Waterstones Children’s Laureate Visits Bridgend

September 11, 2023

It was great to welcome Waterstones Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho to Bridgend Library last week. The award-winning performance poet, playwright and children’s author is on an epic cross-country journey to join a library in every local authority in the UK – more than 200 libraries in total. Pob lwc Joseph!

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Awen Libraries’ performance assessed by Welsh Government

26 November 2024

Welsh Government’s annual assessment (2023-24) of the library service in Bridgend County Borough has recognised its “impressive range of activities”, “support for people with a wide range of needs and

Changes to digital magazine and newspaper access

23 October 2024

From November, if you use the Libby app to read magazines or the BorrowBox app to read newspapers online, you will need to download the PressReader app to access these

New Library Management System

21 October 2024

Between Saturday 7th and Thursday 12th December, our library members will experience some short-term disruption to our services, while we transition to a new all-Wales system for managing our books

Green Libraries Week 2024

11 October 2024

From 7th to 13th October, we are joining with colleagues across the UK to celebrate Green Libraries Week. Did you know… In 2023-24, over 361,000 items were borrowed, returned and