What’s on in York: Martyn Waites- The Old Religion

York Explore Library :

Wed 20 Jun :

6.30pm – 7.30pm :

£5

Join Martyn Waites as he launches his new thriller the Old Religion.

The Cornish village of St Petroc is the sort of place where people come to hide. Tom Killgannon is one such person. An ex-undercover cop, Tom is in the Witness Protection Programme hiding from some very violent people, and St Petroc’s offers him a chance to live a safe and quiet life. Until he meets Lila.

A dark, twisted, fast-paced page-turner, The Old Religion is a contemporary British rural crime thriller that combines deft plotting and evocative landscapes with richness of character.

‘Waites is one of the very best crime writers we have, simple as that. I’ve been looking forward to this book for a long time and, boy, it was worth waiting for. I don’t know if I devoured IT or IT devoured ME…’ – Mark Billingham

‘One of the brightest stars in the British crime writing firmament’ – John Connolly

For fans of Peter May and Ann Cleeves comes a new thriller featuring ex-undercover police officer Tom Killgannon. Welcome to the dark heart of Cornwall . . .

He was running from his past.

She was running from her future.

Sometimes helping a stranger is the last thing you should do . . .

Martyn Waites was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne. He trained at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama and worked as an actor for many years before becoming a writer. His novels include the critically acclaimed Joe Donovan series, set in the north-east of England, and The White Room which was a Guardian book of the year. In 2013 he was chosen to write Angel of Death, the official sequel to Susan Hill’s Woman in Black and in 2014 won the Grand Prix du Roman Noir for Born Under Punches. Martyn wrote the bestselling ‘Brennan and Esposito’ series under the pseudonym Tania Carver. To date, the series has sold over 190,000 copies. The first book in the series, The Surrogate, was nominated for the Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year Award.

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Future plans for York libraries

Acomb Explore Library

City of York Council’s Executive will be asked to consider proposals for the future development of York’s Libraries and Archives at a meeting later this month (21 June).

If the proposals are agreed, the council will look to appoint an operator for the service for the next 15 years with a contract of £32 million; maintaining the existing level of funding despite pressure on budgets

The existing five-year contract with Explore Libraries and Archives Mutual Limited expires on 31 March 2019.

The move is likely to cause concern that the substantial progress made by the current operator will be jeopardised. Working together the Council and contractor have managed to sustain the existing network of facilities across the whole City – unlike the situation in most other parts of the country.

The tender documents may raise the prospect of reduced hours or “volunteer only” manning at some small branches.

Some of the Councils “outsourcing” deals have failed spectacularly.

Yesterday the Warden Call CIC was revealed to have crashed financially and it will now be brought back “in house”. “Make it York” has had a troubled couple of years while GLL has been criticised for chasing footfall, since it took over the Councils leisure centres, at the expense of a timetable with a broader appeal.

The procurement plans follow a citywide consultation from November 2017 – February 2018, which 2,484 people responded to, giving their views on the council’s vision for the future of the city’s library and archives service.

Key elements of the consultation feedback include:

The need to retain key services such as borrowing books, providing a reading and studying space, and providing access to computers
The desirability of providing a reading cafe on site
The importance of the library as a community hub with opening hours to reflect the needs of local residents
Libraries providing state of the art learning spaces
Maximising the best use of the buildings through partnership working
Respondents broadly supported for the vision of moving away from stand alone library buildings and recognised the need for partnerships to create services co-located with other community amenities.

Key proposals for the future service include:
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‘The Lily and the Rose”, introduced by author Nick Morrice

Jun _14 Nick Morrice

York Explore Library :

Thu 14 Jun :

6.30pm – 7.30pm :

Free

York-based author Nick Morrice speaks about and reads from his autobiographical novel which is based on four key periods in his life. The book is dedicated to the contemporary composer Bob Chilcott whose musical setting of the medieval lyric poem, ”The Lily and the Rose”, led the author to discover surprising parallels between his own life and the medieval legends of ‘The Quest for the Holy Grail’ and ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’.

This is an illustrated talk with an opportunity for questions afterwards. Signed copies will be available at £10.00.

This event will take place in the Marriott Room, at York Explore Library
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What’s on in York: Explore a Story

York Explore Library :

Thu 14 Jun :

2.00pm – 3.00pm :

£2

‘Explore a Story’ is an interactive storytelling session for 2-5 year olds. The session uses props and games to get the children involved in bringing the stories to life. The sessions give children the opportunity to use and develop their imaginations within the storytelling, and helps to develop their creative skills beyond the sessions also.

This interactive style of storytelling shows the children different ways to read a story and opens up and re-imagines how the stories are put together.

Come with us through the swishy swashy grass on a bear hunt, with teddy to the moon, or on a perilous quest to find some secret treasure. They are encouraged to bring their own ideas and build them into the session on a journey through the imagination.

Tickets £2 per child. For children aged 2 – 5 years old.

Available to pre book by coming into any York library or by telephone on (01904) 552828.

Print from your own devices – new service at Acomb Explore Library

Untitled Explore libraries have updated their printing services to include printing from any device. Thanks to these new kiosks, anybody can now print documents at the libraries without logging onto the library computers or even being a library member. Residents and visitors alike can simply email their print jobs to the library printer from their mobile phones, laptops, or their home PC. So if you’re on your way to a gig and forgotten to print your ticket, it’s no problem, just email the tickets to the library printer, and receive a unique job reference back to collect your print.

The new kiosks have been installed at Acomb, Clifton, Tang Hall and York Explore libraries, with the support of United Carlton and City of York Council IT. Helen Whitehead, E-Services Librarian says “For a while now, customers have been asking for wi-fi printing, and we’ve found it tricky to find a secure but affordable way to achieve it. We’re so pleased we’ve found this solution, which doesn’t just offer secure wifi printing, but also printing from home, and easy photocopying and scanning too.”

While libraries have offered printing from public computers for many years, this new technology brings the service right up to date with customers able to collect prints privately and efficiently themselves, without staff handling their sensitive documents, and the prints are higher quality too.

Explore York Libraries & Archives is a not-for-profit organisation with charitable status, and make a small charge for printing and photocopying. Full details of prices, and a full description of the encryption methodology used are on the library website www.exploreyork.org.uk

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For more information about this service please contact:

Helen Whitehead, E Services Librarian

01904 554291 helen.whitehead@exploreyork.org.uk www.exploreyork.org.uk

What’s on in York: Writing Historical Fiction – Meet the Author Carmen Radtke

Jun _5 Carmen Radtke York Explore Library :

Tue 5 Jun :

6.30pm – 7.30pm :

Free

York resident Carmen Radtke and novelist will talk about her historical mysteries, her approach to researching the past and her inspirations. She also welcomes questions.

Her debut novel, The Case of the Missing Bride, was a Malice Domestic competition finalist and is published by Bloodhound Books. A Matter of Love and Death was published under the pen name Caron Albright by Bombshell Books.

This event will take place in the Marriott Room at York Explore Library

Facebook: Carmen Radtke
Twitter: @carmenradtke1

To book tickets please click here.

What’s on in York: Sensory Play – Make a Noise in Libraries

Acomb Explore Library :

Tue 5 Jun :

10.0am – 11.30am :

Free

Come and celebrate National Bookstart Week and make a Noise in libraries 2018 at York Libraries.

In this session we will listen to the National Bookstart Week book “A Busy Day for Birds” by Lucy Cousins and then enjoy some sensory and tactile play.

This is a free event, no need to book just turn up and join in the fun.