Valence Local Studies and Archive Centre

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Your local library might surprise you...As we celebrate 175 years of public libraries, Luke Burton – Arts Council England's National Director for Libraries – reflects on the why they are still so important to communities across the country, and why a library card is actually about opportunity and potential – as well as to a world of reading.Read the article here: www.artscouncil.org.uk/blog/why-your-local-library-might-surprise-you ... See MoreSee Less

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Pen to Print

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Happy 250th Birthday to Jane Austen!Tickets for the last of Jane Austen's House festivals celebrating the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth in 2025 are still available. Join them in December for talks, tours, workshops and performances.Find out more: janeaustens.house/news/tickets-on-sale-for-jane-austens-birthday-celebration/ ... See MoreSee Less

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Pen to Print

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To celebrate Christmas, we are continuing with what is fast becoming our own Pen to Print and Write On! tradition: a Christmas poem. This year our poem is A Christmas Patchwork Poem: a compilation of couplets pulled together by poet and Thoughtful Tuesday Editor, Eithne Cullen. It is mixed and edited by Palak Tewary and performed and written by members of the Write On! and Pen to Print teams.We hope you enjoy our festive poem - Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! ... See MoreSee Less

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