Pauline Burbidge is internationally recognised as Britain’s premier quilt artist. She lives and works in Scotland, and her work is owned by the Glasgow Museums and the National Museum of Scotland as well as featuring in many international collections.

There are two sides to Pauline’s work - her studio art quilts and her practical “Quiltline” quilts, and both will be on show at the Loch Lomond Quilt Show 2008. The Loch Lomond Quilt Show and West Dunbartonshire’s Literature Festival ‘Booked!’ have joined forces to present an illustrated talk by Pauline at Balloch Library. The talk will look at both sides of Pauline’s work.

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Colours are used in our everyday speech to enliven and enhance our language.‘Red hot’, ‘feeling blue’, ‘green with envy’ all use colour to convey their message in an evocative way. The Scottish Colourists used colour as inspiration for their work, and strong emotive colours define their paintings. Clydebank Museum is hosting an exhibition of Scottish Colourist paintings including works by Fergusson, Cadell, Peploe and Hunter.

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A touring exhibition from Graphicus Touring featuring award-winning illustrations to the novels of Raymond Chandler and Graham Greene. In conjunction with 'Booked!' The West Dunbartonshire Festival of Words running throughout May 2008, this exhibition features 40 original works from the illustrations to their novels published by the Folio Society 1996 - 2000.

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As part of West Dunbartonshire Council’s Festival of Words, and in conjunction with the talk on Friday 16th May by Alex Graham, the executive producer of the highly acclaimed BBC series, Who Do You Think You Are? genealogy workshops will be held in Dumbarton and Clydebank Libraries. The workshops will be delivered by our family history specialists and will focus on:

• How to trace your family tree, emphasizing Scottish sources
• An introduction to the types of records and where these can be found
• Highlighting how much you can achieve locally within your library
• What can be achieved on the internet within local libraries

The first workshop will take place in Dumbarton Library at 7.00 pm on Tuesday the 27th of May and the talk will focus on tracing your family tree using written records.

The second workshop, which will be held at Clydebank Library on Thursday the 29th of May at 7:00pm, will focus on the use of the internet, particularly the Scotland’s People website, as a tool in genealogical research.

These workshops are free and we expect them to be highly popular so please contact Dumbarton Library on 01389 608992 to reserve a place on either or both courses.

Please note that there will only be five spaces available for the internet workshop at Clydebank Library.

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Ever wondered how soap opera works? Well now’s your chance to find out!

As part of the Festival of Words, BBC Scotland’s ‘River City’ has agreed to lend us their writers to introduce us to the mysteries of their skill. Along with a script editor and a producer they will take us through the processes from storyline to television screen. For a fascinating peek behind the scenes, come along to Dumbarton Library on 28th May at 7:00 pm.

Tickets are free but will be in great demand, so book your place now!

River City 'Location' Visit

During the first week in June, as a follow-up to the writing workshop, River City has invited us along to see the actual set locations where River City is filmed. Places will be limited so get your tickets now!

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