Category: Wenvoe Community Hub
Longer Opening Hours and More to Do
Additional Opening Hours – We are delighted to announce that as from April 9th we are extending our opening hours. The library will then be open from 3- 6pm on Mondays. This should make the library more accessible for children to call in after school and to those who want to visit us outside working hours.
New Book Club – Page Turners has been running with its maximum of 10 members for seven years. Building on this success we have registered a second book club. If you would like to join please contact Isobel Davies: davies.isobel @yahoo.co.uk
New Library Books for April – We have an enticing selection of new books. See what’s new on Facebook.
What’s On? – Full details of all these events are in the Library and on Facebook.
7th &14th April Lego Challenge
10:30-12 noon for children 4-10.
An adult must accompany their children.
23rd April, National Gardening Week
We’ll be displaying a wide selection of gardening books to encourage your springtime horticultural activities.
12th May – National Limerick Day Competition Celebrate the day with us by entering our limerick competition. A bottle of Prosecco is awarded for the most humorous and creative limerick.
Books and Bake. Saturday May 19th 10:30- 12:30.
Join us at the Community Centre for refreshments and the sale of pre-loved books, DVDs and delicious home baked cakes.
Tuesday Family History Sessions – Have you always wanted to trace your roots and learn more about your ancestors? We are holding weekly drop-in sessions for beginning and more experienced genealogical researchers.
On-line genealogical sources via Ancestry and FindmyPast are freely available for in-library use. The library also has free Wi-Fi so you are encouraged to bring your laptops/tablets. Tuesday mornings from10:30-12:30. There is no need to book. Fee £2 a session.
Wednesdays Digital Champions – Did you know that one out of five people in the Vale of Glamorgan are not confident in using the Internet? That’s why the Vale is offering a range of FREE 1-to-1 support sessions to help you get you started, increase your confidence, or build on your existing skills in using your mobile phones, laptops and tablets. Sessions need to be booked in advance so why not call in or ring us to reserve your place?
Wednesdays Knit ‘n’ Natter 2-4 p.m – If you enjoy knitting/crocheting and good conversation, then contact Janet Williams: jjwilliams23@hotmail.com
New members – Over the next few weeks our volunteers will be calling on The Grange, Cambrian Park and St Lythans Park with library membership packs outlining the many library services offered.
Visit us: Find us in the car park behind the Community Centre.
Opening Times
Monday 3.00pm – 6.00pm
Tuesday 10.00am – 1.00pm
Wednesday 10.00am- 12.00pm and 3.00pm – 5.00pm
Thursday Closed
Friday Closed
Saturday 9.00am – 1.00pm
Keep up to date on news and events. Like and follow us at: www.facebook.com/WenvoeCommunityLibrary
Recycling – Remember that we sell recycling bags and bags for garden, food, and dog waste.
New Library Volunteers
We are delighted to report that we have had an excellent response to our call for library Volunteers. We have recruited six villagers who have embarked on their training programme and we welcome them all to our team. This gives us further opportunities to develop our library service and we will keep everyone closely informed.
We are having an Easter Raffle again (see separate notice); we do hope you will support it as you have earlier raffles. There are a number of prizes to be won. We do need to raise money whenever and however we can to keep our library going.
And once again here is the list of new books in the library this month. The good news is that we are receiving a good supply of varied titles now:
Adult Fiction
Hiding in Plain Sight – Susan Lewis (has had good reviews)
With a Kiss and a Prayer – Ellie Dean
Past Perfect – Danielle Steel
A Darker State – David Young (Crime)
Millie Vanilla's Cupcake Cafe – Georgia Hill
Cowboy Up – Harper Sloan
Non Fiction
Jewellery school School, Bead Stringing – Carolyn Schulz
5 minute Parenting Fixes – Joshi Hughes Liat
Re-Nourish – Rhiannon Lambert
Childrens
Helfa Fawr y Deinosoraid – Helen Flook
Dwin Dychrau y Feithrinfa – Amanda Li
Arwyn yr Anturiwr – Grace Todd
These are a selection of our tempting titles.
