10 September, 7pm to 8:30pm - at the library (or livestreamed)
Simon Hannah presents his book on Lambeth in the 1980s when the borough epitomised “loony left” Labour councillors, squatting and defiance of central government. From Town Hall to the Railton Road, front line Lambeth was at the heart of the struggle for municipal socialism.
Presented by The Friends of Carnegie Library in cooperation with The Lambeth Library Service.
at the library - Tuesday, 13 August (7pm to 8:30pm)
Louise Candlish - Sunday Times bestselling author of 17 novels and published all over the world - will be at the library to discuss her latest novel.
Our Holiday is new for summer 2024 - a psychological suspense crime thriller beach read, set among holiday-home owners on the English south coast and full of characters you'll love to hate and unexpected twists.
A Richard & Judy Book Club pick.
This event is organised by the Friends of Carnegie Library
Tuesday, 9 July 7:00pm to 8:30pm at the library (or livestream)
Jolyon Maugham KC founded Good Law Project in 2017 with the belief that the law can also put power into the hands of ordinary people. Already the largest legal campaign group in the UK, Good Law Project is shining light into corners the establishment would rather keep dark – from the failures of Brexit to the still-developing PPE scandal, to the tax arrangements of business giants like Uber.
In Bringing Down Goliath, Jolyon Maugham KC reveals the story behind these landmark cases and the hidden fault lines of our judicial system. He offers an empowering, bold new vision for how the law can work better for all of us in the fight against injustice.
Tuesday, June 11 · 7 - 8:30pm, at the Library (or online)
From the arrival of the first music publishers in the early 20th century to the 21st-century gentrification threatening to erode this remarkable musical heritage, it was where The Beatles hung out when they first arrived in London and where The Rolling Stones recorded their first album, it was the home of the designers of Pink Floyd album covers, and later it attracted the likes of Acid Jazz Records to the street, as well as specialist music bookshop Helter Skelter and legendary live-music venue The 12 Bar Club.
And with the rock’n’roll came the sex and drugs, not to mention death. The darker side of Denmark Street includes gangster-run clubs and a largely forgotten arson attack that claimed 37 lives.
Join author and journalist Peter Watts and the Friends of Carnegie Library to discuss the musicians' and the music fans’ street of dreams.
Rory knew he was the child of a brief love affair between two unmarried BBC employees, but until his mother died and he found a previously unknown file labelled ‘For Rory’ he had no idea of its beginning or ending, or why his peculiarly isolated childhood had so tested the bond between him and his mother.
This is an emotionally gripping account of what Rory uncovered in the papers, letters and diaries; a relationship between two romantics and the restrictive forces of post-war respectability and prejudice.
Rory did not meet his father until much later, in adulthood. Until then his life was bound to the one-bedroom flat he shared with his mother in Ruskin Park.
Rory Cellan-Jones was the BBC’s principal technology correspondent until 2021. He now writes an influential Substack column on medical innovation and tech.
Join author Marlowe Russell to discuss her new novel Bantling.
Tue, 9 Apr 2024 19:00 - 20:30 BST - in the Carnegie library
Bantling (Archaic): a young or small child, a brat. Formerly = bastard. OED
Who are you if you don’t know where you come from? Where do you fit if your past is make-believe?
1923. South London. Unmarried, pregnant and determined to keep her child, Violet accepts help from Ellen, a vicar’s wife. When their relationship turns sour, Violet and her baby, Sam, are forcibly separated. Sam is brought up as somebody else by a woman who loves him and a man who doesn’t. Ellen and Violet each have to reshape their hopes as the world changes around them. In London, Hull, Sydney and aboard an aircraft carrier, through the turbulence of war and the uncertainties of peace, Violet and Sam search for each other and try to build lives that make sense.
Join Marlowe Russell to discuss her novel and writing process.
Marlowe Russell
Born in Sydney, Australia and raised in north London, I studied social anthropology in Hull, fine art in Sydney and cultural history and fiction writing back in London. I have fingers in various creative, political and social pies. Nowadays, I am mostly preoccupied with the South London Botanical Institute, a plant and environmental education charity in south London (where I live), planning the colour-blazing future of my blank-canvas garden and completing a further novel. Bantling is my first published novel.
Event organised by the Friends of Carnegie Library
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