#surrey libraries

Learning library tips from a friend

I’m an inveterate book borrower, whether it be from a public library or one of the many free book sources. When choosing a book to read I struggle to remember whether I’d previously read a book when teasing a book off the shelf – authors John le Carre and Donna Leon always present a problem as I’ve read so many of their books, and often found that I’d chosen a book I’d read before. A solution…

Two public libraries in Surrey Heath get changed opening hours

Not sure if you know about this – both Frimley Green and Lightwater libraries have changes to their opening hours approved. Lightwater Library will be open for additional 3½ hours a week, opening for 17 hours a week. Up from 13½ hours. Frimley Green’s library opening hours opens for 1 hour longer on Monday, compensated by opening for 1 hour less on Tuesdays. It opens for 31½ hours a week. Surely…

Surrey Libraries’ commemoration of the First World War

From June 2014 to July 2015 Surrey Libraries has a programme of events, called War & Words,  to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.

Already well into the series of events, upcoming is the Surrey Heritage Annual Lecture 2014 by Richard van Emden, entitled, The Quick and the Dead: Fallen Soldiers and their Families in the Great War. The details are,

Saturday 8 November 2014 at 2.30pm

The past few weeks have included meetings, workshops, applications and new classes. My proposal for a Surrey Libraries project has been shortlisted which is exciting news. I had a great meeting with Commotion Dance about future projects and time management as someone who has many different roles. And last week I was part of a commission by Gary Clarke, creating a piece called The Soundtrack To Lives. At some points a difficult week as all the material came from our own autobiographies, it was fantastic to witness Gary's creative process, his quick decision making and his ability to throw his planned ideas out the window! It was also my first time working with the voice, something which I'd like to carry through to my own work.