Bradford Library events

With details of upcoming events:

Happy New Year from Bradford Libraries Rhyme Challenge Are you ready to take the challenge?  Bradford Libraries Rhyme Challenge is back and there are new rhymes and songs to learn.  Check out the dates for rhyme challenge sessions in your local library.  There will be fun, singing, laughter, smiles and rhymes and you may have a special guest leader and certificates with the nation’s favourite Bookstart Bear! Burley Library – 9.30am Tues 10, 17, 24 & 31 Jan Bingley Library – 2.15pm Thurs 12, 19, 26 Jan & 2 Feb Ilkley Library 10am Thurs 12, 19, 26 Jan & 2 Feb Eccleshill Library 2pm Mon 16, 23, 30 Jan & 6 Feb Shipley Library 9.15am & 9.50am Weds 18, 25 Jan & 1, 8 Feb Manningham Library 1.30pm Fri 20, 27 Jan & 3, 10 Feb City Library 10am Weds 25 Jan & 1, 8, 15 Feb Wibsey Library 10am Mon 30 Jan & 6, 13, 20 Feb Keighley Library 11am Sat 4, 11, 18, 25 Feb Thornton Library 11am Weds 22 Feb & 1, 8, 15 March Laisterdyke Library 9.30am & 10.30am Tues 28 Feb & 7, 14, 21 March Wyke Library 2pm Tues 7, 14, 21, 28 March Heaton Hub Library 11.30am Thurs 9, 16, 23, 30 March Don’t be late – book today!  Contact the library for further details. Baby Photo Booth in City Library with award winning photographer Tim Simpson We will be holding a special Baby Photo Booth at City Library on the following dates: Wednesday 1st February Wednesday 1st March Wednesday 5th April Tim Simpson is an incredible award-winning photographer and these are the perfect sessions for families to have a chance at a photo shoot for their baby at a reasonable price (£5).   Each ticket includes a printed photograph of baby.  Parents have the option to have more printed directly with Tim after they’ve seen all of the photographs on a personal and password-protected link. Our free weekly Rhyme Time session will also take place 10am-11am on the same day, so come and make an morning of it, joining in with songs and rhymes, exploring lovely books - and it's obviously a great opportunity to meet with other parents and carers. Parents will be able to collect their printed photograph two weeks later at the Rhyme Time session. Book Now https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/bradford-libraries Hoglets Theatre Performance A lonely little owl wants nothing more than to fly into the night and join his friends. But how can he, when he is made from wood? Join Hoglets Theatre on a magical journey of singing owls, fantasy worlds, friendship and love. Featuring beautiful handmade puppets, original songs and music and an age-old message that the love we show to others comes back to us in time. TICKETED FREE THEATRE PERFORMANCES FOR CHILDREN 4 – 8 YEARS  SHIPLEY LIBRARY - 14 FEBRUARY 2023, 2PM  Suitable For Children 4-8  Book now: Shipley Library 01274 437150  shipley.library@bradford.gov.uk Additional Puppet Workshop £1 2.40pm  For Children 5+ Book at Shipley Library - in person only. KEIGHLEY LIBRARY - 14 FEBRUARY 2023, 10AM Suitable For Children 4-8  Book now: Keighley Library 01535 618211  keighley.library@bradford.gov.uk Additional Puppet Workshop £1 10.40am  For Children 5+ Book at Keighley Library - in person only. Both adults and children need tickets to enter the performance.  Tickets must be collected from venue at least one week after booking.  None collection may result in tickets been offered to waiting list. Creative Writing Courses We've got creative writing courses starting in January and February in some of our libraries. Learn about different writing styles and genre. Share your own writing and receive feedback. Explore publishing opportunities. Beginners and long-term writers welcome. All our courses are run by well established writing tutors. Cost - £60 for the course some free places for those on benefits (Universal Credit, pension credit). Free to book - pay at the first session. Keighley Library Tuesdays 5.30pm to 7.30pm starts 31st January Keighley Library Tuesdays 1.30 – 3.30pm starts 31st January Ilkley Library Fridays 4.30 – 6.30pm starts 3rd February City Library Saturdays 10am – 12pm starts 4th February Manningham Library Saturdays 10am – 12pm starts 21st January The courses run for 10 weeks and are £60 for the course and we have some free places for those on benefits. For more information email: Library.Events@bradford.gov.uk To book https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/bradfordlibraries Death Cafe in City Library BD1 Death Cafe in City Library. Once a month on the following Tuesdays 5.30pm - 7pm January 17th, February 21st, March 21st, April 18th, May 16th, June 20th All welcome For more information text: 07914495626 Our death cafe is a safe space to talk about death, bereavement and all things related. We find that talking about death can help us appreciate life. Book your free place:  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/.../bradford-death-cafe...

 

Library Adventures - 11th January 2023 We've Moved!!!! New temporary Library Building - We are OPEN!!!! Huddersfield Library has a temporary new home in the Customer Services Centre in Huddersfield (opposite the bus station).  We can offer children's and adults' areas as well as IT facilities. We can't wait to see you there.  This is a temporary change until our fantastic new library is complete in Spring 2026. In the meantime, it's a wonderful opportunity for us to do even more work with our partner organisations and make new partnerships. Keep your eyes peeled on our social media and in the library for news of events that we will be running with our partners across Huddersfield. Read more about the move in the Kirklees Together magazine. Book Review The List of Things that will Not Change is a gem of a book that sensitively deals with the emotional issue of parents getting divorced. We are introduced to 10 year old Bea, who whilst coming to terms with her parents splitting up, also has to get used to her Dad's new...boyfriend and a new step-sister. Rebecca sensitively deals with the themes of divorce, homophobia and anxiety and makes it easy to relate to Bea and the other characters. Bea copes through help from her loving family, her therapy sessions and her list...a list of things that will not change. A list she is able to add to as the story progresses. This is an ideal book for children aged 8-12 but older young people and adults would get a lot from it too. We have copies of this book available to borrow in our libraries and as an eBook from Libby or overdrive. Themed Collection of Books Available to download (from our eBook and eAudio platforms...Overdrive or the Libby App) or renew from anywhere with an internet connection, these books around empathy are part of a nationally curated collection suitable for teenage readers. You can also check them out in person as paper books from our libraries. Take a trip...from your armchair! Why not be like one of our library users Amelia and her friends and go on your armchair travels round the world?! From our Kirklees Libraries website, head to Online Resources, Useful Resources, Learning at Home and then you can travel to the National Parks of Wyoming...or hunt around our pages for other places to find out about and get to know! Competition Time We are delighted to be able to offer a free copy of Salma Zaman and Thom Craigen's beautiful "I Can Do Anything- Colouring Book". If you'd like to be in with a chance of winning, please draw a picture of yourself doing your dream job, take a photo and email it to lal@kirklees.gov.uk with the heading "I Can Do Anything competition". We'll choose a favourite and send them out the book, or they are welcome to collect it from their nearest Library. Activities If you can get out to a museum or gallery in person, that is fantastic, but there are other ways to get involved in what's going on in museums and galleries around the country and even the world! Get yourself online and see what our world has to offer, As part of their Design Busters activities, the V&A Dundee have some exciting design challenges for families to enjoy at home. Their resources have activity sheets which you can print out at home (or in one of our library settings) and you can even ring up the free Design Busters telephone hotline to hear the latest design brief!  Libby / Overdrive: eAudio and eBooks eAudio / eBook collection 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 PressReader: Digital magazines and Newspapers 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. 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 kirkleeslibraries.co.uk The addresses and opening times of all our libraries can be found on our website at: www.kirkleeslibraries.co.uk/locations or select the image below. 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

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