Meet the Author – Ron Jones

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Meet the Author – Ron Jones

This was the Library’s first Meet the Author talk. Ron Jones who will be 102 in April, spoke about his war-time experiences as a POW with us. Full report on page 12

Look out for future Meet the Author events which we hope to hold every couple of months.

Advance Notice

Our last bus trip was a sell-out resulting in requests for more. As such we have three trips planned so book your seats early to avoid disappointment. Hay tickets are on sale now at the Library. Further details to follow.

  • Sat June 1st – Hay Festival. £15 Take time to explore the Festival site and the town of Hay. The full Festival programme will be released ‘on line’ in March.
  • Sat July 13th Cheddar Gorge 11.30am – 2pm then on to Clark’s Village (Outlet shopping centre) in Street Somerset 2.45 – 5.30pm
  • Sat Nov 30th London Trip

 

Easter Raffle. Tickets are on sale now at the library for a chance to win our hamper full of Easter goodies.

Volunteers

If you have a few spare hours a month to help us in any way, please email us or call into the library for an informal chat and a warm welcome.

Clwb Clonc – Join the growing number of learners and first language Welsh speakers who want to practise their conversational skills. Weekly meetings on Mondays in the café at Pugh’s Garden Centre at 11 am, and at 7pm on the second Thursday of the month in the bar of the Wenvoe Arms. Croeso i bawb.

Off the Shelf – The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

This book had a mixed reception. It was the complete opposite of his contemporary Charles Dickens. Set in the world of the gentry it did not decry the attitudes and mores of the existing society. The story was told through the eyes of some of its characters: some in the 1st person others through letters or journals. These characters were very well drawn; especially Betteredge the butler and Miss Drusilla Clack a family friend. The story was detailed, long-winded and somewhat unbelievable. Some of the group found it a relief to reach the end, others did not get that far. However, we did enjoy the humour and melodrama in the story and wondered if the book was written ‘tongue in cheek’; maybe as a ‘send up’ of the Gothic Novels fashionable at the same time. We gave it 6/10