Libraries
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Author Diana Jackson supports Kinghorn Community Library
Eventispress author Diana Jackson is busy collecting the proceeds for sales of The Healing Paths of Fife sold in Kinghorn in the last three months in aid of Kinghorn Lunch Club for the Over 60’s. (most well over she says 🙂 ) She is going to let us know how much was raised as soon as possible.…
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Diana’s Virtual Tour of the Kingdom of Fife ~ Dunfermline
Dunfermline has a fascinating history, style and an air of timeless tradition; a small but pleasant town centre where you can amble from shop to amenity without feet ache. Yes, there are signs of decline, but many new shops are taking over the empty ones and the place is beginning to buzz again. Dunfermline was,…
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Hooray! The Healing Paths of Fife paperbacks have arrived ~ Queensferry Competition
Hi all There have been a few glitches getting the paperback version of ‘The Healing Paths of Fife’ because Eventispress are trying out a new method of distribution. More about that in another post. Anyway, a box of ‘The Healing Paths of Fife’ has finally arrived. Patience is a virtue they say. I am giving away…
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Walking over The Queensferry Crossing in aid of our new Kinghorn Community Library
In two weeks’ time, on Sunday 3rd September, we are lucky to have been allocated tickets to walk over the new bridge over the Forth, The Queensferry Crossing near Edinburgh, Scotland. It will be a motorway linking Edinburgh with Fife and the north, leaving the old road bridge initially to be repaired and then to…
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The Birth of Kinghorn Community Library is Imminent!
It has seemed like a paper exercise for eighteen months now ~ like a scientist developing a theory before actually testing it. Signs were good. There has been a great deal of encouragement from the community and the press, but would it actually happen? It is like the dawning of a new day here in…
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I was looking for some positive news about libraries, since we are still awaiting the go-ahead from Fife Council for our community run library in Kinghorn. Lo and Behold it came from my old haunting ground – Bedford!
The following guest post has been received from Bedford Creative Arts. The post highlights how libraries and arts can collaborate successfully and provide a powerful and positive experience for users. Library as Laboratory – How can Libraries exist in the future? Bedford Creative Arts has been exploring new ways that libraries can evolve for the…