Word Up! 2012

WORD

UP! A celebration of books and reading Autumn 2012

Free events

Brent’s biggest celebration of books and reading returns to the libraries this autumn to coincide with Black History Month, Children’s Book Week, Halloween and the Family Learning Festival.

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Welcome to Word Up! Brent Libraries is proud to introduce you to this year’s Word Up! programme – the biggest celebration of books, reading and learning in the borough.

This year’s programme offers author talks, drama, film, family activities, craft workshops and more. Word Up! includes something for children, families, young people and adults. I’m delighted that excellent writers and authors such as Tim Butcher, Colin Grant and Chris Salewicz will be speaking in our libraries.

Top performers and entertainers such as Felix Dexter and Kwame M.A. McPherson will also be here to inspire and entertain you as well as musicians of the calibre of Lascelles James.

Word Up! is offering you the opportunity to learn more about business, improve your skills, employment chances or get some money-saving tips and learn to be a little more thrifty with free author talks, workshops, advice days and events in our libraries.

For children there will be many wonderful reading, craft and learning activities with Rachel Rose Reid, Sophie Herxheimer and others as well as special talks, drama and events for schools. Brent Museum has activities for families again this year and for adults some fascinating talks as part of the programme.

This is an exciting time for Brent’s library service and I hope to see as many of you as possible enjoying Word Up! this autumn in our modern vibrant libraries.

Councillor James Powney Brent Council’s Lead Member for Environment and Neighbourhoods

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Word Up! programme of events and activities

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Word Up! Children’s Book Week

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Reading groups in Brent’s libraries

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Autumn adult learning

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Word Up! for schools

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Autumn exhibitions and events in Brent

All events for Word Up! are free except where otherwise stated.

Family Learning: Children must be over five and accompanied by an adult (one adult with a maximum of two children).

Family Learning is delivered by Brent Adult and Community Education Service (BACES)

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B For events with this symbol it is essential to book one week in advance at the event venue. A list of library addresses and telephone numbers can be found on the back page of this programme.

Denotes a Black History Month event.

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Word Up! programme of events and activities

Emily Cleaver

Thursday 27 September Tales from the Liars’ League 6.30pm-7.30pm Kilburn Library An evening of stories read aloud to celebrate the publication of London Lies, Urban Tales from Liars’ League. London Lies features short stories from 19 writers showcased at the Liars’ League – London’s coolest live literature event. Stories feature wrestling hippos, being propositioned by a frog, brawls on the Underground to postapocalyptic cat care. Readers include Clare Sandling, Emily Cleaver, Katy Darby, and Laura Williams. Adults only.

Saturday 29 September Work and play family day 12.30pm-4.30pm Ealing Road Library 2pm-3.30pm Improve your confidence for interviews with a workshop led by performance poet Neal Zetter.

2.30pm-4pm Making things is playing and working at the same time! Make something surprising out of nothing much with artist Sophie Herxheimer while she shares stories of some funny lazy lads and lasses in fairy tales, and a few hardworking magical creatures. Over 5s. Plus face painting and food stalls.

3.30pm-4.30pm Striking Women A talk and Q&A on Asian women and British labour history from Grunwick to the Gate Gourmet dispute by Professor Ruth Pearson, and Dr Sundari Anitha.

Ealing Road Library is hosting an exhibition about the famous Grunwick strike from 22 September to 7 October.

Sunday 30 September Start a T-shirt business workshops 12.30pm-5pm Ealing Road Library and Sunday 7 October 12.30pm-5pm Ealing Road Library Business consultants Abi Associates will teach you to produce, brand, and sell T-shirt merchandise. The Abi Associates’ initiative is supported by Brent Council’s Ward Working Team.

Workshops for 15 to 21 year olds only.

To book email info@abi.co.uk

Children’s Book Week

1-7 October Brent is celebrating Children’s Book Week again this year with events and activities in the libraries for youngsters.

Monday 1 October Bookstart story and rhyme times for under 5s 10.30am-11.15am Harlesden Library Plus Bookstart Bear will be prowling around the libraries, meeting children and under fives as part of Children’s Book Week.

