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14 AT YOUR LIBRARY
Swindon Libraries. What's in them for you?
The Crime of
So what are you new year resolutions for 2000? asks librarian Joanne Richardson
Being German Is it to lose weight, start a hobby, may not be as Every week we are sent the top ten
lea rn to drive, get a qualification, glossy as a bank best sellers in fiction and non-fic-
ISBN 1 85776 204 5
smarten up the garden, redecorate card, but it will tion.
at £ 12.95 the house, learn a language, train provide you with And even if you don't like read-
the dog to stop chewing the furni- access to any book ing, join the library. Come along
is now available from ture? Then join the library, you want. It is true and try out our selection of videos,
By doing only that, you can make if we do not have talking books and music CDs.
The Victoria Bookshop all the other things possible. I bet • ' the book you want We also have a new collection of
Wood Street you never thought achieving new in one of our librar- books especially for those who are
year resolutions could be that easy? ies, for a small fee just beginning to read, young or
Old Town, Swindon That is not to say that we are mira- we can obtain it old. And our staff are always
cle workers. We cannot make you from another authority for you. So happy to help.
All author's profits will
thin, or weed your garden or even now there is nothing to stop you If you are unable to get to a
benefit displaced persons train the dog. But we can certainly realising those resolutions. library, Swindon Council operates
find you a book that can help. Also as well as materials for hob- two mobile libraries and a house-
So down to the nitty gritty. To bies and study, your library has bound library service.
For information about the loca-
John Gibson, AICB join, go along to your local library fiction books galore, whether your tion and opening times of your
taste is death and detection, or ro-
Qualified with some official proof of your mance and desire, we've got it all. local branch contact 465555.
name and address, complete a sim-
Book-keeper ple application card and we will
do the rest. Within minutes you
• Regular book-keeping will be the proud owner of a rather Sharing words in Winter
• VAT returns cheesy, discreet looking plastic li- Reading and writing are solitary activi ties that go hand in hand, but
here is a chance for writers to liven up dark, gloomy winter months by
• PAYE & payroll brary card. But do not be fooled, it
connecting with others at a creative writing weekend from 11 February
• Annual accounts evening until Sunday 13 February afternoon at Lower Shaw Farm on
• Tax returns CREATIVE Old Shaw Road. Run by Nell Leyshon and Matt Holland, the non-
• Sage & Excel software CURTAINS residential cost is £35 which includes meals. To book, call 771080.
Call to discuss Women's words
inplele affordable service
your requirements The Swindon branch of the Worker's Education Assocation is running
Tel/Fax: Hand made curtains, an eight week creative writing course at the Swindon Foyer, Bath Road,
Fman & Aust ian blinds,
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01793 873202 quilted bed covers, cushions Swindon. It starts on Saturday 15 January and thereafter on Tuesdays,
email: j 7.30pm from 18 January.
Tel: Christine on 875869
If you have never written, have work in progress, or have finished
but do not know which way to turn, call 01225 719046 to book a place.
Write a 21st Century poem
There is still time to enter the Ligden Poetry Society millennium
DEVELOPMENT ^ competition for prizes of £75, £50 and £25.
Poems of not more than 40 lines should be typed on A4 and submit-
ted by 29 February to The Editor, Pulsar Poetry Magazine, 34 Lineacre,
THROUGH D AMA! `\ Grange Park, Swindon, SN5 6DA.
Entry fee cheques/postal orders of £2 for the first poem and 50p for
subsequent entries should be made payable to 'Ligden Poetry Society.'
Our drama programme is designed to For a full set of rules and conditions, call David Pike on 875941.
develop ongoing confidence, self-esteem
and communication ski. Perfect book-keeping numbers
Having left school with very little in the way of qualifications, John
PRIMARY CLASSES: Children find c Gibson, 36, from Lineacre Close, Grange Park, was somewhat nerv-
classes fun and highly motivating ous about his exams to qualify as a book-keeper.
and parents everywhere are However he was stunned when
delighted with the results he received the results giving him
an A grade pass. Shortly afterward
YOUTH THEATRE: Become he was contacted by the Institute
Of Certified Book-keepers, to be
involvedin our stimulating
informed that he had scored a per-
Theatre Arts programme
fect 100% - only the third candi-
for 12 - 17 year olds date to have ever achieved this
H ^^aIcn, t'rincipal,
elen O'Grad n mark.
Classes now enrolling at: y rams Academy "I was so excited I had to tel l
Swindon Link Centre, West Swindon (Greendown School), Haydon Wick, someone, soIrangmymum!"John
Croft Sports Centre, Highworth, Wootton Bassett & Cricklade said. "Having never been that suc-
cessful with exams I was very ap- 100% pass mark is outstanding."
prehensive, but having scored As well as the ntrmal certificate,
Helen O'Grady good grades in the course work I John will be going to London to
was hoping to pass. This left me receive a special award.
Now that he has qualified, John
CHILDREN'S DRAMA ACADEMY speechless!" has started applying his talents to.
Gary Carter, the Chief Execu-
tive of the ICB, said, "the exam is local companies and individuals
For further details please phone: taken by hundreds of people, both who need a book-keeper. He can
Principal Jenny Hatch on 01672 520 528 nationally and interna tionally,and be contacted on 873202 or email:
while some do very well, John's [email protected]