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Issue 47, October 2009

Keeping you up-to-date with what's happening in East Sussex libraries.

Win book reservations

Win five free reservations for the books of your choice – click on Subscribe to this newsletter to enter next month's competition.

Calling all budding poets

Our annual poetry competition started on National Poetry Day. We're asking all ages to write a poem about your heroes and heroines, and children can also win prizes in our poetry reviews. Find out more in our Good reads section.

Book of the month – 'The time traveler's wife' by Audrey Niffenegger

Henry has trouble staying in the present, often travelling backwards and forwards in time against his will. Follow the unique story of Henry and his wife, who met when Clare was six and Henry was 36, and were married when Clare was 22 and Henry was 30. Try our recommendations for book of the month.

Most popular DVD – 'Hotel for dogs'

Arriving at a foster home with a 'strictly no pets' policy, Andi and her brother Bruce need to find a new home for their dog, Friday. After discovering an abandoned hotel, the two orphans decide to rescue every stray dog they can in this family comedy. Borrow our Top 10 films.

Win an iPod Shuffle or £50 worth of books

Enter the quiz celebrating the 5th anniversary of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. See our page reference books and online databases.

National library survey

We're asking anyone over 16 to complete a short questionnaire when you visit your local library. Take part in the adult public library user survey.

Holiday events for children

Halloween is coming! Find out how you can join in the Monster Mash, fancy dress competition, storytelling and more in our holiday events.

Meet crime writer MC Beaton on Wednesday 28 October – now sold out

Bexhill Library presents an evening with MC Beaton, author of the Agatha Raisin and Hamish MacBeth crime novels. Read our press release.

Discover your library

Our mobile libraries are back to their normal fortnightly timetables. Check when they will be visiting a town or village near you from October to March. Download our new mobile library timetables.