He will also be publicising the Bookstart Bear Club which is a free membership reward scheme to promote reading and book borrowing. www.bookstart.org.uk

Tuesday 2 October Bookstart story and rhyme times for under 5s 11.15am-12noon Ealing Road Library 2.15pm-3pm Town Hall Library 4

Wednesday 3 October Bookstart story and rhyme times for under 5s 10.15am-11am Willesden Green Library 2.15pm-3pm Kingsbury Library Plus Thursday 4 October Bookstart story and rhyme times for under 5s 10.30am-11am Kilburn Library Friday 5 October Family learning: Learn English B with your child 10am-12noon Ealing Road Library Ten-week course held on Fridays. 5, 12, 19, 26 October, 9, 16, 23, 30 November, 7, 14 December Saturday 6 October Bookstart story and rhyme times for under 5s 2.15pm-3pm Willesden Green Library 5

Wednesday 10 October Jobs and money day 11am-7pm Willesden Green Library Centre Boost your earning power and get advice on careers, employment and training or find out how to be thrifty and save money.

The all-day programme offers more than 20 information and advice stalls including Birkbeck College, National Careers Service, P3 South Kilburn, Love Food Hate Waste, as well as credit unions and energy saving advice. Plus workshops and guest speakers. Highlights include: 11am-12.30pm Improve your confidence for interviews and presentations A workshop led by performance poet Neal Zetter.

1pm-1.45pm Love Food Hate Waste A talk about eating more for less money.

2pm-3pm Future Focus A workshop led by Birkbeck College to help you discover the skills, talents and motivation you need for careers or studies.

2pm-2.45pm Piper Terrett Author of The Frugal Life, offers money-saving tips.

3pm-4pm Restart Project workshop Find out how you can take care of and repair your gadgets to extend their life.

6pm-7pm Seven key empowerment lessons Robin Walker, author of the The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street, combines history and practice to argue how economic success is created.

He shows how African-American communities in the US had by the 1920s created successful businesses and discusses how that could be repeated today.

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Venture up-river with journalist Tim Butcher…

Paolo Cortucci

Kim Farley

Thursday 11 October Introduction to astrology 6.30pm-7.30pm Kingsbury Library Plus and Thursday 18 October 6.30pm-7.30pm Ealing Road Library Astrologers Kim Farley and Paolo Cortucci introduce you to the world of astrology.

Come along to find out a little more about this fascinating subject from two experienced working astrologers who have practised and taught astrology to beginners and advanced students for many years. They will explain the birth chart and how astrology explores character and circumstances within our horoscope helping us to find new ways to view and live life to the full.

Friday 12 October Tim Butcher Blood River: A Journey to Africa’s Broken Heart 6pm-7pm Willesden Green Library Part adventure travel diary and part historical narrative, Blood River by writer and national newspaper correspondent Tim Butcher retraces HM Stanley’s famous 1874 expedition of the Congo River.

He discusses his own intrepid journey following the heart of The Congo River and a 44-day adventure through some of Africa’s most dangerous regions, many untraveled in decades. Blood River was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club. Books for sale and signing.

Above: Tim Butcher Background: HM Stanley

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Autumn fun and health days Saturday 13 October Autumn fun day 11am-4pm Kilburn Library Celebrate the turning of the seasons and the charm of autumn at a seasonal fun day. As well as face painting and raffles prizes the day includes: 10.30am-11am Owl Babies Bookstart story and rhyme time fun.

Under 5s.

11am-1pm Going green for autumn Family learning story and workshop.

Learn more about how to recycle, reuse and recreate.

1.30pm-2.30pm Gardening in autumn with Carol French from Glorious Gardens.

She discusses planting spring and summer flowering bulbs, how to extend colour in the garden, lawn care and preparing the garden for colder weather ahead. She will also take part in a gardeners’ Q&A. 2.30pm-4pm Colour of autumn Story and craft workshop with children’s artist and illustrator Sophie Herxheimer.

Children can use their imagination to make pictures that rhyme and poems full of colour and make their own book to read upside down at home to their toys, pets or parents!

Over 5s.

