Our AGM & Conference took place at Bristol's Engine Shed this year on Wednesday 13 November. Thank you to all members who took part from...

Jessica Phillips, Library Stock & Resources Manager in Wiltshire, and recipient of a SWRLS Individual Training Grant, shares her...

Thank you to everyone who came along to this year’s Members’ Day, battling through post-election tiredness and a train incident! We were...

Word Live in Libraries was a 20-venue tour of diverse authors/performers to libraries across the South West. We were delighted to be the...

We're excited to welcome all our members along to this year's event on July 5 at Arts University Plymouth, incorporating the following: a...

Free training for SWRLS members from John Vincent (The Network's co-ordinator). Designed to increase understanding of LGBTQ+ issues from...

An opportunity for SWRLS members to take part in a leadership development programme, including facilitated workshops, team coaching and...

SWRLS is pleased to announce that Shelley Trower is joining us as Coordinator from early March 2024. Shelley is a writer with an academic...

At the conclusion of the Arts Council England National Lottery-funded tour of 22 libraries across our region, each hosting at least two...

Announcing the final event in our 20-venue tour of diverse writers across SWRLS-member libraries in our region: we're delighted to share...

Our Arts Council England-funded Word Live in Libraries tour has completed nineteen stops on its twenty-library tour of the South West. ...

Following approval at this year's AGM, we are pleased to share with our Members our Annual Report for Financial Year 2022-23.

SWRLS was delighted to provide a small grant to enable a group of libraries in Devon and Cornwall, led by Laura Lay at FX/Plus and...

Our AGM & Conference took place online this year on 30 November. Thank you to all our members who joined us from libraries across the...

All SWRLS Members are invited to join us online at our SWRLS AGM/Conference which is taking place on Thursday, 30 November via Zoom this...

SWRLS is pleased to present a trailer for Word Live in Libraries which shows how inspiring and entertaining these tour events have been...

Women's Prize for Fiction has just launched DISCOVERIES 2024 – the Women’s Prize Trust’s development programme for unpublished writers....

South Western Regional Library Services CIO (SWRLS) is a charitable organisation uniting libraries across the South West region and...

SWRLS will be 90 years young in 2027. We're inviting our members to help us shape our next four years. Please read the summary, then...

SWRLS' new Designated Fund is now open and welcomes applications from libraries for initiatives which benefit libraries in one particular...