Competition and events

Jim has discovered the following award - for full details see the link he has enclosed. Thanks Jim. It's really worth a punt. 

"Amazon and the Metro newspaper are launching a new literary award and the book only has to have a minimum of 5,000 words!

Some of the Scribblers may be interested.

amazon.co.uk/storyteller

Best wishes

Jim"

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Hey All,

Apologies for late notice but next writers' cafe is sneaking up on us:

* on   Monday 20th February

* starting 7:30pm

* at La Tour Cycle Cafe on 17 Tower Street, Ipswich

Next time I'll try to issue a bunch of dates in advance. Best of intentions and all that.

See you then!  

Ed

@ipswriterscafe

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Felixstowe Library Newsletter February 2017 Harry Potter Book Night We're happy to report that Harry Potter Book Night was again a sell out with 60 children visiting us on 2nd February for an evening of magical fun.  We were joined by a group of local actors who became characters from the books and threw themselves wholeheartedly into their roles. One of the children's activities involved writing reports for 'The Daily Prophet' newspaper. The newspaper has now been compiled and includes photos of the children so, particularly if you were here on the night,  please come in and see this fantastic publication! We've also displayed photos taken during the evening and children's comments. You can see them and more here: https://www.facebook.com/FelixstoweLibrary/ and here:  https://www.facebook.com/FelixstoweBookFest This event was held in conjunction with Felixstowe Book Festival and we're delighted that the children's events for the festival will again take place in the library, on the weekend of 1st-2nd July. So there will be plenty of exciting news to follow about that. Last month we mentioned that some of our periodicals were no longer available to read in the library due to financial cuts. Happily one, The Lady, has now been re-instated as a kind lady has offered to donate her copies.  Information and displays We are really excited about a new seafaring display that will be in the library commencing 18th February. This will combine a selection of books such as Down to the Sea in Ships by Horatio Clare, recommended by one of our readers, with input from The Seafarers Centre, Felixstowe. If you are a knitter, it will be of interest to you too! What have boats got to do with knitting? If you're intrigued please come into the library and have a look under the huge picture of a container ship. There will be a display for Fairtrade Fortnight between 27th and 11th March, with the stand manned on 4th March. Forthcoming Events Suffolk Libraries Presents We still have tickets left for our next film screening. On Friday 17th February we will be showing Shakespeare’s  Twelfth Night. Filmed in 2013 at the Globe Theatre this production has an all male cast including Mark Rylance, Stephen Fry and the late Roger Lloyd Pack.  The Times called it a “finely balanced, intelligent production”.  One not to miss if you’re a Shakespeare fan. Tickets are £7.50 and the film starts at 7pm.  Tickets have sold out for our  Friday 17th March showing of the critically acclaimed The Importance of Being Earnest starring David Suchet as Lady Bracknell. Let us know if you would like to be added to the waiting list. Mini March Fest If you've been into the library lately you may have noticed our display of books by authors coming to the Mini March Fest, run by Felixstowe Book Festival,  on Sunday 5th March. The day will start with a visit from the hugely popular novelist Erica James who will talk about her 20th book, Song of the Skylark.  She will be followed by  Liz Trenow who has been to Felixstowe several times and is a very good speaker.  Liz will talk about her latest novel, The Silk Weaver.  For In remembrance: the poetry and music of the First World War there will be an ensemble of young readers and musicians.  Finally, John Nightingale will talk about his crime mystery novel, The Appearance of Murder.  John was named as Ian Rankin's pick for his Christmas stocking!  See here for further information and tickets: https://felixstowebookfestival.co.uk/3925/mini-march-onsale Copyright © 2017 Felixstowe Library, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up to hear about forthcoming events at Felixstowe Library. Our mailing address is: Felixstowe Library Crescent Road Felixstowe, Suffolk IP11 7BY United Kingdom