Author: Beth Rogers

With the cold weather creeping in, some days all you want to do is snuggle up with a good book. But what happens if you are in need of a new read? Well don’t panic, our mobile library brings the joys of free books to you!

Our mobile library provides a very popular service to those areas of the county borough which are not within easy reach of a branch library. It visits over 70 locations once every 3 weeks and carries an extensive, regularly updated, range of fiction, non-fiction (including popular best-sellers), large print and audio books for both adults and children.

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Free and easy to join

To join – you will need to complete a simple form and bring proof of identification. If you have already joined at another library within the county there is no need to re-join – just bring your current library card.
The free reservation service gives you access to any item in stock in our libraries. You can request items through the mobile library staff or go to the library catalogue and do it online (you will need a pin number to do this).

A new stop!

Wrexham Mobile Library Service has established a new stop at Woodside Court, Esless Park, Rhostyllen every 3rd Thursday from 2-2.55pm. The next visit will be on November 9, 2017. Everyone is welcome but existing library members are reminded to bring their library cards with them. Non-members can join straightaway but will need to bring current ID with their name and address.

For more information about the library service along with the schedule and routes click here

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The OW Peoples Market Development (OWPMD) is due to open on April 2, 2018 and Wrexham Council have just awarded Focus Wales the contract to deliver the celebratory launch event that will mark the opening of this innovative new space.

Focus Wales co-founder, Andy Jones, said: “We’re pleased to be working with WCBC on this project, and we’ll be putting all of our experience, creativity and energy into delivering an exciting event that the whole of the Wrexham community can enjoy.”

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The OW Peoples Market Development, which will be known as Tŷ Pawb, will be a cultural community resource, bringing together arts and markets within the same footprint. The coexistence will celebrate the significance of markets within Wrexham’s cultural heritage and identity. Following 43 years in the Wrexham library building as Oriel Wrecsam, Tŷ Pawb will seek to create a new space for dialogue around subjects including social issues, the environment, health, cultural identity and education.

Cllr Hugh Jones, lead member for communities, partnerships, community safety and public protection said: “I am delighted that Focus Wales has been awarded this contract. Their reputation for professionalism and for their commitment to both Wrexham and the Welsh language are known throughout the arts community in Wrexham and I am sure that they, along with myself and Wrexham Council, welcome them on board this exciting event planned for the official opening of Tŷ Pawb on April 2nd”

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Over 325 local children and adults descended on Plas Pentwyn Resource Centre, Coedpoeth, on Saturday, October 28 to celebrate Halloween in style!

Every year the management committee, consisting of 12 local volunteers, try to do something different.  This year, the event included a ‘spooky games’ room where members of the committee handmade items such as a horror box which had brains and dead man’s fingers inside (jelly and sausages).  Other games included ‘Splat the Spook’ and ‘Tin Can Alley’.  All of these spooky games were put on alongside a disco, a craft room and a ghost hunt with real spooks along the way!

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Stacey Deere, Centre Manager, said: “The Halloween party at Plas Pentwyn was a huge success with the local community. It was great to see so many children and adults enjoying themselves.  Plas Pentwyn is very lucky to have such an active Management Committee who are dedicated to putting on community activities for everyone to enjoy.”

The project received funding through the Welsh Government Rural Communities – Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Welsh Government.

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The dates of the 2018 Carnival of Words, one of the leading book festivals in North Wales and the Marches, have been announced.

Literary events will be held at venues across Wrexham between Saturday, April 21 and Saturday, April 28 and organisers are busy lining-up an exciting and innovative programme.

The Wrexham Carnival of Words has been a resounding success since it was first held in 2015, with an increasing range of events, which have proved popular with local people.

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From the beginning it has helped local authors bring their work to a wider audience, as well as bringing a range of popular and well-known authors to Wrexham to talk about their books, their literary influences and the experience of writing for others.

You don’t have to wait until April…

If April seems a long way off, several events are planned before then as a prelude to the 2018 Carnival.

There will be a performance of Bothered and Bewildered at Wrexham Library on Tuesday, November 28 at 7pm.

Playwright Gail Young will talk about the background to her comedy drama, which is a moving insight into the realities of dementia.  Gail and friends will perform extracts from the play, which follows Irene and her two daughters Louise and Beth as the girls lose their mum in spirit but not body.

Inspire fabulous stories…

Best-selling author William Ryan (the Korolev series and The Constant Solider) will lead two afternoon workshops for budding writers on Tuesday, December 6 at Wrexham Library.

The first workshop, entitled Inspirational Resources for Writers, will demonstrate how to use archive material to inspire fabulous stories.

It’ll be followed by Improving First Drafts, in which William Ryan will show how to take that initial text and polish it to perfection.

Also at Wrexham Library, at 7pm, will be William Ryan’s spell-binding talk, The Hoecker Photos: From Artefacts to Fiction.

In 2007, a retired American military intelligence officer donated an extraordinary collection of photographs to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.  The photographs were taken between June 1944 and January 1945 and belonged to Karl Hoecker, adjutant to Richard Baer, the last commander of Auschwitz.

When author William Ryan came across them he was fascinated.  Because in the photographs we see very ordinary men, on the face of it, except that they are some of the worst mass murderers in history.

William will show some of the Hoecker photographs and explain how he used them and other photographs to create a work of fiction that is, at the same time, firmly rooted in history.

Tickets for all events are available at Wrexham Library.

The full 2018 programme will be announced in January and details will also be available on the Carnival of Words website

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