Lambeth Libraries

Half term fun for the little ones with I Shine Like the Sun: Storytelling and crafts with Alice Alderman 📅 Tuesday 26 May 🕡 10.30 to 11.15am 📍 Upper Norwood Library 💷 Free 🎟 Ticket link in bio I Shine Like the Sun, is a collection of nature inspired affirmations for little ones. Join Alice for an uplifting storytelling session celebrating positivity, nature, and confidence followed by a fun, hands-on craft activity inspired by the themes of the book. Suitable for 2 to 6 year olds. #LamLitFest26 #AffirmationsForChildren #Crafts #HalfTerm #ChildrensBooks Image description: Information about the event with a photo of Alice in a sun shaped photo frame and cover of the book.

Jobs, Skills and Support Open Day A free community event bringing together local organisations, advisers and specialists all in one place. 📆 Monday 1 June 🕙 10am to 1pm 📍 Minet Library 🎫 Just drop by Whether you’re looking for work, exploring training opportunities, managing health or disability-related barriers, navigating benefits or housing concerns, or planning your next steps at any stage of life, support will be on hand. You can access advice on employment, skills and courses, benefits, health coaching, neurodiversity, housing and council support, employer connections, and specialist help for people aged 50+. This is a welcoming, informal opportunity to ask questions, gather information and connect with services designed to support you and your future. Everyone is welcome. No appointment needed. #Jobs #Skills #Training #OpenDay #MinetLibrary Image description: Information about the open day with logos of the organisations taking part (Lambeth, AgeUK Lambeth, LSBU, Seetec and DWP)

Jan Enkelmann’s photography: Curator talk hosted by Vincenzo Albano 📅 Thursday 21 May 🕡 6.30pm 📍 Lambeth Archives 💷 Free 🎟 Ticket link in bio Join Jan and Vincenzo to discuss Jan’s latest exhibition, The Triangle, a photographic exhibition of Brixton, a place of contrasts and colliding cultures with a complex history marked by struggles for equality, justice, and self-determination. The discussion will more generally look at what photography can mean in the context of the urban landscape. Jan Enkelmann is a documentary photographer and graphic designer. Born in Germany, he has been living and working in south London for over 25 years. Jan has published several books of his photography, among them Happiness (winner of the ITB Book Award for best Travel Photobook 2007), Serious Conviction and Smoking Chefs. His book Pause, documenting a deserted London during the early Covid Lockdown has won the German Photobook Award 2022 in Silver. With his latest publication, The Triangle, Jan has compiled a decade’s worth of photographs made in Brixton, documenting his own neighbourhood. Vincenzo Albano ARPS is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society and an active volunteer within the RPS London Region. His photographic work focuses primarily on urban environments, landscapes, and travel, often exploring the relationship between place, history, and human presence. #LamLitFest26 #LambethArchives #Lambeth #Art #JanEnkelmann #VicenzoAlbano Image description: information about the event with colour photos of Jan and Vincenzo

Policing the Beats with Lambros Fatsis Join Lambros and lawyers Brian Richardson and Ife Thompson from Nexus Chambers to discuss Black music, racism and criminal injustice. 📅 Tuesday 19 May 🕡 6.30pm 📍 Brixton Library 💷 Free 🎟 Ticket link in bio Join Lambros and lawyers Brian Richardson and Ife Thompson from Nexus Chambers to discuss Black music, racism and criminal injustice. The emergence of UK drill music made headline news, portraying it as a criminal enterprise instead of recognising it as an art form. This new rap subgenre, however, is neither the first nor the only Black music to be targeted this way. Policing the Beats rewinds the tape to demonstrate how music has been used as an instrument for policing Black people, from the era of colonial slavery to the present day, revealing the racist legal processes that make crimes out of rhymes. We are pleased that Lambros is joined by Brian Richardson and Ife Thompson from Nexus Chambers. Brian is a criminal Barrister and author of Bob Marley: Roots, Reggae & Revolution, and Ife, a globally renowned Movement Lawyer and community organiser. #LamLitFest26 #PolicingTheBeat

Celebrate the Urban Tree Festival: Poetry Readings for Cherry the Poet Tree 📅 Wednesday 13 May 🕡 2pm 📍 Minet Library 💷 Free In October 2024, Loughborough Primary School children helped to plant Cherry, the Minet Library Cherry Tree in memory of Benjamin Zephaniah. This year, we celebrate the Urban Tree Festival with further poetry readings inspired by nature from local primary school children, and a chance for everyone to leave their own poem on Cherry. #LamLitFest26 #LambethLibraries #MinetLibrary #MyattsField #Lambeth #LiteratureFestival #UrbanTreeFestival #UrbanTreeFestival26 Image description: information about the event on a green background with trees from the point if view of looking up to the canopy.

🚨 1 WEEK TO GO! 🚨 Join us at Streatham Library next week for a special exhibition showcasing never-before-exhibited works from the Never Such Innocence archive 🎨✨ Bring your friends and discover the incredible creativity and voices of young artists. We can’t wait to welcome you there! This exhibition has been curated by Dagyum Chung @d_for_drawing and Amanatou Niang @76ama as part of their collaboration during their Diploma of Professional Studies at UAL and their internship with Never Such Innocence this year. In collaboration with @lambeth_libraries 📚 #NeverSuchInnocence #LambethLibraries #YouthVoices #YoungArtists #Exhibition #UAL #CreativeYouth #ArtExhibition #YouthCreativity #StudentCurators #LondonArts #LondonExhibition

