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Read Kirklees From Home: May 8 - 14. 2020 Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Read Kirklees From Home. Not that you need to be at home to read it but that's where we're putting these newsletters together. For this edition we're focussing on a unique project that Kirklees Libraries are involved in. Tickets for the Afterlife is a national Carnegie funded project promoting conversations about death, dying and grief. With the Covid-19 crisis this topic seems more relevant than ever. Working alongside Newcastle Libraries and Redbridge Libraries, we are promoting and supporting Dying Matters Awareness Week (May 11 - 17) along with co-hosting the Tickets for the Afterlife events detailed below. The aim of the project aim is to support meaningful discussions and promote relevant and useful resources around this most sensitive of topics. There's also the first podcast from our Transcription Service, VE Day happenings in Kirklees and 'Something for the Weekend'. As ever, underlined text in blue are links to web pages so click or select to go to that page. Read, enjoy, keep in touch and stay safe. Author Q&A Kate Mayfield - "The Undertaker's Daughter On Thursday 14th May at 7.00pm we will be hosting a virtual Q&A with author Kate Mayfield. This will focus on Kate’s book, ‘The Undertaker’s Daughter'. The book tells the story of Kate’s upbringing in a funeral home in southern Kentucky during the 1960s. Her father is described as “the Beau Brummel of morticians….he never had to work too hard at being different, he just was.” The first chapter is available to read on the publisher's website at Simon & Schuster This Q&A session can be booked via Eventbrite where you can also find out so much more. Links to join in will be emailed out to participants. eBook Collection Dying Matters Awareness Week We have a collection of eBooks and eAudio to support Dying Matters Awareness Week (11 – 17 May). These can be found in our Overdrive collection and contains a huge range of books, all covering the topic of death, dying and grief. There are fiction and non-fiction books as well as titles to share with children. The collection is thought provoking and will support, soothe and help you share. Reading cafe Virtual Death Café On Friday 15th May at 6:00pm we will be hosting a virtual death café with our partners in Redbridge and Newcastle Libraries. Make sure you grab some tea, cake, and a comfy chair, and join us to share your thoughts and stories about life, death and loss. Everyone is welcome, no prior experience of a death cafe is necessary. Our Death Cafe will be a safe, non-judgemental, friendly space - if you prefer to listen then that's totally fine with us. Tickets can again be booked via Eventbrite and links will be emailed out to participants. You can also view the event details on our Facebook page Kirklees Transcription Service Podcast Now available on Overdrive Hello and welcome to our first KTS Podcast! Now although the office is not open and we are unable to deliver the KR Talking News at the moment, we thought we would try to share some information which you may find useful and a feature or poem to lighten your week. So, what’s on this edition? Well, we bring you Information from Infosound about large piece jigsaws, we’ve got a short poem from author and poet Rudrani, Jeff has some contacts information you may find useful and we have a short story read by one of our volunteer readers Helen. And so begins a new chapter for KTS. We hope to publish the podcasts every two weeks so stay tuned. Follow the link to find Podcast 1 Something for the weekend? The Big Book Weekend The Big Book Weekend is a 3 day virtual festival, taking place on MyVLF.com, that brings together the best of the British book festivals cancelled due to coronavirus, featuring the biggest names in books alongside unknown debut authors and rising talents. Authors include Alexander McCall Smith, Robert Webb, Marian Keyes, Maggie O'Farrell, Neil Gaiman and Manchester's own Hafsah Aneela Bashir and Jackie Kay. All you need to do to join in with the Big Book Weekend is register on the site and then go to the virtual Theatre. No need to book the sessions, the Theatre wiil open up at the start of each session. All Free. Follow the festival onTwitter @bigbookweekend or Facebook @BigBookWeekend VE Day 75 in Kirklees On Friday 8 May 2020 Britain will be commemorating the 75th anniversary of VE Day, the end of the Second World War in Europe. Not surprisingly, most of the events planned for May 8th have have been cancelled. For details of what's still happening across Kirklees have look at Kirklees Council's VE Day 75th Anniversary page Whilst you're catching up on some modern history why not download the BBC's History magazine from our PressReader collection of magazines and newspapers. Libby by Overdrive (ebooks and audiobooks) Did you know that Kirklees libraries has a collection of over 20,000 ebooks and audiobooks. Borrow them for free with your Kirklees library card and PIN. View the collection along with details of how to download the Libby app via our Overdrive page at: kirklees.overdrive.com PressReader (digital magazines and newspapers) Choose from over 7,000 national and international titles to read online or download for offline convenience. Free access with your Kirklees library card and PIN. Text-to-speech and instant translation options are also available. For more details see our PressReader at: www.pressreader.com We've created, and will be updating, a selection of useful resources - information, education and entertainment - on our Wordpress site at: www.kirkleeslibraries.co.uk. Keep in touch If you know someone who would like to get the latest news from Kirklees Libraries, feel free to forward this newsletter or let them know they can use the link at the bottow of this page. Send your eBook reviews to socialmedia.lics@kirklees.gov.uk. Recommend titles using the Libby app or use any of the channels below. Stay up to date with Kirklees Libraries using our social media channels: Facebook@kirkleeslibraries          Twitter@KirkleesLibrary Instagram/kirkleeslibraries             Pinterest/kirkleeslibraries Kids into reading too? Don't miss our library adventures bulletin. Sign me up

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Hundreds of eligible businesses in Kirklees still to apply for a Government coronavirus grant On the 4 May 2020 it was estimated that more than 900 eligible businesses in Kirklees are still to apply for a Government grant that could provide valuable financial assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Find out more Kirklees Household Waste Sites to open next week We will have a new approach to household waste recycling centres from the 11 May. More information

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A satire on the American Dream, Trouble in Tahiti is set in 1950s suburbia, where Sam and Dinah appear to have the perfect life. But their growing detachment exposes a mutual feeling that they are trapped in a life that has turned into a lie... On Wednesday 6 May at 7pm, we'll be streaming our 2017 production of Bernstein's one-act opera on YouTube. YOU'RE invited - make sure you say 'hello' on the live chat! The stream is free to watch, although we invite you to pay as you feel to help support the work of Opera North. Watch showpiece number, 'Island Magic', for a taste of what to expect. If you enjoy the Hollywood pizzazz and jazzy scores, why not join us later this year as the production features as part of our Bernstein Double Bill? Watch on Wed 6 May 7pm Trouble in Tahiti in a nutshell Explore the Hollywood-style score and brush up on the characters - here's everything you need to know about Bernstein's opera, in one place! Learn more Accessible versions Trouble in Tahiti has been produced in accessible formats for D/deaf and hard of hearing, and blind or partially-sighted audience members, with British Sign Language interpretation, audio description, and captioning. Find out more 1940s New York Kurt Weill's Street Scene Be sure to catch our new production of Street Scene on BBC Radio 3 - it's available on BBC Sounds until Sunday 10 May Listen Now Watch online... We hope you are enjoying our weekly delivery of fun, light-hearted content! Check out our website for online access to some of our productions and performances. If you use social media, follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and use the hashtag #OperaNorthAtHome.

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