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Booked! West Dunbartonshire

Festival of Words 11 - 22 May 2015 A vibrant and diverse festival of talks and events by leading authors. All held at your local libraries.

Week 1

11 - 17 May 2015

Week 2

19 - 22 May 2015

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Great festival – look forward to it every year.

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Tickets for all events are available from every West Dunbartonshire Library. For further information on Booked! please visit our website at www.bookedfestival.info

Welcome to Booked! West Dunbartonshire Festival of Words Since its launch Booked has become well established as West Dunbartonshire’s annual literary festival offering a wide a range of topical, entertaining and stimulating events. This year’s line-up continues that tradition mixing the best Terry Lanagan contemporary writers with poets, musicians, an Executive Director of actor and fascinating talks on topics as diverse Educational Services as the Lusitania and the photography of Robert Mapplethorpe. We aim to appeal to all ages and tastes and this year present our first fantasy novelist, Elizabeth May. Fantasy has captured the wider public imagination with Peter Jackson’s popular adaptations of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit plus the massively successful Game of Thrones books and television series. Poetry features twice this year and it is a real pleasure to welcome back Kenneth Steven who has always been a Booked favourite, this year accompanied by the musician Wendy Stewart. The amazing young poet Rachel McCrum makes her festival debut performing her lyrical work. As ever crime fiction remains hugely popular in Scotland and Denise Mina, one of the leading lights of crime writing returns to Booked. Denise has a huge international following transcending her Scottish roots and her latest novel is based in Helenburgh. Booked also takes a pride in showcasing the talents of emerging writers and this year Kirstin Innes will be talking about her debut novel exploring the realities of the sex industry. We are also especially delighted and honoured to welcome Michel Faber to West Dunbartonshire. Michel is one of the most highly regarded and versatile contemporary writers and as well as receiving numerous literary awards his novel The Crimson Petal and the White was adapted by the BBC and his cult classic novel, Under the Skin, portraying an alien on the streets of Glasgow was recently released as a highly acclaimed film starring Scarlett Johansson. We have always been very keen to stimulate thought and to provoke discussion and have put as much emphasis upon non-fiction as fiction. Leading actor Alex Norton will be talking about his career in show business. This year’s Alastair Pearson lecture will be delivered by Lesley Riddoch who played such a prominent role in the recent independence referendum and she will explore how Scotland can continue to grow and flourish post-referendum. Carol Craig has written two highly regarded books The Scots’ Crisis of Confidence and The Tears of the Clyde. She has also both commissioned and contributed to a series called Postcards from Scotland exploring many of the key economic, educational and environmental challenges that confront our nation and four of the featured authors will be talking about their books. Rob Cowen first came to prominence with his well-received book Skimming Stones and Other Ways of Being in the Wild and his new book Common Ground takes forward the theme of how we can all engage more deeply with the natural world on our own doorstep. Finally, we are very excited about the Mill Girls on Tour, which is a wonderful fusion of poetry, drama and song celebrating the lives and struggles of the mill workers of Paisley and a wonderful evening’s entertainment.

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Alastair Pearson Lecture What Scotland Needs to Flourish

Monday 11 May Millennium Hall, Gartocharn at 7.30pm

This year’s Alastair Pearson Lecture is delivered by the well-known broadcaster and journalist Lesley Riddoch. Lesley will explore what postreferendum Scotland needs to flourish. She has travelled extensively throughout Scotland and as well as identifying what blights the nation Lesley has considerable cause for optimism. As she says herself, “Since the referendum, bystanders have become organisers, followers have become leaders, politics has become creative, women have become assertive, men have learned to facilitate not dominate. Independent action and self-reliance have helped create a ‘can-do’ approach shared by almost everyone active in Scotland today. Scotland’s biggest problems haven’t changed. But we have.” Come along for a stimulating, humorous and even challenging take on how Scotland can become a better country.

Lesley Riddoch

Have you joined West Dunbartonshire Libraries? There are 8 libraries in your area: Alexandria, Balloch, Clydebank, Dalmuir, Dumbarton, Duntocher, Faifley and Parkhall. For further details, addresses, telephone numbers and opening hours, please visit www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/libraries/library-branches/ www.bookedfestival.info

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The Pearson Lecture never fails to impress. Some crackers down the years.

