Creative Writing, New Reads, Start up Day and more...
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Library Services during National Lockdown
In line with government guidelines, all Nottingham City Libraries are temporarily closed for general use. *Key reminders:*
* You can still borrow eBooks, eMagazines [ [link removed] ] and eNewspapers [ [link removed] ].
* You won't be charged any overdue fines for the period that libraries are closed.
* You will not need to renew any items you have borrowed as your loans have been automatically renewed.
* You will not be able to reserve books, but you can still browse our online catalogue [ [link removed] ] and save books to your account to reserve for when libraries re-open.
Read more about our service changeshere. [ [link removed] ]
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Click and Collect: new service launched
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Our library buildings may be closed temporarily but you can still borrow items using our new*Click and Collect*service.
Request up to 24 books including childrens books, fiction, large print, non-fiction and spoken word from any of the libraries taking part in Click and Collect.
Just let us know what type of books you would like and how many and our staff will put together a collection that you can collect safely at an allocated time.
Click and Collect is available during lockdown and delivered to youin line with both government and public health guidelines.
Read more here [ [link removed] ]
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Last Chance to Vote!
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Over 1,000 little reader's have cast their vote in this year's Children's Book Award, but there is still time to add your vote and help crown this year's winner!
*Voting closes Saturday 5 December* and the winner will be announced on Friday 12December.
Vote here [ [link removed] ]
After School Club
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Have we got some treats in store for you? Oh yes!
BetweenNovember and Christmas, every Monday after school at 4pm, we'll have a special online performance or activity for you to enjoy at home.
From footy quizzes to numbers fun children won't even know they're learning something new!
Watch here [ [link removed] ]
Need access to a PC?
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Under new COVID-19 national lockdown guidelines, all computers accessed via the libraryare for essential use only, and must be booked in advance.
If you don't have access to a computer at home and need one for essential use then do get in touch.
Essential use can be related, for example, to job seeking, applying for benefits, getting support, or personal contact.
Read more here [ [link removed] ]
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Free Creative Writing Courses
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We are working in partnership with Writing East Midlands [ [link removed] ] to bringNottingham City residents the opportunity to take part in an online creative writing course that you can enjoy at your own pace - all for free thanks to Arts Council England funding.
Delivered via video and led by writer, poet, film maker and educator Ioney Smallhorne topics include: specificity, capturing taste, smell and sounds, poetry and writing limericks, and how to successfully show and not tell.
In addition to these videos author and freelance writer Andrew Graves presents an introduction to writing non-fiction features and getting your work published.
Andrew Graves regularly performs his work throughout the UK and has appeared on TV and radio. He has performed alongside Henry Normal, John Hegley and Sleaford Mods.
Explore the vidoes here [ [link removed] ]
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Thinking of Starting a Business?
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Start Up Day is a great opportunity to find out about whats involved and be inspired by people who have already taken the plunge.
This year its all online and hosted by the British Library and our network partners around the country.
Therell be an opportunity to find out about Notts Swap Shop too, the free platform helping small businesses and charities to exchange skills and services.
*Thursday 19 November, 9.30am - 16.45pm.*
Book your place here [ [link removed] ]
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New Online Exhibition: R.I.P. Patchworks byMikls Ladnyi-Tth
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*View a series of portraits of famous rock and pop icons who died in 2016 and 2017, previously exhibited at the Nottingham Central Library in August 2018 and Brigitte Bordeaux, January 2020.*
Mikls's worksare about transparency and patterns. The appearance of his paintings and ceramics reflects the visibility of recent objects of popular culture. These pictures are all acrylic on canvas and were painted with a special technique which affects the surface of the paintings.
View the portraits here [ [link removed] ]
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Make your Next Read a Talking Book
Did you know that we have two collections available for you to borrow a great range of free eAudio books from the library? In this edition of Stay Connected, we are highlighting some of the eAudio books available from our uLibrary site.
*A Tale of Two Sisters,* "Merryn Allingham" | *The Life of Death,* "Lucy Booth ""|" *Murder and the Glovemakers Son*, "Lesley Cookman" *| **Personal,* "Lee Child" |* A High Mortality of Doves,* "Kate Ellis ""| "*Liverpool Daughter,* "Katie Flynn"" |"* Rags to Riches,* "Maggie Ford" |* Excellent Intentions","*" Richard Hull" | *The**Unseen Hand,* "Edward Marston ""|" *The Housekeepers Daughter,* "Rosie Meddon" | *Death in Focus,* "Anne Perry"|* The Copperettes at War*, "Sue Wilsher"
To find out more about these and other great new reads clickhere [ [link removed] ].
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