First, a hand-grasp of solidarity to all the quiet heroes reading this, whether teachers, librarians, parents or students. Alan Bennett once said that good writing makes you feel as if “a hand has come out and taken yours”. This newsletter - six months ahead of National Poetry Day on October 1st - includes a few poetry-activities to try at home, our way of keeping-in-touch. Because making and sharing a poem is an act of connection.. Activities from our Ambassadors!
For younger kids, poet and YouTube star Simon Mole is running a series of free live poetry workshops online via Zoom. Sessions run on Tuesdays mornings, with a sharing session on Thursday. For more information on how to join, visit www.simonmole.com/online-poetry-workshops and follow Simon on Twitter @Si_Mole. 
For older kids, author Sarah Crossan is sharing a poetry workshop every day at noon on Instagram Live. Featuring poetry challenges focusing on different themes, our personal favourite so far being her Vision themed lesson for National Poetry Day! Head to Sarah's Instagram @sarahcrossanwriter to view them all. Sarah will be sharing some of your poems so use the hashtag #WeAreThePoets when joining in. 
And for the grown ups... 
Liv Torc, #BBCLocalPoet 2019 for BBC Radio Somerset, asked her friends to tell her how they were feeling, in the form of a haiku. Her invention, the Haiflu, has inspired hundreds of witty, moving takes on the lockdown experience – and now you can join in too: just tag your creations #haiflu so we can see them. Find out more and view the Haiflu film on the National Poetry Day blog. 
National Poetry Day is co-ordinated by the charity Forward Arts Foundation. We are delighted by 2019's National Poetry Day successes, and in the run up to October, we will focus on supporting schools, teachers, students and strengthening communities, particularly those in isolated places or in areas of multiple deprivation.
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by Kate Elizabeth Russell Exploring the psychological dynamics of the relationship between a precocious yet naïve teenage girl and her magnetic and manipulative teacher, a brilliant, all-consuming read that marks the explosive debut of an extraordinary new writer. The Glass Hotel
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by Therese Anne Fowler (Goodreads Author) In Oak Knoll, a verdant, tight-knit North Carolina neighbourhood, professor of forestry and ecology Valerie Alston-Holt is raising her bright and talented biracial son. Xavier is headed to college in the fall, and after years of single parenting, Valerie is facing the prospect of an empty nest. All is well until the Whitman's move in next door―an apparently traditional family with new money, ambition, and a secretly troubled teenaged daughter. The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich Based on the extraordinary life of National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich’s grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C., this powerful novel explores themes of love and death with lightness and gravity and unfolds with the elegant prose, sly humour, and depth of feeling of a master craftsman. > Writers & Lovers by Lily King (Goodreads Author) Following the breakout success of her critically acclaimed and award-winning novel Euphoria, Lily King returns with an unforgettable portrait of an artist as a young woman. Blindsided by her mother's sudden death, and wrecked by a recent love affair, Casey Peabody has arrived in Massachusetts in the summer of 1997 without a plan. Her mail consists of wedding invitations and final notices from debt collectors. A former child golf prodigy, she now waits tables in Harvard Square and rents a tiny, mouldy room at the side of a garage where she works on the novel she's been writing for six years. At thirty-one, Casey is still clutching onto something nearly all her old friends have let go of: the determination to live a creative life. When she falls for two very different men at the same time, her world fractures even more. Casey's fight to fulfil her creative ambitions and balance the conflicting demands of art and life is challenged in ways that push her to the brink. MARCH- ADVENTURE! City of Bohane – Kevin Barry Eye of the Needle – Ken Follett For Whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway His Dark Materials Trilogy – Philip Pullman Ivanhoe – Walter Scott Mr Standfast – John Buchan The Big Sleep – Raymond Chandler The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins The Jack Aubrey Novels – Patrick O’Brian The Lord of the Rings Trilogy – J.R.R. Tolkien This is the link to the reference sources, available to Libraries West members via the website: https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/libraries-history-culture/libraries/ebooks-audiobooks-and-online-reference/online-books-and-reference-sources.aspx Each LibrariesWest authority also subscribes to a range of free online reference resources, including the Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford English Dictionary, Newsbank, Who's Who & Who Was Who, and Access to Research. Access varies by authority so please check the relevant link below for your local area. Bath & North East Somerset Bristol Dorset North Somerset Poole Somerset South Gloucestershire Online books and reference resources Online books Find online resources on these websites:
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