Lambeth libraries events…

Lambeth Readers and Writers Festival 2024 Allow Me to Introduce Myself with author Onyi Nwabineli Tuesday 11 June, 6.30pm Brixton Library. SW2 1JQ Booking via Eventbrite Join us for a fantastic night with author Onyi Nwabineli and Jade Bentil to discuss Onyi’s new novel: Allow Me to Introduce Myself. Denmark Street: London’s Street of Sound with Peter Watts Tuesday 11 June, 7pm Carnegie Library, SE24 0DG Booking via Eventbrite Join author and journalist Peter Watts to discuss musicians and music fans’ street of dreams – Denmark Street. Event organised by the Friends of Carnegie Library. Art is Magic with Jeremy Deller Tuesday 18 June, 6.30pm Brixton Library. SW2 1JQ Booking via Eventbrite Join Artist Jeremy Deller revealing his inspirations, passions and practices of one of the UK’s foremost contemporary artists. Revolutionary Acts with Jason Okundaye Thursday 20 June, 6.30pm Brixton Library. SW2 1JQ Booking via Eventbrite Love & Brotherhood in Black Gay Britain with Jason Okundaye. Private Rites with Julia Armfield Monday 24 June, 6.30pm West Norwood Library, SE27 9JX Booking via Eventbrite Join Julia Armfield, the bestselling author of Our Wives Under the Sea, to discuss her stunning new book – Private Rites – in conversation with award winning poet Peter Scalpello, author of Limbic. These Letters End in Tears with Musih Tedji Xaviere Thursday 27 June, 6.30pm Brixton Library. SW2 1JQ Booking via Eventbrite Join Musih Tedji Xaviere, a Cameroonian fiction writer based in the UK, to discuss her debut novel, These Letters End in Tears. Exhibitions Felix H Wilkinson presents: Scavengers. Showing to 14 June Durning Library. SE11 4HF Exhibition available during library opening hours. Felix H. Wilkinson is an artist’s collective based in South London. ‘Scavengers’, curated by members Duncan McAfee and Lesley Hilling, is an exhibition framework exploring a range of ideas about collage, from traditional analogue cut and paste to contemporary screen-based image works that explore the possibilities of virtuality and endless copying and pasting. Closing party/private view Wednesday 12 June, 6pm to 8pm. Booking via Eventbrite Further info: felixhwilkinson.co.uk Louise Victoria Martin, Paintings 1961 to 2023 Showing until 22 June. Carnegie Library, SE24 0AG Exhibition available during Library opening hours All are welcome to this retrospective exhibition from the painter, librarian, and human rights activist Louise Martin. A long-term Lambeth resident, Louise’s work was informed by her meditations on the natural world. Jo Gibbs: Smashed Showing to 30 June Brixton Library. SW2 1JQ Exhibition available during Library opening hours Arresting art works made from abandoned materials found on skips and street corners. Artist Jo Gibbs “transforms the unwanted to the sublime” (Vogue), with sculptures and collages that are a brilliant mix of fun, politics, surrealism and surprises. The common theme is her passion for the environment, recycling, and sustainable materials. Get Creative workshop. Thursday 13 June, 6pm to 8pm. Brixton Library. SW2 1JQ. Booking via Eventbrite Join Jo for a workshop where you’ll be able to make your own art with avocado skins! Further information: jogibbslondon.com Events for Children and Young People International Day of Play Tuesday 11 June is a day for play! All Lambeth Libraries Play opens up a whole world of possibilities and that’s why Lambeth Libraries will be celebrating play on 11 June. Drop into your local library and join us in a game or two. We have some fantastic things lined up and here are just some of the highlights… Carnegie and Minet Libraries will have games from around the globe, enjoying traditional games from different countries, board games and a library treasure hunt! Clapham Library, 10.30am to 6pm A special rhyme time at 10.30am followed by games all day including: Bucket Ping Pong, Hula Hooping, Giant Connect 4, Board Games and more… and why not try out our VR headsets! At 3.30pm our very own Brixton Immortals Dominos Club will be teaching and demonstrating how to play a mean hand of dominos. Waterloo and Durning Libraries will have