Baby Babble
Our popular Baby Babble courses for 4-9 month old babies begin again soon.
Please contact the following libraries if you'd like to sign up:
- Every Tuesday for 5 weeks from 19th April at Ilkeston Library 01629 533275
- Every Tuesday for 5 weeks from 26th April at Alfreton Library 01629 531481
- Every Wednesday for 5 weeks from 27th April at Buxton Library 01629 533460
- Every Tuesday for 5 weeks from 7th June at Heanor Library 01629 533795
More sessions will follow so please keep an eye out on our Facebook page! for details! Email ask.library@derbyshire.gov.uk or ring 01629 533444 for more info.
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Kate Greenaway Medal Shadowing Project
The shortlists for the Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medals have been announced, and as always they're a stunning collection of eight books each!
This year we are taking part in the Shadowing scheme with a project for children and families (suitable for age 6-11) to look at the books on the Kate Greenaway shortlist and see how they would judge the books and choose the winner based on the official criteria.
To view the shortlists please click here.
If you think your child would like to take part, or if you would like more information, please contact the Library Information Service on 01629 533444 or via ask.library@derbyshire.gov.uk.
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eAudiobooks on Libby
Have you met Libby? Libby is one of our eAudiobook platforms full to bursting with downloadable books to listen to and enjoy. No matter what you like to listen to, we guarantee Libby can help. If you need any help accessing Libby, email the Library Information Service on ask.library@derbyshire.gov.uk and we can arrange a 1-2-1 session to talk you through the process.
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Libby - Big Library Read
We’re excited to announce – DRUM ROLL – our next selection for the Big Library Read is:
Music is History by Questlove.
Best-selling author and Sundance award-winning director Questlove offers a thrilling, music-driven ride through the last 50 years of American history.
Music is History will be available for simultaneous use in both eBook and eAudiobook formats between April 4-18 from our Libby platform.
Use #biglibraryread on social media for a chance to win Apple AirPods Pro.
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Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
Jubilee flag design competition
As part of the Jubilee celebrations Derbyshire Libraries are running a competition for children and young people to design a celebratory flag.
A winning entry will be selected from each age category and will be reproduced on to a fabric flag. The flags will be displayed in libraries and the winners will also receive a copy of their flag to take home at a special award ceremony.
There are 3 age categories (6 and under, 7-11 and 12-16) and the closing date is 30th April. Entries should be submitted on a sheet of A4 white paper (landscape) to your local library.
For further information please check the website here.
Royal Memories
To celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee we are creating a physical and digital archive of memories from Derbyshire residents.
We are welcoming all stories and memories of the Queen from the Derbyshire community. These can be memories of Jubilee celebrations in the past, seeing or meeting the Queen in Derbyshire or even watching celebrations on television.
If you would like to contribute to our physical archive, please visit your local library, write your memory on the cards provided and hand it to a member of library staff.
If you would like to contribute to our digital archive please check the website here.
For further information please check here.
The Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in our libraries
For further information on an exciting range of forthcoming events in libraries check the website here.
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Derby Book Festival
Derby Book Festival returns for its seventh year from 20 – 28 May 2022 in venues around the city. With another great programme of over 70 events celebrating the joy of books and reading for all ages and interests, there’s something for everyone with topics ranging from fantasy to foraging, aristocrats to artists, slavery to swimming!
This year they have two best-selling children’s authors, Lauren Child and Jacqueline Wilson at Derby Theatre on 30 May and 1 June respectively at 2 – 3pm. Tickets are already on sale for these events. Other authors include poets Roger Robinson & Raymond Antrobus, novelists Sarah Moss, Graeme Macrae Burnet, Joanna Cannon, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Isy Suttie and Alison Weir and journalists John Crace, Tom Bradby & Paul Mason … plus The Great British Sewing Bee’s Esme Young.
Tickets go on sale for all other events on 6 April. For details of events and for booking information check the website here.
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Our Library Blog
Are you searching for something different to read? Why not take a look at our Blog. You could find a title or new author to tempt you.
We have a small team of bloggers who have a diverse taste in books and reading, from crime through fantasy to Japanese fiction and picture books. We love to read all things across the board and share our favourites. Each month one of our bloggers chooses a favourite title, which we hope you will borrow and enjoy. This month's book has been selected by Chris, read here. In addition, we will be highlighting books from the shortlists of a wide range of book awards in order to showcase new titles for you to delve into. Feel free to recommend some of your own favourites too or comment on our choices.
March's featured book is V. E. Schwab - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.
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Derbyshire Record Office
Letters from the front
Considerable quantities of bacon for breakfast and a roast beef dinner... not what you'd expect from life on the front during the First World War! Read some of the amazingly descriptive letters Harry Doughty sent home to Normanton in 1917 on our blog.
Free research workshop
If you’ve always wanted to do historical research but aren’t sure how to start, or you’d like to improve the skills and knowledge you already have, join us and our partners for a free online workshop on how to research the history of the Derwent Valley. The workshop will take place on 11 and 12 April – take a look at the programme and book your place here.
(Image: Arnold Henry 'Harry' Doughty)
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Buxton Museum & Art Gallery
The Derbyshire Open Art Competition is Back!
