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Latest News
- Pittenweem Post – Issue 21 – August 2024
The latest edition of the Pittenweem Post is now available to download here from our website. Issue 21 includes pictures and and information about summer events, including fairs, seasonal parties and festival fun in the village itself, as well as reminders of life in the agricultural areas and waterways around us. We hope you enjoy… Read more: Pittenweem Post – Issue 21 – August 2024 - Record birthday raffle total – Thank You!
The total money raised from the library’s 7th birthday raffle was £643 – amazing! Our best ever. A huge thanks to everyone who donated prizes and bought tickets to support the library. The sunny and warm day for our birthday party may well have helped! - Pittenweem Post – Issue 20 – July 2024
The latest edition of the Pittenweem Post is now available to download here from our website and from the Crail Matters website. While it is free to download there is an opportunity for readers to make donations – both of which help with the costs of publication. Paper copies are also available from the library,… Read more: Pittenweem Post – Issue 20 – July 2024 - New lease of life for the library!
In an exciting new chapter, trustees signed a 20year lease in June 2024 that will give the library security for the future. It’s good news for a vibrant, community resource that opened 7 years ago this month. The library lends out a variety of books and DVDs, provides regular storytelling sessions for the local primary… Read more: New lease of life for the library! - Joyce Laing – An Extraordinary Life
Joyce Laing, well known here in Pittenweem, was an artist and a pioneer of art therapy. Over many years she worked with psychiatric patients and long-term prisoners using art to support them in their rehabilitation. Joyce collected over 1,000 pieces, with she called Art Extraordinary, from the people she worked with. Many of these are… Read more: Joyce Laing – An Extraordinary Life - We’re going on a Book Hunt
This summer there will be books hidden in plastic folders around the village. These are for children aged 0 to 10 years to read and then put back for others to find. We hope that you enjoy the search, love the books, and get involved in the fun of putting them back where you found… Read more: We’re going on a Book Hunt
Our Latest Book Reviews
Our book reviews are sent to members and subscribers every 3 weeks (or so). Below are some of our recent reviews. Click on any of the titles to read the full reviews and also search for any of our past reviews. You can subscribe to our book review newsletters here.
- The Paris Library, by Janet Skeslien Charles
While the author was working as Programs Manager at the American Library in Paris she learned about the extraordinarily brave employees who endeavoured to keep the library open during World War II when Paris was under occupation. In 1917, the American Library Association’s Library War Service shipped over two million books donated by libraries and individuals to US soldiers serving overseas and these books formed… Read more: The Paris Library, by Janet Skeslien Charles - The Castilians, by V E H Masters
I had never heard the name Bathia/Bethia until I met somebody with that name in Pittenweem. When I was last on duty in the library, I picked up a book on the New Stock table called The Castilians. As I opened it I saw the main character was called Bethia. I was intrigued so I borrowed it. The story is about the siege of St… Read more: The Castilians, by V E H Masters - The Complete Reflections: Conversations with Politicians by Peter Hennessy and Rob Shepherd
It’s probably a personality defect, but I love elections. There’s nothing quite like a decent dose of electionitis as the image-makers groom their candidates. The spin doctors and the PR people are in overdrive, as the various parties fine tune their policies to ensure maximum appeal. Opinion polls with their proverbial 3% margin of error pronounce daily, swingometers vacillate, political pundits pontificate, whereas mere mortals… Read more: The Complete Reflections: Conversations with Politicians by Peter Hennessy and Rob Shepherd - The Road to Grantchester by James Runcie
Many of you will know the Grantchester Mysteries that have been televised. Here is a review of James Runcie’s prequel, which tells the story of how the vicar Sidney Chambers comes to detecting and solving crimes. - The Bookseller of Inverness by S G MacLean
A novel from an author with literary connections. A relation of Alistair MacLean, Shona Maclean is the author of the Alexander Seaton and Damian Seeker series of historical crime mysteries set in 17th century Scotland. - All that Lives by James Oswald
If you are looking for a compulsive read, then go no further than the books of James Oswald, who was the guest speaker at our first spring talk of 2024. The library holds All that Lives and six others in the series.
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