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Well it’s (allegedly) summer, here’s what we’ve got coming up in the next few weeks in libraries from touring exhibitions to murder mysteries...
Beyond the Bassline: a new touring exhibition from the British Library
Beyond the Bassline
Inspired by the British Library’s new" Beyond the Bassline" exhibition, we are hosting a free panel display in selected libraries, to help tell a national story about Black music in Britain through the Living Knowledge Network*.* [
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* *The exhibition documents 500 years of Black music in Britain and explores the people, places and genres that have formed a British soundtrack. It highlights music as a form of entertainment and vehicle for community, as well as a source of liberation, protest and education, and spotlights clubs, carnivals and community hubs from across the country that have cultivated creative expression and inspired a number of Black British music genres.
Catch "Beyond the Bassline "at the following libraries:
*Winsford Library:* June to 12 July 2024
*Chester Library at Storyhouse:* 15 July to 6 September 2024
*Neston Library:* 9 September to 29 November 2024
*Ellesmere Port Library*: 6 January to 31 March 2025
If you’ve already spotted the exhibition in Winsford, you can fill in the visitor survey [
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BorrowBox Tips and Tricks
We love BorrowBox – our free eBook and eAudiobook app and we hope you do too! Here are our top tips and tricks to make the most of this amazing resource and keep reading (or listening) wherever you are.
* Use the Reading List feature to keep track of titles you want to read next. To add an eBook or eAudiobook to your reading list, just press and hold the cover image of the book and select “Add To Reading List”. From the “My Loans” tab, you can then keep track of everything you’ve saved by selecting “My Reading List”.
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* **Check out the #ReadNow and #ListenNow titles**
If you want to grab something to read straight away, the #ReadNow and #ListenNow titles are always available. You’ll always find them at the top of your app or screen, and everyone can download them at the same time – no wait lists! Upcoming titles this month include "The Bullet That Missed" by Richard Osman and "Big Swiss" by Jen Beagin.
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*Change the font size, style, or background colour*
If you'd prefer a larger font size, dyslexia-friendly font or night-time background for e-books, you can change this in the settings. Select the "aA" icon at the bottom of the screen while reading to explore these settings.
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WiFi printing now available
WiFi printing
We’re pleased to announce that Wi-Fi (cloud) printing is now available in libraries.
This means library members can now send documents to a library printer straight from your phone, tablet or laptop.
Upload your documents online [
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Could you be a Library Apprentice?
Apprenticeships
Ellesmere Port Library currently has a vacancy for a 12-month full-time Library Apprentice.
Could this be the job for you or someone you know?
Visit our website [
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Coming up: events to look out for
*Murder Mystery: The Glass Room by Ann Cleeves*
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Our famous Murder Mystery is going on tour again and this time we’re investigating a shocking murder at a writers’ retreat.
Gather your team of detectives, then join a suspicious cast of characters, listen to their witness statements, and use your little grey cells to figure out whodunnit.
* Thursday 27 June, 7pm-9pm at Neston Library. Get your tickets here. [
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* Tuesday 16 July, 7pm-9pm at Lache Library. Get your tickets here [
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*Save the date: the Summer Reading Challenge is coming (and we need your help)!*
Summer reading challenge
It’s our favourite time of year again…the Summer Reading Challenge is (nearly) back and once again we’re challenging all primary-age children to get reading over the summer! This year the theme is Marvellous Makers – join in all the fun from *Saturday 6 July*. As usual we’ll have loads of events and activities to keep you busy during the holidays, and we’ll be announcing the full list soon.
We’re also looking for volunteers to help us with our busy summer programme so if you would like to get involved, apply online here [
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*Been to a library event recently? Let us know what you thought.*
Library events
If you’ve recently attended a library event or activity, we’d love to hear about your experience. Fill in our feedback form [
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Best of the books: our favourite new titles this month
How to age disgracefully [
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How to Age Disgracefully
Clare Pooley
Daphne knows that age is just a number. She also knows that society no longer pays her any attention - something she's happy to exploit to help her hide a somewhat chequered past. But finding herself alone on her 70th birthday, with only her plants to talk to and neighbours to stalk online, she decides she needs some friends. Joining a Senior Citizen's Social Club she's horrified at the expectation she'll spend her time enduring gentle crafting activities. Thankfully, the other members - including a failed actor addicted to shoplifting and a prolific yarn-bomber - agree. After a tragic accident, the local council threaten to close the club - but they have underestimated the wrong group of pensioners - and with the help of a teenage dad and a geriatric, orphaned mongrel, the incongruous gang set out to prove it.
*Click here to place hold* [
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The burial plot [
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The Burial Plot
Elizabeth Macneal
London, 1839. Where the cemeteries are full and there is money to be made in death, Bonnie and Crawford lead a life of trickery, surviving off ill-gotten coin and nefarious schemes. But one hot evening, their luck runs out. A man lies in a pool of blood at Bonnie's feet and now she needs to disappear. Crawford secures her a position as lady's maid in a grand house on the Thames, still deep in mourning for its late mistress. As Bonnie comes to understand this family - the eccentric Mr Moncrieff, obsessively drawing mausoleums grand enough for his dead wife, and their peculiar daughter Cissie, scribbling imaginary love letters to herself from the mysterious Lord Duggan - she begins to question what really happened to Mrs Moncrieff and whether her own presence here was planned from the beginning. Because Crawford is watching, and perhaps he is plotting his greatest trick yet.
*Click here to place hold* [
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Death in le jardin [
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Death in le Jardin
Ian Moore
On the surface, Richard Ainsworth has life where he wants it. Middle-aged navel gazing and Olympic levels of procrastination are exactly what rural life in France should be about. Then crisis hits his posh B&B when redoubtable housekeeper, Madame Tablier, is accused of murder. Even more surprisingly, it's the murder of a former fianc, turned brother-in-law. None of which the stubborn old woman denies. Valrie d'Oray is having none of it and their investigation leads them to a strange tourist garden village, where backbiting, recriminations and even former colleagues provide a deadly scenario more tangled than knotweed.
*Click here to place hold* [
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*Browse the full list of upcoming titles* [
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BorrowBox titles
Our #ReadNow #ListenNow titles are always available to download from BorrowBox [
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You will find these at the top of the BorrowBox app.
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