Here's a selection of what's happening in libraries nationally and across the borough. Click to read more about:
Rotherham Children's Book Festival 2008
From Where We Stand - Rotherham's Children's Anthology
Recommend a Friend Promotion
The Six Book Challenge
Signposts' Writers Workshops
Latest Prize Winners
BBC's RaW Campaign
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Where We Stand - Rotherham Children's Anthology
Rotherham Libraries - in partnership with the Schools Effectiveness Service - are inviting children and young people (5-18 years old) to enter their poetry or prose for publication in an anthology this summer. The anthology will celebrate the best writing by Rotherham's young people and will be printed to mark this year's Children's Book Festival (28th June - 6th July).
The anthology will feature endorsements by Poet laureate Andrew Motion, Ian McMillian, Gervase Phinn and Berlie Doherty.
The themes of the Anthology are:
Here, There and Everywhere (Reflecting a sense of place)
Writing focussed on where you are in the world and how you relate to it. Celebrating identity, home and family.
Tomorrow, Some Time, Never (Reflecting a sense of time)
Writing focussed on past experiences, present joys or worries and future hopes and expectations.
You, Me and Them (Reflecting a sense of self)
Writing focussed on who you are, who you’d like to be, your experiences, your friends and enemies.
Prose entries should be approximately 300 words or less. Poems should be up to 30 lines in length.
To enter please print off the entry form and hand it in to your local library:
From Where We Stand - Entry Form (19 Kb)
For more information please contact:
Julie Hird on 01709 815123 or email julie.hird@rotherham.gov.uk
or
Mick Connell on 01709 822576 or email mick.connell@rotherham.gov.uk
Recommend a Friend!
Do you have a friend or family member who isn't a library member or who still has one of our old style tickets? Introduce them to the library service and you will both receive free DVD vouchers!
If you manage to recommend the library service to five people you will receive a pass entitling you to a month's free DVD/CD loans.
Contact your local library for more information or David Hague on 01709 815123.
The Six Book Challenge is Back!
This annual event invites those adults who are building reading stamina to read 6 books between January and May. The Library Services has purchased many of the 
Quick Reads to help encourage people through the challenge.
There will be prizes to collect along the way, and those who complete the challenge will be entered into a prize draw to win a trip to London, with tickets to see a West End Show!
Find out more at the Six Book Challenge website or contact the Reader Development team on (01709) 815123 or email david.hague@rotherham.gov.uk
Signposts' Writers Resource Centre
The Writers Resource Centre will be visiting the Central Library on the following dates between 10.30am-12.30pm:
Saturday 17th May 2008
Saturday 19th July 2008
These free drop-in events are for anyone who wants information about writing groups, courses, events, being published. The Writers Resource Centre is for those already writing, new writers or those interested in having a go.
More information can be found at www.signpostsonline.org
Latest Prize Winners
The Galaxy British Book Awards
Costa Book of the Year
Man Booker Prize
Orange Prize for Fiction
RaW
Become a RaW Reader with the BBC. Find out more about the campaign to help develop better reading and writing skills at the BBC Raw website, including the latest Quick Read Titles.
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