Devon Events
In Conversation - Virtual Night In
Date: 26 October 2021
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Description: Exeter Library and Books In The City present an In Conversation Virtual Night In. Join Laura Bambrey, Simon Booker, Jackie Fraser & Florence Keeling, in conversation with Karen from Exeter Library. For more information about the event and to join us live on Facebook, click here.
Audience: Adult
Cost: Free, donations welcome
Theme: Online Author Event
In Conversation with Phillipa Ashley, Sue Moorcroft & Bella Osborne
Date: 17 August 2021
Time: 19:00 - 19:45
Description: Join us for a bumper online In Conversation event with authors Phillipa Ashley, Sue Moorcroft and Bella Osborne. Exeter Library's Karen will be chatting to these best selling authors all about their new summer reads. For more information about the event and to join us live on Facebook, click here.
Audience: Adult
Cost: Free, donations welcome
Theme: Online Author Event
In Conversation with Julie Anderson
Date: 03 August 2021
Time: 19:00 - 19:45
Description: Join Exeter Library's Karen for an online In Conversation event with author Julie Anderson. Julie Anderson worked in Westminster and Whitehall for a variety of government departments and agencies, including the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. This informed her first successful political thriller,' Plague'. She is currently writing the third in the series of novels featuring investigator Cassandra Fortune. For more information about the event or to join us live on Facebook, click here.
Audience: Adult
Cost: Free, donations welcome
Theme: Online Author Event
Putting Pen to Paper: Debut Writers Panel
Date: 27 July 2021
Time: 13:00 - 13:45
Description: Join us for a very special event where we are bringing three young exciting debut writers together to share their journeys from ideation to publication, and their varying experiences and methods of writing that led to landing a book deal and seeing their words in print. On a brilliant panel of exciting young debuts, we have Xanthi Barker whose wholly original memoir is a raw and beautiful account of her journey through grief for her father, poet Sebastian Barker. Joining Xanthi, we have debut Hazel Barkworth, winner of the Curtis Brown Creative Writing award, to talk on her experiences of studying creative writing at Oxford University and writing her debut novel alongside her full-time career in London. Joining them will be debut Francesca Reece on her brand-new novel Voyeur, inspired by her time spent living in Paris. Join us live on Facebook here.
Audience: Adult
Cost: Free, donations welcome
Theme:
In Conversation with Kate Rhodes
Date: 16 July 2021
Time: 19:00 - 19:45
Description: Join us for an online In Conversation event with author Kate Rhodes. Kate will be chatting to Exeter Library's Karen about Pulpit Rock, the fourth novel in the series set on the windswept Scilly Isles. About Pulpit Rock: As the scorching summer sun covers the small Scilly island of St Mary’s, DI Ben Kitto and his team are training for the annual swimathon. But their morning session comes to a climactic end when they discover a body hanging from Pulpit Rock. The victim has been dressed in a bridal gown, and Ben quickly realises that a dark and sinister killer is at large on the island. For more information about the event and to join us live on Facebook, click here.
Audience: Adult
Cost: Free, donations welcome
Theme: Online Author Event
Northam Guided Poetry Walk
Date: 16 July 2021
Time: 12:00 - 16:00
Description: THIS EVENT IS LIKELY TO BE POSTPONED - PLEASE CONTACT US TO EXPRESS INTEREST AND WE WILL ADD YOU TO THE WAITING LIST Explore Northam from a fresh point of view. Read and write poems inspired by the history and heritage of Northam. "Pin" your poems to the location using Poetry Pin on your mobile phone.
Audience: Adult
Cost: £5.00
Theme: Poetry, History and Heritage
In Conversation with Elodie Harper & Jennifer Saint
Date: 06 July 2021
Time: 20:00 - 22:00
Description: Join us for a double bill In Conversation event online, with Elodie Harper and Jennifer Saint as they chat about their new books 'The Wolf Den' and 'Ariadne'. Elodie Harper is a TV journalist and prize-winning short story writer. Her story 'Wild Swimming' won the 2016 Bazaar of Bad Dreams short story competition, which was judged by Stephen King. Due to a lifelong fascination with Ancient Greek mythology, Jennifer Saint read Classical Studies at King’s College, London. She spent the next thirteen years as an English teacher, sharing a love of literature and creative writing with her students. Ariadne is her first novel and she is working on another retelling of ancient myth for her second. For more information about the event and to join us live on Facebook, click here.
Audience: Adult
Cost: Free, donations welcome
Theme: Online Author Event
Evening Book Club
Date: 02 July 2021
Time: 19:00 - 20:00
Description: An informal, friendly meeting where we talk about our chosen book and share recommendations for a good read. Bimonthly on Friday evening, presently being held online. Please ring Crediton Library 01363 77258 or email crediton.library@librariesunlimited.org.uk for details.
