Councillor Paul Valentine will "open the Fair" at 1 o'clock
Winter Fair
English lessons
Free ESOL classes at Carnegie Library?
Lessons in English to Speakers of Other Languages.
Are you interested? or do you know someone who might be interested?
The library can deliver this, but only if 12 people sign up.
Please register your interest.
Scan the QR code to go to the web-page to register your interest, or you can speak to one of the librarians at the Carnegie Library.
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William Blake in Lambeth
24 November, 6pm at the Hercules (2 Kennington Road)
"From Lambeth We began our Foundations..."
William Blake's Lambeth decade.
An Illustrated talk by historian and archivist Jon Newman
When: Monday 24th November doors open 6.00pm
Where: The Hercules, 2 Kennington Road SE1 7BL
Booking: Tickets £11.55 including Eventbrite fee https://williamblakeattheHercules.eventbrite.com
Between 1790 and 1800, the poet and artist William Blake conceived, wrote, engraved and self-published some of the finest poems in the English language as well as some of the most enduring images in English art, all from a small house on Hercules Road, North Lambeth. Jon Newman, Lambeth historian and archivist, talks about the extraordinary work of the man, arguably Lambeth's greatest resident, and the particular importance of Lambeth, the place, to shaping his art.
Organised by the Waterloo Local History Society
The Mindful Universe
Paul Westmoquette
Tuesday evening, 11 November - 7 pm to 8:30 pm, at the library (6:30 for tea & cake)
Astronomer Mark Westmoquette explores the cosmos through a direct mindful experience.
Dr. Westmoquette invites us to explore the cosmos through a direct, mindful experience. Drawing on his background in astrophysics and Zen practice, he reveals how the vastness of space can become a gateway to presence, curiosity and awe.
Mark will share stories and insights from the book, weaving together astronomy, philosophy and contemplative practice to show how science and mindfulness together can deepen our sense of belonging in the universe.
Organised by the Friends of Carnegie Library in cooperation with the librarians.
Please register for a place on Eventbrite.
This event will be live-streamed from the Carnegie Library Facebook page where it will also be available to view for a limited period.
Free admission
Banned Books Exhibit
The Friends put together an exhibit of books which have been banned at various times and in various places. Copies of the books were gathered from the library's collection and inside each one of them was put a note with background on when and where they have been banned and the sometimes strange reasons given for doing so. This exhibit was inspired by the Banned Books Project @Carnegie Mellon University and the American Library Association's Banned Book Week (just passed).
Some of the titles may surprise you.
- Acevedo, Elizabeth, The Poet X (by Chloe Black)
- Allende, Isabel. House of the Spirits (by Andrea Benatar)
- Bechdel, Alison. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (by Grace LaCarte)
- Blume, Judy. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (by Liz Camele)
- Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451 (by Artemis Carpenter)
- Burgess, Anthony. A Clockwork Orange (by Eliana Cohen)
- Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games (by Aggie Woodbury)
- Duncan, Lois. Killing Mr. Griffin (by Carley Johnson)
- Gaiman, Neil. Sandman (by Elizabeth Lathan)
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. The Sorrows of Young Werther (by Anyi Li)
- Heller, Joseph. Catch-22 (By Emily Getty)
- Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner (by Puja Dutta)
- Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World (by Sophie Zhang)
- Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird (by Kevin Lui)
- Keyes, Daniel. Flowers For Algernon (by Thomas Yager)
- Knowles, John. A Separate Peace (by Emma Cohron)
- L’engle, Madeline. A Wrinkle in Time (by Carolyn Ku)
- Lowry, Lois. The Giver (by Arabella Reece)
- Morrison, Toni. Beloved (by Talia Buksbazen)
- Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon (by Cionna Sharpe)
- Paterson, Katherine. Bridge to Terabithia (by Olivia Karny)
- Picoult, Jodi. My Sister’s Keeper (by Nikita Sareen)
- Pullman, Phillip. His Dark Materials (by Oliva Carroll)
- Rhodes, Jewel Parker. Ghost Boys (by Charlie Botts)
- Rowell, Rainbow. Eleanor & Park (by Erica Choe)
- Rowling, JK. The Harry Potter Series (by Maddie Headrick)
- Rushdie, Salman The Satanic Verses (by Maria Hawthorne)
- Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye (by Kaylyn Clairmont)
- Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis (by Maximilian Adams)
- Sebold, Alice. The Lovely Bones (by Kailani Small)
- Silversteen, Shel. The Giving Tree (by Karla Bae)
- Vonnegut, Kurt. Breakfast of Champions (by Colin Cahill)
- Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-Five (by Megan Henriksen)
- Walker, Alice. The Color Purple (by Isabel Joyce)
- Waugh, Evelyn. Brideshead Revisited (by Jennifer Bortner)
- Wilson, August. Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (by Juju Nieto)