For more information visit: www.bbc.co.uk/thingstodo/project/ autumnwatch 8

Tuesday 16 October Nutrition for the winter 2pm-3pm Kilburn Library Brent-based nutritional therapist Antonia Maguire suggests some diet and lifestyle changes that can help ward off colds and flu over the winter season and improve your immunity. Her natural nutritional therapy practice is based on the interaction between a person’s biochemistry, physiology and the food they eat.

Wednesday 17 October Arthritis Care 11am-12noon Harlesden Library Plus If you or a family member are affected by arthritis then you can find out more about the condition and how it can be treated.

Make your own body butter 11am-1pm Town Hall Library 2.30pm-4.30pm Harlesden Library Plus and Saturday 20 October 10am-2pm Kilburn Library.

Workshops with business consultants Abi Associates in which they will show you how to make body butter moisturiser, how to market, brand and sell it and give you an insight into the health and wellbeing market and the opportunities to earn money from it.

The Abi Associates’ initiative is supported

by Brent Council’s Ward Working Team.

Maximum of ten participants.

Book at info@abi.co.uk

Saturday 20 October

Black History Month family B learning story and craft workshop 11am-1pm Kilburn Library 2.30pm-4.30pm Harlesden Library Plus Health awareness family fun day 12.30pm-4.30pm Ealing Road Library Get active and informed about health this winter with a programme of health talks, exercise and craft workshops, henna-hand painting and food stalls. The day includes: 11am-12noon Arthritis Care offers information and advice about arthritis.

1pm-2pm Chair-based exercise for beginners 2pm-4pm Animal and plant pottery workshop Over 5s.

4pm-4.45pm Talk about fibromyalgia Find out more about the long-term condition which causes pain all over the body and extreme tiredness.

Dating and understanding family photographs 1pm-4pm Brent Museum Special Exhibitions Gallery, 1st Floor Willesden Green Library Centre Expert Jayne Shrimpton discusses photographs from the 1840s to the 1940s. She provides tips on photo dating methods including how to spot the occasions that prompted people to visit a photographer, such as marriages, coming of age and mourning.

Bring along your own photographs for advice on how to date them. www.brent.gov.uk/archives

Tuesday 23 October Ellen Craft performance 11.15am-12.15pm Willesden Green Library 1.30pm-2.30pm Town Hall Library Historical drama capturing the amazing story of Ellen Craft who escaped slavery in Georgia in the 1840s by posing as a white man to flee. She and her husband fled to the slave-free North in the United States disguised as her husband William’s slave master. Together they risked everything – even death – for freedom. By kind permission of the Museum of London Docklands in association with Spectrum Drama. For adults and invited school classes, key stages two to four.

Wednesday 24 October The Frugal Life 2pm-3pm Kingsbury Library Plus Piper Terrett, moneysaving expert and author of The Frugal Life, will pass on her tips on how to spend less and live more.

Ellen Craft

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Saturday 27 October Discover Somalia 11am-4.30pm Harlesden Library Plus

Friday 26 October Black History Month big night out 7pm-9pm Willesden Green Library Centre Be entertained by some of the biggest names in comedy and music for a great night out. Comedy legend Felix Dexter will be sharing some laughs while saxophonist Lascelles James who has worked with such music dynamos as Edwin Starr, Lee Scratch Perry, Sugar Minott and Alton Ellis entertains.

Up and coming new singing sensation Laya Lee will delight audiences. Journalist and broadcaster Alex Pascall OBE is your host for a great evening. Plus dance and poetry performances.

For adults only.

Arrive early to avoid disappointment.

Left: Laya Lee Centre: Lacelles James Right: Felix Dexter

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Learn more about Somalia and Somali culture at a family day; with folk tales, craft and family learning workshops, dance and song, face painting, henna hand painting and a fantastic selection of Somali and Arabic books to borrow.

The day is presented in association with the Somali Advice and Forum of Information.

11am-1pm Black History Month family learning story and craft workshop 1pm-1.30pm Somali folktales with Zaynab Dahir 1.30pm-3pm African craft workshop 3pm-3.30pm Somali folktales 3.30pm-4.30pm Somali music, song and dance performances

The Comic Bookworm 2pm-3.30pm Town Hall Library Weekly workshops for youngsters aged 11 to 16. Learn how to draw cartoon versions of yourself, your friends and local settings. With the tutor’s guidance, you will develop a storyline that can be broken into individual pictures.