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Denise Mina

Tuesday 12 May at Duntocher Library at 7.30pm

Denise Mina is always a very welcome guest at Booked. She is firmly established in the pantheon of major Scottish crime writers with a critical reputation that extends way beyond these shores. She has won and been nominated for numerous awards, including the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, 2013 for Gods and Beasts. She has also written graphic novels including an adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Denise is also a regular contributor to programmes about the arts on both TV and radio. Her forthcoming novel Blood, Salt, Water is the fifth book in the Alex Morrow series and is set in Helensburgh. www.denisemina.com

Denise Mina

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Have you joined West Dunbartonshire Libraries?

Best value book festival going. I now don’t have to bankrupt myself going to Edinburgh every August.

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Reserve and renew items online. Use eBooks and download free ebooks and magazines Use e-Audio Books and download free audiobooks Access computers and the internet. All our libraries have computers with free internet access and Microsoft Office software Learn in libraries, we offer a wide variety of Quest computer courses Borrow items from any West Dunbartonshire library

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Creative Writing workshops with Allan Wilson

Tuesday 12 May and Tuesday 19 May at Parkhall Library at 7pm

Allan Wilson is one of the most highly regarded emerging writers in Scotland. His debut short story collection Wasted in Love was described as being ‘a terrific debut anthology’ by Tom Leonard and Alan Bissett said that Allan Wilson ‘might just represent the future of Scottish fiction.’ With accolades such as these it makes us all the more delighted that Allan is running two creative writing workshops for Booked.

Allan Wilson

Do you know West Dunbartonshire Libraries have a Home / Housebound Library Service? The Housebound Library Service is for people who live in West Dunbartonshire who are unable to visit a branch or mobile library owing to age, disability or long term illness which normally confines them to their home. Please email mobile.library@west-dunbarton.gov.uk or telephone 01389 608037 or 01389 608037 for more information.

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Allan Wilson

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I think this is a marvellous vehicle for culture in the West Dunbartonshire area. Much needed!!!

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“In these two sessions attendees will have the chance to develop their writing skills through a number of different writing exercises as well as through discussion of published short fiction. We will look at a number of short stories with the aim of using these to develop our own writing. Classes are suitable for those already writing or for beginners who’d like to have a go. All attendees will finish the course having completed a short story.”

Alexandria Library 3.30 - 4.15pm Wednesdays Balloch Library 11.00 - 11.45am every second Saturday Clydebank Library 3.30 - 4.15pm Tuesdays Clydebank Library 11.15 - 12.00pm every second Saturday Dumbarton Library 3.30 – 4.15pm Thursdays Faifley Library 11.00 – 11.45am every second Saturday

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Story Time is a fun FREE 45 minute session which includes stories, games and activities for parents/ carers and their 3-5 year olds. Register to join in your local library Come along and cosy down to hear cheery stories and fantastical tales. We might take you on an adventure with pirate dinosaurs and magical fairies or go on a bear hunt with a brave princess and a grumpy dragon. The sessions are fun, interactive and guaranteed to set your child’s imagination soaring.

Have you joined West Dunbartonshire Libraries?

Fabulous opportunity of events - West Dunbartonshire Council are to be complimented on their provision of free

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or affordable events.

Story Time for 3-5 year olds

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Kirstin Innes

Wednesday 13 May at Clydebank Library at 7.30pm

We always like to feature debut novelists at Booked and this year we are delighted to present Kirstin Innes. Kirstin is a freelance writer, journalist and arts PR. She has won the Allen Wright Award for Excellence in Arts Journalism in both 2007 and 2011. Kirstin writes for the Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday, the Herald, the List and the Independent; she has also had stories published in numerous anthologies and magazines. Her debut novel Fishnet explores the reality of the lives of sex workers as Fiona investigates the disappearance of her sister Rona. “Fishnet is a determined debut from an inimitable talent. Kirstin Innes takes the reader on a heartbreaking investigative journey into the contemporary realm of prostitution.”

www.kirstininnes.com

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Kirstin Innes

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Wonderful – enjoyed every minute.

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Lisa O’Donnell, author of The Death of Bees and Closed Doors, winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize

More next year please.

