 Work continues apace on our new Birkby Fartown library. Located on Lea Street, the building will have dedicated areas for children, study and IT access. Featuring a dementia friendy design and a community garden, the library will be fully accessible.
We are also engaging with the local community to explore what people would like in terms of services and opening hours at their new library. Read more in the article here: kirkleestogether.co.uk/Birkby Fartown Library
Climate Change titles for 'Green Week'
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January 2021 saw our highest ever number of library members using our Overdrive eAudio and eBook collection.
- 2,576 people
- read 10,760 eBooks
- and listened to 3,421 eAudio books
Thank you
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Friday, February 26
7 - 8pm
Live-stream via our Facebook, Twitter and Youtube channels
As part of our programme of events with the Britsh Library and the Living Knowledge Network we're live in conversation with Ryoko Akama, Andie Brown, Eleanor Cully and Jo Kennedy.
All four artists work with with sound in different ways and will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.
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Daliso Chaponda: Apocalypse Not Now
Live Stream from Lawrence Batley Theatre
Friday February 26 at 8pm
Tickets available here: https://bit.ly/daliso-huddersfield
Join finalist of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ and star of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Citizen of Nowhere’ Daliso Chaponda on Friday February 26 for his brand-new stand-up tour - Apocalypse Not Now - streamed live from the Lawrence Batley Theatre stage. Daliso will be beaming his enormous personality and fine joke-writing skills straight to your screen via Zoom for an evening of virtual comedy not to be missed.
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Because live performances were not able to take place throughout the 2020-21 Kirklees Concert Season due to Covid 19 restrictions, fortnightly online organ concerts with Dr Gordon Stewart playing the magnificent Father Willis Organ in Huddersfield Town Hall were streamed between September and December 2020.
The series of concerts are now available to view at any time via the Lawrence Batley Theatre Youtube channel. There is an array of music from composers including Handel, Bach, Carter and Mendelssohn. Each concert lasts for around an hour.
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As part of their 'Green Week: A Carbon Neutral University' initiative, Huddersfield University have curated a list of documentaries that are well worth watching.
We're happy to list them here:
Netflix: A Plastic Ocean (2016), Minimalism (2016), Chasing Coral (2017), Our Planet (2019), David Attenborough: A Life on our Planet (2020)
BBC iPLayer: A Perfect Planet (2021)
Disney+: Before the Flood (2016)
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We have over 29,000 eAudio and eBook titles. Borrow them for free with your Kirklees library card and PIN.
View the collection along with details of how to download and use the Libby app via our Overdrive page at: kirklees.overdrive.com
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Digital Magazines and Newspapers
Choose from over 7,300 national and international titles to read online or download for offline convenience.
Complimentary access with your Kirklees library card and PIN for 60 days before you have to sign in again.
Create a collection of favourite titles, search and add new ones.
Share articles through email and social media, or save and organize them into categories with labels for quick and easy access.
For more details along with details of the text-to-speech and instant translation options, see our PressReader catalogue at: www.pressreader.com
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