We’ve recently put over 100 new adult titles on the shelves to tempt you in 2020. Come back in the new year (we re-open on 3 Jan) and check them out. You’ll find them on the central blue display stand. In the meantime, here’s a sampling. There are new children’s books too!
With singing from local school choirs plus our very own Greenhill Songsters, storytelling, a cake stall, refreshments, mulled wine, a lucky dip, and competitions, there’s something for all the family at our special day. The timetable looks like this:
Mums dads and kids — don’t miss our scrapbox challenge: make us a Christmas Tree from scrap materials!
The library will be decorated for Christmas; library services and the bookshop will be open all day. There is even an unconfirmed rumour that Father Christmas may visit in the afternoon.
Come and join us for a great family day!
Our Annual General Meeting was held in the library on Wednesday 23 October at 7.00pm.
PDF Documents are available via the following links:
‘A beautiful but dangerous place’ – crime novelist Stephen Booth talks about his best-selling Cooper and Fry series and the importance of the Peak District locations for his readers. A former newspaper journalist, Stephen has won awards on both sides of the Atlantic, and his books are translated into 16 languages. With Q&A and book sales.
Tickets £8 available now!
A sentimental journey around the area showing the development of the locale over the last two centuries in photographs with commentaries. Travel back to a time when, as part of Derbyshire, our area consisted of villages, farms and open fields. See how many of the original properties have been altered or even replaced.
This is a re-run of the sold-out event last March. Tickets (£4) are selling fast — book now to avoid disappointment!
We enjoy our Christmases, and so did the Tudors. They involved heaps of fun and ribaldry, but also had a huge element of friendship and commitment to family (no matter how distant), and to charity for those less well off. They sang and drank, made merry, danced, and used their imaginations. There are similarities with our Christmases, but also great differences; find out what they were like.
Tickets £5 available now
Funded by an award from the Freshgate Trust, our book team has been busy buying yet more books for children. Check out these new titles.
And remember you can browse our entire yellow sticker catalogue at https://greenhill.salcirc.org
From Joe Cornish, director of Attack The Block comes this movie about the Arthurian legend. Old school magic meets the modern world in this epic adventure. Alex thinks he’s just another nobody, until he stumbles upon the mythical sword in the stone, Excalibur. Now, he must unite his friends and enemies into a band of knights, together with the legendary wizard Merlin, against the wicked enchantress Morgana.
No need for a ticket — just turn up! Suggested donation £3 adults £2 children. Sweets, ice creams available.
