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The Master's House October 2019 Programme Tuesday 1st October : 4.45pm to 5.45pm Ledbury Library Readers' Group A friendly book group held in Ledbury Library for enthusiastic readers. Read one selected title a month then meet to discuss it. Free Wednesday 2nd October : 10am to 12 noon Master's House Guided Tour The Friends of the Master's House will be hosting a detailed guided tour of this beautiful 15th century building, once part of the medieval St Katherine’s Hospital in the centre of Ledbury. Free tickets (donations gratefully accepted) Friday 4th October : 7pm to 9pm Home on the Move – Book Launch and Poetry Salon @Ledbury Books and Maps Featuring poets Margaret Adkins, Jim Dening and Jacqui Rowe, this event launches a new poetry anthology called Home on the Move: Two Poems Go on a Journey. For more details see www.poetry- festival.co.uk. £5 (Tickets on door) Monday 7th to Saturday 12th October How to Borrow Library eBooks Bring in your tablet or smartphone and find out how to borrow library eBooks and eAudiobooks using the BorrowBox app. It is a quick and easy way to access hundreds of the latest bestselling titles, completely free! Join the library online at herefordshire.gov.uk/jointhelibrary. Free drop-in Tuesday 8th October to Saturday 2 November Life in Herefordshire During the First World War This exhibition explores life in Herefordshire during the First World War in 1914-1918, with stories about people who lived in the county and those who went to war. Free Friday 11th October : 11am to 12.30pm A Good Read? Readers' Group Bring along a book you have read, share your thoughts and perhaps a short snippet from the book in this friendly and informal readers’ group. Free 64 Tuesday 15th October : 4pm to 6pm Introduction to Emails Learn how to set-up an email account, and how to send and receive emails and attachments. Laptops will be available for you to use. Provided by Fastershire. 16+ years Free tickets Tuesday 15th October : 7.30pm to 8.30pm Herefordshire's Home Front in the Second World War Eighty years after the start of the Second World War, author Bill Laws looks at life on the Home Front: Land Army girls and Timber Jills, Ledbury’s POWs and Rotherwas’ Canaries, homesick evacuees, and finding a fitting uniform! Books will be available to buy on the night. Tickets £4 Saturday 19th October : 10am to 12 noon Ledbury Young Writers' Group Fun and creative writing workshops for young people, led by professional writer Sara-Jane Arbury. Advance booking is essential, visit www.writingwest midlands.org to reserve a place. 8-13 years £7 per session Monday 21st October : 10am to 4pm Decorated Alphabets of the Middle Ages Spend a day with calligrapher Caroline Owen- Thomas learning to draw or trace eye-catching alphabets, and the techniques of how to paint them using gouache. All materials will be supplied. 16+ years Tickets £48 (including materials) Friday 25th October : 7pm to 8.45pm Will ye not come home, brother, home to us again? While John Masefield was away at sea, his younger brother Harry travelled East, becoming a tea planter in Sri Lanka. Caroline Magnus, Harry’s granddaughter, tells Harry’s story from his Ledbury childhood and relationship with the poet, to his life in Sri Lanka. Free tickets To advertise call 01684 833715 or email: [email protected]