Langley Library is now having a regular coffee morning, held on the last Monday of every month between 10.30am and 11.30am.New members are always welcome to join us.
Contact Community Librarian, Maria, on 0161 643 5228 for more information.
Our next meeting is on Monday 15 March from 6 – 7 pm here at the library, when we will be discussing books on the theme of mothers and daughters.
At the February meeting of Middleton Reading Group, we discussed Danny Scheinmann’s “Random Acts of Heroic Love”.
At our January meeting we discussed books we received for Christmas.
The theme for the December meeting was epic journeys. It was also an opportunity for enjoying some seasonal refreshments and swapping our gift-wrapped “Secret Santa” books to take home, put under the tree and open on Christmas morning.
At the November meeting we discussed Brian McGilloway’s novel "Gallows Lane."
At the October meeting of Middleton Reading Group we discussed books on the theme of black history.
“Weaving Words” is a creative writing group that meets in theWheatsheaf Library, Rochdale on thesecond andfourth Monday of each month.Meetings start at 5.30pm and finish at 7.15pm.
New members are always welcome.
| Date | Theme | Workshop |
|---|---|---|
| 8 March 2010 | Living on the footpath | |
| 22 March 2010 | My spare room | Constructive critique |
| 12 April 2010 | He was sat on a …. | |
| 25 April 2010 | The cross word | Show, don't tell |
| 10 May 2010 | The middle of nowhere | |
| 24 May 2010 | Nearly famous | Anglo-Saxon poetry |
| 14 June 2010 | She stepped away from the body | |
| 28 June 2010 | Playing with fire | Poetry |
| 12 July 2010 | Soap | |
| 26 July 2010 | Someone pulled the plug | Objects |
For further details please contact:
Balderstone Library has a reading group that meets at the library on the first Monday of each month at 2.15pm. New members are always welcome, contact Justine on 01706 640438.
| Topics for discussion: 2010 programme | |
|---|---|
| 4 January 2010 | "Sweet Mandarin" by Helen Tse Where to find copies of "Sweet Mandarin" in our libraries (external link to our Web Catalogue) |
| 1 February 2010 | Anna Jacobs Where to find Anna Jacobs' books in our libraries (external link to our Web Catalogue) |
| 1 March 2010 | "Snow Falling On Cedars" by David Guterson Where to find copies of "Snow Falling On Cedars" in our libraries (external link to our Web Catalogue) |
| 12 April 2010 | "The Constant Gardener" by John Le Carre Where to find copies of "The Constant Gardener" in our libraries (external link to our Web Catalogue) |
| 3 May 2010 | "The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night" by Mark Haddon Where to find copies of "The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night" in our libraries (external link to our Web Catalogue) |
| 7 June 2010 | "I Capture The Castle" by Dodie Smith Where to find copies of "I Capture The Castle" in our libraries (external link to our Web Catalogue) |
