Upcoming activities in Blanchardstown Library

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A "German for Holidaymakers" course will be starting in Blanchardstown Library on August 8th.

This course is 4 weeks long and is for adult beginners.

It will be held on Monday evenings at 7pm.

Phone 890 5563 to book a place on this free course.

This course is organised by Europe Direct (www.europedirect.ie)

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"Portuguese for Beginners"
4 week course starting Wednesday Aug 3rd.

Will be held Wednesday evenings at 7pm.

Phone 890 5563 to book for this course.

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Fingal Libraries is now offering Downloadable Audio Books!

You can download an audio book from our website on to an MP3 player.
See here for more info:
http://www.fingalcoco.ie/CommunityRecreationandAmenitiesDepartment/Library/DownloadAudioBooks/

*eBooks will be available also in the near future!

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Europe Direct presents "Mobility within Europe" - an exhibition about working in Europe.

Blanchardstown Library, Reference Section
On view Aug 2nd - Aug 27th

Visitor's book available to sign!

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Would you like to get involved in volunteering in your local community?

Come along to the Volunteering Fair in Blanchardstown Library on Wednesday 21st of September (3pm to 7pm) for information about volunteering opportunities in the locality.

The following are some of the organisations that will be attending:
Fingal Volunteer Centre
Home Start Blanchardstown
ISPCC
Order of Malta
Dochas
Centre for Independent Living
Citizens Information Centre

www.europedirect.ie

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Click "Like" on the Fingal Libraries Facebook page to be in with a chance of winning a Kindle eBook Reader!

http://www.facebook.com/FingalLibraries

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Bookings will be taken for the September events from 1st of September.

Call to the Library to pick up a monthly events guide.

German, English & Computer classes for adults will be on offer.

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"A Celebration of Classic Horror Stories"

Culture Night - Friday 23rd of Sept, 7.30pm
Blanchardstown Library (ph. 890 5563)

A talk about the world's greatest classic horror stories given by Librarian Alan Dunne and artist & illustrator Jonathan Barry. Jonathan Barry has illustrated many classic horror stories including Dracula, Frankenstein, Jekyll & Hyde and many more.

Alan and Jonathan will be discussing their lifelong passion for horror fiction and will give a general introduction to some of the world's greatest Gothic masterpieces.

This talk on horror literature will range the entire gamut of the genre from its popular beginnings with the Gothic fiction of the 18th Century to the current practitioners of the field such as Stephen King and Ramsey Campbell.

All are welcome to attend this free event!

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Culture Night for Children in Blanchardstown Library
Friday 23rd of Sept, 7.30pm

"The phantom tollbooth" storytelling and activity quest for 6-12yr olds.

Booking must be made in advance, phone 8905563

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Come along for Culture Night in the Library!!!

Friday 23rd Sept. @7.30pm

Spot prizes, children's activity quest, horror fiction talk & library tours!!!!

Ph. 890 5563 for more details.

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EU Citizenship - Freedom, Security & Justice:
10th Anniversary of 9/11

This exhibition is on display in the Reference Section from 5th of Sept to 24th of Sept.

Please sign our visitors book if you view this exhibition.

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Love and Fury - The passion of Jonathan Swift
Performed by David Heap
Directed by Paul Hayes

Blanchardstown Library
Thursday 10th of November @7pm

To book tickets for this free performance, please phone 890 5563 or call to the Lending Desk in the Library. Once a booking has been made tickets can be collected at any time before the night of the event.

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European Consumer Centre Talk
Blanchardstown Library
Wednesday 9th [EMAIL="Nov@6.30pm"]Nov @6.30pm[/EMAIL]
All Welcome!

Get prepared for Christmas Shopping - be informed of your consumer rights!

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Teachers!

The 2011/12 Make a Book Project is starting again.

Come along to the Library on Monday 7th of November @ 4pm to meet with facilitator, children's author Terry Hassett Henry, to learn how you can guide your class through this European themed project.

For more information (or to book a place on this workshop) please phone 890 5576.

