by Jill Robinson | Aug 22, 2024
Malka was two when the Nazi invaders forced her family into the Jewish ghetto in Volodymyr-Volynskyi, a small city in present-day Ukraine. It was the first step in a campaign of mass murder. Rivka, Malka’s mother, kept Malka and her two older brothers alive...
by Jill Robinson | Aug 9, 2024
We are delighted to welcome Hedi Argent for our first Family Learning Workshop as part of our summer events. Hedi came to Britain as a refugee from Austria, escaping Nazi persecution. Hedi’s talk explores many themes such as: friendship, becoming a refugee as a child...
by Sara Bullimore | Mar 5, 2024
Discover the magic and playfulness of words at Newark Book Festival, 11th-14th July. Exploring “The Power of Play” this year’s four-day festival is filled with author talks from local and international writers, street theatre, children’s storytelling...
by Jill Robinson | Feb 22, 2024
Celebrate the life of Gideon Klein with music and literature! Dr David Fligg will be talking about his book ‘Don’t Forget About Me: The Short Life of Gideon Klein, Composer and Pianist’. Exclusively at this event local composer and pianist, Chris...
by Jill Robinson | Oct 3, 2023
The museum are delighted to welcome Dr David Fligg on Sunday 22nd October for a special event to talk about his book, ‘Gideon Klein: Don’t Forget About Me’. The book chronicles the extraordinary and moving story about the young Czech pianist and...
by Jill Robinson | Jul 19, 2023
Join us as Holocaust Survivor Hedi Argent offers her moving testimony. Hedi will be ‘In Conversation’ with our Senior Educator Nicola Stauther as they discuss her book ‘The Day The Music Changed: How I Became A Refugee From Nazi Europe’....
by Sara Bullimore | Mar 31, 2023
Newark Book Festival is going on tour! Join us at venues all over Edwinstowe on Saturday 3rd June for a day packed with events for all ages to enjoy, including talks and workshops, literature stalls and much more! We can’t wait to see you there for lots of wordy...
by Sara Bullimore | Mar 31, 2023
Newark Book Festival is going on tour! Join us at Bilsthorpe Heritage Museum and Bilsthorpe Library on Sunday 11th June for a day packed with events for all ages to enjoy, including talks and workshops, literature stalls and much more! We can’t wait to see you...
by Jill Robinson | Jan 30, 2023
Join us for a fascinating talk by author, presenter and clothes historian, Lucy Adlington. Lucy will be talking about her book, her research and the ways in which friendship and resilience triumph even in the darkest of places. Her best selling book ‘The...
by Sara Bullimore | Jan 16, 2023
Newark Book Festival is a local and regional festival, celebrating reading, writing and people who love books! Since 2017, we have been bringing authors, illustrators and readers together for four-day summer festival, packed with events for all ages to enjoy,...
