Birthday treats at town library
August 2019: Newport Pagnell Library is to be modernised in time for its 50th anniversary later this year. MK Council will update the lighting, replace furniture, create a children’s library space, redecorate the building and extend opening hours
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June 2019: Read all about it! Local history publishers Word Go togged up Gareth, Richard and Adam in green eyeshades and printers aprons as their display welcomed visitors to ‘All our yesterdays in print’ at the biennial History Festival...
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WordGo publisher Richard ‘Biggles’ Meredith dressed for the part in an RAF pilot’s kit to greet local mayor Paul Day at the Living History display in Brooklands during Newport Pagnell’s annual 1940’s Event.
DetailsCome and say hello to us this summer
Our authors and writers go out and about at local events in the months to come.
DetailsWhat would Jock have done?
What would Jock have done? … is the intriguing question of a wonderfully creative activity in the new MK Museum. It refers of course to the late, founding ‘godfather’ of Milton Keynes Lord Jock Campbell. Here’s one thing we...
Details‘Bookazine’ launch success at Aston Martin Works
WordGo’s latest offering – an innovative publication in hybrid book and magazine format dubbed a ‘bookazine’ in literary circles – was launched to wide acclaim at a special event in the Heritage Centre at Aston Martin Works on March...
DetailsDown in the garden something stirs
Short film from the BBC archive showing an interview with the famous children's writer Roald Dahl.
DetailsCELEBRATE NEWPORT PAGNELL’S HISTORY OF TRANSPORT
Book Launch and Car Display in Tickford Street, Sunday 9 March. Tickets are FREE can be arranged by emailing NP200AstonMartin@gmail.com and for further information visit WordGo.org.uk
DetailsBookTrust launches Pyjamarama
Share BookTrust will this June ask children across the UK to wear pyjamas for the day to raise £150,000 to help families with reading, writes Charlotte Eyre For the Pyjamarama campaign, which will take place on 7th June, BookTrust...
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