LIBRARY EVENTS 2010 

 

 

 WRITING GROUP

7.30 pm at The Swifts Library

 

The Writing Group got off to a good start  in November when Terry Dash, of Meldreth Village, talked about his experiences both in editing a jazz magazine and within his Local History Group.  He has interviewed some twenty older residents and produced a CD of ‘A Century of Meldreth Memories’.  His talk led to a good general discussion on documenting the past. In December Andrew Tanser, resident artist, came to talk about Designing Fulbourn's Life Wall and in January three well-known village residents were invited to talk about their memories of growing up in Fulbourn.  The talks were all designed to give ideas on what and how to set about writing ie getting started, writing about the past, choosing a subject/period for writing and telling a story.    We then had an open evening when Midge Gillies, Local Author, came to talk to us about writing biographies and memoirs,  illustrated with slides from her book about Amy Johnson.     The Writing Group hope to  produce an Anthology relating to Fulbourn later this year, and Fulbourn School will also be doing work for this.

 

If you are interested in writing prose or poetry its not too late to come along to the group meeting on 12th April 7.30 pm at The Swifts.  We hope to have further meetings in the autumn but there will be a Poetry Workshop on the 19th June - details to be announced.

     

For more details contact: Gill on 01223 881254 (gillaslett@phonecoop.coop) or Helen Kingsley 01223 510866.

 

 

13 July 2010 - The Big Book Group Evening

 

We were very lucky to spend an evening with Clare Clark, who came to talk to us about writing her her new book, Savage Lands.  Clare told us that she is a disciplined writer and loves history and does a lot of research for her novels.  She has a 'shed' in the garden where she does her writing.  Clare took questions from the floor and told us that her favorite book as a child was Black Beauty.  About sixty people came along including some of our teenage members, making it a very memorable evening.

 

23 February 2010 Drawing up your FAMILY TREE

 

Maureen Nicholls and Bernard Amps of the Cambridgeshire Family History Society came to Fulbourn Library on 23 February 2010 and gave us a very interesting talk on how to begin the search for our ancestors.  This was followed by questions from the floor, and after coffee Maureen and Bernard were available to give individual help and advice.    Members of Fulbourn History Society brought along their extensive records - a great help to Fulbourn residents.  The event was very well attended and we have already had requests for another one next year!

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As part of the Fulbourn Arts Festival 2009, Fulbourn Library hosted two events, organised by Gill Aslett.    They were a great success…. Wednesday 8^th July 2009 – The Locked Room Mystery

Local Author, Jim Kelly talked to an audience of over 40 people, who were fascinated to hear about the Locked Room Mystery i.e. an event/murder, which takes place in a room with all doors and windows locked.  He gave examples from The Bible, Enid Blyton, Edgar Allan Poe and Conan Doyle. 

 

He illustrated his talk with slides and showed us a picture of his ‘shed’ where he writes for three hours every day. He wanted to explore and update the ‘locked room’ scenario in his latest book, Death Wore White, In his shed he has a line of toy vehicles to set the scene.  He imagined the traffic stationary in snow, which is the boundary for his ‘locked room’.  The person in the front vehicle is alone and dead, with no footprints to or from the vehicle.  How was the crime committed?   I, for one am looking forward to reading the book and finding out. 

Jim Kelly uses real places for his inspiration but may mix them up to suit the story. His latest book is set in Kings Lynn and the North Norfolk coast.   East Anglia is a popular setting for crime writers with its huge skies and flat landscape with nowhere to hide.   After questions from the floor, drinks were served and Jim signed copies of his books.  Kathy presented him a thank you gift for giving us a very enjoyable evening.  For photos click here

 

Saturday 26^th July 2009 - A book launch at Fulbourn’s new Library

Fulbourn Village Library moved into new premises in May in the Swifts, Haggis Gap.  The Library received a grant from the Lottery funded Awards for All programme in January to run a Darwin Writing project in conjunction with Fulbourn, Great Wilbraham and Teversham Primary Schools.  The project provided a poet, Clare Crossman, for some time in each school to support writing inspired by the life of Charles Darwin and his voyage in HMS Beagle.  Some of that writing has been collected into an anthology and printed, with a cover designed by one of Fulbourn’s pupils.   For photo click here

On Saturday, 26 of the children involved, including some from each of the schools, met in the Library and read their poems in front of an audience of some 80 people.  They were thanked by Professor Rebecca Stott, author of ‘Darwin and the Barnacle’, who congratulated the children on their work.

 

Anyone interested in the book should contact Gill Aslett, leader of the project, either at the Library (see Opening Hours button) or on 01223 881254.

 

Darwin Writing Project see awards.pdf

To read about past events, click here…… click here