Since 1982, the Derbyshire Open Art Competition has attracted amateur and professional artists of all ages and backgrounds to compete for a range of prizes including a place in the museum collection. Now in its 38th year, entrants are once again encouraged to take inspiration from our very own county and create a piece that celebrates Derbyshire. From landscapes, streetscapes and townscapes, to still life, local portraiture and representations of local stories, we're looking forward to seeing a diverse range of submissions. Most mediums are accepted, including oils, acrylics, watercolours, drawing, print, collage, manipulated digital imagery and 3-dimensional work.
The museum will be accepting entries for the competition on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 June 2022, from 10.30am to 4pm. Artists can enter up to 2 works which must be handed in at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery. If you would like to see the results for yourself and see if you agree with the judges, the exhibition is on show from Saturday 25 June to Friday 2 September. Admission is free and many of the artworks are for sale.
Further information on the Open Art Competition can be found here.
Winner of the Derbyshire Trophy 2019 - 'A Winter Walk' by Carl Longmate
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New Adult Books Coming in April
There are plenty of new adult titles to choose from in April. You can reserve them via our online catalogue. Here are three picks to keep you engrossed:
Candice Carty-Williams’ debut novel was award-winning ‘Queenie’. ‘People Person’ is her latest title. “Dimple Pennington knew of her half siblings, but she didn't really know them. Five people who don't have anything in common except for faint memories of being driven through Brixton in their dad's gold jeep, and some pretty complex abandonment issues. Dimple has bigger things to think about. She's thirty, and her life isn't really going anywhere ….. until a dramatic event brings her half siblings crashing back into her life”.
‘Little Sister’ is Gytha Lodge’s fourth outing for detective Jonah Sheens. Jonah is having a relaxing time until he sees a teenage girl coming out of the woods covered in blood. She says she’s ok, that it’s her sister he needs to worry about. He learns that the two girls are runaways from a children’s home. Keely knows where her sister is but won’t say. She wants his attention; he wants to save her sister.
Finally, ‘The No Show’ is the latest offering from Beth O’Leary. It’s Valentine’s Day and three women are unknowingly waiting for the same man. He’s promised to meet each one, but he doesn’t show up to any. Meet Joseph Carter. That is, if you can find him.
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Multi-Use Titles
Every month we get a new selection of titles on our BorrowBox app of both eBooks and eAudiobooks that can be taken out by multiple users at one time. These stay multi-use for 60 days, so if you have a book club and you're looking for your next title then one of these could be your next choice!
You can find these titles on the main BorrowBox page, identified as a collection with 'No Waiting!' or 'Available Now!'
Titles available from April are:
In eBook and eAudiobook format
- Trust Me – T.M. Logan
- The Highland Falcon Thief - M G Leonard
- Summerwater – Sarah Moss
- The Third Twin – Ken Follett
- When I Was Ten – Fiona Cummins
In eAudiobook format only
- A Spool of Blue Thread – Anne Tyler
- The Midwife Murders – James Patterson
- Eight Detectives – Alex Pavesi
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New courses from Derbyshire Adult Community Education Service
We have lots of new courses starting between April and July. Pick up a brochure from your local Adult Community Education Centre or library.
From dry stone walling to upholstery, we have many qualifications that might surprise you and help you move into a new career. In addition to the more unexpected types of qualifications, we can get you on track with your maths, English or digital skills to put you in the best position for success.
Learning is one of the 5 Ways to Wellbeing and can benefit your health in multiple ways. Try one of our Learning for Leisure courses and enjoy meeting new people and developing new skills. We have many different courses from languages to aromatherapy, painting to building woodland shelters.
Lots of our courses are now in local centres but if you can't get to us, don't worry we are still offering lots of exciting classes online.
Learn with us and love learning locally.
For further details of our courses, click here.
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This Month We Recommend You Read...
There are some excellent new books coming out in April for children, which you can reserve on our online library catalogue right now. Here's three to look forward to:
First off, for junior readers, it's The Girl Who Lost a Leopard by Nizrana Farook. Selvi is a wild child who loves climbing in the beautiful mountains behind her home. She is often joined by Lokka, a leopard with a beautiful coat and huge golden eyes. When hunters come for Lokka, Selvi is determined to fight. But what can she do against such powerful enemies? Turn to her friends, of course! Now they just need the perfect plan.
Our second pick is Dread Wood by Jennifer Killick, author of the brilliant Crater Lake series. When classmates Hallie, Angelo, Gustav and Naira are forced to come to school on a Saturday, they think things can't get much worse. But they're wrong. Things are about to get seriously scary. What has dragged their teacher underground? Why do the creepy caretakers keeping humming the tune to Itsy Bitsy Spider? And what horrors lurk in the shadows, getting stronger and meaner every minute? Cut off from help and in danger each time they touch the ground, the gang's only hope is to work together.
Our non-fiction choice today is The Greatest Show on Earth by the entertaining Mini Grey. Take your seats for the ENTIRE history of Planet Earth, as we take a whistle-stop tour from the birth of Earth, to the age of bacteria, the era of dinosaurs to the moment of people (blink and you'll miss it). Narrated by a friendly troop of insects and with mind-blowing, lively illustrations, this illustrated book will entertain and educate, as we put on a show, the greatest show, the show of the evolution of life on Earth.
Need a further suggestion? We're always delighted to suggest a story! Contact us on Facebook, Twitter, or ask.library@derbyshire.gov.uk and we'll do our best to find you something fantastic!
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Keep in touch with Derbyshire Libraries via social media
Follow us on our Derbyshire Libraries Facebook & Twitter pages, and talk to us about books on our new Blog page!
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