 It's Mental Health Awareness Month, and we are hosting events for adults and young people. We have workshops on managing anxiety, writing about nature and using your imagination. There is also lots of advice, activities, and wellbeing tips on our webpage.
 Come to our In Conversation event live at Rye Library.
Alex Preston is an award-winning author of three novels. His latest book is Winchelsea, an electrifying story of vengeance and transformation; a rare, lyrical and transporting work of historical imagination that makes the past so real we can touch it.
“Imagine Daphne du Maurier crossed with Quentin Tarantino, and you will have some idea of just what a thrilling, bloody and heady ride this novel is” Tom Holland
 Coming to Seaford Library, a musical treat for children of all ages, the London Mozart Players will present a lively orchestral version of Roald Dahl’s wickedly witty Three Little Pigs. This is ideal for 5–11-year-olds but is also a sharply funny and inspiring treat for adults. It’s half an hour of pure magic that never fails to entertain, and a wonderful way to introduce budding musicians to the instruments of the orchestra.
 May is Local History Month, now might be a good time to research your family tree or find out more about your house or street through time.
We have fabulous Local History resources to help you get started, and volunteers to guide you.
 Come to our In Conversation event live at Hastings Library.
Colin Grant is a historian and author of five highly praised books. He is an Associate Fellow in the Centre for Caribbean Studies, and teaches creative non-fiction writing.
His latest book Homecoming, Voices of the Windrush Generation is an unforgettable portrait of a generation, which brilliantly illuminates an essential and much-misunderstood chapter of our history.
'A remarkable oral history of black postwar British life… Homecoming is an extraordinary and compelling book' Daily Telegraph
 There will be plenty of bunting at the libraries in the days preceding the Jubilee weekend. We have events and activities for adults and children, from crown making to cake eating! Libraries are celebrating voices of the Commonwealth with storytimes and author events. We also have The Big Jubilee Read, a collection seventy books published in the Commonwealth since 1952.
 Audiobook ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ by Rebecca Skloot, is exclusive to BorrowBox.
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells – taken without her knowledge – became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta's family did not learn of her 'immortality' until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences . . .
"Absolutely amazing book! I’m a science geek, but it has a great story and explained scientific terms well if you have no science background. The author does a great job of telling Henrietta and her family’s story." Read and loved by Courtney
This month our quote is from the The works of Sir Thomas Malory.
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