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May 2025
FICTION SET IN A WORLD AT WAR
World War stories
*Home Front,*" Kristin Hannah" | *The Underground Library,* "Jennifer Ryan" | *The Wartime Book Club,* "Kate Thompson" | *Secrets at Bletchley Park,* "Margaret Dickinson" | *The Rose Code,* "Kate Quinn "| *Goodnight Mister Tom* "Michelle Magorian."
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VE DAY CELEBRATIONS
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Throughout May, Nottingham Central Library will host a series of engaging events to celebrate VE Day. The *Victory Nottinghamshire Exhibition*, running from 19 to 31 May, will feature fascinating accounts, images, and artefacts from World War II, highlighting the region's wartime resilience.
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MIKRON THEATRE PRESENTS: HUSH HUSH
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*Saturday 31 May | 7pm to 9pm | Nottingham Central Library | Tickets: £14*
Explore the secrets of Bletchley Hut 3 with Mikron Theatre.
About the show:
* A world of secrets, songs and cyphers
* A non-descript mansion house, in a non-descript town
* A secret group of extraordinary men and women provide intelligence that would help to win a war
* A young Peggy Valentine navigates a new world of feuds, friendships, and growing up in a frame of absolute secrecy
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FILM SCREENING: THE VANISHING
*Thursday 15 May | 7pm | Nottingham Central Library | Tickets: £7 or pay what you can*
*The Rambling Cinema *presents a special film screening of '"The Vanishing"', the Netherland's most famous psychological thriller.
The evening begins with a talk by *Dr Christina Brennan, *the author of the first book on '"The Vanishing"'.
The Vanishing
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STEP BACK IN TIME WITH PICTURE NOTTINGHAM
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Explore thousands of old images of Nottingham with just a click on our *Picture Nottingham* website.
* Search by place or theme
* Buy your favourite images on mugs, coasters, cushions and more!
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MAY WE SUGGEST SOME GREAT READS?
May reads
*The Maid's Secret,*" Nita Prose "| *The Midnight Secret*, "Karen Swan" | *Marble Hall Murders,* "Anthony Horowitz "| *The Summer Guests,* "Tess Gerritsen" | *Strangers in Time,* "David Baldacci" | *The Daughter,* "T. M. Logan."
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WORKSHOPS AND BOOK CLUBS AT NOTTINGHAM CENTRAL LIBRARY
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GOBS Poetry Collective: Three Circle Method Workshop
*Friday 9 May to Saturday 10 May | 6pm to 9pm*
Join GOBS poetry collective and innovative theatre maker Pepa Duarte to harness your improv skills, theatre writing skills, story making skills and more.
*Price:* £50 (+ booking fee)
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Queer Write with Richard Gidlow
*Monday 19 May | 4.30pm to 6.30pm | *Tickets: £6**
This is a monthly creative writing group. Suitable for new or seasoned writers, this event is the perfect place to work on your stories, poems, scripts or thoughts.
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Gobs Monthly Poetry Book Club
*Saturday 24 May | 11am to 1pm *
Join the GOBS Poetry Book Club at Nottingham Central Library or via Zoom. It's a welcoming space for poets, writers, readers, performers, and artists to chat over a cuppa and discuss our poetry collection of the month.
*May's book:* Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman.
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HALF TERM WHERE'S WALLY FUN!
Where's Wally!
Another half term is coming up! Get your week planned and join us for some Where’s Wally fun.
We’ve themed our half term activities around the iconic Where’s Wally? search-and-find books and have activities and a picture hunt in every library. Check out dates and times on our website.
*May Half Term Fun* [ [link removed] ]
CLAUD & THE CLOUD FACTORY
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A viewable video for children under the age of 5 and their families and carers to enjoy.
Come and enjoy this soft and bright content, helping cloud maker Claud make all the clouds in the sky!
Based on the sell out show "Into the clouds" by Nonsuch Studios, this immersive production is viewable in Strelley Road and St Ann's Valley libraries on our CINE touch screens.
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