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Issue 55, June 2010

Keeping you up-to-date with what's happening in East Sussex libraries. If you want to book tickets for an event, please phone 0345 60 80 196.

Win book reservation vouchers

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National Crime Fiction Week – 14 to 20 June

Meet crime writer Tom Bale at Uckfield Library, Monday 14 June at 7pm – book a ticket for just £1. Or get free security advice from a Police Community Support Officer by dropping into Langney Library on Saturday 19 June, 9.30am to 1pm. Find out more about these libraries events.

Book of the month – 'Al Capone shines my shoes'

Twelve-year-old Moose lives on the prison island of Alcatraz, where one of the prisoners is notorious gangster Al Capone. When a daring jailbreak is planned, Moose and his friends have to ask Al for help. Try our recommendations for book of the month.

Most popular DVD – 'An education'

Jenny is an intelligent young woman on the brink of her 17th birthday, destined for Oxford University and longing for excitement. Then she meets David, a mysterious and much older playboy. Enjoy this award-winning coming-of-age drama and our other Top 10 films.

National Bookstart Day - Friday 11 June

Come and have fun on Friday 11 June at our Seaside party at Peacehaven Library at 10am, Caterpillar Capers at Bexhill Library at 10.30am and Starfish picnic at Hastings Children's Library at 11am. On Tuesday 15 June, there are stories and rhymes at Pevensey Bay Library at 11.15am. Booking is essential for all these events. See how you can celebrate National Bookstart Day.

Meet the author - Stella Duffy

Stella Duffy will be discussing her novel about Theodora, who became the most powerful woman in the history of Byzantine Rome, at Lewes Library on Wednesday 16 June, 7pm to 9pm. Tickets are £3. Get more details about our author talk by Stella Duffy.

Photography competition 2010

This year's theme is 'Hidden landscapes'. We want your photograph to make us look closely at what we are seeing, and to challenge our perceptions. Find out how to enter our photography competition.

Pevensey Bay Library temporary closure

Pevensey Bay Library will be closed for one week from Monday 7 June to Saturday 12 June as we carry out building works to improve access, new doors and foyer. Read our press release.

Discover your library

Did you know that reading groups can borrow sets of books from libraries? We recommend you plan for the year ahead so that everyone in your group gets a copy of the books you'll be talking about. Download our recently updated list of books for reading groups.