Library activities
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- Name
- Chess For All
- Location
- The Word Library
- Time
- 10:00am to 12:00pm
- Cost
- FREE, drop-in
- Description
- Come along to a free chess drop-in with members from South Shields Chess Club! Whether you want to hone your skills, develop your strategy or simply learn a new game then this is the club for you! Chess For All runs on a Saturday between 10am-12pm.
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- Name
- Create Your Own Listen In Artwork
- Location
- The Word, National Centre for the Written Word
- Time
- 11:00am to 2:00pm
- Cost
- Free, drop-in. Suitable for all ages
- Description
- Have you got something to say about living in South Tyneside? Why do you enjoy visiting the area? Add your thoughts to The Word's exhibition by creating a fun paper game.
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- Name
- Wonderland Collage and Sculpture Activity
- Location
- The Word, National Centre for the Written Word
- Time
- 11:00am to 2:00pm
- Cost
- Free, drop-in. Suitable for all ages
- Description
- Help construct a miniature, fantastical Wonderland landscape inspired by South Tyneside.
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- Name
- Adult Colouring In and Scrabble Group
- Location
- Cleadon Park Library
- Time
- 2:00pm to 3:30pm
- Cost
- Free
- Description
- Come along to one of our friendly, welcoming library groups.
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- Name
- Create Your Own Listen In Artwork
- Location
- The Word, National Centre for the Written Word
- Time
- 11:00am to 2:00pm
- Cost
- Free, drop-in. Suitable for all ages
- Description
- Have you got something to say about living in South Tyneside? Why do you enjoy visiting the area? Add your thoughts to The Word's exhibition by creating a fun paper game.
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- Name
- Jarrow Reading Group
- Location
- Jarrow Focus Library
- Time
- 1:30pm to 2:30pm
- Cost
- Free
- Description
- We meet up once a month on the last Thursday of the month and enjoy lively discussions about books and reading.
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- Name
- Chess For All
- Location
- The Word Library
- Time
- 10:00am to 12:00pm
- Cost
- FREE, drop-in
- Description
- Come along to a free chess drop-in with members from South Shields Chess Club! Whether you want to hone your skills, develop your strategy or simply learn a new game then this is the club for you! Chess For All runs on a Saturday between 10am-12pm.
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- Name
- Create Your Own Listen In Artwork
- Location
- The Word, National Centre for the Written Word
- Time
- 11:00am to 2:00pm
- Cost
- Free, drop-in. Suitable for all ages
- Description
- Have you got something to say about living in South Tyneside? Why do you enjoy visiting the area? Add your thoughts to The Word's exhibition by creating a fun paper game.
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- Name
- Wonderland Collage and Sculpture Activity
- Location
- The Word, National Centre for the Written Word
- Time
- 11:00am to 2:00pm
- Cost
- Free, drop-in. Suitable for all ages
- Description
- Help construct a miniature, fantastical Wonderland landscape inspired by South Tyneside.
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- Name
- Adult Colouring In and Scrabble Group
- Location
- Cleadon Park Library
- Time
- 2:00pm to 3:30pm
- Cost
- Free
- Description
- Come along to one of our friendly, welcoming library groups.
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- Name
- Hebburn Reading Group (first Thursday of the month)
- Location
- Library at Hebburn Central
- Time
- 10:00am to 11:00am
- Cost
- Free
- Description
- We meet up once a month and enjoy lively discussions about books and reading.
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- Name
- Cleadon Park Reading Group (first Thursday of the month)
- Location
- Cleadon Park Library
- Time
- 6:00pm to 7:00pm
- Cost
- Free
- Description
- We meet up once a month on the first Thursday of the month and enjoy lively discussions about books and reading.
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- Name
- Great Expectations
- Location
- The Word, National Centre for the Written Word
- Time
- 6:00pm to 7:00pm
- Cost
- £8 per person. Suitable for ages 16+
- Description
- WRITE FESTIVAL 2022 - Gerald Dickens returns to The Word to perform his one man adaptation of Great Expectations.
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- Name
- Chess For All
- Location
- The Word Library
- Time
- 10:00am to 12:00pm
- Cost
- FREE, drop-in
- Description
- Come along to a free chess drop-in with members from South Shields Chess Club! Whether you want to hone your skills, develop your strategy or simply learn a new game then this is the club for you! Chess For All runs on a Saturday between 10am-12pm.
