What's happening
Thursday 26th June Stephen E Andrews - 100 Must
Read Science Fiction Novels, Midsomer Norton Library. More...
Wednesday 2nd July William Dalrymple at
The Fry Club, Somerdale, from 7.30pm (8.00pm start to his
talk). Tickets, priced £7 (£5 for concessions) are available
from Keynsham Town Council, 15-17 Temple Street , Keynsham, Bristol
. BS31 1HF. Telephone 0117 9868683, or email
reception@keynsham-tc.gov.uk
Saturday 12th July Launch of this year’s Summer Reading
Challenge for children – Team Read
Saturday 23rd August Wrestling at Bath
Library
Thursday 18th September 7.30pm Saul David &
Adrian Tinniswood, Bath Central Library
Coming Soon...
Watch out for these other local writers and performers appearing
at your local library.
James Wynn – renovated Saltford Manor
Janet Tanner – author
E.V. Thompson - author
Andrew Miller - author
Are you willing to take up the Reading Challenge?
Council Staff have been telling us about the books they are
reading
What's it all about?
2008 is the National Year of Reading. We celebrate
everything to do with reading. This can be books, newspapers,
websites, comics, car manuals or whatever.
There are 9 monthly themes which are:
April - Read all about it
Read anything & everything, anywhere and at any time
May - Mind & Body
Links to be made with reading & health
June - Reading escapes
Focus on holiday reading or how reading helps an escape into a
different world.
July - Rhythm & rhyme
Celebrate poetry & lyrics
Aug - Read the game
Influence of sport to promote reading
Sept - You are what you read
Way to celebrate and explore cultural, personal & local
identities eg. local community history, family history research
Oct - Word of mouth
Celebrate storytelling, reading aloud, reading together.
Recommended reads idea and bounce & rhyme times etc
Nov - Screen reads
Diversity of reading and writing. Film tie-ins
Dec - Write the future
One person writes, others read and technology brings reading and
writing closer together
