Babies and Books sessions at Flintshire libraries

Last week, Piranesi by Susanna Clarke was announced as the winner of the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction. All of us here at Aura Libraries were delighted to hear of the success of Piranesi: it is truly a worthy winner. One of the book’s best qualities lies in the fact that it is so difficult to describe without spoiling it for other readers! Without giving too much away, we would describe Piranesi as a dream-like fantasy tale with a narrative voice that you can’t help but fall in love with and root for. The writing style is captivating from the very first paragraph: we would definitely give this title an Aura Book Score of 5/5!

Piranesi, along with other titles by Susanna Clarke - such as her first novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - is available to borrow from your local Aura library.

Just Read, Currently Reading, and About to Read...

Just Read, Currently Reading, and About to Read...

We have recently been sharing images on social media of the books we have just read, are currently reading, and are about to read. Here are Francine from Broughton Library’s choices:

Just read: Circe by Madeline Miller

Currently reading: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

To read next: Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Join in the fun by sharing your own titles with us: send us a comment on social media or even better, send us your own photo!

All of the above titles are available to borrow from your local Aura library. If any of these books sound right up your street, why not add them to your next Select and Collect order: search our online library catalogue and reserve titles, or email or telephone your local library. To make an order please telephone us on 01352 703750, or email us at libraries@aura.wales . You can browse our catalogue at www.aura.wales/flintshire-library-catalogue/ and place a hold on items to collect from the library counter. We will just need to know your library membership number, a contact telephone number and email address, your book requests/preferences, and your preferred collection point.

The above titles are also available as e-books or audiobooks on Borrowbox. As a reminder, Aura Library members can download e-books and audiobooks free of charge from Borrowbox and RBdigital to a PC, laptop or Mac. Alternatively, you can download the Borrowbox and RBdigital apps directly to a smartphone or tablet.

To access most online library resources you will need to enter your library membership number and pin. If you do not have this then you can join up as a member online via the Aura website for instant access. All links and further details about our digital library resources can be found on our website: www.aura.wales/libraries

Singing for the Brain

We are delighted to be hosting a Singing for the Brain session at Mold Library on Thursday, September 16, from 10.30am-noon. Singing for the Brain brings people affected by dementia together to sing a variety of songs they know and love, in a fun and friendly environment.

The group is run by Home Instead in association with Alzheimer's Society and Dementia Friendly Mold. The friendly social and support group will be holding sessions at Mold Library on the third Thursday of every month.

The group is completely free to attend and is open to residents of Flintshire living with dementia and their carers.

For more information, please contact Heather on 01244 735201 or email newales@homeinstead.co.uk

Babies and Books sessions

For the past few months, we have been sharing video sessions every Friday morning on our Facebook and YouTube pages called ‘Babies and Books’. These sessions have been all about lap time bonding with your baby and sharing books and rhymes, aimed at babies aged 0-18months. In recent weeks, we have been delighted to host Babies and Books sessions in person at Mold Library, and will be continuing these sessions every Friday at 10am and 11am. There are also weekly sessions at Holywell Library every Wednesday from 2.30pm-3pm. The sessions will include extra special Bookstart resources which you will be able to order through our Select & Collect Service.

We also have the Bookstart packs available from Book Trust Cymru for you to order. These are specially created book bags for you to keep and treasure and share with your child. Baby packs are for babies aged 0-12 months and Early Years packs for children aged 18-36 months are available to order and collect from your local Aura library as part of a Select and Collect order. If you would like to order a pack, we will just need to know your name, which pack you would like to order and your preferred collection point.

If you would like more information, or would like to book a place at one of our Babies and Books sessions, please contact the library on 01352 703780.

Visit us on social media to view handy information about our services and the online monthly events we host, as well as lots of book and audiobook recommendations. We can be found on Facebook at @LlyfrgelloeddAuraLibraries, Instagram at @llyfrgelloeddauralibraries and Twitter at @LibFlintshire.

From everyone here at Aura Libraries, thank you for reading, stay safe and we hope to hear from you or see you soon!

Aura is a charitable, not-for-profit, organisation responsible for managing the majority of leisure, libraries and heritage services in Flintshire. Aura is owned by its employees and operates for the benefit of local communities.