 Magical Moments at Make Mine Manga!
Make Mine Manga is a free touring exhibition funded through ACE Grants and delivered by Lakes international Comic Arts Festival and a consortium of North West Libraries. The exhibition, explores how Manga comics evolved first in Japan and how their brilliant creators continue to expand the medium, and discover today’s generation of award-winning British talents making manga their own way into a truly global language.
The exhibition has been specially created by Paul Gravett, comic publisher, fan and author of Manga: it covers 60 Years of Japanese Comics.
As part of the touring exhibition Lakes International Comic Arts Festival led Six Manga MashUp workshops in Barrow and Kendal Libraries with Manga artists Inko Ai Takita and Chie Kutsuwada. The workshops were a great and fun opportunity to know more about Japanese Manga culture and try drawing manga characters with a professional manga artist. 90 young people attended.
MangaMash Up Workshops were supported by a grant from Westmorland and Furness Council.
“The participants gave their all in learning and applying newly acquired illustration skills - Inko and Hester (from the LICAF Team) were really impressed! There was a real mix of youngsters, with some completely new to comics and others that had a clear love and understanding of manga. Well done everyone!”
A Manga character competition ran during the exhibition with 41 entries.
Prizes have been awarded to ten young people for their entries with a special class prize going to Cambridge Primary School.
The prizes were made possible through a grant by Arts Council England in partnership with LICAF and Bolton Libraries.
“something different, what a gorgeous celebration of Mange, loved seeing this exhibition in this building”
“Thank you for bringing the knowledge to the North! And letting people know Manga is not just cartoons”
“I loved coming here it makes me feel so calm and positive”
“its amazing”
“Its so creative and inspiring especially for young artists”
 Great Big Green Success!
Thank you to everyone who joined in with this years Great Big Green Week.
We took part in community swaps and lots of greener future themed fun activities. Including our plant swap with indoor, outdoor, veggie plants and seedlings swapping hands. Our book swap was really popular too seeing preloved books swapped at the library for a new to you exciting read.
On Thursday we enjoyed a Craft De-Stash and fun Love Me Again Workshop with our amazing outreach officers. Pop into the library and leave with a one of a kind upcycled t-shirt, what more could you ask for for Big Green Week!
 The Big Sporting Read
The Big Sporting Read – Have you joined in with The Big Sporting Read yet? A new national celebration of reading has announced its list of 25 titles celebrating a landmark summer of sport. It showcases a rich mix of fiction and non-fiction and has something for everyone to enjoy.
Coming Up for Air: What I Learned from Sport, Fame and Fatherhood by Tom Daley
Tom Daley captured the hearts of the nation with his unforgettable medal-winning performance in the London 2012 Olympics. At the games in Tokyo, he triumphed to win gold and became the most decorated British diver of all time. In this deeply personal book, Tom explores the experiences that have shaped him. Candid and perceptive, Coming Up for Air offers a unique insight into the life and mindset of one our greatest and most-loved athletes.
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Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Carrie Soto is the greatest player the world has ever seen. But six years after her last match, she watches a young British tennis player steal her world record – and Carrie knows she has to go back and reclaim her rightful place at the top. Even if the world doesn’t believe in her. Even if it almost breaks her. This is a story about the cost of greatness and the burden of fame. The fight for a place in history is about to begin . . .
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 The Summer Reading Challenge is back!
The official Marvellous Makers book collection is full of books about creativity, using your imagination and telling amazing stories. Each book has been chosen specially for you by an expert group of readers for this year’s Challenge.
If you’re looking for some book suggestions to get you started with your Summer Reading Challenge, you are in the right place! Let’s get reading!
Marvin and the Book of Magic by Jenny Pearson
Marvellous Marvin braves the stage to showcase the magic that can be found in true friendship in this hilarious and heartfelt tale.
After being humiliated by a badly behaved squirrel on national television, Marvin has vowed NEVER to perform magic in public again. But when he acquires a mysterious book that promises to show those with the gift of magic how to use it properly, his best friend Asha persuades him to make a comeback in the school talent show.
Watch Marvellous Marvin take to the stage to demonstrate the magic that can be found in true friendship!
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The Book That No One Wanted to Read by Richard Ayoade
Have you ever thought about how it feels to be a book? To be left under a whiffy pant pile or shelved, forever collecting dust? To have your pages bent backwards or your spine BROKEN? What if you don't have a sparkly unicorn or dragon adorning your cover - who will pick you out of the bookshop then?
This is the story of the sadly neglected Book That No One Wanted To Read - can its destiny change when it finally meets the right reader? Spoiler alert: yes.
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Not Your Average 9-5! The Art of Body Snatching
Join us for an evening of macabre discussions as we dive head first into the Georgian underworld and take a look at the often overlooked profession of body snatching. Bypassing formalities such as the rise of private anatomy schools and why the trade took off in the first place, we’ll instead spend the evening visiting graveyards throughout the UK discussing tools of the trade, how to actually get a cadaver out of the ground and consider the effectiveness of some of the slightly less conventional methods invented in an attempt to keep these men at bay. From bumbling anatomy students to the world of wholesale body snatching, get ready to see this profession from a very different angle and one which, for a change, leaves Burke and Hare out of the limelight - although we will answer questions about them if we must …
Due to the content of this talk it suitable for those age 16 and over.
About Our Speaker
Suzie Lennox has been researching and writing about the world of body snatching for nearly 20 years having written about the legal implications of the trade for her dissertation at University. Her book, ‘ Bodysnatchers: Digging Up The Untold Story of Britain’s Resurrection Men’ is published by Pen & Sword.
Penrith Library - 5th September 7pm
Barrow Library - 6th September 6pm
Kendal Library 7th September 2pm
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