What’s On in Spencers Wood Library February 2019

What’s On in Spencers Wood Library February 2019

What’s On for Adults

Lit Wits Book Group*

Monday February 11                                                   6pm to 7pm

Pages in the Wood*

Monday February 25                                                  6pm to 7pm

What’s On for Children and Families

Rhymetime – Rhymes for under 5’s and their parents.

Thursday February 7 and 21                                               10.15am to 10.45am

Storytime – For children aged 7 and under.

Monday February 4                                                    4pm to 4.30pm

 

* For events marked with asterisk please call the library on 0118 988 4771 to book a place.

 

To renew your books online visit: http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/libraries/libraries-online/search-renew-and-reserve-items/

What’s On in Finchampstead Library February 2019

What’s On in Finchampstead Library  February 2019

What’s On for Adults

Social Bridge

Monday February 4, 11, 18, 25                                                                      2pm to 4pm

Relaxing Activities for Adults – Enjoy colouring, jigsaw puzzles and photo book browsing in a quiet setting

Wednesday February 6, 13, 20, 27                                                                 10am to 3pm

Crochet Group – with Gaynor White from the Barkham Hookers group, all abilities welcome. £4 charge.

Thursday January 7, 14, 28                                                                           1pm to 3pm

Computer Workshop – FREE Workshops with a presentation followed by individual advice and help concerning any computer problems or queries

Tuesday February 12                                                                                     2pm to 4pm

Book Group

Wednesday February 20                                                                                10.30am to 11.30am

What’s On for Children and Families

Storytime – For children aged 7 and under

Friday February 1                                                                                            11am to 11.30am

Rhymetime – Rhymes for under 5’s and their parents

Friday February 8, 15, 22                                                                                11am to 11.30am

*Places must be booked in branch. To renew your books online visit: http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/libraries/libraries-online/search-renew-and-reserve-items/

What’s On in Lower Earley Library February 2019

What’s On in Lower Earley Library February 2019

What’s On for Adults

• Reading Aloud Group – enjoy reading great literature aloud.  Friday February 1      10.30am to 11.30am
• Board Games Club             Thursday February 7, 21                       10am to 11am
• Pass the Book Book Club*          Friday February 8        10.30am to 11.30am
• Knit and Natter Tuesday February 12         4pm to 5pm
•  Jack in the Books Book Club*  Monday February 18          10.30am to 11.30am
• Poetry Reading Group   Monday February 25       10.30am to 11.30am

What’s On for Children and Families

• Storytime – for children aged 7 and under. Monday February 11, 11.15am to 11.45am
• Children’s book Group – 50p charge.    Monday February 11    4pm to 4.45pm
• Explore Learning – Angular Architecture* – Pop on your hard hats as the children become architects. They will learn the areas and angles required to construct the homes of our future. Can they tell their right angles from their acute. Free session with Explore Learning, for children aged 7 to 9 years old.  Thursday February 21,  10.45am to 11.45am
• Explore Learning – Fun with Phonics* – The children will investigate rhyming words and why they rhyme. They will use their phonics to help them sound the words accurately. What do the words bat, hat and rat all have in common? Free session with Explore Learning, for children aged 4 to 6 years old.  Thursday February 21,  9.30am to 10.30am
• Storytime with author Rachel Jane* – Come and join author Rachel Jane to listen to Lil’s Cupcake Delivery. Enjoy the story of Lil the Campervan on her quest to help her friend deliver all of her cupcakes and, see if she can deliver them all on time and in one piece!Thursday February 21,   1.30pm to 2.30pm
• Rhymetime – for children aged 5 and under.       Tuesday February 26,  10.30am to 11am

      *Places must be booked in branch. To renew your books online visit:       http://www.wokingham.gov.uk/libraries/libraries-online/search-renew-and-reserve-items/

News and Events from Wokingham Borough Libraries February 2019

Highlights from our February Half-term Children’s activity programme

Explore Learning – Angular Architecture* – Pop on your hard hats as the children become architects. They will learn the areas and angles required to construct the homes of our future. Can they tell their right angles from their acute? Free session with Explore Learning, for children aged 7 to 9 years old.

• At Wokingham Library on  Wednesday February 20 from 10.45am to 11.45am
• At Lower Earley Library on Thursday February 21 from 10.45am to 11.45am
• At Woodley Library on Friday February 22 from 10.45am to 11.45am

Explore Learning – Fun with Phonics* – The children will investigate rhyming words and why they rhyme. They will use their phonics to help them sound the words accurately. What do the words bat, hat and rat all have in common? Free session with Explore Learning, for children aged 4 to 6 years old.

• At Wokingham Library on Wednesday February 20 from 9.30am to 10.30am
• At Lower Earley Library on Thursday February 21 from 9.30am to 10.30am
• At Woodley Library on Friday February 22 from 9.30am to 10.30am

Get Arty – Arts and crafts for children aged 4 to 12 years old. £1.50 charge, Just drop in!At Wokingham Library on Friday February 22  from  10.30am to 11.30am

Guide Dog Morning – Just drop into learn and meet guide dogs and their owners.  At Wokingham Library on Monday February 18 from 10am to 12noon

Quirks Animal Roadshow – Quirks Animal Roadshow will allow children to interact with a variety of animals. For families with children aged 4 to 12 years old. Please phone to book a place, £ 4 per child.

• At Wargrave Library on Wednesday February 20 from 11am to 12noon
• At Wokingham Library  on Thursday February 21  from 11am to 12noon

Sand Art– Just drop in and create a picture with Kids Bee Happy with Maddi. £4 per picture, for children aged 4 to 11 years old.

• At Lower Earley Library  on Monday February 18 from 10.30am to 12.30pm
• At Wokingham Library  on Tuesday February 19  from 10.30am to 12.30pm
• At Woodley Library   on Wednesday February 20 from 10.30am to 12.30pm

Storytime with author Rachel Jane – Come and join author Rachel Jane to listen to Lil’s Cupcake Delivery. Enjoy the story of Lil the Campervan on her quest to help her friend deliver all of her cupcakes and, see if she can deliver them all on time and in one piece! Please book at the library.

• At Lower Earley Library on Thursday February 21 from 1.30pm to 2.30pm
• At Woodley Library  on Thursday February 21 from 10.30am to 11.30am

The Magic Tinderbox – Join The Enchanted Players Theatre Company in this show about a soldier on a special journey, we ask the children to help him with his important decisions, The moral being: “To be happy with what you have, not to crave for more.” with free face painting after the show.  Please book at the library, £5 charge per person.  At Woodley Library on Monday February 18 from  2.30pm to 3.30pm

All events must be booked unless otherwise stated, please contact the relevant library to book your place.

Self Service Kiosks in our Libraries – Don’t forget you can save time queuing by using our new self-service kiosks.  You can use them to return, renew or borrow books and other items.
They are available at the following libraries:- Woodley, Lower Earley, Twyford, Winnersh, Wokingham and Finchampstead. If you would like to use the self-service kiosks but need a little help the first time please ask a member of staff and they will be happy to help you.

Events for Adults at Wokingham Library – to book call 0118 978 1368

James Oswald* – Author event. Thriller writer James Oswald talks about his new book Cold as The Grave”. Includes a book signing and refreshments, £3 charge. On Thursday February 7  from 6pm to 7pm

The Job of a Literary Agent* – A talk about the work of a literary agent with Lucy Morris from Curtis Brown Creative Agency £5 charge.  On Saturday February 16 from 10.15am to 12noon

More than Bully Beef and Jam* – A talk with local historian Mike Cooper about food in World War 1. £5 charge.  On Friday February 22 from 10.30am to 12noon.

Magic Metalwork* – An opportunity to try cutting & shaping copper & aluminium metal sheet to create individual pieces of jewellery. Tutor Rachel Freegard. £5 charge plus materials. On Saturday February 23 from 10am to 1pm

Knitted Comforts from the Crimea to the Modern Day* – A talk about the history of military knitting with Joyce Meader. £5 charge.  On Wednesday February 27 from 2.30pm to 3.30pm

Book Chat – Join us for book recommendations and coffee, just drop-in.  On Thursday February 28 from 11am to 12noon

Events at Woodley Library – to book call 0118 969 0304

Pets and Puppies* – A talk with Monica Easton about her new book “Pets and Puppies” and her work with Guide Dog Puppies. Free Event.  On Thursday February 7 from 11am to 12noon

Winter Wellness– Drop into our workshop and find out how to support your wellbeing naturally with essential oils. Free event.   On Thursday February 7 from  1pm to 2pm

