Library community and events

Join the library community

Do you want to find out about all our exciting events in the library? Join our library community and we will email you about activities and opportunities available.

Get involved, make friends and have fun!

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Living Library

Don't judge a book by its cover!

Living Library books are people from our community in Bradford who will share a personal experience or perspective on life. Borrow a living book in a safe space and take the opportunity to have a conversation and learn more about their experience. Read more about our past Living Library events.

Why be a Living Book?

Would you like to volunteer to talk to others about your life story, building understanding of your culture and history, to develop a more inclusive and accepting environment for all of Bradford’s diverse staff and students?

Watch the story of ‘Living Book’ Nico Kalkusinski, who spoke at our Living Library launch event.

Why be a reader?

‘Borrow’ a Living Book in a safe space and take the unique opportunity to have an open, respectful conversation to hear more about the personal life experience of the Living Book. Listen, talk, and learn.

Ana Jara Gonzalez’s experience of attending the University of Bradford’s Living Library launch event as a ‘Reader’.

Forthcoming Library events

The library organises a range of events aimed at our students and staff throughout the year. Here you can see what is coming up next, book a place and also read about our past events.

Bookmark making workshop

Come along to our bookmark making workshop. We do love a create project in the library, especially one which enables people to make something unique as well as useful. We provide all the materials; die cut card bookmark blanks and a variety of shapes, decorative paper and card, all you need to bring is your creativity.

This event is open to all members of the library and there is no need to book. We look forward to seeing you.

Location: Library entrance area.

Dates:

Tuesday 3 December 2024 12:00 - 13:00

One World Week poetry event display with poetry books and poems from students.

Library Event Coordinators

Student Event Coordinators (Library Services) volunteer to help run library-based activities and events in the "Library Community Group". Working as a team they develop and plan a programme of innovative events for the library community.

Read more about the role and benefits, including recruitment for this role.

Student Event Coordinators and Student Advisory Group members with library staff.

Library book club

The Library runs a regular book club in collaboration with Bradford Libraries who kindly provide us a number of books to borrow. For each title chosen, the group then meet to discuss the book. The book club is friendly, informal and open to all students and staff - do come and join us!

Read about our previous book club titles and meetings.

Next title in book club

Coming soon!