![]() This means that overdue books will no longer accrue fines. Now, Newcastle City Council has announced the move will be made permanent. Yes - we did. Late fee charges were suspended at the city’s libraries in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. If you don't have any overdue items, but fines are stopping you accessing services or borrowing books, just speak to a member of staff - we'll wipe the slate clean! Did you say NO MORE FINES? This is an opportunity to return your items, reset your account and start borrowing books again, use PCs or access 1000s of eAudiobooks, eBooks and other online resources from home.Īll you need to do is take your items to a library in Newcastle and speak to a member of staff, they will clear and renew your account, all your existing fines will be waived. All libraries in Newcastle are open and we want to encourage you to come along, enjoy reading without worry, and engage in our social activities. We hope that by offering a book amnesty and permanently removing fines, people will be confident in returning to libraries and using their brilliant services. Libraries supported people during the pandemic and we’re doing all we can to help Newcastle’s communities. Library fines were suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic and not everyone has been able to return their books, and others might have just forgotten! We want everybody to be able to use our services without worrying about fines, and to be able to come back time and time again to see what's on offer. You might even have CDs, DVDs or Audiobooks that are late. ![]() There are no charges or fines for returning books during the amnesty – just return them to any of the libraries across Newcastle. Whether they are weeks, months, years or like the book that was returned to us last year, decades overdue, don’t be shy – bring them back. And you can renew your library membership at the same time – win win! You can return your overdue books and you’ll not have to pay any existing overdue fines. Newcastle Libraries are holding an amnesty for overdue books up until 31 May. ![]() If library books are hiding under your bed, down the side of the sofa, or in the cupboard under the stairs – now is the time to hunt them out.
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