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.

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Email us at library@bradford.ac.uk and join our mailing list.

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.

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

Study Hub poetry competition

Announcing the winners!

Congratulations to everyone who entered the poetry competition inspired by our Yorkshire moorland themed group study rooms in the Study Hub. More than 40 entries were submitted by students and staff and judged anonymously by a panel.

The winners will be presented with their certificates on Friday 16 May, in the Study Hub, Library Floor 01, at 10:30. Everyone is welcome to join Friday's celebration and read the winning entries, which will be displayed in the group study rooms.

Overall winner

'Top Withens (In Winter)' by David Roper-Newman

Winners

'A Beehive's Hum' by Charlotte Barton
'Bracken' by Louise Dawson
'Wings of Whimsy' by Haiqa Akbar
'Heather' by Louise Dawson
'The Mighty Oak' by Amjad Husain
'The Heart of Swaledale' by Sana Khan

Highly Commended

'The Oak Tree' by Louise Dawson
'Ruins' by Hasnehn Haider

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’.

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

We have collected our new set of books from Bradford Library and our next title is Under the Blue by Oana Aristide.

We will be meeting on Weds 7 May 12-1pm in room 0.17 of the library to discuss the book. A number of copies are behind the counter to borrow - all staff and students welcome so do join us!