When Will The Library Re-Open?
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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 be some time ahead for community libraries and no date has been suggested. However, Barry and Penarth libraries, are working on a Click and Collect service. We will keep you updated next month with full details how to access the service when it is in operation.
Clwb Clonc meet 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.
Summer Reading Challenge
This year’s Summer Reading Challenge is still going ahead but obviously will be facilitated online at http://ow.ly/skcU50zDzWW The “Let’s Get Silly!” campaign will open on 1st June leading up to the launch day on Friday 5 June.
The digital challenge platform will include a safe sign-up process, a personal profile area where children can set reading goals, review books, view book recommendations and access guides to e-lending. There will also be a forum to chat to friends, play games, download and print activities, as well as family activities with rewards and unlockable content to keep children and families engaged throughout the summer months. The platform will be FREE for children and families to use.
Lockdown Library activities.
Here are some ways to access new books, even though we are closed
The National Shelf Service https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPUIqlJM0aieXdq-LxKDvWA/live. This is a new daily YouTube broadcast featuring book recommendations from professional librarians. The daily videos will focus on helping children and families discover new, diverse reading experiences. The broadcast will run Monday to Friday at 11.00am each day at https://www.cilip.org.uk/nationalshelfservice. The selected titles will be available to borrow as e-books from most local libraries via their websites.
Welsh Libraries
This year the Get Creative Festival has moved online with #GetCreativeAtHome. Head to the #RBdigital app and check out their range of crafting magazines (including MollieMakes magazine), which are packed with tutorials on all sorts of creative projects. #GetCreative RBdigital UK https://libraries.wales/my-digital-library/e-zines/
Online Book Group Wales – Borrowbox https://libraries.wales/my-digital-library/borrowbox
Each month, titles will be chosen by popular vote. Titles will become available as eBook or/and eAudio through our Borrowbox service, or you can join in with your own print copy. There will be a Welsh and English title available for discussion every month. They will prompt a ‘half-way’ discussion, followed by a final discussion at the end of each month.
Wonderful children’s eAudioBooks are available as simultaneous reading titles from BorrowBox this month, so no queues!
Star Wars
Read Star Wars Comics today on the RBdigital app or website – use your library membership number to register! https://libraries.wales/my-digital-library-rbdigital-comics/
Off the Shelf
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 manages to escape and return to his native Paris where he lives under a false identity with his half-brother Quenu and his wife Lisa, above their charcutier shop. He is found a position in the market as a fish inspector.
This is a story of intrigue, petty jealousy and rival social positioning amongst the working class of Les Halles and depicts the widening gap between the rich and poor of Paris. Florent is an ineffectual character who, after being tested to his limits by the stall holders, finally gains the respect of the market traders. However, his true identity is discovered by his sister-in-law’s jealous neighbours. Florent who has involved himself with a group of socialist activists, is turned in, is arrested and deported again.
We felt that although there was not much of a story to the plot, Zola perfectly described the market, and the lives and social conditions of those who worked there. He depicts the poverty, and the constant striving for social standing and respect by the working class. In his vivid description of the market halls, the stalls and the characters, he takes us into the homes of the traders, describes their clothes, food, habits, and language. His portrayal of the produce and the sights and smells of the market provided such an atmosphere that we felt we could be taking a live tour of Les Halles. We gave the book a score of 8/10.
Your contributions: We would love to receive a review or synopsis of a book you are reading during lockdown. Please email your contributions to wenvoelibrary@outlook.com