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All Bristol libraries are currently closed. Find out what online services are available.

Find out how to join the library, online or in a library

Resources to learn English, practice your driving theory test or educate yourself in the best of classical music.

Use our Call and Collect service to arrange to borrow or reserve books and collect them from the library.

Find out how to access free digital versions of 7,000 UK and international newspapers and magazines, as well as 1000s of graphic novels and comics.

Find out how to use our eBook and eAudio service.

Find out how to get temporary home access to Ancestry.

Search for your closest library, find out the opening times and the services available

Magazines, newspapers, audiobooks, art and drama.

Activities, baby bounce and rhyme sessions, storytime sessions, reading resources.

Resources to help you find information on local history and family history.

Find out about our ideas events and how you can tell us your suggestions.

Links to case studies to help you come up with suitable ideas and how they could work.