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It’s all happening at your local library and it’s totally FREE!

The Big Friendly Read, Summer Reading Challenge 2016 is your chance to join in the whizzpopping fun! Libraries everywhere are celebrating 100 years of the world’s favourite storyteller - Roald Dahl.

Sign up at your local library to take the challenge to read 6 or more books, and that means anything: picture books, fact books or stories from your favourite authors - all you have to do is borrow them from the library. Younger children can share books with their families and enjoy taking part too.

Collect special collector cards and rewards along the way and receive a medal and certificate if you succeed.

It’s fun, it’s friendly and best of all - it’s totally free!

There are lots of free activities across our libraries to get involved in too.  Roald Dahl themed events for children and families to enjoy including crafts, games and much more.

A Boy and a Bear in a Boat Family Theatre for 5-9 year olds and beyond! Welcome aboard! Join the boy and a bear at sea with just a suitcase, a ukulele and a teapot to help them. Dark clouds are looming, the ocean is full of dangers, there's only one sandwich left and it's nearly teatime. When all seems lost can their friendship survive? Where are they heading? And will they ever get there? Adapted by Stewart Melton from the award-winning novel by Dave Shelton and featuring live music and movement, A Boy and a Bear in a Boat is a funny, thoughtful and thrilling adventure for everyone five years and older. Tickets: £2 per child; Accompanying adults FREE Tickets are available to book online at Eventbrite or from the venue library in person or by telephone. Performances: Friday 29 July 2pm to 3pm Wollaton Library Saturday 30 July 11am to 12pm Nottingham Central Library Monday 1 August 2pm to 3pm Clifton Library Tuesday 2 August 11am to 12pm St Ann’s Valley Library Tuesday 2 August 4pm to 5pm Bulwell Riverside Library Wednesday 3 August 11am to 12pm Hyson Green Library

3 - 30 August 2016 | Nottingham Central Library, Floor 1 Exhibition space

Through pictures, film and the written word, Nottingham's Historic Green Spaces exhibition tells the story of the city's many green, public open spaces from their inception in 1845 to the present day.

For further information about the exhibition and other events visit http://www.ng-spaces.org.uk/ 

New Fiction coming soon in July and August 

Ben Aaronovitch  - Hanging Tree  Supernatural detection with Peter Grant, England’s last wizard.  

Lin Anderson - None but the dead  Are there links between the discovery of human remains on the remote island of Sandy and the suspicious death of an old man in Glasgow?  As they work on their individual cases forensic expert Dr Rhona MacLeod and DS Michael McNabb find that their investigations draw them into a difficult and sometimes inhospital environment.   

Kelley Armstrong - Betrayals   Liv knows a lot about betrayals; most of her life has been a lie: deceived by the people closest to her.   She also has the power to read portents, to detect signs that she is in danger.  Liv now has a settled life solving crimes with her new boss, lawyer Gabriel Walsh and with new love Ricky Gallagher: but this new peace is soon shattered by murder.

Hilary Boyd - The Lavender House Divorced from her husband the famous composer, Nancy’s fate seems to live quietly and take on the responsibility of three generations of family.   Will the entrance into her life of Jim, smoker, drinker and unsuccessful country singer change all that?  Is there a real connection between them, or are her family right to worry that Jim is only after her money?

Mary Higgins Clark - As Time Goes By Television journalist Delaney Wright is on the brink of fame as she covers a sensational murder trial.  But is the trial as straightforward as it seems?

Philippa Gregory  - Three Sisters, Three Queens Katherine of Aragon and the princesses Margaret and Mary are destined to become Queens of England, Scotland and France.  Although united by family affection, the three queens will find themselves thrown into conflict.

Stephen Leather - Dark Forces  Spider Shepherd is posing as a hit man working for a crime family in South London, in order to eventually take them down.  Then his life becomes even more perilous as he realizes that he is about to be caught up in a large-scale terrorist attack. 

Clare MacIntosh - I See You  When Zoe Walker sees her photo in the classified section of a London newspaper, she is determined to find out why it's there. There's no explanation, just a grainy image and a phone number.  The next day the advert shows a photo of a different woman, and another the day after that. Is it a mistake? A coincidence?  Or something more sinister?

Lucinda Riley - The  Olive Tree  It has been twenty-four years since a young Helena spent a magical holiday in Cyprus, where she fell in love for the first time. When the now crumbling house, 'Pandora', is left to her by her godfather, she returns to spend the summer there with her family; but its idyllic beauty masks a web of secrets.

Yrsa Sigurardottir - Why Did You Lie? Icelandic Nordic Noir.  A journalist attempts suicide; a couple find their home in disarray; four strangers struggle to find shelter on a windswept spike of rock in the middle of a raging sea.  What unites them?  They all lied and someone is going to see that they are punished!

Stay connected at your local library! Whether you want to surf the web, check your emails, or fill in that important form, we have the solution for you. Enjoy FREE Wi-Fi with The Cloud for all Library members can now enjoy unlimited FREE computer use. Nottingham City Libraries connecting YOU to the digital world!

Enjoy some great non-fiction titles over the summer!

Jo Bailey-Merritt - Sam and Chester How friendship with a mischievous pig called Chester helped Jo’s autistic son Sam 

Chris Boardman - Triumphs & Turbulence The autobiography of the founding father of British cycling 

Brian Cox - Forces of Nature A breath-taking and beautiful exploration of our planet.

Peter Frankopan - The Silk Roads A major reassessment of world history looking at the forces that have shaped the global economy. 

Adam Henson - Like Farmer, Like Son:  a memoir The  Countryfile presenter shares a very personal memoir of his late father Joe.  

Nadiya Hussain - Nadiya’s Kitchen Over 100 simple and delicious family recipes from the winner of The Great British Bake Off  

Martin Pearce - Spymaster  The extraordinary story of the most highly decorated British spymaster of the Cold War, Sir Maurice Oldfield, Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service and the first Chief to be named and pictured in the press.  Sir Maurice was alleged to be the model for the screen versions of both Ian Fleming's M and John Le Carre's George Smiley.

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