Poetry Dumpling

Saturday March 20

2 - 3.30pm

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Poetry we do! We are launching our brand new Poetry Dumpling in celebration of #WorldPoetryDay on March 21.

We are joined by guest poets Gaia Holmes and Winston Plowes with a super special live mic featuring local writers.

Beyond the Mask: A new documentary about grief during Covid

Thursday March 25

7 - 9 pm

eventbrite.co.uk-beyond-the-mask-premiere-tickets-here

Join film makers Jane Harris & Jimmy Edmonds in conversation with Dr Kathryn Mannix.

The Death Positive Library is a collaboration between Redbridge, Kirklees and Newcastle Libraries. It brings together regular film and book events where you are invited to meet both authors and film makers. It is a place to safely connect with others to share ideas and to also explore feelings of grief in a supportive, non-judgemental environment.

Part of a larger project called ‘Love After Death: Tickets for the Afterlife’ which is a collaborative research project between Redbridge, Kirklees and Newcastle Libraries and Northumbria University funded by Carnegie Trust UK.,Wellcome Trust and Wolfson Foundation.

Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels

Thursday April 1

11am - 12noon

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Calvin and Hobbes know how much fun reading can be! Join us on 1st April 11am for 'Comics, Graphic Novels - Lifesavers in a panel.' Chris Longden will be joined by creator of new 'Abrahamix' comics Conor Ibrahiem along with artist Tasneem Kausar, who runs the libraries Manga club. Listen to Chris' introduction here

Billy Nomates

Huddersfield Library

Sunday, October 24

Doors Open: 2:30 PM
Starts: 2:45 PM

Tickets via seetickets.com here

The Billy Nomates live experience – which has already moved up the leagues from that tiny instore last summer to an acclaimed show at 100 Club, via an appearance alongside Idles and BEAK> is a thrilling, lost-in-the-moment spectacle. An angular, awkward display of involuntary dance moves and raging physicality that reflects her desire to provoke and cause a reaction. Any reaction!

Our Climate Our Voice, Young Peoples' Festival

March 23 and 24

Titles to support Young People’s engagement in the Climate Change Agenda in Kirklees

View the collection here

March 18 - 28

This year’s online programme has the theme of ‘Escape’ and children from Holmfirth-based  Children’s Art School are helping out by making lanterns for a spectacular installation at the Lawrence Batley Theatre to mark the first anniversary of the Covid-19 lockdown on 23 March 2020. The installation will be complimented by an online Lockdown Poems event the same day with award-winning poet Kei Miller, Chérie Taylor Battiste and Michelle Scally Clarke.

For information about all the events and to download a brochure ... follow the link

https://www.huddlitfest.org.uk/brochure-downloads/

What are our individual roles in the Climate Emergency? How can reading, writing and discussion help to deepen empathy and understanding, extend our imaginations, and encourage us to take action?

Over the next two years, poet and climate writer Linda France will be creating spaces for connection, discussion and personal reflection, which encourage all of us to respond to the Climate Emergency and see ourselves as part of its solution.

Read more about Writing the Climate

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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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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.
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