And don't they look beautiful! Thanks once again to the lovely folk at Puffin. Look very closely and you can see the Passmore Edwards Centennial logo and the words " A Cornwall Libraries Big Read Book"
We are getting geared up for the Big Read Launch on 12th April at the Reader's Day at Tremough Campus.
Tickets for this event are available from your local library at a cost of £10.
Secrets of the Garden ~
A Cornwall Libraries day for readers & writers 12th April
University College Falmouth, Tremough Campus
Treliever Road
Penryn
10.00 – 16.00 (registration from 9.30) Tickets £10
We invite you to join us on our latest Readers’ Day for conversation with authors & archivists on books with a strong sense of place and the environment. The day includes the launch of our Big Read for 2011: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. This 1911 bestseller has been chosen to commemorate the great public library benefactor John Passmore Edwards who died 100 years ago. His legacy continues.
Our guest speakers include:
Juliet Barker, author of The Brontes and Wordsworth, a life in letters
Phil Cope, author & photographer of Holy Wells: Cornwall
Sarah C. Jane & Jane Darke, speaking about the archive of Cornish playwright & film maker Nick Darke
Sue Minter, recent horticultural director at Eden; author of The Well Connected Gardener and The Healing Garden
Nicola Upson, crime writer & researcher. Books include Angel with Two Faces (crime & skulduggery at Loe Bar in the 1930’s) and Two for Sorrow. They feature crime novelist & National Trust supporter Josephine Tey.
Chairman Andrew McInnes
There will also be exhibitions, a bookstall from Falmouth Bookseller, the opportunity to tour the university library and readers’ bags to take home.
Tea, coffee & biscuits are provided. Lunch is available to buy in the university refectory or you can bring your own.
For bookings or further information, please contact your local library or Maureen Twose,
mtwose@cornwall.gov.uk, tel. 07967 340907
