Wednesday 28 March 2018

Kirklees Library Adventures newsletter

With details of the Pageturners Festival and more, here is the latest Kirklees newsletter:

Stand-up comedy / Theatre / Authors / Poetry / Free Family Events

Pageturners Children's Reading Festival

Welcome to our fifth annual Pageturners Children's Reading Festival! This year's line-up has something for children and young people of all ages. We've got authors and artists, comedy clubs and theatre workshops, as well as poems, storywalks, creative crafts and Curly Tales. All events are free, we just ask that you be a member of the library and borrow a book while you're with us.

Book your free tickets

Ross Montgomery: author of Max and the Millions

Join award winning author of Max and the Millions at Lindley Library and Mirfield Library (booking available soon). Help Ross get the lonely Space Tortoise to the moon using everything from dental floss to a hot air balloon - the only limit if your imagination!

Ross will be running a writing workshop for adults, sharing his journey from a passionate ten year old writer to a published author, discussing everything from the mistakes he's made to how to overcome writer's block.

Chloe Daykin: author of Fish Boy

The festival kicks off with a visit from Chloe Daykin, who is very excited about her first novel, 'Fish Boy'. Dive in to the deep and mysterious with Chloe as she takes you on a fascinating underwater journey which is part workshop, part fun and games. Meet Chloe at Dewsbury Library and Huddersfield Library.

Bali Rai: author of the Soccer Squad

Join Bali at Honley Library and Huddersfield Library to find out about the magic of reading, why he became a writer - and why you need a zombie for a brain. No real zombies here though - these exciting workshops will certainly get you thinking for yourself!

Bali Rai is a well-established, award winning author and a hugely popular voice within the young adult fiction market.

Accessible family theatre with Shebang!

Make your Monday go with a Shebang and join this amazing touring theatre company to meet Ivy the Bag Lady and her good friend, Algie Moss at The Greenwood Centre Library and Dewsbury Library.

These two spend their days a-wandering and pondering the strangeness of life and find there's always a story to be told or a song to be sung.

Comedy Club 4 Kids: stand-up comedy workshop

Think you're hilarious? Constantly cracking jokes? Join Comedy 4 Kids at Dewsbury Library and Huddersfield Library and learn how to write and perform comedy, find the funny in everyday experiences, and turn this in to confidently delivered stand up and sketches. You'll be guaranteed to have your friends and family roaring with laughter!

Poetry with Lisa Luxx: creative writing and open mic

Two opportunities to work with performance poet Lisa Luxx, whose work has been published in anthologies, magazines and newspapers nationally and internationally, and whose spoken word show sold out venues across a 7 month UK tour.

Join us at Huddersfield Library for a creative writing workshop in the morning or share your own work at our open mic event in the afternoon.

Musical Sorcery with Cheryl Camm: music workshop

A fun-filled, inspired musical workshop at the Chestnut Centre Library and Meltham Library. Work with Cheryl Camm, a composer of characterful, ear-tingling tunes, to create magical music. Our inspiration will be Margaret Mahy’s quirky and captivating short story ‘Leaf Magic’ in which a spirited autumn leaf is transformed into something altogether more bonny and playful. We’ll create a mystical sea shanty, and windy, frolicsome autumn dance rhythms to envelop the story in a colourful cloak of magical music.