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"A Celebration of Classic Horror Stories"

Culture Night - Friday 23rd of Sept, 7.30pm
Blanchardstown Library (ph. 890 5563)

A talk about the world's greatest classic horror stories given by Librarian Alan Dunne and artist & illustrator Jonathan Barry. Jonathan Barry has illustrated many classic horror stories including Dracula, Frankenstein, Jekyll & Hyde and many more.

Alan and Jonathan will be discussing their lifelong passion for horror fiction and will give a general introduction to some of the world's greatest Gothic masterpieces.

This talk on horror literature will range the entire gamut of the genre from its popular beginnings with the Gothic fiction of the 18th Century to the current practitioners of the field such as Stephen King and Ramsey Campbell.

All are welcome to attend this free event!

Wish I could be there! Perhaps I'll be just behind you in spirit...

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European Consumer Centre Talk
Wednesday November 9th @ 6.30pm

Information will be provided about shopping online and your consumer rights.

All Welcome!

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Irish Language Course

Monday 14th November @7pm

A 6 week course for Adults and Leaving Cert Students.

This course will suit someone who has already got some proficiency in Irish, it is not for beginners.

So if you want to practise and improve your Irish language skills please phone 8905563 to book a place on this free course!

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Fingal Libraries are on Facebook!

Click like on our Facebook page and you can do the following:
* Keep up with all of the happenings in Blanchardstown Library
*Enter Facebook only competitions (a competition to win a goodie bag of books is coming soon!)
* Browse through our collection of photos

You can also add your own comments or book reviews to our FB page - you can even add a photo of you reading the latest book you borrowed from us or a photo of you having fun in Blanchardstown Library!

We look forward to you dropping by and saying "Hello" on our Facebook page!

http://www.facebook.com/FingalLibraries

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Fingal Libraries are currently holding a competition on Facebook!

To be in with a chance of winning a goodie bag of books, please go to the Fingal Libraries Facebook page and check out the competition.

Good Luck!

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Christmas Carols with Coolmine Musical Society!

Wednesday December 14th @6.45pm

All Welcome!

Come along and enjoy some Christmas Cheer with a mince pie!

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Dickens in Dublin - One Man Show
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens' birth Blanchardstown Library presents "Dickens in Dublin" on Thursday February the 16th at 6.30pm. In this hour long show, actor Laurence Foster, will recreate Dickens visit to Dublin in 1858. His observances on Dublin are punctuated with complementary dramaatised scenes from his books. Places limited, please phone 890 5563 to book a ticket for this show.

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Fingal Volunteer Centre will be providing information in the Library on Thursday 22nd March between 11.45am and 1pm.

Come along and chat to the staff from the centre if you have any questions about volunteering!

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112! The European Emergency Number

An exhibition promoting the single European Emergency number - on display in the Reference Section until 31st of March

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Preparing your CV - Tuesday 24th April 10am - 12pm

Interview Technigues - Wednesday 25th April 10am - 12pm

Cover Letters & Job Search - Thursday 26th April 10am - 12pm

Phone 8905563 to book a place on these workshops in Blanchardstown Library

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Learn a language by following an online course available for free through the Library website:

http://www.fingalcoco.ie/CommunityRecreationandAmenitiesDepartment/Library/BykiOnlineLanguageLearning/

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Dochas - Bereavement Support following suicide and/or traumatic death

Public Presentation
"The role of the community in supporting one another"
By Mr. John Lonergan

Tuesday 1st of May @7.30pm
Blanchardstown Library

Phone 8905563 to book for this talk.

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Europe Day Celebrations

Wednesday - 9th May 2012

3pm - Puppet Show for all ages
"European puppets telling European Tales"

All Welcome!

Free of charge.

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Universal class online, a brilliant new service from Fingal Coounty libraries. Going live today, 1st May.

Check it out at
http://fingalcountylibraries.universalclass.com/register.htm

All you need is a library card!

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Universal class online, a brilliant new service from Fingal Coounty libraries. Going live today, 1st May.

Check it out at
http://fingalcountylibraries.universalclass.com/register.htm

All you need is a library card!

This is a pretty cool service Blanch Library!

Are the courses Irish orientated or American? (will check them out also)

achtungbarry

Interesting article in Journal.ie today which may be of interest to readers of this thread.

http://www.thejournal.ie/over-half-of-irish-people-use-public-libraries-survey-444580-May2012/