Software Animation Balloon Race, soft toy hunt, Puzzles and board games. West Norwood Library, 4pm to 5.30pm Join us for a fun and engaging Boxercise session. Kids will learn important fitness skills that will benefit them in the long run. We also have a variety of board games and Maths Exploring, Mini Assault Course for Kids and for ages 12+, a Video Game Tournament. Check out the activities at all our local Lambeth Libraries. All welcome! Other Library Activities Clothes Swap Monday 24 June to Saturday 29 June (during library opening hours) Carnegie Library, SE24 0DG Bring clothing items you don’t want, to swap for those you do or just take something away! Clothes for babies, children, teens and men especially needed. Drop off clothes from Wednesday 19 June. The Third Age Friday 28 June, 10.30am West Norwood Library, SE27 9JX Get ready to live, laugh, and learn at The Third Age! We offer a delightful variety of activities and fascinating guest speakers that promise to keep your curiosity piqued and your spirits high. Cost of Living Support – Drop-in Wednesdays, 10am to 4pm. Streatham Library, SW16 1PN Every Wednesday a cost-of-living link worker will be onsite, providing support to residents experiencing financial hardship. Windrush Day Saturday 22 June is Windrush Day First started in 2018 the day celebrates the contribution that Caribbean people and their families have made to the UK. Windrush@75: Exhibition Streatham Library Showing to 31 July. Streatham Library, SW16 1PN Exhibition available during Library opening hours An exhibition that commemorates the 75th anniversary of the arrival of Empire Windrush in 1948, and the contributions Caribbean migrants have to Britain over the decades.Learning Through The Arts invites everyone to celebrate Windrush. Celebrating Windrush Day Saturday 22 June Brixton Library. SW2 1JQ Join Stockwell Good Neighbours to celebrate the Windrush Generation of Lambeth – always a fun day! Classic Film Club present: Windrush Film special Tuesday 25 June, 1pm to 4.30pm Tate South Lambeth Library. SW8 1QP Join the South Lambeth Library Classic Film Club to celebrate Windrush through film – always with a cup of tea. Everyone welcome. Email South Lambeth Library for further details. The Lambeth Libraries App is here! If you are in a bookshop and have the Lambeth Library app on your phone you can scan the barcode on the back of a book and it will let you know if you can borrow the book from one of our libraries instead. Do load the Lambeth Library App on your phone if you have not already done so, it has lots of good features and is a handy way to store your library card. Free e-book and e-audiobook, magazine and comic downloads With your library card you can use our e-library for free, just go to www.lambeth.gov.uk/LibraryServicesOnline. When logging in use all letters in your library card number ‘LMP’. We’ve got thousands of e-books, audiobooks, magazines and comics to download and they’re all free. Get the Libby app on your phone, iPad or tablet, or access the website on a PC or laptop and start listening or reading straight away! We now subscribe to BorrowBox and Libby App so you have more eBook and eAudiobook choices – all delivered directly to your device. Download the apps from your app store now and enjoy a feast of free listening! Lambeth Archives Lambeth Archives is open at the new archives building on Brixton Hill. The service is open to the public initially by appointment only. Lambeth Archives new address is 16, Brixton Hill, SW2 1ET. Otherwise our contact details are unchanged so you can email us at archives@lambeth.gov.uk or call us on 020 7926 6076 to make an appointment to visit. Become a Library Friend Do you love your local library and would like to help support them, why not become a Friend of the Library. Visit libraries.lambeth.gov.uk to contact your local library and for more information. Join the Library online If you do not have a library membership, just join online at www.lambeth.gov.uk/jointhelibrary and contact the library you wish to collect your library card from. Alternatively, call 020 7926 0750 or email as above and we will enrol you.