Autumn Frights
Browse and download titles from our eAudio and eBook collection
Search all our titles in all their formats via our Online Catalogue
Time to Read
collection
It's
now Greenwich Mean Time instead of British Summer Time, has time changed?
Our
local time traveller has re-generated, where in time will they appear next?
Whilst
your pondering, why not take the time to browse and download titles from
our Time to Read eAudio and eBook collection
Search all our titles in all their formats via our Online Catalogue
Movember
Movember is
an annual event involving the growing of moustaches during November to
raise awareness of men's health issues, such as prostate cancer, testicular
cancer, and men's suicide.
More information about The Movember Foundation can be found on their
website at: uk.movember.com
Movember eAudio
and eBook collection
Browse
and download titles from our Movember eAudio and eBook collection
Search for more titles in all their formats via our Online Catalogue
Dewsbury Library:
RLWC Poetry Workshop with Toria Garbutt
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Dewsbury Library
Thursday, November 3
5.30 - 6.30pm
The Power of Together. Rugby League World Cup Cultural
Festival event.
A one hour poetry workshop with spoken word artist Toria
Garbutt...described by Benjamin Zephaniah as "Powerful, accessible,
intelligent and musical. Just about all the things I love in a poet"
No experience needed. Reserve your place on our Ticketsource page and come along and
have a go!
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Dewsbury Library:
Open Mic Night
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Dewsbury Library
Thursday, November 3
5.30 - 6.30pm
This Months theme is "Men's and Women's Mental Health or Wellbeing".
Please come along to listen or to share your 3-5
minute True Story.
Stories might be funny, thoughtful, sad, moving, and
anything in-between.
Everyone has a story to share. Here's a place to share
them!
If you would like to come along and watch, please reserve your place via
our Ticketsource page
If you would like a 3-5 minute open mic slot to tell us your True Story,
please email ybattlefelton@gmail.com
Supported by Dewsbury Cohesion Team
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Dewsbury Library:
RLWC Panel event with Phil Caplan
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Dewsbury Library
Tuesday, November 8
6.00 - 7.30pm
The Power of Together - a Rugby League World Cup Cultural
Festival Event.
Join regular Forty20 Live hosts Richard Shaw-Wright and
Phil Caplan plus special guests as they look forward to the Rugby League
World Cup.
Over two halves of 40 minutes the panel will discuss the
latest rugby league news and celebrate the forthcoming World Cup as the
men's, women's, wheelchair and physical disability tournaments take place
simultaneously for the first time ever.
The audience will be invited to put questions to the
panel, as part of this enjoyable interactive event. Reserve your place
via our Ticketsource page
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Huddersfield
Library: Kirklees Author Forum Exchange
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Self-Publishing and Marketing
Huddersfield Library
Saturday, November
19
10.00am - 12 noon
If you're thinking about self-publishing or have already
self-published, then this month's KAFE will give you the chance to share
your own experience.
We will also spend time thinking about good ways to market
if you have self-published.
For more information and to reserve your place, please
visit our Ticketsource page
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Dewsbury Library:
Business and Intellectual Property Centre
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One-to-One Information and
Guidance
Dewsbury Library
Monday, November 21
11.00am - 4.00pm
Looking to start or grow your own business, or just
wanting to chat through your business-related questions?
Book a free one-to-one with a member of our friendly BIPC
team to discuss your questions in confidence and get support with
business research through our specialist databases.
Come along to these sessions to find out how our resources
can help your business, from researching your market, finding company
information, getting an understanding of your intellectual property and
general start-up support and guidance.
These 45-minute sessions are designed to support anyone
already running their own business, or those thinking of becoming
self-employed, to grow their business and expand their knowledge.
Book your session via this Eventbrite page
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Friends of
Mardsden Library: An evening with Graphic Novelist Jamie Rhodes
Marsden Library
Thursday, November 24
7.30 - 9.00pm
Jamie
will read an extract from his graphic novel, "A Castle in
England" and tell us about the project that inspired it, in which he
spent 4 months living in a National Trust castle creating stories inspired
by the objects and documents in its archive, plunging us into its rich and
often dark history.
Tickets
and more information via this Eventbrite page
Kirklees budget
Your budget your say
How
are you coping with rising costs? Let us know by taking part in this year’s
budget conversation.
We’ll
also be asking what you think about the council’s priorities and plans to
reach a happier, healthier, and thriving Kirklees.
Take
part in the conversation online at www.kirklees.gov.uk/yourbudgetyoursay
Your
responses will help the council decide its budget for 2023/34.
eAudio and eBooks:
Meet Libby
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 eAudio
and eBooks
We have over 29,000 eAudio and eBook titles. Borrow them
for free with your Kirklees library card and PIN.
View the collection along with details of how to download
and use the Libby app via our Overdrive page at: kirklees.overdrive.com
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PressReader and
the Libby app
Our digital magazine and newspaper service can now be
accessed from within the Libby app. Select the Pressreader icon from within
Libby and follow the on-screen instructions.
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 Digital
Magazines and Newspapers
Choose from over 7,300 national and international titles to read online
or download for offline convenience.
Complimentary access with your Kirklees library card and PIN for 30 days
before you have to sign in again.
Create a collection of favourite titles, search and add new ones.
Share articles through email and social media, or save and organize them
into categories with labels for quick and easy access.
For more details along with details of the text-to-speech and instant
translation options, see our PressReader catalogue at: www.pressreader.com
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