Audience: Adult
Cost: Free
Theme:
In Conversation with Ed O’Loughlin
Date: 29 June 2021
Time: 19:00 - 19:45
Description: Join us for an online In Conversation with writer Ed O'Loughlin talking about his new novel 'This Eden'. Fast-moving, exhilarating and tense, 'This Eden' is both a classic spy novel and speculative fiction for the here and the now. Ed grew up in Kildare town, Ireland, where he moved from his native Toronto, Canada, aged six. His first novel, 'Not Untrue & Not Unkind' was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2009 and shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award. Ed lives in Dublin with his wife and two children. For more information about the event or to join us live on Facebook, click here.
Audience: Adult
Cost: Free, donations welcome
Theme: Exeter Library In Conversation
Storytime Online
Date: 26 June 2021
Time: 11:00 - 11:30
Description: Online Storytime for young readers is live every Saturday at 11am. Cuddle up with your little ones and enjoy a fun tale or two read by a friendly librarian. Join us live on Facebook here.
Audience: Under 5
Cost: Free, donations welcome
Theme: Online
In Conversation with Jane Corry
Date: 22 June 2021
Time: 19:00 - 19:45
Description: Join Exeter Library's Karen for an online In Conversation event with Sunday Times best selling author Jane Corry, chatting about her new book 'The Lies We Tell', which will be published on the 24 June 2021. Jane is a former magazine journalist who spent three years working as the writer-in-residence of a high security prison for men. This often-hair-raising experience helped inspire her Sunday Times-bestselling psychological thrillers, My Husband's Wife, Blood Sisters, The Dead Ex and I Looked Away, which have been published in more than 35 countries. For more information about the event or to join us live on Facebook, click here.
Audience: Adult
Cost: Free, donations welcome
Theme: Exeter Library In Conversation
Bounce and Rhyme Online
Date: 22 June 2021
Time: 11:00 - 11:45
Description: Treat your little ones to a bounce and sing song, every Tuesday at 11am. For more information about the event and to join us live on Facebook, click here.
Audience: Under 5
Cost: Free, donations welcome
Theme: Online
Exeter Library 'Make Music Day' Playlist
Date: 21 June 2021
Time: 9:00 - 18:00
Description: Celebrate Make Music Day 2021 - the world’s largest, annual celebration of music and check out a special playlist compiled by staff at Exeter Library. Songs about songs, music about music. A celebration of the joys of playing in the band, of singing your heart out, or of finding the music you've always been waiting to hear. So singalong and get lost in music. Available now on Spotify. To listen click here. #makemusicdayuk
Audience: Adult
Cost: Free, donations welcome
Theme: Make Music Day UK 2021
Story Time SATURDAYS - FACEBOOK
Date: 19 June 2021
Time: 10:30 - 11:00
Description: Wipe the blues away and listen to children's stories read by James, Lee, Cassie or Kat. For little ones and their big ones on Saturdays at 10:30.
Audience: Under 5
Cost: Free, donations welcome
Theme: Facebook LIVE
Poetry Corner
Date: 19 June 2021
Time: 14:00 - 15:30
Description: This is an online event for now,. A chance to share and discuss favourite poems in a relaxed setting.
Audience: All
Cost: Free
Theme:
Bounce and Rhyme - FACEBOOK
Date: 17 June 2021
Time: 10:30 - 11:00
Description: Pre-recorded or live Bounce and Rhyme children's sing-along sessions with James each Thursday at 10:30 on our Facebook page
Audience: All
Cost: Free, donations welcome
Theme: Facebook LIVE
Dartmouth Library Book Club Postponed Until Further Notice
Date: 17 June 2021
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Description: Meeting on the 3rd Thursday of each month. If you feel “Stuck in a rut” with your book choices we hope to introduce you to new authors and broaden your reading experience. For enthusiastic readers.
Audience: All
Cost: Free
Theme:
Bounce & Rhyme Online!
Date: 15 June 2021
Time: 11:00 - 11:30
Description: We've pooled the expertise of our teams from Devon and Torbay Libraries to bring you a varied programme of Bounce & Rhyme sessions from across the county. Join in the action with songs and rhymes and enjoy meeting staff from different libraries. Find this event and others at https://www.facebook.com/BarnstapleLibrary/events
Audience: Under 5
Cost: Free
Theme:
Max's Marvellous Book Munchers Book Club
Date: 11 June 2021
Time: 16:30 - 17:30
Description: Meet together to chat about the book club choice and other books you have been reading. Join in activities and have fun! Age 9-12. Meets every 6 weeks on a Friday, presently online. Please ring Crediton Library 01363 77258 or email crediton.library@librariesunlimited.org.uk for details.
Audience: Child
Cost: Free
Theme:
VIP Book Group
Date: 03 June 2021
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Description: Meeting on the 1st Thursday of every month at Guildhall. The Visually Impaired Book Club offers an opportunity to discuss books (supplied as audiobook or large print book) in an informal and supportive atmosphere. Organised in partnership with Dartmouth Caring, refreshments are supplied and transport may be available. There will be occasional visits from healthcare experts
Audience: Adult
Cost: Free
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