News from library authorities:
CHESHIRE EAST
Saturday 24th Sept saw Cheshire East Libraries host a Readers' Day called Bringing Books to Life at Crewe Lyceum Theatre. The theatre venue had been chosen because of the facilities it offered and also in honour of its centenary celebrations happening at the same time.
The content of the day was inspiring. 6 writers gave generous advice and inspired the audience with samples of their work. The panel of SJ Watson, Cath Staincliffe, Jenn Ashworth and Nigel Cawthorne was shepherded through discussion of landmark reading experiences. The audience was also invited to contribute their own. Enid Blyton certainly created a lot of enthusiasm for reading in her day!
The after-lunch slot was filled by a provocative discussion of the future of publishing and reading presented by Professor Michael Schmidt, who talked about his "hard-copy" books as wall-insulation while his current reading matter is on ipad and kindle.
Participants had the chance to go into two "workshop" sessions which offered opportunity to talk more directly to individual authors.
Feedback from the day was overwhelmingly positive. Comments included "The day went much too quickly" and "It really inspired me to write more". Many people said they hoped there would be another one soon. We hope so too.
For more information please contact initiallyUna McLoughlin Tel: 01625 374000
Librarians in the North West have pioneered partnership working to encourage new readers into libraries. Time To Read is a partnership of librarians engaged in reader development activity in public library authorities in the North West Region. All 23 public library authorities in the region currently support Time To Read.