Michel Faber

Thursday 14 May at Dumbarton Library at 7.30pm

It is a huge honour and pleasure to welcome Michel Faber to Booked. Michel was born in Holland in 1960 and emigrated to Australia in 1967. He has lived in Scotland since 1993 and has written eight books, including the highly acclaimed The Crimson Petal and the White, and Under the Skin which was shortlisted for the Whitbread. He has also written two novellas, The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps and The Courage Consort. Michel has won several short-story awards, including the Neil Gunn, Ian St James and Macallan. The Crimson Petal and the White was adapted for television by the BBC and Under the Skin was very recently filmed. It was shot in Scotland and starred Scarlett Johannson. Michael ‘s latest novel is The Book of Strange New Things.

Michael Faber

www.canongate.tv/authors/michelfaber

photograph of Michel © Eva Faber

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Do you know West Dunbartonshire Libraries has a large selection of resources for children and babies?

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These include Bookbug Schools Learning Programme in Libraries School mobile library service

For more information, please visit the website www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/libraries/resources-for-children-and-babies/

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Kenneth Steven and Wendy Stewart

Friday 15 May at Alexandria Library at 7.30pm

A Song among the Stones is a poetry sequence written by Kenneth Steven. It tells the imagined, but quite likely, story of Celtic Christian hermit monks travelling from Iona to Iceland in the 6th Century. The Icelanders certainly believe that before the Norsemen arrived from Norway, Celtic monks visited and spent the summers there. It was for them a way of escaping the ‘busy’ world of Iona, full as it was of craftsmen, artists and scholars. A Song among the Stones is written as a sequence of fragmented poems. It seeks to create the sense of a lost early Celtic manuscript, written perhaps some centuries after the return of the hermits to Iona. It is the bare bones of the story, what is left of something that might once have been much more extensive. The sequence has been interpreted by many musicians in Scotland and beyond. But first and foremost by Wendy Stewart, one of Scotland’s leading clarsach players. Wendy composed music to be woven through and around the sequence, to create a performance that lasts just over half an hour. It is intended to be a meditative journey, a pilgrimage, for the listener. www.kennethsteven.co.uk

Kenneth Steven and Wendy Stewart

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Saturday 16 May at Balloch Library at 7.30pm

Rob Cowen Common Ground The British Isles keep on producing an extraordinarily talented array of nature writers. Rob Cowen first came to prominence with his book Skimming Stones and Other Ways of Being in the Wild which was awarded the ‘Roger Deakin Grant’ by the Society of Authors. This book, which was co-written with Leo Critchely, was described in the Huffington Post as being a “brilliant book” and Country Walking magazine said that “it somehow manages to say something about nature that the rest of us can’t”. Rob’s new book is called Common Ground and it charts how he explores an area of common land adjacent to his hometown in Yorkshire and finds a deeper connection to both nature and the human lives led within this space. Rob’s work emphasizes how much we need to reconnect with nature as many of us did as children when we played totally absorbed in the natural world.

Rob Cowen

www.robandleo.com

eBooks, eMagazines and eAudio Books

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choice of writers.

Did you know you can borrow eBooks, eMagazines and eAudio books from your West Dunbartonshire Libraries? There is a large selection of current magazines and publications. Why not join by contacting your local library and enjoy this free service? The selection is compatible with a wide range of tablets, smartphones and ipads but unfortunately they are not compatible with kindle devices or apps.

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West Dunbartonshire Libraries hold a wide range of material of Local Studies and Archives. For the local studies enthusiast, you’ll find resources at our two largest libraries which are at Clydebank and Dumbarton. Some of the resources available include: Books, Maps, Photographs and Prints, Newspapers, Archives, Cuttings and Indexes, Audiovisual Materials. For information on forthcoming family history courses, contact either Clydebank or Dumbarton Library or email: local.history@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

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It is a great way of finding new authors, meeting people and seeing all the different libraries in the area.

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Would you like to find out about your family’s history?

Monday 18 May at Clydebank Library at 7.30pm

Rachel McCrum

Rachel McCrum is one of the most exciting contemporary poets performing in the UK. She arrived in Edinburgh in 2010, via Manchester, Belfast, New Zealand, Oxford and a small seaside town in Northern Ireland. She works as a poet and performer and, with fellow poet Jenny Lindsay, is one half of Rally & Broad, Scotland’s cabaret of music, words and lyrical delight. Her first pamphlet ‘The Glassblower Dances’ was awarded the 2012 Callum MacDonald Award. Her work has been included in the anthologies ‘Be The First To Like This’ (Vagabond Voices), ‘A Bird Is Not A Stone’ (Freight Books) and ‘Double Bill’ (Red Squirrel Books). She has performed alongside Liz Lochhead, Phill Jupitus, William Letford, Don Paterson and others. Her next pamphlet ‘Do Not Alight Here’ was published by Stewed Rhubarb Press in March 2015. We are delighted to have a poet and performer of the calibre of Rachel at Booked.

