After a month at Central Library the exhibition is now at Allesley Park Library.  

Presented by China Plate and Coventry University, 'Humans Not Heroes' is a co-created series of 7 audio pieces made with artists and healthcare workers exploring their experiences of the Covid pandemic. Participants were from a variety of roles and experiences, from up and down the country.

These pieces are emotive and designed to be intimate listening experiences. You can either listen to them online here from the comfort of your own home or pop into Allesley Park Library until the end of April to sit down and listen to the artworks in the mobile listening station. Each audio artwork is BSL interpreted and captioned.

Alongside the creation of the artworks, China Plate worked with Coventry University to research and recommend ways to improve compassion and wellbeing within the workplace and advocate for healthcare workers to be treated as individuals. The findings from this research are available to read online.

We hope you will join us in visiting to experience 'Humans Not Heroes'.

 Allesley Park Neighbourhood Centre, Whitaker Road, Coventry, CV5 9JE

'Reek' by Alastair Chisholm; illustrated by George Caltsoudas.

Sparrow lives in the world after the Reek. The atmosphere is toxically polluted, and Axel Brodie, the tech billionaire behind Zephyr Industries, is cashing in as the only supplier of clean air.

Sparrow is struggling to help her family survive until her brilliant inventor friend, Miriam Fenn, comes up with a new form of technology that could break Zephyr's stranglehold on the air supply.

But men like Brodie are hard to defeat, and he will do everything in his power to stop Miriam and Sparrow. Who will triumph in this battle to breathe?

'AdelAIDE: just wants to help' by Melinda Salisbury.

Freya desperately wants to be a famous influencer, like her former best friend, Hye-jin, but no matter what she does, her posts flop. Until Freya's stepdad arrives home with AdelAIDE, a home-assistant robot.

It quickly becomes clear that AdelAIDE is much more powerful than other home-assistant technology, and the thing AdelAIDE wants most of all is to help her new owners - especially Freya.

AdelAIDE has lots of ideas to help Freya boost her profile and get more likes and followers. But, when Freya starts to follow AdelAIDE's more radical advice, things quickly spiral out of control.

'Northern Soul' by Phil Earle

Up until now, Marv's uneventful life has revolved around playing football with his best mate, Jimmy. But things take a turn for the dramatic with the arrival at school of new girl Carly Stonehouse.

Marv falls in love at first sight, but there's no way a girl like Carly will ever look at him. Unless, perhaps, he enlists help from a very unusual source.

Follow Marv on his hilariously agonising quest for love, featuring his Croc-loving dad, a fast-food addicted musical idol from the past and some of the most cringeworthy song lyrics you might ever have heard.

When:

Thursday 23 April, 1pm to 4pm

Location:

Coventry resource Centre, Red Lane, Coventry, CV6 5EE

Details:

Health checks for everyone, ranging from BP Checks to height and weight checks to oxygen saturation checks etc.. At this event you can meet your PCN team, GP Practice staff and local service providers. 

Come and discover fantastic hidden local Coventry services and teams. Enjoy the friendly and welcoming atmosphere - refreshments provided. We look forward to seeing you!