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Inspire Learning Courses
In the heart of Retford, on Churchgate, facing the church of St.Swithun’s, Retford’s Denman Library is housed in a fascinating old building.
For any information about the following events, ask at the Help Desk or contact the Library :
01777 708 724/Retford.library@inspireculture.org.uk
Retford Library’s Crime Café
Tuesday 14th April 10:00 - 11:30
Join Retford Library staff for coffee and chat about your favourite or latest Crime or Mystery reads. A good chance to get new recommendations from staff and others and share your own favourites. Try any of the titles discussed with a free reservation.
£1 to include refreshment. Booking advised.
Shhh! It’s Retford Library’s Quiet Reading Café
Monday 20th April at 18:00
We are giving you permission to read with no distractions
Relax with your book in our beautiful Heritage Room.
£3 to include refreshments. Booking is essential
Book at the Library or call 01777 708 724 or e-mail Retford.library@inspireculture.org.uk
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Retford Library’s Poetry Café
Travel, Transport and Journeys
Monday 27th April 14:00 -15:30
Join Retford Library staff for a relaxing afternoon of poetry. Bring along a poem on the theme and a favourite of your choice to share or just come along and listen to others.
£1 to include refreshments. Booking advised.
Far From the Madding Crowd
A talk by Rob White
Thursday 7th May at 18:00
By popular request, Rob returns to the library for another talk on the novel which made Hardy's name.
Expect a fascinating evening full of insights into how the novel was written, and how it was received.
Booking essential. Tickets £3 to include refreshments (cash only please).
The Art & Craft of Short Stories
Thursday 14th May at 18:00
Join us for a lively evening of readings and discussions.
Author Barry Upton and illustrator Detlef Kohnen share their thinking behind the creation of Strangers and Friends, their latest bilateral project, and they look forward to the audience's response. The short stories all have an element of the surreal about them. They are often bizarre, leaving the readers to tie up the loose ends, and the illustrations offer an additional approach to their understanding.
The storytelling and the images in Strangers and Friends open new and imaginative ways into the meaning of each story. Together stories and images offer a bouquet of colour to enhance the reader’s experiences.
Booking essential. Tickets £3 to include refreshments (cash only please).
For Retford Library contact details, see bottom of this page.
Exciting changes are happening in our libraries
 At the beginning of November, 2024 we changed to a new system for managing library stock and customer data. The new system looks a little different, but it makes it easier for you to search, reserve, renew and be inspired by books. Read more here...
Latest Love Reading newsletters here...
Want to go to university but don't have the qualifications you need? Inspire Learning can help here...
Great News for Family Historians! After almost 2 years of work, Nottingham city and Nottinghamshire's Anglican baptism, marriage, and burial Parish Registers can now be searched via free access to Ancestry.co.uk in library buildings and at Nottinghamshire Archives.
Find out more here...
Retford library is now a wonderfully spacious and welcoming facility - for details, click here...
We also note here that Worksop Library is back after recent flooding repairs - take a peek here...
If you have any queries about the library service or your library account you can:
Contact Ask Inspire
Email: ask@inspireculture.org.uk
Phone: 01623 677 200
www.inspireculture.org.uk
On-line resources: Inspire subscribe to many fascinating and useful online resources, all accessible for free from Library PCs and some from home. These include Ancestry and the British Newspaper Archive.
Nottinghamshire library service became a Community Benefit Society with exempt charitable status in April 2016. This means they are a not-for-profit organisation so all funds must be spent on culture, learning and library activities for the communities we serve. Therefore, Nottinghamshire Libraries are now delivered by Inspire, a Community Benefit Society. For more about Inspire, click here...
For more details of the regular events listed here, or to book your place, see contact details at the bottom of the page.
Mobile Library services
Clarborough (and North/South Wheatley and Clayworth) residents may also be interested in Inspire’s mobile library service timetable - known officially as North, Route 4.
Click here for the current local timetable or for a wider selection of communities covered by mobile libraries.
As well as all of the facilities you would expect from one of Nottinghamshire’s Libraries, the ever-helpful staff have a wide range of activity sessions to tempt you. All are free unless otherwise stated.
Home Library Service
Retford Library has a team of RVS Volunteers who deliver a selection of Library books to those who are housebound and cannot access the Library. If you know someone who would benefit from this service, please let a member of the Library staff know. Also, if you would like to volunteer to be part of this scheme, we would be happy to hear from you.
Help with Homework at your library. Young people can use PCs and the Internet for free along with some free printing for homework purposes. There are many online resources available including free access to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, as well as helpful staff!
Many other services are available at the Library. Free access to Research, Ancestry, British Newspaper Archive and Which? - available on Library PCs. Free printing for homework. Please ask for details.
Retford Library contact details: Tel.: (01777) 708 724 E-mail: retford.library@inspireculture.org.uk Website: www.inspireculture.org.uk |
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