mark the end of Local and Community History Month and to celebrate our community!

This weeks new book at Prescot library! We are open Mon-Fri 10am-5pm and Sat 10am-1pm for you to come and have a look! H...
27/05/2026

This weeks new book at Prescot library!

We are open Mon-Fri 10am-5pm and Sat 10am-1pm for you to come and have a look!

Hope to see you soon

If you've been to Huyton Library recently, you might have noticed our wonderful new window art!Up in our children's libr...
26/05/2026

If you've been to Huyton Library recently, you might have noticed our wonderful new window art!

Up in our children's library, we have these fantastic new paintings of distant worlds - a desert, a jungle, under the ocean, a countryside and a polar scene! They're an excellent backdrop to grab a book and let the imagination run wild!

Are you interested in helping your local community? Do you want to learn how to become more eco friendly? Do you want to...
25/05/2026

Are you interested in helping your local community?

Do you want to learn how to become more eco friendly?

Do you want to make new friends and spend some time outside?

Come and join the “Eco Pro’s” in Stockbridge Library every Wednesday morning from 10:30-12pm for litter picking!

We had a brilliant local author, Chris Jones, in Prescot Library yesterday to celebrate Local and Community History mont...
22/05/2026

We had a brilliant local author, Chris Jones, in Prescot Library yesterday to celebrate Local and Community History month!

Chris discussed his non-fiction book “Tinker, Tailor, Scouser, Spy” and showed the audience sources that he used to tell the story of Liverpool born soviet spy Alexander Foote

Thank you to everyone who came yesterday and thank you to knowsleyarchives for organising this great event!

Have you heard about our autism friendly hour sessions? Kirkby, Prescot and Stockbridge Village libraries provide a safe...
20/05/2026

Have you heard about our autism friendly hour sessions? Kirkby, Prescot and Stockbridge Village libraries provide a safe, quiet space for children with autism and other sensory processing difficulties to use the library and make use of various sensory toys and crafts once a month! We'd love to see you there!

A record 137 people turned out last night to meet Jimmy McGovern in the latest event in our Knowsley Literature Festival...
19/05/2026

A record 137 people turned out last night to meet Jimmy McGovern in the latest event in our Knowsley Literature Festival! 📚

Jimmy - an award winning TV writer - visited Huyton Library last night and gave us behind-the-scenes tales of his life and that of an acclaimed screenwriter. The audience got to hear some amusing and fascinating stories and ask him what questions they had.

A big thank you to Jimmy for coming and a big thank you to everyone who joined us on the night!

Our Literature Festival's main events are coming fast next month! See our new website for info: https://knowsleyliteraturefest.co.uk/ ✨

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