Team Read: Childrens Summer Reading Game
Just read and rate 6 books between Saturday 28th June and Saturday 13th September.
On your first visit:
Register at the desk and pick up your Starter Pack and two books. Read and review them.
On your second visit:
Hand in your reviews to collect your stickers and a Bookmark. Get two more books.
On your third visit:
Hand in your reviews to collect your stickers and a pen. Get your final two books.
On your fourth visit:
Hand in your reviews to collect your certificate, medal, a Team Read bag and your voucher for a FREE DVD HIRE!
Plus, your name will be entered in your library’s Team Read Lucky Dip.
Well done, you’ve finished!
To find out more about the national Summer Reading Challenge in libraries visit
Team Read
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Poems by Heart: Poetry workshops for children - July 2008 |
| Rhythmical rhymes and lyrical lines -
Poetry workshops for children aged five and over. |
| Workshops take place every Sunday during July. |
| Jubilee Library, 2.30pm (approx 30 mins) |
| Free event, just turn up. For further information, please call (01273) 296960. |
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Why is crime fiction so popular? |
Join crime novelist, Sue Walker, as she talks about why the genre's attractions are irresistible to her as a writer.
She will explain how her years spent as an investigative television journalist, specialising in crime related documentaries, created a fascination for the dark side of human nature. There are two opportunities to hear this talk;
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Jubilee Library, Thursday 17 July, 6.30pm
Free - please book a place at the Booklovers Store Tel 01273 294071
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Coldean Library, Monday 7 July, 6.30pm
Free - no booking required just turn up.
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See Sue Walker's website for more information
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Notable women of Brighton
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| A talk by local author Helena Wojtczak based on her new book "Sketches of Notable Sussex Women". |
Jubilee Library, Saturday 12 July, 2.30 - 4pm
Free - please book a place at the Booklovers Store Tel 01273 294071.
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Young Peoples Book Groups |
15-18 years Jubilee Library meeting first tuesday of the month 5-6pm. No book group in August
12-14 years Hove Library meeting first Saturday of the month 11.30-12.30pm.
For more information call 01273 296983.
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New Writing Groups |
Come and join one of the new monthly writing groups in local libraries
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Tall Tales and Modern Fables |
| Submissions are now being accepted for the Summer 2008 edition of Tall Tales and Modern Fables short story magazine.
Tall Tales and Modern Fables is a free, quarterly magazine featuring previously unpublished short stories from new writers in the Brighton and Hove area.
Visit the magazine at www.talltalesmagazine.co.uk. You can browse the current edition, submit a story of your own and leave feedback.
Tall Tales and Modern Fables hopes to encourage writers in the local area to submit their best short stories, even if (especially if) they have never submitted a story for publication before.
Full submission guidelines can be found on the website.
Contacts: Matt Plass and David Murphy
Tall Tales Editors
www.talltalesmagazine.co.uk.
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Contribution |
| A travelling exhibition of photographs showing people from the city’s black and minority ethnic community will visit five libraries from next month.
Starting at Hove Library from 1-24 April, ‘Contribution’ displays the pictures alongside views and thoughts of the people shown about their experiences of Brighton & Hove.
All except one of the 21 people featured in the exhibition live in Brighton & Hove, and one works in the city.
The photographs and text were put together by Beth Harrison of Brighton and Hove Black History.
Beth explained: “We wanted to bring black history up to the present day by doing a simple exhibition that showed how Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) people are contributing to the city now.
“BME people are often portrayed in a stereotypical way that can underrate their contribution, so our exhibition aims to show individuals for who they are.”
The exhibition can also be seen at Hangleton Library (4-30 July); and Jubilee Library (4-30 August).
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Chatterbooks |
Chatterbooks is a book club for 7-11 year olds at Jubilee and Hove Library. We meet once a month to play games, review books, chat about our favorite authors, and meet others who love reading. Its a free drop in, just turn up.
Jubilee 1st Monday of the month 4-5 pm
Hove 2nd Tuesday of the month 4-5pm
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Baby Boogie |
| There is a new Baby Boogie session for Dads/male carers running at Jubilee Library on Saturdays from 10.15am -10.45am. The sessions will run on every second Saturday of the month. |
