 "I don't know what I'm supposed to be doing" was something Emma's Mum said repeatedly in the early days of her dementia. Over 10 years later, now her mother has died, Emma finds herself asking the same question.
Created especially for libraries, this new show by Emma Decent goes on a journey through time, mother-daughter love and re-evaluation.
A funny, moving, inspiring tale using poetry, theatre - and library books - showing as part of Dementia Awareness Week.
Book your free tickets: Friday 25th May, 11am at Cleckheaton & 6.30pm at Lindley Library
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 The annual W G Sabald Lecture on literary translation is given by Arundhati Roy, best known for her novels The God of Small Things, which won the Booker Prize in 1997, and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.
Tuesday 5th June, 7pm at Huddersfield Library. Book your free ticket
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 Head of Psychology at the University of Bradford, Catriona Morrison, will interview T M Logan, author of bestselling psychological thriller, Lies.
T M Logan's début thriller was published in May 2017 and has now sold over 250,000 copies, hitting the top 10 Kindle Bestseller Charts. His second novel, 29 Seconds, was published in January 2018.
Give me one name. One person. And
I will make them disappear . . .
Thursday 24th May, 7pm at Dewsbury Library. Book your free ticket.
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Dr. Rebecca Gill, Frank Grombir and Adam Millar will discuss their research into local humanitarian organisations and responses to refugees in Huddersfield from the First to the Second World War.
It will take in the relief committees founded to aid Belgian refugees during the First World War and the Huddersfield Famine Relief Committee (which became known as Hudfam) founded during the Second World War, as well as the ways in which Huddersfield Borough Council and local organisations reacted to the arrival and presence of refugees from Nazism.
Wednesday 23rd May, 1pm at Huddersfield Library. Book your free ticket
Mary has been travelling to India since 2005. Experience the wonderfully colourful, tactile and creative fabrics, garments and accessories that Mary brings back from her travels, as she tells us of the people she has come to know, who are trying to keep their traditional craft skills alive, in the face of industrial competition on a massive scale.
Monday 14th May, 2pm at Skelmanthorpe Library. Book your free ticket
The Inklings were an informal literary circle in Oxford who began meeting in the early 1930s. the nucleus of the group was formed by CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien. Take a look at the Inklings' final years and discusses why their works are still considered classics today. There will be a particular focus on the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Tuesday 29th May, 10am at Batley Library. Book your free ticket.
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