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Autumn edition of Shelf Life goes live
The autumn edition of our quarterly online magazine is now live here on our website with features on prize-winning crime and thriller writer Andrew Taylor, and and some of the best books that have been adapted for the screen.
In this issue we feature two web projects which are not only interesting to view but offer opportunities to get involved, and again we feature some forthcoming books and local history activities.
New Research Service
Over the last few years the County Archives Office has run a successful research service for those who are unable to travel to travel to the office. This service how been extended to offer research in the Breconshire and Montgomeryshire collections at Brecon and Newtown libraries.
For details of the new extended service click here
For details of the service at the County Archives Office click here
Quick Reads
Quick Reads are exciting, short, fast-paced books by leading, bestselling authors, specifically written for emergent readers and adult learners.
A number of different agencies have come together to fund the project - including BBC RaW (see below) - and the first twelve titles are launched on World Book Day. The books are suitable for emergent readers but have the quality to appeal to anyone who would like to read more but can’t find the time.
Click here to find out more about it.
Memoirs of Ann Griffiths
Powys Library service has commissioned a Welsh language book about Ann Griffiths to celebrate her life and work and to mark the Bicentenary of her death.
Click here to find out more about the book.
Extended Online Service
Access to the family history website Ancestry.co.uk has been extended again so that it will now be accessible free from computers in every branch library across Powys, as well as the County Archives Office. This hugely popular website with sources such as the British Census Returns 1841-1901; birth, marriage and death records from 1837; and many more family history resources, is usually accessed by paying a fee.
The BBC RaW campaign
BBC RaW (Reading and Writing) is the BBC's new literacy campaign. Whether for work, education or enjoyment, if you feel you would like to improve your reading and writing skills then this project can help. The BBC - working in partnership with libraries across the UK - is putting entertainment at the heart of the project with programmes on radio and TV and online. There are quizzes and games and free magazines so learning will be in a user-friendly environment via small learning steps, and there is plenty of advice on how to get the most fun out of your reading.
This is a three year project so you have plenty of time to check it out and there will be further developments next year. Watch this space!
To find out more, click here to visit the BBC RaW website.
The University of Wales has launched a new website of interest to the communities of rural wales. The Land, Life and Leisure website is a database of rural information of all kinds including information about farming, the environment, communities, wildlife, tourism and much more.
It is compiled and updated by staff and students at the University and is a valuable resource for anyone who works in the rural economy. Why not check it out?
