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A – Z of Teesside books

Books for National Seaside Day

“Weird girl summer”

Silent Disco Book Club

Between the Shelves: An evening to unwind

A Place to Read: The Sunday Art Club

Midsummer Magic

Quotes: The Sunday Art Club

Genres: The Sunday Art Club

Listen and Draw

I am a Librarian: The Sunday Art Club

Reading the Local Area – History and Heritage: Women and Industry

Reading the Local Area: Monsters, Myth and Mayhem

Meet the local authors

The Hidden Gems of Redcar Library

Imagined Islands & Lost Lands

Get crafty for Crossing the Tees!

What the library holds by Louise Logan-Smith

Stories are already all around you by Theodore Forcer

Finding Home in Stories by Louise Logan-Smith

Meet our Reader-in-Residence for Darlington Libraries – Louise Logan-Smith

Meet our Reader-in-Residence for Middlesbrough Libraries – Debbie Rolls

Meet our Reader-in-Residence for Stockton Libraries – Claire Jennings

Meet our Reader-in-Residence for Hartlepool Libraries – Theodore Forcer

Meet our Reader-in-Residence for Redcar & Cleveland Libraries – Kat Lynas

Reader in Residence opportunities

2026 Local Author Opportunity

Microcommission opportunity 2026

Writers: looking for somewhere to send your stories? Try Crossing the Tees!

Introducing our Writer-in-Residence – Amy Lord

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