Events and activities

Events and activities in the library

Coming up...

Twin Employment & Training at Lewisham library
CEL Taster Event
The Return at LLCRG
Baby Bounce and Rhyme
Chatterbooks book club for children
Downham Library Film Club

Twin Employment & Training at Lewisham Library

Twin provides free training courses and support to help unemployed candidates back to work. They assist with job searching, CV preparation, applications, and interview techniques. Their recruitment consultants research vacancies and arrange job interviews. Twin will be visiting Lewisham Library every two weeks on Tuesdays, starting on Tuesday 2 March, to promote awareness of their services, give advice on training and qualifications, and register candidates for their programmes.

Tuesday 2 March 2010, 10am-4pm. Then every other Tuesday.
Ground floor, Lewisham Library

Community Education Taster Day

Community Education Lewisham in collaboration with Lewisham libraries will be attending Downham Spring Community Festival to give residents information about their services. They will also be running activities throughout the day such as British Sign Language workshops and jewellery-making out of recycled material.

Friday 19 March 2010, 12noon-5pm
Goldsmiths Community Centre

Free event - all are welcome.

The Return at Lewisham Library crime reading group

Love reading? Enjoy discussing books? Then come along to Lewisham Library's crime reading group. We meet on the third Saturday morning of each month. At the next meeting we will be discussing Hakan Nesser's novel The Return. Refreshments provided.

Saturday 20 March 2010, 10.30am-12noon
Lewisham Library

Free admission - all are welcome.

More information about adult reading groups on the Lewisham book blog.

An Evening of death, scandal and writing tips

TV, film and radio director Imogen Robertson and journalist and novelist Rosemary Furber introduce their new novels, Instruments of Darkness and The Most Intimate Place respectively. It’s free to attend with authors happy to share tips on writing technique and getting published. Signed copies available on the night.

Tuesday 20 April 2010, 6.45pm for 7-8.30pm
Blackheath Village Library

Free admission - all are welcome.

Unity Coffee @ Lewisham Library opens

Lewisham Library has a new cafe, as Unity Coffee @ Lewisham Library opened on 1 December. The café provides a range of hot organic and Fairtrade beverages and an array of homemade cakes and pastries. Sandwiches and a dish of the day served with a selection of seasonal salads are also available for eat in or take away. The café is run by the Camden Society, a social enterprise providing jobs for local people with learning disabilities.

Open Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday 9am-4pm
Ground floor
Lewisham Library

Baby Bounce and Rhyme

Bring your baby along to Lewisham library on Thursday mornings or afternoons and join in the fun of Baby Bounce and Rhyme. Our celebrated entertainers dance and sing favourite children's songs such as 'Lazy Lucy' and 'The Wheels on the Bus' to the delight of their young audience.