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Welcome to the March edition of our newsletter – it feels like spring has finally arrived. This month we're catching up with Breaking the News, sharing what's on for families, highlighting creative workshops in our Drawing Room and celebrating International Women's Day.
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Breaking The News Exhibition
The news has shaped the world we live in for centuries. Today we carry it everywhere we go. The Breaking the News exhibition, in partnership with the British Library, examines the vital role it plays in all our lives. Running throughout March you will be able to delve into newspapers dating back to the 17th century, explore radical and alternative publications, and discover mysterious news cuttings full of supernatural stories.
Visit Room 700, Leeds Central Library from Monday 28 February - Thursday 7 April. Find more information here: leedsinspired.co.uk/events/breaking-news-exhibition
Carry on reading for highlights from the events programme running alongside the exhibition.
 Reputation
Sarah Vaughan is the author that everyone is talking about, with the hotly anticipated political thriller Anatomy of a Scandal, starring Sienna Miller and Michelle Dockery, coming to Netflix on April 15th and her new novel Reputation receiving hit reviews and appearing on nearly every ‘must read’ list this month.
Sarah Vaughan will be joining us in conversation with journalist and novelist David Mark on Thursday 10 March. This is currently her only tour date in the region so don’t miss out on a ticket to hear her talk about Reputation and her experiences of being a journalist as part of our Breaking the News programme of events.
Books will be available to buy and have signed by the author.
Tickets are £5 with a complementary drink on arrival: Book now.
 Workshop: Old News, Read All About It!
Wednesday 9 March, Leeds Central Library
In this workshop we will explore Leeds Library’s historic newspaper collections, dating back to the 17th century. Find out more about the different ways news has been reported since the English Civil War through to the present day.
Lunchtime Talk: Fake News
Wednesday 9 March, Seacroft Community Hub and Library
Join us for an engaging and topical panel event exploring propaganda, censorship and fake news.
Lunchtime Talk: 19th Century Investigative Journalism and Sensationalism
Wednesday 23 March, Leeds Central Library
Discover more about the history of undercover journalism and the 19th century press in this panel event hosted by Leeds Beckett University.
To book on to any of these events go to leedsinspired.co.uk/collection/breaking-news
National Shakespeare week
Join award-winning theatre company Wrongsemble for Toil and Trouble, a workshop that explores the wacky world of one of Shakespeare’s most infamous stories, Macbeth. Jump into this epic tale and bring to life the weird and wonderful characters from the play through drama. The session also includes a heritage tour where you'll discover Shakespeare within the fabric of Leeds Central Library, and a showcase of rare book collections relating to The Bard.
Free tickets are available here.
If you work in a school you may be interested in our schools programme, find out more on the Leeds for Learning blog.
Spring into art
This spring the Art Library is celebrating Hanami! Hanami is the traditional Japanese custom of enjoying the transient beauty of blossom. We have a series of workshops so that you can enjoy creativity as we enter into the new season.
Sakura watercolour class
You can join Artist Helen Trevisiol Duff for a Sakura watercolour class. A holistic, relaxing workshop exploring the art of Japanese cherry blossom with inspiration from Art Library books and introductory talk. Learn how botanicals were portrayed by Japanese and European artists such as Hiroshige, Van Gogh and contemporary botanical artists and have a go at creating your very own watercolour with high quality art materials.
Ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints
Discover Ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints from the Edo Period 1615-1868 and have a go at Japanese Marbling.
To book onto these workshops and to discover our regular Drawing Room sessions visit: leedsinspired.co.uk/collection/whats-leeds-libraries
International Women's Day
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we are sharing some of our favourite books by women writers:
- The Sound Mirror by Heidi James is a stunning story about class, belonging and trauma across three generations of women in the same family, it was one of the best novels of 2020.
- Assembly by Natasha Brown is easily one of the best books of 2021, this concise, searing indictment of the hostile environment as seen through the eyes of a black woman working in high finance is an absolutely essential read.
- We That Are Young by Preti Taneja is a dazzling, virtuosic retelling of the King Lear story, set in the vividly drawn world of modern-day India, this is a book to be truly savoured.
- Sweet Home by Wendy Erskine is a marvellous collection of short stories and is already recognised as a classic. Look out for her new collection Dance Move, coming to the Leeds Libraries catalogue soon.
- Coming Undone by Terri White is a brave and brutal memoir from former Empire editor Terri White. A tough and confronting read about the devastating impact of childhood trauma.
You can reserve these titles for free and pick up them up from your local library, leeds.gov.uk/libraries.
Take a look at some of our International Women's Day featured events:
Suffrage & The City
Using photographs from the Leodis archive we will follow the footsteps of the women who paved the way, and won the right to vote, for so many women.
The talk will show where they lived, campaigned, rioted, and were imprisoned in their quest for equality.
Author talk: Jacqueline Golding
Jacqueline Golding is an entrepreneur of 11 years and a first-time author with her debut book ‘The Diaries of Menopausal Women’. She has been praised for her encouragement of other women to own their truths and empower their sisters in their menopausal journeys.
Book onto these talks and discover more: leedsinspired.co.uk/collection/whats-leeds-libraries
First steps with digital
Are you ready to begin your digital journey? Then join our friendly librarians on a three-week course and take your first steps. We will show you the basic controls of your device and how to start using the internet.
Call 0113 378 5005 to book your free place.
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