Walney School Library @ws_Library
“You can't get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” C. S. Lewis Walney, England Joined February 2017-
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Don't miss out on this!!! @WandFLibraries
Amazing opportunity! @WandFLibraries
Spellbinding Book Awards 2025! We heard fascinating talks from @ClareFurniss (the winner, woo!) and @theLucyStrange, enjoyed writing workshops, loved meeting authors and getting their autographs. Thank you @CumbriaSLS for such a fun and inspirational day! #proudofourstudents
Spellbinding books have arrived! We're excited for this year's book awards with students reading the shortlist and voting for their favourite. #readingforpleasure #spellbinding2025 @WandFLibraries
We celebrated World book day in style with the brilliant Josh Silver! Students were inspired by his assemblies and had fun in his creative writing workshops. Josh also judged our WBD door decoration competition! @WorldBookDayUK
We love that this year @WorldBookDayUK is championing children’s reading choices, encouraging everyone to Read Your Way! We couldn't agree more with them that every reader is different, and there’s no right or wrong way to enjoy reading 🙌 #WorldBookDay
📚 #WorldBookDay #Giveaway 📚 For your chance to #WIN these 6 wonderful #books, just RETWEET & FOLLOW before midnight on 7/3/25 📚 📚💜 Happy World Book Day 💜📚 #BookTwitter #WorldBookDay2025 @redbreastedbird @simonjamesgreen @sophiebeerdraws @Ally_Nuttall @kfosterauthor #Read
Book Club are very excited to receive their review copies of 'Mysteries at Sea: Peril on the Atlantic' by A. M. Howell. We're looking forward to getting stuck in to the book. Huge thanks to @readingagency @Usborne #MysteriesAtSea #PerilOnTheAtlantic
Students have been enjoying their free copies of @MonsterFunComic. Thank you so much to @readingagency #MonsterFun
🎁#ChristmasGiveaway alert!🎁 Santa has come early because we're giving away one copy of 'Jane Austen's Christmas' 📘🎄 RT this post and follow us to be in with a chance of winning. #Giveaway ends Friday 15th and is UK only #JaneAusten #Christmasgifts
Huge thanks to Barrow Library for their very kind and generous donation of new books. The student librarians were super excited looking through the boxes! 🥰📚 @WandFLibraries
Sadly #YALC2023 is over. So, time for a brilliant #GIVEAWAY 📚❤️ Samplers, badges, bookmarks, #YALC lanyard, post-its, pen, badge, spork, & tote, AND 5 SIGNED books 🎉 RETWEET & FOLLOW, by midnight on Monday 20th Nov, for your chance to #WIN 😍 #BookTwitter #ReadingForPleasure
What fun we had trying to get a group photo of this year's team of Student Librarians 😆📷📗
Well done to three Year 10 students for their Remembrance Day Display in the library. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. #RemembranceDay2023
Thank you! Students love reading these in the library ⚽️😀📘
Thank you! Students love reading these in the library ⚽️😀📘
Thanks to a team of students, the library is ready for autumn and Halloween🍂#carveouttimetoread
GIVEAWAY TIME! We are thrilled to be publishing The Harp of Power by @alexdunnewrites, the eagerly-awaited follow up to The Book of Secrets! To celebrate, we are giving away limited edition tote bags, plus both books in the series. Simply like and reshare for a chance to win!
📢Giveaway!📢 We are giving away a copy of Deadlock! To enter... ✅Follow us and @NosyCrow 👍Like and retweet 😍Comment a 🤫 emoji Winner announced in 24 HOURS!
Congratulations to @JonathanTulloch for being voted the winner of #Spellbinding2023 with Cuckoo Summer. We loved your book 🎉🏅🤩 @CumbriaSLS
Three members of Book Club had a fantastic time at the #Spellbinding2023 Book Awards. Workshops, author panel, book swap and goodie bags! @LawrencePatrice @AnnSeiLin1 @JonathanTulloch @a_reflective and Simon Fox. Huge thanks to @CumbriaSLS for organising such a fab day. 📚🤩📒

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