Saturdays 3, 10, 17, 24 November, 1, 8, 15 December. 2pm-3.30pm.

Monday 29 October Kilburn family fun history day 11am-4pm Kilburn Library A hands on day for all the family with activities and events inspired by history.

11am-11.30am Dinosaur roar! Bookstart story and rhyme time fun. Under 5s.

12noon-1pm History online workshop 1pm-2.30pm Find out about postcards Come to this illustrated talk by Brent Archives, then design your own postcard with Brent Museum in a family workshop.

2.30pm-4pm Halloween story and craft workshop: Skeletons vs Pumpkins.

Over 5s.

Plus face painting, raffles and food stall For more information visit www.bbc.co.uk/history/ handsonhistory

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Tuesday 30 October

Family Learning: Halloween B story and craft workshop 11am-1pm Town Hall Library 2.30pm-4.30pm Harlesden Library Plus Big Draw workshop 2.30pm-4.30pm Ealing Road Library The Big Draw is the world’s biggest celebration of drawing. This year you can join the arts team in a fun filled large scale drawing workshop that will take inspiration from the wonderful words of library books.

Open to all ages.

Animal and plant pottery workshop 2.30pm-4pm Kingsbury Library Plus Over 5s.

Celebrate African and Caribbean culture 2.30pm-4pm Willesden Green Library Create a 2013 keepsake calendar full of facts. No fiction!

Over 5s.

Wednesday 31 October Design a Halloween bag 11am-12noon Kingsbury Library Plus Over 5s.

Make your own Willesden High Road!

1pm-3pm Brent Museum Education Room, Willesden Green Library Centre A family day for those of you who are budding builders or aspiring architects.

Build your own model of Willesden High Road with shops, roads, people and old and new buildings! Be inspired by Brent Museum’s Willesden High Road photography exhibition. www.brent.gov.uk/museum Halloween fun day 2pm-4.30pm Willesden Green Library Join Brent’s very own storyteller Rachel Rose Reid for lots of Halloween fun, screams and laughter as children create their own story props in preparation to act in a scary Halloween drama performance.

Plus don’t forget to dress up for the fancy dress competition. Calling all witches, wizards, ghosts, walking skeletons and things that go bump in the night.

Are you scared?

2pm-3pm Halloween drama props craft workshop 3pm-3.45pm Halloween interactive drama performance starring you!

3.45pm-4.30pm Halloween fancy dress competition Plus face painting and raffle prizes galore. Over 5s.

Wednesday 31 October Health, culture and fun at Ealing Road Library 2pm-3pm Arthritis Care offers advice and information about the condition.

3.30pm-5pm Celebrate African and Caribbean culture Create a 2013 keepsake calendar full of facts. No fiction! Over 5s.

6pm-7.45pm A film screening of Living Like a Common Man: Gujaratis in Britain exploring the lives of Gujarati youngsters in London. Presented by Dr Mario Rutten. Plus Q&A. Discover Jamaica evening 6.30pm-8pm Willesden Green Library Jamaica celebrated both its 50th anniversary of independence this year and the success of its sprinters at the London 2012 Olympics. Discover more about the island, its global influence over music and culture.

6.30pm-7.15pm Speak Jamaican: Stories from the island Talented new scribe and performer Kwame M.A. McPherson checks in and introduces you to an eclectic array of stimulating stories.

7.15pm-8pm Sound System: The Story of Jamaican Music Top writer and Bob Marley biographer Chris Salewicz, explores the legacy and success of Jamaican music. Reggae and dancehall has been adopted around the world, influencing local cultures and spawning new forms of music such as drum ‘n’ bass. Listen to a selection of reggae as Chris discusses the history of Jamaican music. Chris was a features writer with the NME from 1974 to 1981, and has documented popular culture for three decades, in print, on television and on radio.

Above: Chris Salewicz Left: Kwame M.A. McPherson

Rachel Rose Reid: photo Pete Le May

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Thursday 1 November Halloween story and craft workshop: Skeletons vs Pumpkins 2.30pm-4pm Town Hall Library Over 5s.

