It’s time once again for lovers of the spoken word to update their diaries for dates at the Seanchai Library SL, as storytellers there bring us a host of new tales to tell.
As always, all times SLT, and unless otherwise stated, events will be held on the Seanchai Library’s home on Imagination Island.
Sunday April 21st
13:30: Tea-time at Baker Street: The Final Problem
Join Caledonia Skytower, as she brings us John Watson’s telling of Holmes’ most famous encounter – with that of one Professor James Moriarty.
Holmes arrives at Dr. Watson’s one evening in a somewhat agitated state and with grazed and bleeding knuckles. He has apparently escaped three murder attempts that day – the result of his attempts to bring a criminal enterprise led by Moriarty to justice.
Despite the attempts, preceded by a visit from Moriarty himself warning Holmes to break off his attempts in order to avoid a “regrettable outcome”, Holmes is determined to stop the ciminal mastermind, seeing it as the crowning achievement of his career as a detective.
However, with Moriarty very much his intellectual equal, Holmes knows that the task will be far from easy; indeed, Moriarty’s own pursuit of Holmes forces the Great Detective, Watson at his side, to depart England for the continent where they eventually arrive in Switzerland. Here they rest at an inn, the Englischer Hof in Meiringen, a town in the canton of Bern and which is famous as a stopping place for those wishing to visit the nearby splendour of … the Reichenbach Falls …
18:00: Magicland Storytime
Gail Carson Levine is an author of young people’s fiction and perhaps best known her spirited updates to familiar folk tales starting with Ella Enchanted, her debut novel published in 1997, and stories like Cinderellis and the Glass Hill, which recently featured at the Seanchai Libary.
Join Caledonia Skytower, as she brings us more fairytales from the pen of Gail Carson Levine at Magicland Park.
Monday April 22nd, 19:00: Fairytales: straight up with a chaser
Join Crap Mariner and guest Taralyn Gravois, as they serve up a heady mix of fairy tales with a twist – and I’m not talking lemon or ice.
Tuesday April 23rd, 19:00: Mircofiction with Brokali
Wednesday, April 24th, 19:00: More adventures with Polar Bear the Cat
Join Kaydon Oconnell and Caledonia Skytower as they bring us more tales about Polar Bear, the Manhattan cat saved from the streets by Cleveland Amory.
An animal rights activist, Cleveland Amory provided Polar Bear with a home after finding on the streets on Christmas Eve 1977. This incident led to Amory writing The Cat Who Came for Christmas, recently featured as a part of the Seanchai Library’s festive season of tales.
The book was followed by several more charting Polar Bear’s adventures and the proceeds from which were put back into his Fund for Animals, which in turn financed three animal sanctuaries.
Here Caledonia and Kaydon present A Difficult Matter and other selections from The Cat Who Came for Christmas.
Thursday, April 25th, 19:00: “Lost Coast” – more tales from the surf
With Shandon Loring.
Please check with the Seanchai Library SL’s blog for updates and additions to the week’s schedule.
In April Seanchai are inviting library guests to join them in supporting their featured real world charity Project Children! Have questions? IM or notecard Caledonia Skytower.
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