Local Plan Update Survey –  Wokingham Borough Council is consulting on an update to our Local Plan, which will guide where and how growth will take place in the borough in the years up to 2036.  Wokingham Borough is a popular place to live, with a strong economy and high quality of life. This popularity causes a huge challenge to provide the homes we need. We need to provide these homes for the future in the right way – and with your involvement.
The consultation asks you where you think development should go and whether there are locations suitable for higher densities and taller buildings. There are also questions about land for new employment centres. You will be able to see all of the land being put forward for development as part of this process and provide comments on its suitability. The consultation runs until 4pm on Friday 15 February 2019.

You can find all documents and details of the consultation on our website   at www.wokingham.gov.uk/localplanupdate.  We are running a number of events during the consultation. Come along to the following locations to find out more and ask any questions.

6 February 2019,  Wednesday 7pm-9pm Earley  Trinity Church RG6 5HZ
12 February 2019,  Tuesday 7pm-9pm Woodley  Oakwood Centre RG5 4JZ
For more information, please email LPU@wokingham.gov.uk

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Holocaust Memorial Day 2019 Postcard Project

Holocaust Memorial Day 2019 Postcard Project                 

The Postcard Project for Holocaust Memorial Day 2019 explores the theme: Torn from home.

By taking part in the project you will learn the life stories of survivors who were forced to flee their homes during the Holocaust and the Genocide in Cambodia, and write a message to them.

Holocaust Memorial Day 2019 marks the 40th anniversary of the end of the Genocide in Cambodia.

Read the stories of Sokphal Din and Renee Bornstein at Wokingham, Woodley or Lower Earley Libraries, then pick up one of the postcards and send them a message.

 

Renee Bornstein fled Nazi-occupied France as a child, with the help of rescuer Marianne Cohn.

Sokphal Din and his family were forced from their home at gunpoint when the Khmer Rouge took control of the capital city Phnom Penh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2019 Shortlist announced

The Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards shortlist for 2019 have been announced. The awards seek to celebrate the best travel writing and travel writers in the world. The awards ceremony will take place on the 28th of February.

Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing

This award recognises the contribution of one individual author to the travel-writing genre over time with the winner selected by a panel of booksellers from bookshops across the country.

The 2019 Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing 2019 will be announced in late January.​

Previous winners include Yan Morris CBE and Michael Palin.

Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year, in association with The Authors’ Club

 

Lonely Planet Adventure Travel Book of the Year

 

Travel Memoir of the Year

 

Ordnance Survey Children’s Book of the Year

 

Fiction, with a sense of place

 

Photography and Illustrated Travel Book of the Year

 

Travel Cookery Book of the Year

 

Bradt Travel Guides New Travel Writer of the Year

All the finalists submitted stories on the theme “Out of the Blue”.

Shortlist:

Moira Ashley Breathtaking Bryce

Celia Dilow Reflections of Dubai

Hannah Doyle Through the Blue

Amanda Huggins Unexpected Sunlight

For more information on the shortlisted books, visit the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards website www.edwardstanfordawards.com/

 

Lego Club at Winnersh Library

Lego Club at Winnersh Library 

Lego Club runs at Winnersh Library, every Thursday from 4pm. Last week the theme was Monsters!

The children created these Monster-tastic creations.

The club runs  every Thursday during term-time, 4pm to 4.45pm.

Our theme for next Thursday will be Forest.

For children aged 5 to 10 years old,  50p per child.  Places must be booked, by calling Winnersh Library on 0118 979 7519

A new Lego Club will be starting at Lower Earely Library from Monday February 25 at 4pm. Places must be booked by calling Lower Earley Library on 0118 9312150

Local History Research at Wokingham Library

If you are new to the area or would like to find out more about Wokingham we have a number of resources at Wokingham Library. These include:

Internet

Microfilms

The Wokingham Times from the 1960s to 2008 (some gaps)

All Wokingham Censuses

Maps–Wokingham and surrounding areas going back to the 19^th century

Photographs of Wokingham and surrounding areas.

Books

Wokingham directories beginning late 18^th century

Wokingham Remembered—an analyses of 19^th and 20^th centuries Wokingham directories listing shops in the main streets and the Market Place.

All volumes of “A History of the County of Berkshire”.