Rachel McCrum

www. rallyandbroad.com/meet-rally-broad-rachel-mccrum/

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I love this festival and try to come as often as possible. What a

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wonderful resource

and free!!! Amazing.

You can now connect with West Dunbartonshire Libraries using social media to keep up to date with all our latest news, announcements, promotions and competitions. Follow @wdclibraries on Twitter for our real-time stream of information, updates and promotions. Want a book reserved? Just tweet us! Alternatively, if you would prefer to email us: library.headquarters@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

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Elizabeth May

Tuesday 19 May at Alexandria Library at 7.30pm

Elizabeth May is a major new voice in fantasy. She was born in California, where she lived during her formative years before moving to Scotland. She has a BA in Anthropology/Sociology from Marlboro College and a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of St Andrews. When she isn’t writing, she can be found hiking through the Scottish highlands with a camera in hand. Her debut novel The Falconer received a lot of critical acclaim. SCI FI NOW described it as being “a wicked cocktail of Jane Austen’s high society and the Grimm’s fairy tales. Absolutely wonderful: a Must Read Now novel”. The second novel in the series, The Vanishing Throne, will be released next year and it follows the further fortunes of Lady Aileana Kameron in her battle against the Fae. This is exciting new territory for Booked as we present our first fantasy author.

Elizabeth May Elizabeth May

This event will especially appeal to young adults as well as general readers.

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Twitter @_ElizabethMay www.elizabethmaywrites.com

Being mature in years I have always used my local library. I had never been to the Booked! festival before but it has given me a zest for life and more knowledge.

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Tuesday 19 May at Clydebank Library at 7.45pm

The Construction of RMS Lusitania - One of Clydebank’s greatest ships “The Royal Mail Steamer Lusitania was designed to be the largest and fastest ship in the world. She was built for the Cunard line by John Brown and Co Ltd, and entered service between Liverpool and New York in 1907. Tragically she was torpedoed by a German submarine on 7 May 1915, and sank rapidly, with the loss of 1198 lives. My talk will, however, be about the building of this magnificent and innovative vessel, and about the techniques used in her construction and equipment. Lusitania was, I would argue, the most beautiful liner ever built.” Professor John R Hume As well as Professor’s Hume’s talk we are offering a free visit up the Titan Crane to all of the ticket holders who can be at the Titan Crane Booking Office between 6.15pm and 6.30pm. A shuttle bus will take you round to the Crane and back.

RMS Lusitania

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fun too! Many, many thanks.

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Words And Music @ Duntocher

Featuring Sophie Rogers and guests including Adam Ross Greene

Wednesday 20 May at Duntocher Library at 7.30pm

Following on from a fantastic evening of music last November, up and coming singer-songwriter Sophie Rogers returns with another night of original music, spoken word and a few surprises. Her sound is Celtic, folk, lyrical with a soulful voice and broad, mainstream appeal. Sophie is going to become a very big name so this is another great chance to see her in a small and intimate venue.

Sophie Rogers

Tesco Bank Summer Reading Challenge West Dunbartonshire Libraries will be inviting children of all ages to take part in the Tesco Bank Summer Reading Challenge which will run throughout the summer holidays.

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Excellent speaker in all respects. Always impressed by the quality and standard at these festivals.

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This year’s theme is Record Breakers. Look out for more information from your local library.

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Wednesday 20 May at Dumbarton Library at 7.30pm

Postcards from Scotland

Postcards from Scotland is a series of short books published by Argyll Publishing and the Centre for Confidence and Well-being and they are designed to stimulate and communicate new thinking and new ways of living. They address some of the key challenges that face Scotland and look at imaginative and creative solutions. Each of the books in the series looks at new ways of living and surmounting the political, social, educational and environmental challenges that face us. Four of the Postcards authors will be discussing their books and there will be an opportunity to talk about the issues raised.

Alf Young

www.postcardsfromscotland.co.uk/

Alf Young Alf Young writes, broadcasts and comments on a range of political and economic issues. He retired in 2009 from the Herald where he was responsible for comment and opinion and then wrote for the Scottish Review and the Scotsman. Alf will be discussing his book The New Road: Charting Scotlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Inspirational Communities.

