Thanks to Tess for this update from Ventnor Library. Ed
We are delighted to be a venue for the Isle of Arts Festival.
For children
Saturday 20th – Nosey Pacas – from the hilarious children’s series (more here) and in the afternoon a Kid’s workshop “Wand measuring and Magic Hat making” (more here)
For adults
Friday 19th: Andrew Carnegie – a talk about the Scottish American philanthropist with a passion for Libraries (more here)
Saturday 20th: “History, Mystery and Scandal” – Fidelis Morgan – strictly for adults and with wine (more here)!
World Book Night
Shakespeare’s birthday and St. George’s Day. Come and read (or listen if you are shy) from your favourites – perhaps with a theme of nationhood? (more here)
Other activities in the library
Children’s Chess with Jane & Thomas – Saturdays from 2-3pm
Rhymetime for babies, toddlers and whoever they bring – Friday at 11am
Woolly Minded Craft Club – Wednesdays 2-4pm – not just knitting!
Free internet access everyday and a dedicated Universal Jobsearch line on Friday mornings
Interested in sharing your thoughts on books? Join our Reading Group (once a month on a Wednesday evening) or start your own! Contact the Library for details
New titles
New at Ventnor Library last week … just a brief selection.
Fiction
Orson SCOTT CARD, Ender’s Game – award-winning classic of war and survival
Jack CAMPBELL, Jag in Space, Rule of Evidence – science fiction
Gail CARRIGER, Timeless – an Alexia Tarabotti novel
Terence MORGAN, The Shadow Prince – historical novel
Sadie JONES, The Uninvited Guests
James PATTERSON 11th hour
Katie FLYNN Someone special
Graham MASTERTON White Bones – in this part of Ireland unmarked graves are common ….
Non-fiction
Sarah GRISTWOOD, Blood Sisters – the women behind the wars of the Roses
Isobel CARLSON, The Vegetable Patch – tips and advice for growing your own
Kay SEXTON, The Allotment Diaries – a year of potting, plotting and feasting
Timothy C BROWN, Flying with the Larks – the early aviation pioneers of Lark Hill
Dean EDWARDS, Mincespiration! – 100 budget-friendly family meals with mince
Gordon CORERA, M16, Life and Death in the British Secret Service
Jehanne WAKE, Sisters of Fortune –American heiresses take England by storm
Micky GLUCKSTAD, The Devil Shook my Hand,- Britain’s bare-knuckle fighter
Alasdair WICKHAM, The Black Book of Modern Myths – true unexplained ….
Frenchy LUNNING, Fetish Style
Yehuda KOREN and Eilat NEGEV, Giants, the Dwarfs of Auschwitz
Steve McKEVITT and Tony RYAN, Project Sunshine – science uses the sun to fuel and feed the world
Joanna BLYTHMAN What to eat – food that’s good for your health, pocket and plate
Helen BROWN After Cleo came Jonah – she swore she’d never get another kitten
Steve FOSSETT Chasing the Wind – the autobiography
Dale PINNOCK The Medicinal Chef
and more Large Print, Talking Books and children’s books.