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- Name
- Getting An Agent with Writers' Block North East
- Location
- The Word, National Centre for the Written Word
- Time
- 12:00pm to 2:00pm
- Cost
- £5 per person. Suitable for ages 16+
- Description
- WRITE FESTIVAL 2022 - This workshop will help you find out what an agent is, why you might need one, which agents to approach, what agents expect to see, and when and how to submit your work for consideration.
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- Name
- Choir Day with Will Finn and Rosie Calvert
- Location
- The Word, National Centre for the Written Word
- Time
- 10:15am to 3:45pm
- Cost
- £5 per person. Suitable for ages 16+
- Description
- WRITE FESTIVAL 2022 - A day of harmony singing workshops plus an afternoon gig with folk duo Will Finn and Rosie Calvert.
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- Name
- The Word Reading Group (first Tuesday of the month)
- Location
- The Word Library
- Time
- 1:45pm to 2:45pm
- Cost
- Free
- Description
- We meet up once a month on the first Tuesday of the month and enjoy lively discussions about books and reading.
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- Name
- How to promote and sell your own book with Sixth Element Publishing
- Location
- The Word, National Centre for the Written Word
- Time
- 6:00pm to 7:30pm
- Cost
- £4 per person. Suitable for ages 16+
- Description
- WRITE FESTIVAL 2022 - Find out how to create an online author presence, how to list and promote your books on Amazon and how to work with high street bookshops.
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- Name
- Hebburn Reading Group (first Wednesday of the month)
- Location
- Library at Hebburn Central
- Time
- 1:30pm to 2:30pm
- Cost
- Free
- Description
- We meet up once a month and enjoy lively discussions about books and reading.
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- Name
- Adult Colouring In and Scrabble Group
- Location
- Cleadon Park Library
- Time
- 2:00pm to 3:30pm
- Cost
- Free
- Description
- Come along to one of our friendly, welcoming library groups.
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- Name
- The Wednesday Heritage Club Presents... The Lost Fort of South Shields
- Location
- The Word, National Centre for the Written Word
- Time
- 2:00pm to 3:00pm
- Cost
- £2 per person. Suitable for ages 16+
- Description
- WRITE FESTIVAL 2022 - Find out about the arrival of the first Romans in the area.
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- Name
- Cleadon Park Reading Group (second Thursday of the month)
- Location
- Cleadon Park Library
- Time
- 6:00pm to 7:00pm
- Cost
- Free
- Description
- We meet up once a month on the second Thursday of the month and enjoy lively discussions about books and reading.
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- Name
- Chess For All
- Location
- The Word Library
- Time
- 10:00am to 12:00pm
- Cost
- FREE, drop-in
- Description
- Come along to a free chess drop-in with members from South Shields Chess Club! Whether you want to hone your skills, develop your strategy or simply learn a new game then this is the club for you! Chess For All runs on a Saturday between 10am-12pm.
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- Name
- The Word Reading Group (second Saturday of the month)
- Location
- The Word Library
- Time
- 11:00am to 12:00pm
- Cost
- Free
- Description
- We meet up once a month on the second Saturday of the month and enjoy lively discussions about books and reading.
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- Name
- Protect you and your business from Cyber Crime
- Location
- The Word Library
- Time
- 9:00am to 4:00pm
- Cost
- Free
- Description
- Come along to BIPC North East's free drop in at The Word.
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- Name
- Adult Colouring In and Scrabble Group
- Location
- Cleadon Park Library
- Time
- 2:00pm to 3:30pm
- Cost
- Free
- Description
- Come along to one of our friendly, welcoming library groups.
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- Name
- Routes to Publishing with Sixth Element
- Location
- The Word, National Centre for the Written Word
- Time
- 6:00pm to 7:30pm
- Cost
- £4 per person. Suitable for ages 16+
- Description
- WRITE FESTIVAL 2022 - In this workshop, we'll look at all the options you have available to you, from self-publishing to working with small press publishers to pitching to agents, including the implications of each route and what it means to you as a writer.
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- Name
- Library Voices
- Location
- The Word Library
- Time
- 6:00pm to 7:30pm
- Cost
- £4.00
- Description
- Join our friendly choir.
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- Name
- Kevin Maguire and Martin Rowson in Conversation
- Location
- The Word, National Centre for the Written Word
- Time
- 6:00pm to 7:00pm
- Cost
- £6 per person. Suitable for ages 16+
- Description
- WRITE FESTIVAL 2022 - Journalist Kevin Maguire will be in conversation with cartoonist and writer Martin Rowson in an evening of entertainment you won't want to miss!
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- Name
- Library Ukuleles
- Location
- The Word Library
- Time
- 2:00pm to 3:30pm
- Cost
- Free
- Description
- Join our friendly ukuleles group.