libraries

26 October 2026, Monday

19:18 Business Wrenhaven Credit Union opens counters inside branch libraries Members in four neighbourhoods without a bank branch can now pay in savings, ask about loans and get help with budgeting on the same visit as borrowing a book. Yasmin Haddad

22 October 2026, Thursday

03:36 Culture Central Library reopens after renovation with a late-night reading room After eighteen months behind scaffolding, the Central Library on Old Quay is open again, with a repaired roof, a digitised harbour archive and a reading room that stays open until midnight. Isabel Duarte

20 October 2026, Tuesday

08:11 Technology Libraries lend laptops and run digital skills classes for older residents Residents can now borrow a laptop for up to three weeks and join small weekly classes on everything from video calls to spotting online scams. Freya Collins

16 October 2026, Friday

23:14 10 photosCulture The world's libraries: domes, shelves and silence From Paris to Dublin, Melbourne to Adelaide, the architecture of reading rooms. Elena Sokolova

15 October 2026, Thursday

18:27 Culture The library is the last free living room in town One of the few places where we can sit for hours without buying anything, the public library now holds far more than books. Margaret Ellison