Black History Month family fun day 11am-8pm Harlesden Library Plus An exciting all day programme celebrating African and Caribbean culture presented

by Rhema Publications. The day includes: 11.30am-4.30pm Talks by historians, film-makers and authors 1.30pm-2.30pm / 3.30pm-4.30pm Storytelling and traditional games 4.30pm-5pm Book launches The Rainbow Book by Brent students, and Children of the Diadems by local Brent author Sonia Braithwaite.

5.30pm-6.30pm Music, dance and drama performances Plus Zumba fitness, face painting, hair braiding and food stalls.

6.30pm-7.30pm Bageye at the Wheel Author, Historian and BBC producer Colin Grant discusses Bageye at the Wheel, a comic memoir based on his father, Clinton George ‘Bageye’ Grant, and growing up in 1970s Luton – at the time, a provincial town with few West Indians.

Friday 2 November Coco Cards 11am-1.30pm Kilburn Library Use African fabrics and textiles to create a set of handmade greetings cards to take home. Choose from the Coco Collection of templates or bring your own ideas.

The cards can be framed to make great gifts too. Family and friends will love them! Over 5s.

Saturday 3 November Thamizh: A day of Tamil culture 10am-8pm Willesden Green Library Learn more about Tamil culture with this exciting day of talks, learning and fun activities and beautiful performances for children, adults and families. Including: Exhibition of Tamil musical instruments, ancient kitchen utensils, artwork, photographs and literature.

Presentations on Tamil ancient fine arts and sculptures and the works of Tamil scholars.

Workshops on classical dance or bharatha natyma, garland making, cookery and computer learning.

From 3.30pm to 8pm there will be a variety show featuring traditional dance, drama, music and a children’s fancy dress competition.

Plus stalls including food, traditional Tamil clothes and utensils.

Under the coconut tree family day 11am-4pm Town Hall Library 11am-12noon We are going on a lion hunt Bookstart story and rhyme time fun.

Unders 5s.

12.30pm-2pm Coco Cards Over 5s. See Friday 2 November for event details.

2pm-3.30pm The Comic Bookworm See 27 October for programme details.

3.30pm-4.45pm Sidis of Gujarat Sidis are Indians of African origin. Find out more about this fascinating community and enjoy a screening of the film Sidis of Gujarat: Maintaining Traditions and Building Community followed by a Q&A. Presented by Dr Shihan Desilva.

Celebrate African and Caribbean culture Create a 2013 keepsake calendar full of facts. No fiction!

2.30pm-4pm Harlesden Library Plus Over 5s.

Tamil classical dance bharatha natyma

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Thursday 8 November eBay Workshop 11am-1pm Ealing Road 2.30pm-4.30pm Kilburn Library Learn how to set up an eBay account as well as the in’s and out’s of hobby trading and starting a small online business. Delivered by Abi Associates.

Please book in advance at the library.

Reading groups in Brent Libraries

Write Start 5.45pm-7.45pm Town Hall Library A fun and friendly taster workshop for those of you who are new to creative writing and want to try it out for the first time. This workshop will give you a taste of the essentials of writing and how workshops work. Through exercises, reading and discussion, you will explore ways of writing that bring a story alive in the reader’s mind, approaches to creating characters and writing arresting dialogue.

In a small group and in a relaxed but focused setting, you will have plenty of opportunity to ask questions, get to know fellow participants and get writing.

Kilburn Library Third Thursday of each month 6.45pm-7.45pm

The workshop will be led by Spread the Word’s Eva Lewin and Annette Brook.

Read the books and join the libraries’ reading groups for an enjoyable and thought provoking discussion!

Kingsbury Plus Library Second Friday of each month 11am-12noon

Saturday 10 November Family learning: Story and craft workshop three week course 11am-1pm Kingsbury Library Plus B 2.30pm-4.30pm Harlesden Library Plus Saturdays: 10, 17 and 24 November Diwali Fun Day 12.30pm-4.30pm Ealing Road Library Help celebrate Diwali Come and enjoy this fun family day programme.

12.30pm-2.30pm Henna hand painting Workshop for adults 1pm-2pm Rangoli craft workshop Over 5s.

2pm-4.30pm Rama and Sita story performance Plus Rama and Sita fancy dress competition, Indian dance and face painting.

