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Dominic Knight May 3, 2025

June news & events from Southwold Library

Free Computer Club with Realise Futures @ Southwold Library

Every Thursday from 5th June until 17th July, 10am–12.30pm

Your tutor will facilitate and support you as part of a group to be able to effectively use your brand-new tablet which will be issued to you at the start of the course. Some of the tasks that you will look at are:

• Sending and receiving e-mails.

• Staying safe online.

• Installing and using apps.

• Finding information online.

• Taking digital photographs.

You may even want to add something else!

You will work in small, friendly groups and learn by completing practical tasks in the classroom. There is an expectation that you will attend all sessions to fully benefit from the course and, on completion, you will be able to keep the tablet!

To enrol, please speak to a staff member at Southwold Library – tel: 01502 722519; e-mail: southwold.library@suffolklibraries.co.uk.

Partners in Crime: Talk by thriller writers Rachel Wolf and Heather Critchlow

Saturday, 7th June, 3pm @ Woodbridge Library, and 6pm @ Southwold Library

Free events, but booking required.

Rachel Wolf, author of the much-fêted debut thriller Five Nights, and Heather Critchlow, author of the Bloody Scotland debut prize-nominated Cal Lovett series – talk about their lives of crime (writing) and their latest books.

Rachel Wolf: Rachel is a travel executive turned thriller writer. She did the Curtis Brown Creative Writing Course before writing a successful crime series as Rachael Blok, which were well reviewed by magazines and the nationals. She went on to write her first glamorous destination thriller, Five Nights, last year, which did well, too. Sun Trap is her second thriller with a stylish and luxurious background with a sinister and downbeat thread woven into it. She writes about the undoing of the rich and privileged, and her novels, whilst having a luxurious background, have a gritty edge to them. It’s the locations that Rachel went to which were the inspiration for Sun Trap.

Heather Critchlow: Heather grew up in rural Aberdeenshire and trained as a business journalist after studying History and Social Science at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of the Scotland-set crime fiction series, the Cal Lovett Files (Unsolved, Unsound and Unburied). Heather lives in St Albans. Her new book, The Tomorrow Project, is a speculative thriller, a near-future dystopian novel about the tail-end of a global pandemic and the people tasked with salvaging any trace of the world as they know it. When the end comes, what will you wish you had done? Contact Southwold Library (tel: 01502 722519; e-mail: southwold.library@suffolklibraries.co.uk), Woodbridge Library (tel: 01394 330855 e-mail: woodbridge.library@suffolklibraries.co.uk) or online (www.ticketsource.co.uk/suffolklibraries).

Lin Le Versha: Southwold’s Own Resident Crime Writer Extraordinaire

Monday, 9th June, 11am

Lin Le Versha drew on her experience in schools and colleges as the inspiration for the Steph Grant crime series which now includes four books. Lin is the Director of the Southwold Arts Festival. Creative writing courses encouraged her to enrol at the UEA MA in Creative Writing and her debut novel, Blood Notes, was based on her final assessment piece.

Lin will be talking about her writing including her latest title, Blood Spots. Lin will be signing copies of her books. Free event, no need to book.

Now Booking: Friends of Southwold Library present Slaughter in Southwold – Southwold Library Crime Writers Festival

Saturday, 14th and Sunday, 15th June @ Southwold Arts Centre, St Edmund’s Hall

Author talks by: M J Arlidge and Lisa Hall, Jayne Chard, Kate Ellis, Robert Goddard, Chris Hammer, Barbara Nadel, Maureen Paton and Tim Sullivan.

Tickets: £6 per talk, £20 per day or £40 for the weekend.

Lunches with the authors.

Plus:

Kate Ellis’ ‘Fatal Fete’ Murder Mystery Night Friday, 13th June, 7pm.
Fun Crime Quiz Night Saturday 14th June, 7pm.
Whodunnit Puzzle Sheet available from 1st May – £1. Solve the crime and you could win a £10 book token.
Raffle for a Luxury Crime-related Hamper (raffle tickets available from 1st May at Southwold Library).

Book at Southwold Library (tel: 01502 722519 or web: www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/slaughter).

Calling All Dog Lovers! Talk by Dogs Trust

Monday, 30th June, 11am @ Southwold Library

Paige from Dogs Trust Snetterton will be talking about Dogs Trust, their history, who they are as a charity and what they do that makes their work so vital.

Come along to this free, fun and informative talk.

Let Us Help You Get Connected

Every Wednesday starting on 11th June, 10am–12noon @ Southwold Library

Need help with tech? A drop-in advice session where we can help you with things like;

• Setting up e-mail and social media accounts.

• Online shopping (Amazon, eBay and more).

• Basic support with smartphones, tablets and computers.

• Travel plans using Google Maps and similar tools.

• Staying safe online and avoiding scams.

For more information, ask library staff, call: 01502 722519 or e-mail: southwold.library@suffolklibraries.co.uk.

Southwold Arts Centre and Southwold Library Present: Southwold Community Cinema

Maria (2024) 12 – Wednesday, 18th June, 3pm

Famed opera singer Maria Callas retreats to Paris in the 1970s after a glamorous yet tumultuous life in the public eye.

Tickets – £5, including refreshments. Book a ticket at southwoldartscentre.co.uk, visit the box office at Southwold Arts Centre, Cumberland Road, Southwold IP18 6JP or tel: 01502 722572.

Kids, Come and Read to Ash the PAT Dog

Thursday, 5th and 19th June, 3.30pm @ Southwold Library

The Read2Dogs scheme provided by PAT helps to improve literacy skills and wellbeing in young people by developing their confidence, interest, and enjoyment in reading.

Dogs are non-judgemental and great listeners – they don’t interrupt or correct – so they aid confidence and concentration levels. PAT Dogs are also known to encourage positive social behaviours, enhance self-esteem and inspire young people to relax and have fun.

Come and read to Ash and enjoy his calm company.

Southwold Library Jigsaw Swap Shop

Come and help yourself to a jigsaw at Southwold Library completely free! You can take one and return it, take one and return a different one or just take one (we have plenty).

Come and check out what we have available.

Blyth Poets ‘The Isle is Full of Voices’

Friday, 6th June, 2.15–3.30pm

First Friday of every month.

A poetry group meeting at Southwold Library.

All welcome to read or just listen.

We invite contributions of original work or well-loved poems.

Refreshment break in the Canteen.

Free event, no booking required.

Mah-jong Group

Friday, 13th and 27th June, 2.15–4.15pm

Second and fourth Friday of the month

Can you play Mah-jong?

Do you want to learn?

Come along and join the group at Southwold Library. £1 per person.

Scrabble Club

Thursday, 12th June, 2.15pm

Second Thursday of every month.

All equipment supplied.

Refreshment break in the Canteen.

Free event, no booking required.

Crochet and Craft Club

Every Wednesday, 2.15–4pm

£2 each.

A friendly group for all crafters as well as those who crochet (to any ability). Barbara will be on hand to teach crochet beginners, add to your crochet skills or troubleshoot problems, should you want to. Or just bring along your latest craft project and work on them together.

Bring your own equipment or Barbara can supply crochet equipment at a price.

Hot drinks supplied.

Lego Club!

Sundays, 12.15–1pm

Open to kids (and adults) of all ages.

This spring, we’re building: Wonderful Wildlife.

All donations of Lego welcome.

Free event, no booking required.

Adults: Would you like to help with Lego Club? Just ask staff.

Southwold Library Reading Group

Thursday, 26th June, 6.30pm @ Southwold Library

This month, we are reading: The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn.