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STOP PRESS
The next edition of the newsletter will be available mid-to-late January after Anna's return from Canada.
For now though, just to say Beth and Jesse's wedding was wonderful and the Canadian holiday is surpassing all expectations!
More to follow later!
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Headlines:
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- 5th Anniversary
- Helen Wendy Cooper
- Gillian Clarke Event
- Birmingham Book Festival
- Carol Ann Duffy
- Reading For Pleasure
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- Blue Peter Book Award
- World Book Day
- Dark Materials
- Persephone Group
- Christmas
- New Year Opening
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| Children's Laureate... |
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Children under 14 are being invited to nominate the next Children's Laureate when Michael Rosen steps down
next year. This is a great opportunity for children to have a sense that this Laureateship really is for
them. The winner of the best nomination (regardless of which author wins) will be invited to the
announcement ceremony in London on June 9th.
Please encourage your child/children to have a go - and let me know if they do!
All the information you need should be available from
www.childrenslaureate.org.uk
To make it even more exciting, I am offering £5 Book Tokens to the first five entries that meet all the
criteria, and I will give a £25 Book Token to ONE local winner (ie someone who can come to the bookshop
to collect their prize!) - so there's bags of incentive to have a go! (You'll need to send a copy of
the entry to me as well as to the organisers.)
Closing date is 31st January 2009.
Good luck!
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| Five Years!... |
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Its five years now since I took over Wenlock Books...
...and what a fabulous five years they have been. Thanks to everyone for all your support, past, present and future!
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| Serious Reader's Book Lights... |
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If you've ever been intrigued by the ads in Sunday magazines for the Serious Reader's Book Lights, we are now able to order the lights
for you. We have a floor standing lamp in the bookshop which you are free to try out for yourself and then place your order with us,
we will get the light delivered to your own home, or we can take delivery here for you if that's easier. These reading lights are a top
quality product and I recommend you come and have a look!
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| Exploring Poetry... |
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| An introductory Workshop with Marilyn Pietroni. |
Meeting quarterly on Friday evenings, the Poetry Workshop is an 'open group' which means it is possible for new people to attend
on each occasion, with no commitment required to attend all meetings. The next date is:
Further dates may be arranged in view of the amount of interest. A joining fee of £5.00 towards the administrative costs
of Wenlock Books is made at the first attendance only. |
Download full details >>
(poetry-workshop.pdf - 23kb)
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| Christmas Fair... |
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Saturday 6th December 2008
Join us for a day of festivites in Much Wenlock
Please
see poster
for more information
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| Letters to Father Christmas... |
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On Saturday December 6th all children are invited to write their letters to Father Christmas - and post them in our
very own red letter-box! Just call in, any time and you will be warmly welcomed.
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| Write Christmas Cards In Peace... |
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Not only can you buy a wide range of lovely Christmas cards in the bookshop, you are also welcome to bring your own Christmas Cards in and
write them here at our big, round table. You'll find peace and quiet, we'll ply you with coffee, and if you like, you can listen to gentle
Christmas music to put you in the mood for the task. Make it a special time for you, and give yourself the time and space you need.
You can come any morning, and most afternoons, just avoid
reading group sessions
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| (Not) Christmas Eve!... |
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As my daughter Beth is getting married in Canada straight after Christmas I shall not be in the shop on Christmas Eve. Instead we shall
celebrate the traditional book-shop Christmas Eve on Tuesday 23rd December: please put this date in your diary!
We shall be serving (non-alcoholic) mulled wine throughout the day, and at four o'clock we shall have our candle-lit reading of The Night
Before Christmas at which we give out hand-made red felt stockings - stuffed with Christmas goodies - to all the children and have a
wonderful, magical reading of the traditional Night Before Christmas story followed by Carol Ann Duffy's beautiful re-telling of
that poem - which is amazingly gorgeous and completely makes my Christmas every year!
After the reading there will be soft drinks and chocs for the children and sparkling wine and mince pies for the adults. (Adults may come
without children, but it may be standing room only.)
Only TWO children's places places left!
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There will be a collection for the Deaf Africa Fund at this event
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| Venice 2009... |
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Our next
trip to Venice
is June 2nd to June 6th 2009 and is now FULLY BOOKED.
Our next Readers' Retreat in west Wales, now FULLY BOOKED, will be held from February 25th to 28th 2009.
To see photos of this year's Readers'
Retreat, please
visit the Blog.
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