3,000 miles. One story. Many identities. Join me for an intimate evening of poetry + conversation as we explore identity, migration, and what “home” really means. Featuring special guest Alex Murdock 📍 Streatham Library 📅 Thurs 28 May, 7pm 🎟️ Eventbrite (link in bio) Let’s connect through stories that cross oceans #3000MilesFromHome #LamLitFest26 #LondonEvents #Streatham #spokenword

Local Voices, New Stories: Debut Authors in Conversation Join locals; Celia Silvani, Marni Appleton and Rupert Dastur for a lively conversation about being a debut author. 📅 Thursday 21 May 🕡 6.30pm 📍 Upper Norwood Library 💷 Free 🎫 link in bio They’ll share their writing journeys, the challenges they overcame, and what they’ve learned along the way. Perfect for readers, aspiring writers, and anyone who loves discovering new talent. Celia Silvani is an author, communications director and reality TV superfan. She lives in London with her husband and two sons. Just Between Mothers, about the vulnerability of pregnancy and a catastrophically toxic birth forum, was published by Orion in 2025. She has recently completed her second novel. Marni Appleton is a writer living in London. She holds a PhD in creative-critical writing from the UEA. Her debut short story collection I Hope You’re Happy was published by The Indigo Press in February 2025. Rupert Dastur is a writer, editor and publisher. His writing has been shortlisted for the Bath Short Story Award and the Fish Short Story Prize and won the Federation of Scottish Writers Award in 2018. He is the founder of TSS Publishing and director of The Cambridge Prizes for Short Fiction, Cloudless is his debut novel. #LamLitFest26 #LiteratureFestival #UpperNorwoodLibrary #UpperNorwood #CrystalPalace #DebutAuthors Image description: Information about the event on a green background with photos of the authors and the covers of their books underneath them

3,000 miles. One story. Many identities. Join me for an intimate evening of poetry + conversation as we explore identity, migration, and what “home” really means. Featuring special guest Alex Murdock 📍 Streatham Library 📅 Thurs 28 May, 7pm 🎟️ Eventbrite (link in bio) Let’s connect through stories that cross oceans #3000MilesFromHome #LamLitFest26 #PoetryCommunity #LondonEvents #Streatham Identity Migration SpokenWord

Join us for a screening of the story behind the 'it boy' wunderkind, JT LeRoy 📅 Monday 18 May 🕡 6.30pm 📍 Minet Library 💷 Free 🎫 link in bio On January 9, 2006, The New York Times sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked “it boy” wunderkind JT LeRoy, whose tough prose about a sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally. It turned out LeRoy didn’t actually exist. He was the creative expression of 40-year-old San Francisco former phone-sex operator turned housewife, Laura Albert. Author: The JT Leroy Story takes us down the infinitely fascinating rabbit hole of how Laura Albert - like a Cyrano de Bergerac on steroids - breathed not only words, but life, into her avatar for a decade. Albert’s epic and entertaining account plunges us into a glittery world of rock shows, fashion events, and the Cannes red carpet where LeRoy becomes a mysterious sensation. Her extended and layered JT LeRoy performance still infuriates many; but according to Albert, channelling her brilliant fiction through another identity was the only possible path to self-expression. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. (2016,1hr 51min English Subtitles) #LamLitFest26 #MinetLibrary #Lambeth #LambethLibraries #Film Image description: Information about the event and includes the film poster of the documentary.

I’m experimenting with a different palette for this screenprint monotype which I’ll be showing in FLOW, our next Fankle exhibition, at the Brixton Tate Library from 3 - 22 June. Do come to the pv on Tuesday 9 June from 6 - 8pm. Hope to see you there.

🪻 UPDATE - LONDON FOOTBALL BOOK MARKET 2026 🪻 We’re pleased to announce the next batch of sellers to the London Football Book Market, showcasing independent authors, magazines, publishers, illustrators, photographers and other creatives selling their football-related wares. This edition will take place at #Brixton Library (@lambeth_libraries ) on Saturday 30 May, 11.30-16:30 and, as ever, it’s free to attend and all ages are welcome. The legends at @trekuartista95 are also hosting a pub quiz the night before at the brilliant football pub @thevolleylondon in Old Street. Tickets are just £3.50 and there’s a hundred quid bar tab for the winners and a Stanchion voucher for the runners-up. Check their pinned post for more details. The updated stallholders confirmed for the book market are: AFTA Studios - @aftastudios Among Good People - @amonggoodpeople Collosive Press - @colossivepress Dinkit - @dinkit Dotted.mag - @itsdottedmedia Dream Teams Books - @dreamteamsbooks GIRLFANS - @girlfanszine Glory - @glorymag_ Golazo - @golazogame The Goalhanger - @the_goal_hanger Herne Books - @hernebooks Matt Tiller from @jacklesliecampaign Lower Block - @lowerblock_ Passing Pattern - @passingpattern Pitch Publishing - @pitchpublishing Rematch - @rematchldn Seen Enough The Signal Soi Books - @bombstagram Tifograd - @tifograd Tiro - @tirofootball TOPSAFE - @topsafearchives /@_overlandandsea TREKuartista95 - @trekuartista95 Alex Amorós - @alex_amoros Alexander Stone - @snapsbyastone Chris Lepkowski - @chrislepkowski Debs Parr - @debsparrphotographer Sebastian Frej - @sebastian_frej_ Will Dalton - @oh.san.lorenzo Football shirts from @1993football We will also have @felixwhite signing copies of the brand new paperback of his fantastic book ‘WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE: A MATTER OF LIFE AND FOOTBALL’ (@octopus_books_ ) Don’t forget to register on Eventbrite (it helps a lot! Link in bio) and tell anyone you think would be interested - word of mouth goes a long way! We’ve got just two tables left, so if you want to have a table at this year’s Market, send us an email, DM, or tag us below, we would love to hear from you. Poster by @danxdraws .