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Welcome to the Harris Library
Located at Preston Guild Hall

The Harris Library: 9am – 5pm, Monday – Saturday – Closed Sundays

IT Services: Please note we close at 5pm but services are switched off at 4.40pm. We are open all day for drop-ins and you can also book at the Guild Hall IT desk, you will be able to log on for up to 2 hours from 9am onwards.

Please note, our Opening Hours over the Christmas period will be:

Closed: Monday 25 & Tuesday 26 December
Open: Wednesday 27 December – Saturday 30 December
Closed: Monday 1 January
Open: Tuesday 2 January onwards

Latest News

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Toddler Sessions at Ingol and Ribbleton Libraries

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Lancashire Libraries Reading Trail Scheme

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Little Steps

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Harris Your Place

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Harris Your Place First Look: The Library

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Harris Your Place First Look: Family Library

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Harris Your Place

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Enjoy Online

World Nursery Rhyme Week: Sing-Along With Bounce and Rhyme At Home 

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Fun Children’s Activities From The British Library

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Mental Health and Reading

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Baby Bounce & Rhyme at Preston Guild Hall

Sharing songs and rhymes is a fun way for babies and toddlers to develop their language skills! Taking place every Tuesday 10.30am – 11am in the Harris Library, in its temporary ‘home from home’ in the Guild Hall, Preston.

SING ALONG AT HOME

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We’re so much more than a place to borrow books! Computer Classes, Baby Bounce and Rhyme for parents and children, support for applications online for the NHS Healthy Start scheme plus much much more…

DISCOVER

North West Reads

North West Reads Book 12: Dead Beat by Val McDermid

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North West Reads Book 11: The Weird Shadow over Morecambe by Edmund Glasby

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North West Reads Book 10: Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

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North West Reads Book 9: The Finding of Martha Lost by Caroline Wallace

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Staff Recommendations: Young Readers

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#Goldilocks by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross

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The Hug by Eoin McLaughlin

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Two Bears by Patricia Hegarty and Rotem Teplow

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The Suitcase by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros

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Your Library At Home

 

Your Library at Home

The digital hub for all the main online resources available from Lancashire libraries, including eBooks, local history, eAudiobooks and more.

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BorrowBox

BorrowBox

BorrowBox is the eBook and audiobook library for Lancashire libraries.

You’ll find a wide assortment of books available and you can sign up in minutes. All you need is your library card number and pin.

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Book Recommendations

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Women and Power by Mary Beard

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Halloween Books

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

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Halloween Books

The Spook’s Apprentice by Joseph Delaney

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Halloween Books

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

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Book Reviews

10 Reading Escapes For Self-Isolation

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Helen’s Picks For World Book Day

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Our Top 5 Stephen Fry Audiobooks

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The Best Children’s Books to Read in Isolation

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Ask a Librarian

Ask a library related question to a Lancashire librarian, between Mon-Fri 9am-5pm.

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Home Library Services

We can deliver books to your house if you’re unable to travel to a library because of health, age or disability.

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