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Carol Craig Carol Craig is Chief Executive of the Centre for Confidence and Well-being which she established in 2004. She is author of The Scots’ Crisis of Confidence and The Tears that Made the Clyde: Well-being in Glasgow. She is also Commissioning Editor for the Postcards from Scotland series. Carol will be talking about her book The Great Takeover: how materialism, the media and markets now dominate our lives.

John Carnochan John Carnochan was a police officer for almost 39 years working mostly as a Detective and involved in the investigation of serious crime and in particular as senior investigating officer in murder inquiries. He co-founded the Violence Reduction Unit where the fundamental tenet is that ‘violence is preventable not inevitable’. He will be discussing his book, Conviction: Violence, culture and a shared public service agenda.

Daniel Murphy Daniel Murphy has worked across the Scottish education system for the past 40 years. He has been a teacher of history and politics, a local authority adviser and head teacher of three different secondary schools. In his book Schooling Scotland: Education, equity and community he brings a lifelong passion and a vivid insider’s insight to the challenges of helping schools do better for all Scotland’s children.

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Thursday 21 May Clydebank Museum and Art Gallery from 2pm - 3.30pm

ARTIST ROOMS Robert Mapplethorpe

As a Scottish Associate of the ARTIST ROOMS On Tour 2015 Programme, Clydebank Museum and Art Gallery is delighted to present this exhibition of black and white photographs by the American artist Robert Mapplethorpe. ARTIST ROOMS is a collection of modern and contemporary art jointly owned by Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. The ARTIST ROOMS collection of Mapplethorpe photographs is one of the best in the world, representing an astonishing breadth of work.

Iain M Banks

Come along to a curator led tour hosted by Trisha Robins Exhibitions Officer and discover the stories behind the photographs. The exhibition showcases a series of self-portraits, portraits of well-known figures from across the spectrum of the creative arts, nature studies and still lifes and portraits influenced by Mapplethorpe’s detailed knowledge of art history.

Image - Robert Mapplethorpe, Self Portrait (1988) ARTIST ROOMS Tate and National Galleries of Scotland. Acquired jointly through The d’Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008. © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission

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“ I look forward each time to the Booked! festival events - they are so interesting.

“ For further information about The Artist Rooms at Clydebank Museum and Art Galleries see the Tate Gallery’s website http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/other-venues/ display/robert-mapplethorpe-clydebank-museum-art-gallery

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Festival has been organised by very friendly, helpful and competent staff. Great atmosphere and great speakers.

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The maximum number of participants for this event is 10 people. Book early!

Thursday 21 May at Clydebank High School at 7.30pm

Mill Girls on Tour

Full of heart and humour: a unique production of poetry, theatre and music. As Never Before! A poignant tribute to the resilient and passionate ‘Mill Girls’. Join the Mill Girls: Rosie, Sadie, Betty and Agnes as they celebrate the lives of the thousands of woman who worked in Paisley’s great thread mills in the 19th and 20th centuries, through captivating poetry, theatre and music.

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Prices £5 adult £4 concession (OAP, unemployed) £2.50 children 16 and under Tickets available from all our libraries.

Paisley’s Mill Girls were unique with their swagger and radicalism: ‘Up the dancing’ in their finery, protesting for equal pay, striding out in their thousands, ‘making a whole town stop’. Theirs’ is a familiar story taking its place alongside the great mill towns of Britain and the rich social history of working people. From factory floor and war efforts to friendships and love, it is a show that is comic and tragic, defiant and loving, always dramatic and shimmering with glamour. www.weavingmusicalthreads.com/events/8-mill-girls-on-tour

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Comic and Tragic Defiant and Loving TM

based on the Mill Girls poems and songs factory floor and war efforts to dancing and love a tribute to the women who worked in the thread mills

POETRY - MUSIC - THEATRE

Paisley, Scotland’s largest town, has a global significance as a textile town, from the world famous Paisley Pattern and Shawl, to young weavers experimenting to produce thread as fine as silk. The thread mills of Paisley once produced 98% of the world’s thread. In 1993 the doors closed on the mills in Paisley. Mill Girls On Tour, based on the ‘Mill Girls’ poems, is a poignant tribute to the mills legacy, the making of a place and its people. The cast is an exciting blend of Scottish and International poet, scriptwriter, actress and singer/songwriter: Anna MacDonald; Carmen Jongepier; Jody Jameson and Mo Blake.

