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Off the shelf This month’s book was The Children Act by Ian McEwan. Fiona Maye is a leading High Court judge. Decidedly intelligent, talented and highly regarded in her profession. She now regrets her decision to sacrifice motherhood and a marriage which is failing for a profession she loves. When seventeen-year-old Adam’s urgent case comes before her in family law, […]
» Read moreClwb Clonc We are still meeting online every Monday at 11 a.m. If you would like to join us and keep up with your Welsh language skills, then sign into Zoom. The log-in details are the same each week -Meeting ID: 760-4305-6456. Password: 5dgcwT. We’d love to see you
» Read moreSummer Reading Challenge The first ambassadors have been announced for the Summer Reading Challenge 2020 including: Jacqueline Wilson, Paul O’Grady, Cressida Cowell, Charlie Condou, Philip Ardagh, David Baddiel, Rob Biddulph, Sam and Mark, Hacker T Dog, Ben Fogle, Joseph Coehlo, Katie Thistleton, Harry Baker, Konnie Huq, Guy Bass, Steven Butler, Gareth P Jones, J M Joseph, Jennifer Killick and Laura […]
» Read moreWENVOE COMMUNITY LIBRARY Tel: 02920 594176 – during opening hours or wenvoelibrary@outlook.com Like and follow us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/WenvoeCommunityLibrary News Hay Festival Online. We were so disappointed that this year’s festival was cancelled but if you haven’t already subscribed, Hay Player allows you to play as much of Hay’s audio and film as you like. For an annual […]
» Read moreOff the Shelf The Belly of Paris In our Zoom meeting this month we discussed Emile Zola’s ‘The Belly of Paris’. Les Halles (the belly of Paris) was the huge central market of the capital and the centre of this mid 19th century novel. Florent was wrongly imprisoned on Devil’s Island for murder in the coup of 1851. Florent […]
» Read moreWENVOE COMMUNITY LIBRARY Tel: 02920 594176 – during opening hours or wenvoelibrary@outlook.com Like and follow us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/WenvoeCommunityLibrary When will the Library re-open? You will probably have heard the First Minister announce that libraries in Wales can now re-open. Vale libraries are currently seeking guidance from Public Health Wales about the necessary safety measures. This is likely to […]
» Read moreBirdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore Not to be beaten by the lockdown we held our meeting via Zoom. This month’s book Birdcage Walk by Helen Dunmore was set in Bristol during the time of the French Revolution. Lizzie Fawkes was brought up by her idealistic widowed mother with whom she is very close. Her mother has remarried but is […]
» Read moreAren’t you pleased that you’re a library member? Now you’re in lockdown, aren’t you pleased that you’re a library member so you can enjoy our fabulous collection of online materials such as ebooks, audiobooks and digital magazines? You’re not a member? Well we’ve got some good news; online library registration is now active! Just click the “Join Online” button on […]
» Read more‘Tombland’ by C.J. Sansom This month, our book was ‘Tombland’ by C.J. Sansom. This was the seventh in the series of Matthew Shardlake, the hunchbacked lawyer detective. In this case Shardlake is directed by Lady Elizabeth (the future queen) to investigate the murder involving a distant relative. In so doing, Shardlake, aided by his assistant Nicholas Overton, finds himself embroiled […]
» Read moreMarch Library News The Cancellation of Planned Events and Activities: The following events have been cancelled: Gardeners’ Question Time Bus trip to Hay Festival For those who have bought tickets, we will contact you individually. Easter Raffle: The tickets sold as well as the prizes which have again been generously donated, will be moved to the Village Show . […]
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