Category: Wenvoe Community Hub

What’s Happening in May

 

National Walking Month – We receive brochures from several local walking groups; why not call in and choose a suitable walk for you and your family this month?

Local and Community History Month – Increase your awareness of local history by borrowing one of our many local and community history books.

6th May – International Dawn Chorus Day – The story goes that International Dawn Chorus Day began in the 1980s when broadcaster Chris Baines asked everyone to attend his birthday party at 4am so they could enjoy the dawn chorus with him. If you intend to have your own dawn party, the library on-line catalogue has a large collection of books and CDs to help you recognise birds and their calls.

12th May Saturday – 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. See the noticeboard in the library for more details.

19th May Saturday – Books and Bake. Saturday 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.

21st May – Monday – After School Lego. Join us for a fun hour with Lego 3:30-4:30

Weekly Events

Tuesdays – Our Family History Sessions are gaining in popularity. There is no need to book drop in between 10:30 and 12:30. Fee £2 a session.

Wednesdays – We have received excellent feedback from the FREE support sessions providing help with using mobile phones, laptops and tablets. Sessions need to be booked in advance so call in or ring us to find out more.

Wednesdays Knit ‘n’ Natter 2-4pm. – If you enjoy knitting/crocheting and good conversation, then contact Janet Williams jjwilliams23@hotmail.com

New Books for May

We have a tempting selection of new children’s fiction and educational books, craft books and adult fiction. This month’s suggestions:

Tell Me No Secrets by Linda Stacey – a gripping thriller you won't want to put down.

The Trip of a Lifetime by Monica McInerley – addresses the delights and challenges of family relationships.

Out of the Madhouse by Iain Maitland – a family story told with humour and frankness through the author’s diary entries and his own reflections.

Advance Notice

Day Trip to London – Join us on Saturday 14th July for a coach trip to London. Price £20 per person. Book your place now in the library.

Visit us Find us behind the Community Centre

For Library Opening Hours see link

 

Reycling – Remember that we sell bags
for garden, food, recycling and dog waste.
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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.

 

 

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!

 

 

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