Mill Girls On Tour - a show for all ages, with a chance to meet the poets and cast. Loved by all who have seen it...

You can apply by post, fax or online. Timetables and course application forms are available in any West Dunbartonshire Library or can be downloaded or filled in online from here www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/quest when the courses are available. Completed forms can then be either emailed or posted to the address given on the application form. Alternatively, fax your application free at any local library to the Quest team who will then process your form.

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I look forward to the Booked! festival every year as there is a great atmosphere and the quality of the events are of a very high standard.

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Friday 22 May at Dalmuir Library at 7.30pm

Alex Norton

Alex Norton is one of the best known faces on television and is especially renowned for his portrayal of DCI Matt Burke in Taggart. Alex’s career has taken him from the Gorbals to Hollywood and his autobiography There’s Been a Life charts this extraordinary journey. He was one of the founding members of the Scottish branch of the radical theatre company 7:84 and toured with the famous production of The Cheviot, the Stag, and the Black Black Oil. He has appeared in Hollywood blockbusters such as Patriot Games, Braveheart and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest as well as the much-loved classics Gregory’s Girl and Local Hero. He has worked with leading stars such as Dudley Moore, Rowan Atkinson and Billy Connolly. This will be a fascinating and humorous insight into a wonderful career in showbiz.

Alex Norton

Please let us know if you are interested in a local Book Group

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It is a great way of finding new authors, meeting people and seeing all the

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different libraries in the area.

Contact Allan Gordon allan.gordon@west-dunbarton.gov.uk or telephone 01389 608978 If you would like to find out if there is a space available in our existing groups or tell your branch if you would like to take part in a new daytime group.

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It’s Booked! Festival Quiz Time

Quiz Time closing date Monday 1 June 2015

Two quizzes are available; one is for adults and the other is for children. Quiz sheets are available from any West Dunbartonshire library and can be handed in to any branch upon completion. Alternatively, you can visit our website and complete the answer sheet online, submitting it directly to the Quizmaster. The closing date is Monday the 1st of June and the winners will be announced in early June. The winner of the quiz will receive £35 in book tokens. If there is a draw the winner will be drawn from a hat. The children’s quiz will be available from the website and in each branch. Further details will be available very soon from your local library and from our website.

“John was excellent. He really engaged the children. He was very entertaining, interested in the children and had a great way of talking with them.” - author visit by John Fardell, St Mary’s Primary School. “Cathy MacPhail communicated very well with the children, she was extremely interesting and interested in the children and their views and opinions.” - author visit by Cathy MacPhail, Gartocharn Primary School. “She spoke very well about her writing. She answered the children’s questions and involved them in building up stories from one idea. The children were hooked from the start. It was a fantastic experience for them.” - author visit by Cathy MacPhail, Gartocharn Primary School.

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Informative, thought provoking – really enjoyed it.

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Here are what some local teachers have said about our Crackin’ Crits school projects

Do you love reading?

Do you know about the QUEST Computer Courses?

Here is some information about Reading Groups in your area.

QUEST is our branded learning service for library members across West Dunbartonshire. We offer and deliver a wide variety of FREE computer courses to the people of West Dunbartonshire. Courses can range from absolute beginners courses to courses suited to the more advanced user. Please note, our courses run 4 times per year January to March, April to June, July to September, August to October and then November until December and are only available to book at these times. Please contact your local library for further information about course availability.

If you would like to share your reading experiences with fellow enthusiasts then you might enjoy being a member of one of our reading groups. Each group meets regularly (usually in the evening) and they discuss the books that were given out at the previous meeting. The groups are informal and provide a convivial atmosphere. We are also looking to start daytime reading groups in our branches which would run in the afternoon. If you are interested in this please let us know at your nearest branch.

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Computers for the Absolute Beginner Next Step (a follow on from the beginners class) Beginners Guide to Word Processing Set up and use Skype Twitter and Facebook A Guide to Window 8 Using a Tablet PC (New course in August) Set up and use email

Why not contact your local library to find out more? Full details on all the libraries are on page 25.

Please note that courses are filled on a first-come first-served basis and applications are not kept for future courses. You need to re-apply for each course you are interested in.

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Still thinking about taking a Computer Course?

Love Booked!

Some of the Computer Courses available in our Libraries

Places are limited so early booking is recommended. Each course will usually run for a 2 hour session each week for a set number of weeks. Your local library can give you full information on which courses are running when, where and for how long.