All historical notes of historian Arthur Heelas.

Full set of Journals of the Wokingham Society.

Journals of the Twyford Historical Society.

Booklets by Wokingham historians.

Miscellaneous reports and interviews.

And More…..

Local History expert Jim Bell is in Wokingham library every Friday morning between 9.30am and 11.30am to answer your queries, just drop-in.  We also run Heritage walks with  The Wokingham Society starting at the library, the next walk will be on Wednesday May 15 at 10.30am.

For more information call (0118) 9781368 or visit https://bit.ly/2DsP7Sv

 

What’s On for Children in Wokingham Borough Libraries February Half-term 2019

What’s On for Children in Wokingham Borough Libraries  February Half-term 2019

Explore Learning – Angular Architecture* – Pop on your hard hats as the children become architects. They will learn the areas and angles required to construct the homes of our future. Can they tell their right angles from their acute. Free session with Explore Learning, for children aged 7 to 9 years old.

• Wokingham Library  Wednesday February 20   10.45am to 11.45am
• Lower Earley Library    Thursday February 21    10.45am to 11.45am
• Woodley Library   Friday February 22  10.45am to 11.45am

Explore Learning – Fun with Phonics* – The children will investigate rhyming words and why they rhyme. They will use their phonics to help them sound the words accurately. What do the words bat, hat and rat all have in common? Free session with Explore Learning, for children aged 4 to 6 years old.

• Wokingham Library  Wednesday February 20    9.30am to 10.30am
• Lower Earley Library   Thursday February 21     9.30am to 10.30am
• Woodley Library  Friday February 22                    9.30am to 10.30am

Get Arty – Arts and crafts for children aged 4 to 12 years old. £1.50 charge, Just drop in!

Wokingham Library       Friday February 22        10.30am to 11.30am

Guide Dog Morning – Just drop into learn and meet guide dogs and their owners.

Wokingham Library    Monday February 18 10am to 12noon

Quirks Animal Roadshow – Quirks Animal Roadshow will allow children to interact with a variety of animals. For families with children aged 4 to 12 years old. Please phone to book a place, £ 4 per child.

• Wargrave Library    Wednesday February 20   11am to 12noon
• Wokingham Library    Thursday February 21    11am to 12noon

Rhymetime – Rhymes for under 5’s and their parents, Just drop in! Free Event

• Twyford Library  Tuesday February 19    11am to 11.30am
• Finchampstead Library    Friday February 22      11am to 11.30am
• Wokingham Library Wednesday February 20  10am and 11am

Sand Art– Just drop in and create a picture with Kids Bee Happy with Maddi. £4 per picture, for children aged 4 to 11 years old.

• Lower Earley Library   Monday February 18   10.30am to 12.30pm
• Wokingham Library    Tuesday February 19    10.30am to 12.30pm
• Woodley Library    Wednesday February 20    10.30am to 12.30pm

Storytime – Stories and rhymes for children aged 7 and under. Free

• Twyford Library   Tuesday February 19      3.45pm to 4.15pm
• Wokingham Library    Tuesday February 19   4pm to 4.30pm

Storytime with author Rachel Jane – Come and join author Rachel Jane to listen to Lil’s Cupcake Delivery. Enjoy the story of Lil the Campervan on her quest to help her friend deliver all of her cupcakes and, see if she can deliver them all on time and in one piece! Please book at the library.

• Lower Earley Library  Thursday February 21      1.30pm to 2.30pm
• Woodley Library    Thursday February 21      10.30am to 11.30am

The Magic Tinderbox – Join The Enchanted Players Theatre Company in this show about a soldier on a special journey, we ask the children to help him with his important decisions, The moral being: “To be happy with what you have, not to crave for more.” with free face painting after the show.  Please book at the library, £5 charge per person.

Woodley Library       Monday February 18    2.30pm to 3.30pm

All events must be booked unless otherwise stated, please contact the relevant library to book your place.

Wokingham Borough Libraries Contact details

Arborfield Library 0780 1664520 Finchampstead Library (0118) 908 8176	Wargrave Library (0118) 940 4656 Winnersh Library (0118) 979 7519
Lower Earley Library (0118) 931 2150 Spencers Wood Library (0118) 988 4771	Wokingham Library (0118) 978 1368 Woodley Library (0118) 969 0304
Twyford Library (0118) 934 0800

Holocaust Memorial Day 2019 Books for Adults

In Support of Holocaust Memorial Day January 27, 2019 Wokingham, Woodley and Lower Earley libraries will have materials on display along with information booklets from the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust. Members of the public are also invited to find out about the lives of those who have experienced genocide from our display and write them a postcard.      

