Southwark Libraries

🎨 Adults Craft Social at Canada Water Library! ✨ Last Thursday of every month, 2-4pm - a space where creativity flows freely! ✂️ Bring your existing crafts or try something new ✂️ No booking needed ✂️ Materials provided orlo.uk/I8579 #CanadaWater #FreeCrafting

Zoolab is back to amaze, educate and inspire through their ethical and engaging animal encounters. On Wednesday August 6th from 1:30-2:30 Places are limited and booking this event is essential. Please visit Una Marson to book your child’s place. orlo.uk/2PnpP

This Saturday July 26th come along to share your ideas about what you would like the Library Community Garden to be and join in some fun activities throughout the day. Free refreshments, the Nunhead Community Choir and talks and activities. orlo.uk/am04m

Next Saturday July 26th come along to share your ideas about what you would like the Library Community Garden to be and join in some fun activities throughout the day. Free refreshments, the Nunhead Community Choir and talks and activities. orlo.uk/Z8Xw2

Arts & Crafts session at Brandon library. The Arts & Crafts session will take place on Saturday 19th July from 2pm-3pm. We will be making a threaded caterpillar leaf. orlo.uk/DWvl9

Coding and Robotics workshops are BACK! Booking essential at John Harvard Library this summer! 🔧 Ages 5-7: 11.30am-1.30pm 🔧 Ages 8-17: 2.30pm-4.30pm Book here: orlo.uk/XiVuk #JohnHarvardLibrary #STEM

🌻 Summer Reading Challenge kicks off at Nunhead Library next Saturday! 📚 Between 2-4pm register for the challenge and get your hands dirty with our garden-themed activities! orlo.uk/oONDP #SummerReadingChallenge #NunheadLibrary

We are pleased to inform you that Grove Vale Library re-opened this morning!

🚨 Grove Vale is temporarily closed due to water supply issues. We're working to resolve this as quickly as possible and will update you as soon as we have a reopening timeframe. Thank you for your patience.

✊🏽✨ Celebrate Latin American voices at Hemisferio Cuir – a night of poetry, performance, and celebration at Una Marson Library on 24th July. Book now! 👉 orlo.uk/QXYDx

🏛️ Explore the stories that shaped Southwark! Join us for Southwark: London’s Most Historic Borough – a free talk at John Harvard Library on 9th July. Get details now 👉 orlo.uk/g40Zv

The festival of words brought the author Chanté Timothy to Canada Water Library. The author and illustrator delighted children with her scientific Supa Nova book and artistic skills.

Yoruba and English storytelling and singalong during the Festival of Words. Families had lots of fun with Edward and Rosemary at Peckham Library.

Join us at the Voices of Latin America Book Club at Una Marson Library June 27 from 5-6 pm! We’ll be reading Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arenas—a powerful memoir of courage and resilience. Don’t miss the chance to explore powerful Latin American voices with us!

A review of the Festival of Words! The children were proud when meeting author Claire Linney at Peckham Library last week.

The Festival of Words, held an event called, ‘A home for our children’. It was organised by the Southwark Foster Carer Team and Southwark Libraries. For more information contact: [email protected]

Southwark Libraries and the Institute of Electrical Engineering have partnered to deliver Lego League sessions for children where they build robots with Lego and use coding to move them around. Here are some children building and showing their fab models.

tomorrow is the last day of the festival of words lets end it with a connection that you will never forget! If you are looking for your next read come to Una Marson Library for a book match making session from, 3-4pm orlo.uk/GXZ1C

Canada Water Library presents The Sound Library Are you ready to discover the next big thing in independent music? Come experience of raw talent, passion, and creativity at our exclusive Artist Showcase Event! Date : Saturday June 21st at 7pm orlo.uk/ZPGFS

Festival of words event alert! 📢 👀 Today we are holding a Spanish and English story telling session at Walworth library from 2:15pm -3pm 📚 Want more information? orlo.uk/RWIjS #storytelling #Libraries #Festivalofwords #southwark