April 2008 Archives
John Nelson Reviews The West Lancashire Golf Club - A History of Golf at Blundellsands
Posted by Digital Editor on April 30, 2008 5:00 PM
NOW we have it - the definitive history of the West Lancashire Golf Club - and it’s been well worth waiting for.
It’s a magnificent book and what an auspicious time to publish it – in 2008, the year in which Liverpool is the European Capital of Culture. What a nice gesture to dedicate the book as a contribution from Merseyside.
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Book Your Place for Library Day
Posted by Digital Editor on April 25, 2008 9:00 AM
Sefton residents are being encouraged to join their local library as part of a national campaign.
This Saturday (April 26) is 'Join A Library Day', which is an initiative as part of the National Year Of Reading.
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Ways To Live Forever
Posted by Jane Gallagher on April 24, 2008 8:59 PM
A word of warning, this book will make you laugh, it will make you smile but it will also make you cry.
But it’s a book everyone should read. It’s a book about death. But more than that, it’s a book about how to live. And however long your life will be; this book teaches you about living life to the full and making the most of every single day.
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Diary of a Legionnaire author Gareth Cairns book signing
Posted by Digital Editor on April 24, 2008 5:47 PM
Local author, Gareth Cairns will be holding book signing events this Saturday (April 26).
The author of Diary of a Legionnaire will be meeting readers and signing books in Crosby and Formby,
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Group Shoots for Reading Success
Posted by Digital Editor on April 24, 2008 5:22 PM
A group of football fanatic children have been encouraged to read by Premier League footballers.
Youngsters from Waterloo Primary School have been taking part in the 2008 Premier League Reading Stars group, which encourages children to read more through promotion by footballers from the top 20 clubs in England.
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Can Fiction Change Lives?
Posted by Jane Gallagher on April 21, 2008 6:22 PM
Why read fiction? That was the central question at the heart of a fascinating day at the newly refurbished Bluecoat last weekend where writers Kate Mosse, Philippa Gregory, Lionel Shriver, Clare Allen and Bel Mooney were joined by Shami Chakrabarti to talk about the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction.
As well as the opportunity to meet some established writers it was an opportunity to find out how lives had been touched by literature.
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Tales of the Unexpected
Posted by Jamie on April 16, 2008 4:02 PM
I've taken advantage of the car being repaired to get stuck in to this anthology on the long(ish) train journey from Liverpool to Southport.
Brilliant, classy storytelling - but perhaps not as twist-filled as I was anticipating. You do get the impression old Roald thought his fellow human beings were a thoroughly unpleasant lot.
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Stop Press Author Visits
Posted by Jane Gallagher on April 14, 2008 2:32 PM
Great news for fiction fans. Following the success of our newly launched Book Club three authors have signed up for special Meet The Author events.
In association with our partners Pritchards and Sefton Libraries three authorshave signed up for events later this year.
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Neville Cardus.
Posted by Winston Place on April 12, 2008 8:19 PM
I first came across Neville Cardus's writings in 1948 when I was a wee boy of 12 years.
a lad in our class Harry Wassall had a copy of 'World Sports', when he had read the copy he give it to me in exchange for my school dinners main course and sweet for one week.
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A Fly In The Ointment
Posted by Jane Gallagher on April 11, 2008 7:28 PM
A fly in the ointment is someone or something that spoils a pleasant situation then you will need a whole set of swatters for Anne Fine's latest novel.
According to Fine's central character, Lois, at least.
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What I'm reading
Posted by Jane Gallagher on April 4, 2008 6:04 PM
After reading Patrick Gale's Notes From An Exhibition I wanted to read more of his work.
I picked up "Rough Music" a book which is loosely based on event sin his own life.
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