What's on in Wandsworth Libraries

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4pm  Tooting Library
Fact Finders 
Join us as we celebrate World Nursery Rhyme Week by looking at the origins of our most popular nursery rhymes & discover rhymes from other countries. 
 

10.30am-12pm Tooting Library
Digital Inclusion Programme
Free, drop-in help, offered by AgeUK Wandsworth for older computer users struggling with their smartphone, laptop, or tablet.
2pm-4pm Battersea Park Library
Power to Connect Digital Drop-ins
These free sessions give you the opportunity to connect with others on all things digital, share tips and get expert advice from our Digital Champion volunteers. Visit us with your device or use one of the devices available. No Booking Required! Please note you may need to wait to chat with one of our volunteers and spaces are limited
5-6:30pm Southfields Library

To mark International Games Month, join us for three special events. Bring your friends, your favourite games or chose a game from our collection. Booking not required. (Ages 14+)
5:45-6:45pm Southfields Library

Join a group of budding poets to read and write poems. No experience needed. Open to all adults.

 

Newly launched this month, join our friendly volunteer led sessions to learn and improve your language skills. Beginners welcome. Term time only.

1.30-3pm Balham Library
Digital Inclusion Programme
Free, drop-in help, offered by AgeUK Wandsworth for older computer users struggling with their smartphone, laptop, or tablet.
2-4pm Southfields Library

These free sessions provide the opportunity to connect with others on all things digital, share tips and get expert advice from our Digital Champions. Bring along your device or use one of the devices available. No Booking required, but as spaces are limited you may need to wait to chat with one of our volunteers.
3:30-4:30pm Southfields Library

Join us for a special craft activity to celebrate World Nursery Rhyme Week. (Ages 3+)

 

4pm Tooting Library
Stories & Crafts 
Design your own nursery rhyme character & create your own rhyme. 

Join us for a special Story Time to celebrate World Nursery Rhyme Week. (Ages 3+)

Drop in for free rapid HIV tests, information and advice. Organised by Spectra and KwaAfrica.

 

10.30-11am Earlsfield Library
Daddies Rhyme Time
Songs and rhymes for children.
11-12pm Southfields Library
Saturday Reading Group
Discuss the book of the month, The Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. New members welcome!
12-1pm Northcote Library
Saturday Craft 
Brrr...it’s getting cold outside! Warm up your hands with a mitten craft this Saturday. 
 

2pm Tooting Library
Pokémon club 
Drop by & catch all the fun playing the official Pokémon card game! No need to bring cards as they will be provided. See you there trainer! 

11am-1pm Putney Library
Funding Your Business or Social Enterprise
This interactive in person workshop offers a practical overview of funding and resources available to both new and established businesses.
The workshop will explore: Gary Parker's top five funders, National, regional, and local opportunities, Funding for women-led and BAME-led businesses,
Grants, loans, and crowdfunding (explained in two minutes!), What to do next. This workshop is ideal for anyone looking to access finance and grow with confidence.
Free event, book online at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/funding-your-business-or-social-enterprise-tickets-1809417980889
 

10.30am-12pm Battersea Park Library
Digital Inclusion Programme
Free, drop-in help, offered by AgeUK Wandsworth for older computer users struggling with their smartphone, laptop, or tablet.
2pm-4pm Battersea Park Library
Power to Connect Digital Drop-ins
These free sessions give you the opportunity to connect with others on all things digital, share tips and get expert advice from our Digital Champion volunteers. Visit us with your device or use one of the devices available. No Booking Required! Please note you may need to wait to chat with one of our volunteers and spaces are limited
5-6:30pm Southfields Library

To mark International Games Month, join us for three special events. Bring your friends, your favourite games or chose a game from our collection. Booking not required. (Ages 14+)

 

Newly launched this month, join our friendly volunteer led sessions to learn and improve your language skills. Beginners welcome. Term time only.

