Home from Home library service shortlisted for top award|
Press Release - 4 June 2010
Press Release - 4 February 2010
Residents quizzed on new Dagenham Library and One Stop Shop|
Press Release - 28 April 2009
Demolition begins at Dagenham Heathway|
Work has begun on a new development at Dagenham Heathway which will bring a major new library, a Council One Stop Shop, a 400 square metre retail unit and 82 flats containing affordable housing.
A new library for south Dagenham|
Regeneration web page about the planned new library in Dagenham Heathway.
Dagenham Heathway regeneration development gets green light!|
Press Release - 20 February 2008
Time to get started on Book Start Day - 9 October|
Press Release - 28 September 2009
Never judge a book by its cover - Living Libraries|
Press Release - 3 September 2009
Press Release - 21 August 2009
Word spreads on coffee morning's success|
Press Release - 26 March 2009
Food, friends and fiction at Barking Learning Centre|
Press Release - 9 February 2009
A right royal knees up at Barking Learning Centre|
Press Release - 10 March 2008
The latest local history publication produced by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, has won an award. The Golden Dagger Award prize for non-fiction crime writing was awarded by the Crime Writers' Association.
The winning book, The Dagenham Murder: The brutal killing of PC George Clark 1846, published in December 2005 was written by Local Studies Librarian Linda Rhodes in collaboration with Lee Shelden and Kathryn Abnett. The Crime Writers Association judges commented that the book is:
"A definitive account of the notorious murder of a Victorian policeman. Extensively researched and well written."
Copies of the book can be purchased from any Barking and Dagenham library, Valence House Museum and online - priced £9.99.
Winner of the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award 2006 for Non-Fiction|
Zoinul Abidin
Group Manager - Libraries
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Fax: 020 8594 8489
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