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The Pull of the Stars
Author: Emma Donoghue Genre: Adult Fiction- Historical Fiction Review by: Mary, Newbridge Library Synopsis: In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city centre, where expectant mothers who have come down with an unfamiliar Flu are quarantined together. Into Julia’s regimented world step two… Read more
PRESS RELEASE 17th November 2020
SIGNING OF CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF NAAS TOWN HALL AS A VIBRANT LIBRARY AND CULTURAL CENTRE Peter Carey, Chief Executive, Kildare County Council today signed the contract with Duggan Lynch Ltd. for the construction phase of the re-development of Naas Town Hall. This development of a new Library and Cultural… Read more
International Kindness Day Reads
November 13th celebrates International Kindness Day and this post lists some titles available now on BorrowBox. Instead of focusing on this Friday the 13th as an unlucky day, we can use it as a day to spread kindness in our lives. These titles cover both the power of kindness and how to be kind as… Read more
The End of Her
Author: Shari LapenaGenre: Adult FictionReviewer: Kevin Athy / Castledermot Library Synopsis: It starts with a shocking accusation . . . Stephanie and Patrick are recently married, with new-born twins. While Stephanie struggles with the disorienting effects of sleep deprivation, there’s one thing she knows for certain – she has everything she ever wanted.Then a woman… Read more
Toys Technology and Training 2020
Online Talks and Workshops The series of talks and workshops for this year’s Toys Technology and Training Programme has moved online! Visit our TTT video channel on Vimeo to view recorded talks, presentations and storytimes, with new content added regularly. We have chosen a selection of our favourite videos on our channel for you to… Read more
National November Writing Month
By Elaine Patterson, Newbridge Headquarters. As may or may not be commonly known, November is National November Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for short), so I thought I’d write a post on all things concerning creative writing. First of all, NaNoWriMo is a challenge to write 50,000 words of a novel in a month, starting on the… Read more