 Booklists have been created and a wealth of information is available to use on the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust website, http://hmd.org.uk/page/resources-your-activity

Suggested Book Titles for Adults  A Lucky Child by Thomas Buergenthal A Lucky Child is the memoir of Thomas Buergenthal, a survivor of Kielce ghetto and both Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen Concentration Camps.  The story tells of a happy childhood and the vibrant parents who had to flee their peaceful life in Lubochna, Czechoslovakia. .  However, the story he tells is thoughtful, understated and very powerful.  His amazing strength at the age of 10 when he was finally separated from both of his parents in Auschwitz resonates throughout the book.  When, in 1945 he escapes from the deserted Sachsenhausen, the account takes an unexpected turn as we learn how he spent time in the company of the Polish army.  He later became a minor celebrity whilst in an orphanage, as it was so unusual for a child to have survived Auschwitz.  In these early post-war days, he desperately tries to ignore the likelihood that his mother and father are dead.  However, he is reunited with his mother in 1946, and we learn her story too. – See more at: http://hmd.org.uk/resources/books-for-adults/lucky-child-thomas-buergmenthal#sthash.tHGIF7fg.dpuf If this is a Man by Primo Levi If This is a Man is Primo Levi’s memoir of his experiences in the Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz III.  Between 1944 and 1945 Levi spent 11 months as a prisoner in the camp where conditions were so brutal that life expectancy was only three months for new prisoners.  If This is a Man recounts not only the author’s extraordinary survival of Auschwitz, but the reasons behind the inhumanity of the Nazi concentration camp system. – See more at: http://hmd.org.uk/resources/books-for-adults/if-man-primo-levi-0#sthash.oTALdPrP.dpuf Schindler’s Ark by Thomas Keneally Schindler’s Ark tells the true story of Oskar Schindler, a Nazi Party member and factory owner, who saved over 1000 Jews from certain death. While the story is true the book is written as a novel. The book also charts the story of the creation and liquidation of the ghetto in Krakow.  The book won the Booker Prize in 1982 and was made into the Academy Award winning film Schindler’s List by Steven Spielberg in 1993. – See more at: http://hmd.org.uk/resources/books-for-adults/schindler%E2%80%99s-ark-thomas-keneally#sthash.94PRTjOo.dpuf Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky Suite Francaise consists of the first two sections an uncompleted five-part novel examining life after the German occupation of France in 1940.  The novel was written as the events portrayed were actually unfolding and reflects the experiences of Irène Némirovsky and her family. – See more at: http://hmd.org.uk/resources/books-for-adults/suite-francaise-irene-nemirovsky#sthash.KqpWPxKA.dpuf The Book Thief-Marcus Zusak The Book Thief tells the story of Liesel Meminger, a nine-year old girl fostered by a family on Himmel Street, Molching, Germany in the late 1930s.  Liesel’s story includes her obsession with reading, her theft of books and the impact of the Second World War and anti-Jewish actions on the people of Himmel Street and is told to us by Death himself. – See more at: http://hmd.org.uk/resources/books-for-adults/book-thief-markus-zusak#sthash.qCXFdbYh.dpuf The Children of Freedom by Marc Levy The Children of Freedom is written from the perspective of 18 year old Jeannot who has, along with his younger brother, found refuge from Nazi persecution in Toulouse in 1942.  The brothers join the 35th Brigade – a group of young foreigners who fight back against their oppressors. Based on true accounts from the Resistance, including that of the author’s father, the book follows the stories of members of the 35th Brigade and looks at those who resisted – in small or large ways – the hatred of the Nazi regime. – See more at: http://hmd.org.uk/resources/books-for-adults/children-freedom-mark-levy#sthash.9tYLbu8j.dpuf The OtherSchindlers by Agnes Grunwald Spier In The Other Schindlers, Agnes Grunwald-Spier explores the motivation of those who rescued, hid, saved or assisted Jews in the Holocaust.  She explores the moral choices made by rescuers and asks us to consider the moral choices we make today. – See more at: http://hmd.org.uk/resources/books-for-adults/other-schindlers-agnes-grunwald-spier#sthash.lI7xWNGY.dpuf Alone in Berlin-Hans Fallada Alone in Berlin is based on a true story.  