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Sunday chess club (in-person)
30 June 2024
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English speaking club at Maida Vale Library
1 July 2024
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The Summer Reading Challenge is back
This year, it's all about being creative - in lots of different ways. Children taking part in the Challenge will meet the Marvellous Makers, a creative club who are making amazing things for a (fictional) festival at their local library.
Staff book recommendations
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Touching the void by Joe Simpson
Reading and Literacy Librarian, Laurence Foe, gives us a insight into Joe Simpson's book, 'Touching the Void'.
![Corey Fah does Social Mobility Isabel Waidner (Hamish Hamilton)](/sites/default/files/styles/book_teaser/public/media/images/81Jfp8rvuYL._AC_UF894%2C1000_QL80_.jpg?itok=DIX0JhN-)
Corey Fah Does Social Mobility by Isabel Waidner
Library Officer Helen Bailey reviews Corey Fah Does Social Mobility by Isabel Waidner. A radical, joyful novel.
![Mary Jean Chan's poem, 'Bright Fear'.](/sites/default/files/styles/book_teaser/public/media/images/Screenshot%202024-04-04%20at%2013.35.17.png?itok=QCH1tSnp)
Bright Fear by Mary Jean Chan
Library Officer, Helen Bailey, gives us an insight into her thoughts of Mary Jean Chan's poem, 'Bright Fear'.
![Between the woods and the water by Patrick Leigh Fermor](/sites/default/files/styles/book_teaser/public/media/images/81gtV1mlgDL._AC_UF894%2C1000_QL80_.jpg?itok=7pJS6YvW)
Between the woods and the water by Patrick Leigh Fermor
Reading and Literacy Librarian, Laurence Foe reviews 'Between the woods and the water' by Patrick Leigh Fermor.