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14 May 2008
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14 May 2008 19:00 to 21:00 |
Brixton Central Library (Tate Library) (Lambeth) Opening hours and accessibility |
Lyrics in Libraries A new collaboration between home-recording hero Eric and Pittsburgh-born chanteuse Rigby Wreckless Eric has been a cornerstone of the underground music scene ever since he blagged his way onto the Stiff Records roster in 1976 and wound up on the famous Live Stiffs tour alongside Ian Dury and Elvis Costello. His honed-down, cranked-up playing, coupled with a no-nonsense attitude and a voice that can strip wallpaper, has endeared him to successive generations of DIY music fans. His autobiography, A Dysfunctional Success, lifts the lid off the man who is exactly what it says on the cover. Singer-songwriter Amy Rigby is ultimately a product of New York’s CBGBs scene. Whilst her early recordings pursued a brand of urban country music that pre-empted the Americana movement by a decade, she really found her feet with the release of her Diary of a Mod Housewife album in 1996. Artists as diverse as Ronnie Spector and They Might Be Giants have queued up to cover her songs, drawn by her refreshingly askance sketches of contemporary womanhood. Her most recent collection, Little Fugitive, was released on Signature Sounds in 2005. Price details: |
020 7926 0752 |
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14 May 2008 19:00 to 21:00 |
South Lambeth Library (Lambeth) Opening hours and accessibility |
The moon has written you a poeam Two Poets Jose Jorge Letria and Maurice Riordan will read from their fascinating Anglo Portuguese collaboration: a sequence of verse dedicated to the joy of words and reading. This book of young people’s poetry was the first Portuguese picture book ever to be published in the UK. It really is a gem to be heard read out loud. Price details: |
020 7926 0752 |
15 May 2008
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15 May 2008 18:30 to 20:30 |
Brixton Central Library (Tate Library) (Lambeth) Opening hours and accessibility |
Meet you Waterloo - Aoife Mannix Waterloo is an area undergoing great change and development but what of the lives of the residents? How do we process our environment in flux and what do we hold onto? Aoife Mannix is an Irish writer and poet based in London. Her first full collection of poetry 'The Elephant in the Corner' was published in 2005. She is currently touring her poetry and music show 'Growing up an Alien' with Apples and Snakes supported by Arts Council England. Over two workshops in Waterloo library Aoife will guide participants through a creative and poetic response to Waterloo, past, present and future. Price details: |
020 7926 0752 |
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15 May 2008 18:00 to 20:00 |
Westminster Reference Library (Westminster) Opening hours and accessibility |
Talks related to the Oliver Messel Exhibition Thomas Messel and Keith Lodwick Thomas Messel, Oliver's nephew and Lord Snowdon's cousin, will give a presentation on Oliver's interior decoration and architecture. Keith Lodwick from the V&A Theatre Collections will focus on Messel’s film work. Both presentations will include slides and film clips from Romeo and Juliet (1936), The Queen of Spades (1949) and Suddenly Last Summer (1959). Price details: This is a free event |
020 7641 5250 |
16 May 2008
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16 May 2008 19:00 to 21:00 |
Streatham Library (Lambeth) Opening hours and accessibility |
Carole Hayman Carole Hayman was an Associate Director of The Royal Court Theatre, for which she directed many world premieres. She’s a novelist and also writes for radio, television and film. On radio, she is well known as co-writer of the Radio 4 hit series “Ladies of Letters” with Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge. Carole has published and broadcast many short stories and pieces of cultural journalism, including features for The Independent, The Guardian, Daily Express, Sunday Times, Daily Mail and a regular column for The Saturday Independent, “My Lofty Life”. Carole’s most recent novel is the political satire Hard Choices which was the most reviewed unpublished novel in the history of English fiction, on publication it was immediately short-listed for The Silver Booker. Join us for an evening with one of the most critically acclaimed and funniest writers of the moment. Price details: |
020 7926 0752 |
19 May 2008
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19 May 2008 18:45 to 20:45 |
Durning Library (Lambeth) Opening hours and accessibility |