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Your local libraries Further information on opening hours and services are shown at www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/libraries/library-branches/

Alexandria Library

Dumbarton Library

Gilmour Street Alexandria, G83 0DA Tel: 01389 608974 Fax: 01389 710550 Email: alexandria.library@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Strathleven Place Dumbarton, G82 1BA Tel: 01389 608992 Fax: 01389 608100 Local Studies: 01389 608965 Email: dumbarton.library@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Balloch Library Carrochan Road Balloch, G83 8BW Tel: 01389 608989 Fax: 01389 608995 Email: balloch.library@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Clydebank Library

Duntocher Library Glenhead C.E. Centre Duntiglennan Road, Duntocher Clydebank G81 6HF Tel and Fax: 0141 562 2469 Email: duntocher.library@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Dumbarton Road Clydebank, G81 1XH Tel: 0141 562 2440/2436 Fax: 0141 562 2441 Local Studies: 0141 562 2434 Email: clydebank.library@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Faifley Library

Dalmuir Library

Hawthorn Street Parkhall, Clydebank, G81 3EF Tel and Fax: 0141 562 2467 Email: parkhall.library@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Lennox Place, Dalmuir, Clydebank, G81 4HR Tel: 0141 562 2425 Fax: 0141 952 6497 Email: dalmuir.library@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Edinbarnet Campus Craigpark Street, Faifley, Clydebank, G81 5BS Tel: 01389 879528 Email: faifley.library@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Parkhall Library

Mobile/Housebound Service - 01389 608037

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Your Quick Guide to this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Booked! Festival WEEK ONE

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Monday 11 May

7.30pm

Alastair Pearson Lecture Lesley Riddoch

Millennium Hall, Gartocharn

free

Tuesday 12 May

7.00pm

Allan Wilson

Parkhall Library

free

Tuesday 12 May

7.30pm

Denise Mina

Duntocher Library

free

Wednesday 13 May

7.30pm

Kirstin Innes

Clydebank Library

free

Thursday 14 May

7.30pm

Michel Faber

Dumbarton Library

free

Friday 15 May

7.30pm

Kenneth Steven and Wendy Stewart

Alexandria Library

free

Saturday 16 May

7.30pm

Rob Cowen

Balloch Library

free

11 - 16 May 2015

Booked! West Dunbartonshire

Festival of Words 11 - 22 May 2015 A vibrant and diverse festival of talks and events by leading authors. All held at your local libraries.

Acknowledgement The lion symbol of the Booked! Festival is the work of the renowned Scottish author and artist, Alasdair Gray. Our thanks to him.

www.bookedfestival.info

WEEK TWO

Time

Event

Venue

Cost

Monday 18 May

7.30pm

Rachel McCrum

Clydebank Library

free

Tuesday 19 May

7.00pm

Allan Wilson

Parkhall Library

free

Tuesday 19 May

7.30pm

Elizabeth May

Alexandria Library

free

Tuesday 19 May

7.45pm

Professor John Hume

Clydebank Library

free

Wednesday 20 May

7.30pm

Words And Music Sophie Rogers and guests

Duntocher Library

free

Wednesday 20 May

7.30pm

Postcards from Scotland Carol Craig, Alf Young, John Carcochan and Daniel Murphy

Dumbarton Library

free

Thursday 21 May

2pm

Artist Rooms Robert Mapplethorpe Tour

Clydebank Museum and Art Gallery

free

Thursday 21 May

7.30pm

Mill Girls on Tour

Clydebank High School

see page 20

Friday 22 May

7.30pm

Alex Norton

Dalmuir Library

free

18 - 22 May 2015

Library details are on page 25. These 2 venues are also hosting Booked! events this year Clydebank Museum Clydebank Town Hall Dumbarton Road Clydebank Dunbartonshire G81 1UE

Clydebank High School Janetta Street Clydebank Dunbartonshire G81 3EJ

Telephone - 0141 562 2400

www.bookedfestival.info

For more information, visit the dedicated website at www.bookedfestival.info or contact Allan Gordon Reader Development Librarian West Dunbartonshire Libraries and Cultural Services Library Headquarters 19 Poplar Road Dumbarton G82 2RJ Telephone: 01389 608978

Created by AMC t. 0141 956 6222 www.anderson-marketing.co.uk

The Booked! Festival is now in its 13th year.