 Over four days, Nottingham will come to life with puppetry of every kind in all corners of the city. Performances, talks, workshops, film screenings, a pop-up puppet village and a vibrant puppet parade are just some of the things you can look forward to!
This is Nottingham's first ever puppet festival and we are so excited to be a part of it! Below are the events hosted at Nottingham libraries:
Pinocchio Puppet-Making:Fun family workshop exploring the puppet world of Pinocchio. As well as creating your own puppet, find out about the story behind one of the most well-known puppets in children's literature.
Clifton Library, Thursday 22 March 10am, suitable for ages 3 - 5.
Wollaton Library, Thursday 22 March, 4pm, suitable for ages 5 - 9.
The Dales Centre, Friday 23 March, 10am, suitable for ages 3 - 5.
Sherwood Library, Friday 23 March, 4pm, suitable for ages 5 - 9. This workshop is British Sign Language interpreted.
The workshops are free but due to demand tickets must be booked in advance directly at each library. Further bookings details can be found here.
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 This is Carnival of the Animals but not as we know it. Creating the ‘ultimate animal’, Lempen Puppet Theatre take inspiration from Camille Saint-Saëns’ music, a little help from Darwin and a whole lot of cardboard to mash up a show full of puppet possibility. Who knew there was so much to a simple cardboard box?
“That was the most creative show I have ever seen. Really inspiring!”
“You can spend a fortune on multi-media but it’s amazing what you can do with cardboard and paper - Superb!!!!”
Suitable for ages 4+. Nottingham Central Library, Thursday 22 March, 11am. £5 a ticket. Book tickets here.
For full list of Nottingham Puppet Festival events click here.
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Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto
With wry wit, Mary Berry revisits the gender agenda and shows how history has treated powerful women. Her examples range from the classical world to the modern day, from Medusa and Athena to Theresa May and Elizabeth Warren.
Denise Fergus, I Let Him Go: The heartbreaking book from the mother of James Bulger
Denise writes about her fight for justice following the horrific murder of her son James Bulger. This is a mother's tale, of finding a way through the despair to remember the happiness and wonderful memories that James brought to his family.
James Patterson, All-American Murder
Bestselling crime writer James Patterson forays into true-life crime with this latest offering, which looks at the shocking story of Aaron Hernandez, NFL American Football player convicted of first-degree murder in 2013.
Katie and Diane Piper, From Mother to Daughter: The Things I'd Tell My Child
Katie Piper is a best-selling author, inspirational speaker, TV presenter and charity campaigner who in 2008 survived an acid attack that left her facially disfigured. In her latest book Katie and her mother Diane, celebrate the incredible power of mother-daughter relationships.
Ruby
Wax, How
to Be Human: The Manual
With
the help of a monk and a neuroscientist, Ruby tries to find some answers to
achieving happiness and identity in the modern world. A practical and
funny manual that ponders what it means to be human.
Reserve any of these books at our online catalogue. A small fee of £0.25p per title applies.
 Basford Historic Buildings Walk: Join Alice Ullathorne, Heritage Strategy Officer, on this popular walk exploring Old Basford’s historic buildings by foot. Introduction talk at 12:30pm, with the walk starting at 1pm.
Saturday 10 March,12.30pm - 2pm, Basford Library.
Please contact the library for a free ticket on 0115 915 2855 or email basford.library@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.
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 The Story of Jesse Boot: Historian and author Chris Weir will be looking at how Jesse Boot and his wife Florence created the major Boots retail and industrial empire.
Tuesday 13 March, 10.30am -11.30am at Basford Library.
£2 a ticket. Call 0115 915 2855 or email Basford.library@nottinghamcity.gov.uk for further information or a ticket.
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A Night at the Empire: Trevor Lee will be delivering a talk about the stars of variety, with a display of memorabilia from the Nottingham Empire and elsewhere with music, stories and brief archive
recordings.
Thursday 15 March, Sherwood Library,
10am - 11am.
£2 a ticket. Call 0115 915 2827 or email sherwood.library@nottinghamcity.gov.uk for further information or a ticket.
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 Gedling Railway Station: the Friends of Gedling Station and Gedling Village Preservation Society will be delivering a talk about the history of the station, its close connections with Gedling Colliery and the days when it provided day trips to the seaside! There will also be opportunity to find out about local suggestions for restoring the station to former glory as a heritage centre and community hub.
Tuesday 20 March, 2pm - 3pm, Nottingham Central Library, Floor 1. All welcome - no booking required.
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55 years….that’s how long we have been running our Home Library Service! We deliver around 1000 items a month for people with restricted mobility (including books, talking books, films and CDs) to the clients door.
Join us over some free tea and cake as we celebrate this occasion at Aspley Library on Friday 16 March 2pm - 4pm.
There will be talks, a display on the history of the Home Library Service, along with the opportunity to talk to staff and volunteers to find out about about the service and volunteering.
All welcome, just turn up.
Mary Berry, Classic: Delicious, no-fuss recipes from Mary’s new
BBC series
Recipes everyone can enjoy cooking and
eating, no matter their time, budget or confidence.
Tom Kerridge, Lose Weight for Good: Full-flavour cooking for a low-calorie diet
Chef Tom Kerridge has been developing top recipes for nearly 3 decades and knows how to make things taste good. He also understands how much willpower it takes to shift unhealthy excess weight, having lost over 11 stone in 4 years by following a low-carb diet.
James Martin, American Adventure: 80
classic American recipes
Follow James as he travels from coast to
coast, cooking and eating everywhere from San Francisco to Dallas, Philadelphia
to New Orleans, New York to Maine.
Si King & Dave Myers, The Hairy Bikers Mediterranean Adventure
Si and Dave discover the most delicious
food from their favourite Mediterranean countries.
23 February saw Storysmash arrive
en masse and fill the Nottingham Conference Centre for its celebration
event.
Over 100 people had the opportunity to hone their writing and
creative skills with Masterclasses from the likes of outstanding writers; Jeff
Noon, Stuart Hill, Kim Slater, Tony White and Dean Wilkinson, as well as with
the powerful performance poet, Panya Banjoko. We were joined by the Lord Mayor
of Nottingham, Councillor Michael Edwards who had a brilliant time in the
highly entertaining masterclass led by Dean Wilkinson.
The packed audience were treated to a live
performance from the superb Altered Sky who had recently completed a tour of
Japan.
The event celebrated the achievements of the
young people who, over the last year, had attended the Storysmash workshops to
create their own digital game, by awarding them with certificates presented by
the authors Stuart Hill and Tony White. We also unveiled the Storysmash game
‘Horizon’, created by young people who worked as a group at Nottingham Central
Library. The audience had great fun taking part in playing the game.
Storysmash looks set to have more workshops
and ideas in the pipeline so keep up to date by following our Twitter account
and checking the website.
See the journey of Storysmash so far with our videos here and here.
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