Saturday, 26 November - 11am to 3pm
All Welcome!
Come to the Library on Saturday, 26 November 11am to 3pm, to enjoy a warm welcome - meet old friends, make new friends - celebrate your wonderful local public library!
The current Mayor of Lambeth (our local Councillor, Pauline George) will open the event.
And there will be live music.
Tuesday evening, 8 November - 7-8:30pm in the library or livestream online
Join sociologist and author Keith Kahn-Harris to discuss his latest book on language - The Babel Message
Keith Kahn-Harris is a man obsessed with something seemingly trivial - the warning message found inside Kinder Surprise eggs:
WARNING, read and keep: Toy not suitable for children under 3 years. Small parts might be swallowed or inhaled.
On a tiny sheet of paper, this message is translated into dozens of languages - the world boiled down to a multilingual essence. Inspired by this, the author asks: what makes 'a language'? With the help of the international community of language geeks, he shows us what the message looks like in Ancient Sumerian, Zulu, Cornish, Klingon - and many more. Along the way he considers why Hungarian writing looks angry, how to make up your own language, and the meaning of the heavy metal umlaut.
Overturning the Babel myth, he argues that the messy diversity of language shouldn't be a source of conflict, but of collective wonder! This is a book about hope, a love letter to language!
Event organised by the Friends of Carnegie Library
To attend online livestream register with eventbrite.
At the library (or online)
Tuesday evening, 11 October 7pm to 8:15pm
Can the UK expand Heathrow airport, bringing in 700 extra planes a day, and still stay within ambitious carbon budgets? One legal case sought to answer this question. This book traces the dramatic story of how the case was prepared - and why international aviation has for so long avoided meaningful limits on its expansion.
Celeste Hicks is an independent journalist who specialises in Africa and the Sahel. She has lived in Chad, Mali and Somalia.
This event is organised by the Friends of Carnegie Library
To attend online livestream, please register here - eventbrite
An illustrated talk for young readers, with Stephen Bourne
On Saturday morning, 15 October - 11:00am to 12:00 noon
Historian and author Stephen Bourne presents an illustrated talk about his latest book Black Poppies which is aimed at 8 to 12 year olds.
In the book, Stephen explores the many extraordinary ways in which Black people helped Britain fight the Great War of 1914-1918, on the battlefield and at home.
Chapters include the wartime childhood of Stephen’s adopted Aunty Esther, Walter Tull, the British West Indies Regiment, the music hall entertainer Mabel Mercer, and community leader Dr Harold Moody.
Readers will also hear for the first time about a police constable who joined the Welsh Guards and an African American who made his home in Britain and worked as a coal miner until he joined the army in 1915.
At the Carnegie Library - free admission
Friends of Carnegie Library and the Lambeth Heritage Festival present
Tracey Gregory - author and local resident - will tell the stories of the people and places of Loughborough Road in an illustrated talk.
Tuesday evening, 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm - 13 September 2022
At the library or on-line - register here for the livestream
...had by all! Celebrating 116 years to the day, 9 July, our Carnegie Library opened in 1906 - a "Sweet 116" Anniversary!
Mellow Jazz by Dave Gelly & Friend
Magic from John Styles charmed young and old alike...and Cllr Donatus Anyanwu (pictured above seated on the right) joined us to cut the cake...and he said a few words which were very pleasing to the ears:
"Libraries are the soul of the community...they are a front-line statutory service...and Lambeth Council is committed to ensuring this library goes on for another 100 years!"