In association with the Herne Hill Society, an illustrated talk about the ‘surprising, family-friendly, free attraction’ of the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill will be presented by Finbarr Whooley, the Assistant Director of the Horniman Museum, at the United Church Hall from 7:45pm to 9:45pm on Wednesday, 13th November. Continue reading The History of the Horniman and its Collections Wed 13th Nov
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JN Paquet, Children’s Author Visit Fri 15 Nov
Children's author JN Paquet will host the Storytime session on Friday 15th November from 10.30am as part of his 2013 UK Book Tour.
J.N. Paquet is a children's author and journalist who lived in France for 20 years, in Britain for 10 years and in Brazil for 3 years. Father of three trilingual children, he has written over Continue reading JN Paquet, Children’s Author Visit Fri 15 Nov
Booker Prize Winner for the Book Group
The Carnegie Library Book Group meets with fellow readers and Caroline Mackie, the Carnegie Librarian, to discuss and compare notes on the book of the month. All the Lambeth Library Book Groups are meeting at the Brixton Library in December this year, so the next meeting for the Carnegie Library Group will be on the 7th of January, 2014.
Plenty of time to read in preparation for the meeting, where they'll be discussing Julian Barnes' 2011 Booker Prize vwinning Sense of an Ending. Described as having 'the markings of a Continue reading Booker Prize Winner for the Book Group
Lambeth Libraries Librivox 100 campaign
Love books? Volunteer to make more books available to everyone and share your passion.
Lambeth Libraries are campaigning to get 100 extra books recorded for visually impaired readers. Using the online LibriVox project we want you to join us in recording 100 public domain (out of copyright) books and making them available free for visually impaired readers and others around the world. Continue reading Lambeth Libraries Librivox 100 campaign
November’s Tea, Cake and Gardening – 2pm Sat Nov 2
Head down to the Carnegie and meet your local community; enjoy the latest papers in the garden, tea, and fresh coffee and delicious home-made cakes.
You can always get involved in the Carnegie garden – no experience needed. Free tea, coffee and cake for participants. Continue reading November’s Tea, Cake and Gardening – 2pm Sat Nov 2
A Musical Adventure Fri 1 Nov
Presented by the Dionysus Quartet, A Musical Adventure awaits. The children's concert introduces instruments with bite-sized music and plenty of chances for fidgety feet to get up, join in and dance. Continue reading A Musical Adventure Fri 1 Nov