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February is the shortest month but by no means the quietest... here's what's going on in libraries this month. |
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Cheshire West and Chester Council delivers library and museum services across the whole of the borough and we're asking for residents’ views on these services.
Our consultation launched on Monday 5 February and will be open for eight weeks, asking for feedback on a number of proposals on how we operate in the future.
Where can I share my views?
There are several ways to take part in the consultation.
Where can I talk to someone about the proposals?
There will be some informal public engagement sessions, where you can come and talk to library and museum services about the proposals. These will be at the following places:
- Thursday 15 February from 3pm to 7pm at Weaver Hall Museum and Northwich Library
- Tuesday 20 February from 9am to 1pm at Ellesmere Port Library
- Thursday 22 February from 2pm to 6pm at Grosvenor Museum Chester
- Friday 1 March from 9am to 1pm at Neston Library
- Thursday 7 March from 1pm to 5pm at Lion Salt Works Northwich
- Saturday 9 March from 9:30am to 1pm at Upton Library
- Monday 11 March from 2pm to 7pm at Winsford Library
- Thursday 14 March from 2pm to 5pm at Tarvin Library
What happens next?
When the consultation closes, library and museum services will then use the feedback to help shape the future museums and libraries service offer.
A summary of the consultation findings will be published on the Council website in spring 2024 alongside an update on the outcome of any decisions taken and the next steps.
For full details of the consultation please see the website: www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/librariesandmuseums
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Half-term is here again and there’s plenty to do at your library. Highlights include dance shows in Ellesmere Port, illustration workshops in Winsford and Sandiway, learning workshops in Upton, therapy dogs in Lache and craft activities everywhere!
Visit our Library Events page for the full list of events and activities.
Half term is also a great opportunity to pick up a brand-new fancy dress costume for World Book Day…read on to find out how!
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Need a World Book Day costume this year?
Do your bit to help save the environment and money this year, by donating unwanted children’s fancy dress costumes at Barnton, Blacon, Frodsham, Hoole, Hope Farm, Lache, Little Sutton, Neston, Northwich, Sandiway, Wharton and Winsford libraries.
You can also drop into any of those libraries and collect a donated costume.
Donated costumes are now available in all participating libraries until Wednesday 6 March.
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February marks LGBT+ History Month, and the theme this year is Medicine #UnderThe Scope, looking at the history of the LGBT+ community from a medical perspective and celebrating LGBT+ peoples’ contribution to the field of medicine and healthcare.
Follow us on social media where we’re highlighting influential LGBT+ figures throughout history throughout the month, as well as new and classic titles from our collection. You can also browse our full LGBT+ History Month booklist to see what’s available near you.
This year we’re also hosting a touring exhibition called From Prejudice to Pride, curated by Body Positive Cheshire & North Wales, which highlights the stories and experiences of the LGBT+ community in Cheshire over the years.
You can view the exhibition in the following places:
- All month: Northwich Library at Weaver Hall Museum
- 9 Feb – 15 Feb: Hope Farm Library / Helsby Library
- 16 Feb – 22 Feb: Great Boughton Library / Winsford Library
- 23 Feb – 29 Feb: Little Sutton Library / Sandiway Library
In the Northwich area? Decorate your own patch to add to a new community quilt project celebrating LGBT+ history. Available at Weaver Hall Museum (the temporary home of Northwich Library) on Sunday 11 February and Wednesday 14 February, 2.30-4.30pm.
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Bestselling crime author Kate Ellis will be joining us at Little Sutton Library on Monday 4 March to talk about her books and her life of “literary crime”. Kate is the author of the acclaimed Wesley Peterson and Albert Lincoln series, her books include The Mermaid’s Scream and A High Mortality of Doves.
- Little Sutton Library, Monday 4 March, 6.30pm-8pm
Tickets are selling fast – book yours now here.
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Fourteen Days
Margaret Atwood, John Grisham, Celeste Ng and more…
Set in a New York apartment building, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive novel with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of neighbours has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice. One week into lockdown, the tenants of a run-down apartment building in Manhattan have begun to gather on the rooftop each evening and tell stories. Gradually the tenants - some of whom have barely spoken to each other before now - become real neighbours.
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The Women
Kristin Hannah
From the bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes a story of devastating loss and epic love. ‘Women can be heroes, too’. When twenty-year-old nursing student, Frances “Frankie” McGrath, hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins the Army Nurses Corps and follows his path.
As green and inexperienced as the young men sent to Vietnam to fight, Frankie is overwhelmed by the chaos and destruction of war, but will also discover the true value of female friendship and the heartbreak that love can cause.
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The Fox Wife
Yangsze Choo
Manchuria, 1908: A young woman is found frozen in the snow. Her death is clouded by rumours of foxes, believed to lure people into peril by transforming into beautiful women and men. Bao, a detective with a reputation for sniffing out the truth, is hired to uncover the dead woman's identity. Since childhood, Bao has been intrigued by the fox gods, yet they've remained tantalizingly out of reach. Until, perhaps, now.
From the bestselling author of The Night Tiger, The Fox Wife is a stunning novel about old loves and second chances, the depth of maternal bonds, and ancient folktales that may very well be true.
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The Guest
B.A. Paris
Iris and Gabriel have just got home from a make-or-break holiday. But a shock awaits them. One of their dearest friends, Laure, is in their house - sleeping in their bed, wearing Iris' clothes, even rearranging the furniture. She has walked out on her husband - and their good friend - Pierre over his confession of an affair. Iris and Gabriel want to be supportive. But as Laure's mood becomes more unpredictable, her presence begins to unravel secrets in all their pasts - until things inevitably reach breaking point.
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