All our new books are on display in the library
January Update
Our library was full of festive cheer on Saturday December 16th when our local author, Bethan Darwin, came along to draw the winning ticket for our Christmas raffle. The winner of the hamper full of festive treats was Mr Cliff Tipple. A total of 153 tickets were sold, a great result, and our thanks to go to Clare for the prize and the organisation of the raffle.
To all book lovers here is an interesting thing to do. You can make a list of all the books you have read. It’s the BBC’s Top 100 Books You Need To Read Before You Die. http://www.listchallenges.com/bbcs-top-100-books-you-need-to-read-before-you-die We would love to hear about anyone’s list.
And here is our list of new books for this month:
ADULT FICTION
The Guilty – David Baldacci
Night School – Lee Child
A Time of Torment – John Connolly
An Orphan in the snow – Molly Green
60 – Mihangel Mogan
Ruler of the Night – David Morrell
NON FICTION
Wonderful Wilderness – Gill Arbuthnott
CHILDREN
Bodyworks – The Heart and Lungs – Thomas Canavan
Roller Coaster Ride around the Body – Dawnay and Barrow
Alys Drws Nesa – Julie Curtin
Methy Symud – Gomer
Parc – Drefwen
Arwyn yr Anturiwr – Grace Todd
This is a selection of children's titles, we have lots more new ones in the library.
Happy reading.
Volunteer Librarians
Pop-up-Sale
On Saturday 2nd December we held our first "Pop-up" sale of used books outside the Springfield Stores which was good for reducing our stock of surplus books as well as meeting plenty of people. Keep an eye out for future Pop-ups on a Saturday morning and thanks to the Stores for hosting us.
We are always grateful for donated books but in particular for recent crime and thrillers. Some have been in really good condition and relatively new that we have taken them into our lending stock rather than selling them, so if you have any "read-once" or recent books which you would like to either share or be sold to top-up our funds, we would be grateful for your donation.
Adult Fiction
The Woods – Harlan Coben
A Game of Ghosts – John Connolly
The Nightingale Christmas Show – Donna Douglas
The Cold Christmas – Alistair Gunn
The Dry – Jane Harper (Great thriller)
The Perfect Victim – Corrie Jackson
The Gift – Louise Jensen
End of Watch – Stephen King
Palace of Treason – Jason Matthews
Childrens Books
A winter love song – Rita Bradshaw
Zog and the Flying Doctors – Julia Donaldson
Magic Animal Friends – Daisy Meadows
The Giant's Necklace – Michael Morpurgo
Wish upon a snowflake – Alison Edgson
Bedtime stories for 6 yr olds – Helen Paiba
Scary stories for 7 yr olds – Helen Paiba
Brig- Ddyn – Julia Donaldson
Sali Mali – S4C
This is a selection of children's titles, we have lots more new ones in the library.
Happy reading
Raffles and Lego
We are holding a Christmas Raffle with a bumper hamper of seasonal goodies up for grabs. Tickets are £1.00 each and available in the library; thanks to Claire Ellis for organising and donating items.
We are selling Christmas Cards with a choice of local scenes and these are £4.00 for ten. These are unique to Wenvoe and not available anywhere else; ideal for sending to former residents or those who have moved away from the village?
With the holiday season approaching we will be having more Lego sessions on Saturday mornings; these will probably be on Saturday 9th and 17th but Follow us on Facebook for details.
We have had a good clear out of books which haven’t been read in the last two years and are making space for the new stock as it begins to arrive. If you’re looking for good books to read over Christmas don’t forget you can browse the catalogue over the internet and order books from almost any public library in Wales.. CDs, DVDs and audio books are also available.
Merry Christmas, and happy reading!
Christmas Plans
As we enter the festive season the Wenvoe Library Christmas Cards are on sale at £4.00 for a pack of ten, each pack featuring one of two local scenes photographed by Roy Carr, local photographer extraordinaire. These are for sale in the library and all proceeds go towards the library funds.
There will also be a Christmas Raffle of food and drink items, tickets on sale in the library.
The Digital Drop-in sessions are proving popular with those wishing to get more understanding of how to use their lap-top, tablet or smartphone; these still need to be booked in advance and are normally on a one-to-one basis. If you are nervous about, say, joining Facebook, or using any other apps instruction will be given in how to do so safely and how to see the people you want to see without losing your privacy; and if you use Facebook you can Follow our regular page of information and celebration.