How to make a million as a picture author There are no rules on how to write children’s books but there are secrets of how to write ones that will be bestsellers and last. The Friends of Durning Library and Lambeth Libraries bring you prize-winning children’s writer/illustrator and author of The Queen’s Knickers and Hilltop Hospital, Nicholas Allan, to reveal these secrets in a talk with readings, illustration and magic illusion. Price details: |
020 7926 0752 |
20 May 2008
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20 May 2008 19:00 to 21:00 |
West Norwood Library (Lambeth) Opening hours and accessibility |
The Birthday Party Panos Karnezis was born in Greece and came to England in 1992. He studied engineering at Oxford before starting to write in English. His first book, Little Infamies (2002) is a collection of connected short stories set in a nameless Greek village, and his second book, The Maze (2004), is set in Anatolia in 1922 and was shortlisted for the 2004 Whitbread First Novel Award. His latest novel The Birthday Party is set in the summer of 1975 with an Onassis-like tycoon nearing the end of his life. When he finds out that his daughter, with whom he's having a problematic relationship, is pregnant by a man he does not approve of, he has a birthday party for her on his private island, secretly intending to persuade her to end the pregnancy: a doctor is standing by to perform the procedure on the spot. Come along and hear Panos read from The Birthday Party and discuss his writing Price details: |
020 7926 0752 |
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20 May 2008 18:30 to 20:00 |
Westminster Reference Library (Westminster) Opening hours and accessibility |
CETRA - Learning & Employment Support Programmes Join us for a talk and presentation by Laura Marziale, CETRA Projects Co-ordinator from the Migrants Resource Centre. Enjoy an opportunity to learn about CETRA PROJECT Learning and Support programmes, including one-to-one advice sessions, employability workshops, job search support group, and employability events. Price details: This is a free event |
020 7641 5250 |
21 May 2008
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21 May 2008 18:45 to 20:00 |
Westminster Reference Library (Westminster) Opening hours and accessibility |
Starting up: from concept to trading Got a business idea? Just starting out? Then join us for a talk by Ben Reynolds, a successful entrepreneur, who has been there and done that! Get valuable tips on researching your business, writing a business plan, securing finance and much more… Price details: This is a free event |
020 7641 5250 |
22 May 2008
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22 May 2008 19:00 to 21:00 |
Lambeth Archives Minet Library (Lambeth) Opening hours and accessibility |
West Indian Gazette 50th Anniversary The West Indian Gazette was Britain’s first Home-grown Black newspaper. It was published and edited by Claudia Jones from offices in Brixton Road and when the first edition hit the streets in April 1958, its immediate readership was the local black community in Brixton. To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of its foundation, join Colin Prescod, chair of the Institute of race Relations (and whose mum worked on the Gazette) with Donald Hinds, former Gazette journalist, Alex Pascall, Marika Sherwood and other staff from the paper for a talk and panel discussion about this key moment for Black British journalism. Price details: |
020 7926 0752 |
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22 May 2008 18:00 to 20:00 |
Brompton Library (Kensington and Chelsea) Opening hours and accessibility |
Writing Workshops for Refugees Writing Workshops for Refugees Thursday 22 May 2008, 6pm to 8pm. Thursday 29 May 2008, 6pm to 8pm. Thursday 5 June 2008, 6pm to 8pm. Brompton Library 210 Old Brompton Road London SW5 0BS Tel: 020 7361 3010 These workshops with English PEN will bring together people who want to put their experiences into words, and people who can help them to do so. Shereen Pandit, Daljit Nagra and Andrew Dickson will offer advice. Travel and childcare expenses can be covered by English PEN. Refreshments will be provided. Please phone 020 7713 0023 or email simon@englishpen.org to book. Price details: This is a free event |
020 7713 0023 |
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22 May 2008 18:00 to 20:00 |
Westminster Reference Library (Westminster) Opening hours and accessibility |
Talk related to the Oliver Messel Exhibition Kieron Docherty, Head of Production at English National Opera, will give a talk about his own work on many successful theatre and opera productions all over the world. Followed by a question and answer session. Price details: This is a free event |
020 7641 5250 |