Harlesden Library Plus Black Identity Zone Reading Group Last Thursday of each month 6.30pm-7.45pm BACES Reading Class Every Tuesday 1pm-2pm Town Hall Library Last Thursday of each month 6.30pm-7.30pm Willesden Green Library Book Circle Reading Group Last Tuesday of each month 6.30pm-7.45pm Gujarati Reading Group First Saturday of each month 2.30pm-4.30pm Tamil Reading Group Last Saturday of each month 2.30pm-4.30pm Willesden Green Library Reading Group Second Sunday of each month 2.30pm-4pm

The Comic Bookworm 2pm-3.30pm Town Hall Library See 27 October for programme details.

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Autumn adult learning CV, interview and job search workshops from the National Careers Service Benefit from careers and employment information, advice and training with these workshops to select from throughout autumn in Brent Libraries.

Create a winning CV Job search workshop It will help you to approach the job market in a focussed way. The workshop covers: • challenges of the job market • key steps to finding a job • what employers are looking for.

Interview skills workshop Prepare for interviews through information sharing and group activities ensuring that you have the confidence to perform well at an interview.

The workshop covers: • interview do’s and don’ts • preparing for the interview • what type of questions you may be asked • identifying your strengths and skills • highlighting experience that is relevant to the job role • job-related skills and personal qualities.

Ealing Road Library 26 September CV and job search workshop 2pm-5pm 22 October CV and job search workshop 10am-12noon 19 November CV and interview skills workshop 10am-12noon 18 February 2013 CV and job search workshop 10am-12 noon 25 March 2013 CV and job search workshop 10am-12noon Harlesden Library Plus 24 September CV and job search workshop 10am-12noon 29 October CV and interview skills workshop 10am-12noon 26 November CV and job search workshop 10am-12noon 28 January 2013 CV and job search workshop 10am-12noon No booking required

Kilburn Library 27 September CV workshop 10am-12noon 25 October Interview skills 10am-12noon 21 November CV workshop 10am-12noon 12 December Interview skills 10am-12noon Town Hall Library 28 September CV workshop 10am-12noon 26 October Job search workshop 10am-12noon 7 December CV workshop 10am-12noon 25 January 2013 Interview skills workshop 10am-12noon 22 February 2013 Job search workshop 10am-12noon 22 March 2013 Interview skills workshop 10am-12noon Advanced booking.

Maximum of 15 people per session.

Read the books and join the libraries’ reading groups for an enjoyable and thought provoking discussion!

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Word Up! Events for schools These events are for invited classes from Brent schools as part of Children’s Book Week and Black History Month. To organise a visit by a school class and to find out more information about locations and times contact your school’s local library in Brent for more information.

Simon James

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Monday 1 October Friday 5 October Sea Horse An enchanting tale of friendship without bounds. A horse and his boy are guided by the song of a shell. Where will their journey take them? And what will they find at its end? Award-winning author and illustrator Karin Littlewood launches her beautiful and charming new picture book in Brent Libraries with a reading followed by a fun craft workshop. Suitable for primary school students in years two to five.

Tuesday 2 October Wednesday 3 October Author and illustrator Simon James Award-winning children’s author and illustrator Simon James will entertain children with selected stories from some of his hugely popular books. He will explain how he became an author and illustrator and share some of his sketchbooks and materials that support his work. Simon’s books include Leon and Bob, Sally and the Limpet, George Flies South, and Dear Greenpeace.

Suitable for primary school students in years two to five.

Thursday 25 October Rastamouse and the Easy Crew Entertaining author Michael De Souza, one half of the writing duo with Genevieve Webster, will delight children with the adventures of the highly acclaimed Rastamouse and the Easy Crew in an enjoyable storytelling and drama workshop. Suitable for primary school students in years three to six.

Tuesday 9 October No Place to Hide: How I Put Black in the Union Jack Former professional British boxer and current trainer and mentor, Errol Christie, talks about racism in both boxing and Britain in the 1970s and 1980s. Errol was captain of the English boxing team from 1980 to 1983, becoming European champion in 1983. He published his biography No Place to Hide in 2010 in collaboration with former BBC TV producer Tony McMahon.