The Lego mornings were very successful over the summer holidays and it is expected that we will be running some more in December; it would be marvellous if anyone has any more Lego to donate.
New book arrivals October 2017
An absolute plethora of new books for this month – 26 fiction titles and 12 non-fiction titles. Here are a selection, they are all on display on the first bookshelf when you go into the Library
Fiction
Taking Liberties Helen Black
Origin Dan Brown
Don’t Let Go Harlan Coben
Back Home Bethan Darwin
Wychwood George Mann
Last Breath K Slaughter
The Hit Anna Smith
Non Fiction
Recycled Home Mark Bailey
Victoria and Albert Daisy Goodwin
London Time Out
What we see in the Stars Kelsey Oseid
Plus many more tempting titles available in OUR Community Library
Christmas Cards
We are making the final selection of images for the Christmas Cards to sell this year! We’re grateful to Roy Carr for his offer to supply the pictures from his extensive collection. The cards should be on sale in mid-October in packs of ten and priced at about £3.50; there will be at least two different pictures available. Once the cards are printed the pictures will be on our Facebook page and on sale in the library during our normal opening hours.
Brenig Davies of Clos Llanfair has joined us as a new Director of the not-for-profit company set up to run the library and we welcome him to the team.
Our volunteer group is expanding slowly but any new volunteers are always welcome; we are also keen to offer the opportunity to 16 – 18 year olds doing Welsh Baccalaureate to come and volunteer. In addition any accountants in the village who could help with the annual accounts would be welcome to give the benefit of their skills.
We have started the Digital Drop-Ins for helping with lap-tops, tablets, and smartphones. You need to book these at least a week in advance for one of the two slots each Wednesday morning. The genealogy sessions on a Tuesday continue.
As the autumnal clear-up of your gardens approach can we remind you that we sell the whole range of recycling bags including green bags at the same price as going to The Alps.
New Book arrivals September 2017
Half Yard Vintage – Debbie Shore
Mothering Sunday – Rosie Goodwin
The Bertie Project – Alexander McCall Smith
A View across the Mersey – Anne Baker
A Climate of Fear – Fred Vorges
The Fire Child – S K Tremayne
The Button Box –Dilly Cout
The Obsession – Nora Roberts
Don’t Tell – Karen Rose
In Pursuit of Memory – Joseph Jebelli
The Fear of Thirteen – Nick Yarris
Inferno – Julian Stockwin
Plenty of September reading ahead!
Facebook Update
Facebook page is working well with 20 people “Following” it. There are now book reviews as well as news of events and activities. One activity which has gone well is the Lego drop-in sessions on a Saturday morning. Children have, under supervision, created some amazing shapes and characters and enjoyed their library time, some even taking a book home at the end of the morning.
If all this talk of Facebook and smartphones seems alien then try one of our Digital drop in sessions. Details are available in the library.
We have started "Storytime" in two forms. Firstly we have opened especially for the primary school to bring pupils across to enjoy a story read by Sandra Dicks in the library; the hope is that this will continue on a regular basis over the coming years, it keeps the children engaged with reading outside the school environment. Secondly, over the summer months we have held storytelling picnics on the grass outside the library. It's not been the best weather this year but next year could be fantastic!
Spaces are available on a Tuesday morning for our Ancestry sessions, just drop in on a Tuesday or enquire next time you are passing. You don't have to be a library member to take part but will have to sign up if you wish to use your own laptop or tablet.
The new Library Management System is in place and, after a troublesome installation is working well. The on-line catalogue is broadly the same to help readers choose books at home and order them for collection as well as making renewals from home.
If you bought tourist guides over the summer then remember for next year that you could have borrowed Rough guides, Lonely Planet etc from the library. If you did buy one and don't foresee using it again yourself the why not donate it?
We are planning to sell Christmas Cards this year! From the end of September we should have competitively priced cards available in the library in packs of ten. More details next month, but it will be a special way of saying "Merry Christmas from Wenvoe"
Welcome to all new residents. If you want to join the library come down with some ID, fill out the forms and we'll have you up and running as a borrower on the day. (The library is located behind the Community Centre, the opening times can be found on page 2).