Otto and Anna Quangel’s son has died whilst serving with the German Army.  In a moment of anger, Anna blames Otto and ‘his Fuhrer’.  Otto is offended and decides to resist the Nazi regime in his own unique way – writing and dropping anti-Nazi postcards.  The novel is an interesting look into the fear of ordinary Germans, how many people were made into criminals even though they were living their ordinary lives.  The story also follows the Quangels as they go to jail and their subsequent tria – See more at: http://hmd.org.uk/resources/books-for-adults/alone-berlin-hans-fallada#sthash.8V8UfI4x.dpuf Far to Go by Alison Pick Fiercely patriotic secular Jew, Pavel Bauer, is helpless to prevent his world from unravelling when the Nazis invade Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia in 1939.  As the Czech government falls – a system he had great respect for – and then his business partners and neighbours all turn their back on Pavel and his family, only their adoring and dependant governess Marta remains loyal.  This book explores the Bauers’ heartbreaking struggle between doing what is right and acting to save themselves.  It shows how decisions born of fear, love and principle can have unimaginable consequences in wartime.  The reader feels the Bauers’ desperation on finally grasping the true enormity of the Nazi campaign and its destructive consequences for their family and particularly for their son Pepik.   – See more at: http://hmd.org.uk/resources/books-for-adults/far-go-alison-pick#sthash.129kJ3Gc.dpuf My Enemy’s Cradle by Sara Young Polish born Cyrla has been sent to live with her Aunt, Uncle and Cousin in Holland by her Jewish father in 1939.  Her family keep the secret of her heritage whilst the German Army occupy Holland and Cyrla lives in hiding, afraid that her neighbours suspect her.  Carrying the child of a German soldier, Cyrla’s cousin, Anneke is destined to move to a maternity home in Germany which houses the Lebensborn breeding programme.  Anneke’s death leaves Cyrla facing a dilemma – should she face her Uncle and his growing resentment, or should she take Anneke’s place at the maternity home? – See more at: http://hmd.org.uk/resources/books-for-adults/my-enemy%E2%80%99s-cradle-sara-young#sthash.C6dZWiIA.dpuf Tears of the Desert by Halima Bashir with Damien Lewis Tears of the Desert is the memoir by Halima Bashir, a survivor of the Genocide in Darfur.  In this book she talks about growing up in a village in Darfur, about the persecution of her tribe – the Zaghawa tribes by the Arab Sudanese government.  She speaks about her triumph of training to be a medical doctor in Khartoum and the escalation of violence and the use of rape and torture during the ongoing genocide, and her fight to find asylum in the UK. The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway The Cellist of Sarajevo is a novel which follows the lives of three inhabitants of Sarajevo during the Siege of Sarajevo which lasted from April 1992 to February 1996. The story is set during a brief period when a cellist plays in the street in remembrance of those killed in a mortar attack on a bread queue. The novel follows the lives of Kenan, who crosses the city to find water for his family; Dragan, who has become isolated from his friends and Arrow, a counter-sniper protecting residents from snipers on the hills surrounding the city. – See more at: http://hmd.org.uk/resources/books-for-adults/cellist-sarajevo-steven-galloway#sthash.pv29Q9WD.dpuf The Pianist by Wladyslaw Szpilman Wladyslaw Szpilman was born in 1911 in Sosnowiec in Poland.  He studied the piano and composition as a young man in Warsaw and Berlin.  On 1 April 1935 he joined Polish Radio, where he worked as a pianist performing classical and jazz music, until the German invasion of Poland reached Warsaw in autumn 1939 and Polish Radio was forced off the air. Szpilman and his family were forced to move to the Warsaw Ghetto where he continued to play piano in cafes and bars. Szpilman survived with the help of friends and a German captain, Wilm Hosenfeld.  His family was murdered at Treblinka.  After the War Szpilman returned to Polish Radio and his music career and died in Warsaw in July 2000 at the age of 88. – See more at: http://hmd.org.uk/resources/books-for-adults/pianist-wladyslaw-szpilman#sthash.DVzHvRv1.dpuf