Suitable for secondary school students.

Below: Michael De Souza Right: Errol Christie

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Other events and exhibitions in Brent Exhibitions Brent Museum and Brent Archives exhibitions

Tuesday 16 October Wednesday 17 October Walter Tull’s Scrapbook, Respect! Night Flight Michaela Morgan’s Walter Tull’s Scrapbook is a fictionalised account of the real story of a black British hero who history almost forgot. Tull was an orphan who became a top footballer and the first black officer in the British Army before dying in battle during the First World War. She tells Tull’s life story using short personal messages, doodles, photographs and documents as if written by the man himself. This is

Tuesday 23 October Ellen Craft performance Historical drama capturing the amazing story of Ellen Craft who escaped slavery in Georgia in the 1840s by posing as a white man to flee. She and her husband fled to the slave-free North in the United States disguised as her husband William’s slave master. Together they risked everything – even death – for freedom. By kind permission of the Museum of London Docklands in association with Spectrum Drama.

For adults and invited school classes, key stages two to four.

WW2 in Brent This display by Brent Archives, illustrates the impact of the Second World War on Willesden and Wembley, using obituaries of casualties taken from local papers.

11 October - 31 December Brent Archives, 1st floor Willesden Green Library Centre

Michaela’s second book about Walter Tull.

The first was Respect! Michaela’s other novel

is Night Flight, a mystical and heart-warming story of an immigrant who overcomes bullying and dislocation through a chance encounter with a sick horse.

Main image: Walter Tull Right: Spectrum Drama’s Ellen Craft

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Willesden High Road: An exhibition of photographs This photography exhibition features a series of stunning shots capturing the people and places along Willesden High Road through the ages. They provide a glimpse into what the High Road was like and how it has changed.

Until 28 February 2013 Brent Museum Special Exhibitions Gallery, 1st floor Willesden Green Library Centre Open during normal library hours

22 October - 26 November Town Hall Library Open during normal library hours Stadium Full of Dreams: Reflection of 1948 and beyond This online exhibition by Brent Museum and Archives explores the three London Olympic Games held in 1908, 1948 and 2012. Discover some of the connections between people and places in Brent and the Olympic games, and share your experiences too. www.brent.gov.uk/stadiumfullofdreams

The BAR Gallery at Willesden Green Open daily from 2pm-6pm

Seclusion by Faryal Ahmad

4 - 28 September The Gallery: Brent Salon des Arts The Wall @ The Gallery: Brent Salon des Arts The Glass Cabinet: Brent Salon des Arts 30 October - 23 November The Wall @ TheGallery: The End of the World Group show by London Independent Photography group – Queen’s Park.

27 November - 21 December The Gallery: Brent Art Fair 2012 The Glass Cabinet: Brent Art Fair 2012 wwwbrentartistsresource.org.uk Email: info@brentartistsresource.org.uk Tel: 020 8459 1421 23

Libraries in Brent Ealing Road Library Coronet Parade, Ealing Road, Wembley HA0 4BR, 020 8937 3560 ealingroadlibrary@brent.gov.uk

Willesden Green Library Centre 95 High Road, Willesden NW10 2SF 020 8937 3400 willesdengreenlibrary@brent.gov.uk

Harlesden Library Plus Craven Park Road, Harlesden NW10 8SE 020 8937 3570 harlesdenlibrary@brent.gov.uk

Brent Museum 95 High Road, Willesden NW10 2SF 020 8937 3600 museum@brent.gov.uk Brent Archives 95 High Road, Willesden NW10 2SF 020 8937 3541 archives@brent.gov.uk

Kilburn Library 42 Salusbury Road, Kilburn NW6 6NN 020 8937 3530 kilburnlibrary@brent.gov.uk Kingsbury Library Plus Kingsbury Road, Kingsbury NW9 9HE 020 8937 3520 kingsburylibrary@brent.gov.uk Town Hall Library Brent Town Hall, King’s Drive, Forty Lane, Wembley HA9 9HU 020 8937 3500 townhalllibrary@brent.gov.uk

Brent Libraries, Brent Archives and Brent Museum are all wheelchair accessible.

Word Up! events at Ealing Road Library kindly supported

by St Modwen.

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