Lower Earley Library 20th birthday with Wokingham Borough Council
Lower Earley Library is 20 years old this month and the landmark is being celebrated with an author visit, coffee morning, quiz and children’s activities.
The fun will start with a baby bounce and rhyme session on Tuesday November 20 from 10.30am to 11am at which young children and parents or guardians can enjoy nursery rhymes and songs. From 4pm to 6pm on the same day there will be a family story and craft session for older children and their families, where a face painter will be among the attractions. Places must be booked for the bounce and rhyme but visitors can just turn up for the story and craft session.
The celebration will continue on Thursday November 22 with a Pottery Pals craft workshop, which will offer families with young children and babies the chance to decorate plates or pictures with their little ones’ hand and foot prints. The session will be on from 10.30am to 11.30am and is £3 per person plus £5 to £9 per item. Places must be booked in advance.
Prolific writer Catrin Collier will join the birthday party on Thursday November 22 when she visits Lower Earley Library to talk about her career. Ms Collier has published more than 30 novels and had three plays produced professionally - some under the names Katherine John, Katherine Hardy and Caro French. One of her early novels, Hearts of Gold, was adapted into a mini-series and attracted 6.8 million viewers on the BBC and her books range from historical novels set in Wales from the 1930s to 1950s to modern crime thrillers. Tickets to the author visit are free but must be booked in advance.
The celebrations will culminate on Friday November 23 with a charity coffee morning from 10am to 12 midday. All library members will be welcome to join staff for coffee and cake and to raise money for the Helen and Douglas House Hospice in Oxfordshire. Later in the day there will be a card making craft workshop for adults, from 2.30pm to 4.30pm. Places must be booked from the library and cost £5 per person.
All week there will also be a local quiz with a £30 book token prize running at the library.
Wokingham Borough Council corporate head of knowledge development Chris Hamilton said: “Lower Earley library and its staff have given countless hours of pleasure to readers. Hopefully many of those residents who have enjoyed the library in the past – even those who are not members at the moment – will come back and help us celebrate this birthday.”
None of the current staff at Lower Earley Library were there when it opened, but some of the members were and it is hoped they will join in some of the celebrations.
Wokingham Library supervisor Sue Hawkins said: “Lower Earley Library is part of the community and we hope that our borrowers appreciate the fun atmosphere here as well as the great range of books available. We are really looking forward to the birthday celebrations and hope to see a lot of members – old and new – during the week.”
To book a place at the baby bounce and rhyme, Pottery Pals, Catrin Collier’s author visit or the card making workshop call Lower Earley Library on 0118 931 2150.
The fun will start with a baby bounce and rhyme session on Tuesday November 20 from 10.30am to 11am at which young children and parents or guardians can enjoy nursery rhymes and songs. From 4pm to 6pm on the same day there will be a family story and craft session for older children and their families, where a face painter will be among the attractions. Places must be booked for the bounce and rhyme but visitors can just turn up for the story and craft session.
The celebration will continue on Thursday November 22 with a Pottery Pals craft workshop, which will offer families with young children and babies the chance to decorate plates or pictures with their little ones’ hand and foot prints. The session will be on from 10.30am to 11.30am and is £3 per person plus £5 to £9 per item. Places must be booked in advance.
Prolific writer Catrin Collier will join the birthday party on Thursday November 22 when she visits Lower Earley Library to talk about her career. Ms Collier has published more than 30 novels and had three plays produced professionally - some under the names Katherine John, Katherine Hardy and Caro French. One of her early novels, Hearts of Gold, was adapted into a mini-series and attracted 6.8 million viewers on the BBC and her books range from historical novels set in Wales from the 1930s to 1950s to modern crime thrillers. Tickets to the author visit are free but must be booked in advance.
The celebrations will culminate on Friday November 23 with a charity coffee morning from 10am to 12 midday. All library members will be welcome to join staff for coffee and cake and to raise money for the Helen and Douglas House Hospice in Oxfordshire. Later in the day there will be a card making craft workshop for adults, from 2.30pm to 4.30pm. Places must be booked from the library and cost £5 per person.
All week there will also be a local quiz with a £30 book token prize running at the library.
Wokingham Borough Council corporate head of knowledge development Chris Hamilton said: “Lower Earley library and its staff have given countless hours of pleasure to readers. Hopefully many of those residents who have enjoyed the library in the past – even those who are not members at the moment – will come back and help us celebrate this birthday.”
None of the current staff at Lower Earley Library were there when it opened, but some of the members were and it is hoped they will join in some of the celebrations.
Wokingham Library supervisor Sue Hawkins said: “Lower Earley Library is part of the community and we hope that our borrowers appreciate the fun atmosphere here as well as the great range of books available. We are really looking forward to the birthday celebrations and hope to see a lot of members – old and new – during the week.”
To book a place at the baby bounce and rhyme, Pottery Pals, Catrin Collier’s author visit or the card making workshop call Lower Earley Library on 0118 931 2150.
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