1.30-3pm Putney Library
Digital Inclusion Programme
Free, drop-in help, offered by AgeUK Wandsworth for older computer users struggling with their smartphone, laptop, or tablet.
2-4pm Southfields Library

These free sessions provide the opportunity to connect with others on all things digital, share tips and get expert advice from our Digital Champions. Bring along your device or use one of the devices available. No Booking required, but as spaces are limited you may need to wait to chat with one of our volunteers.

4pm Tooting Library
Every Child A Song
A special story time and craft session to mark the signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

4.30pm Tooting Library
Urdu teen group 
Come and learn the Urdu language & find out more about the culture. Open to teens / pre-teens 

Join local author Miss Joyce as she reads her swimming pool adventures about Jean - Paul & his friends. Book copies & book signings available on the night. 

 

2pm-4pm Battersea Park Library
Power to Connect Digital Drop-ins 
These free sessions give you the opportunity to connect with others on all things digital, share tips and get expert advice from our Digital Champion volunteers. Visit us with your device or use one of the devices available. No Booking Required! Please note you may need to wait to chat with one of our volunteers and spaces are limited 
 

4pm Tooting Library
Book Group with special author visit by Claire Linney 
Join us for an interactive story telling session with local author Claire Linney. 
Follow the adventures of Zula & Milo aka The Time Tub Travellers as they travel back in history. 
There will be an opportunity to purchase a copy of Claire's book & get it signed on the day. 

We’ll be diving into Weyward by Emilia Hart, which was previously postponed. New members welcomed. (Aged 18 to 40)

 

10.30am-12pm Southfields Library
Digital Inclusion Programme   
Free, drop-in help, offered by AgeUK Wandsworth for older computer users struggling with their smartphone, laptop, or tablet.
1-2pm  Southfields Library

Newly launched this month, join our friendly volunteer led sessions to learn and improve your language skills. Beginners welcome. Term time only.
2-4pm Southfields Library

These free sessions provide the opportunity to connect with others on all things digital, share tips and get expert advice from our Digital Champions. Bring along your device or use one of the devices available. No Booking required, but as spaces are limited you may need to wait to chat with one of our volunteers.
3:30-4:30pm Southfields Library

To celebrate National Tree Week, join us for a special themed arts and crafts session. (Ages 3+)

Join us for an hour to discuss how Health meets Harmony.   

6pm Balham Library
Furzedown LitFest presents: meet Alan Hollinghurst
Alan Hollinghurst the author of Booker Prize-winning The Line of Beauty discusses his new novel,l, Our Evening will talk with Dr Demaired Heaister.
Alan Hollinghurst is an English novelist, celebrated for his explorations of gay life and desire. He won the 2004 Booker Prize for The Line of Beauty. His debut novel, The Swimming-Pool Library (1988), was groundbreaking in its frank portrayal of gay relationships. Hollinghurst is regarded as one of Britain’s most important contemporary novelists. 
Dr. Diarmuid Hester is a writer, cultural historian, and activist known for exploring queer lives and spaces. He teaches at the University of Cambridge and is the author of Nothing Ever Just Disappears. Supported using public funding by Arts Council England.
Book free tickets at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alan-hollinghurst-tickets-1577122238069  
 

5-7pm Northcote Library
General Fiction Reading Group
The general fiction reading group meets this evening. Please ask at the library for more information.
5.30-7.30pm Putney  Library
Friends of Putney Library AGM & Talk
AGM followed by a talk: Putney's Radical Heritage Trail

The Putney Debates exhibition by Sue Rolfe in 2007 provides the focus for a planned new heritage trail combining stories from Sue's literary figures and places with the late Phil Evison's historical gems.
Book a free place at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/friends-of-putney-library-agm-talk-tickets-1968562409158 

Meet with Metropolitan officers to discuss local issues and crime prevention.
3:45-4:45pm Southfields Library

To commemorate Young Poet’s Week, please join us for a one-off children’s poetry workshop. No booking required. (Age 6-10)

 

12-1pm Northcote Library
Saturday Craft 
Make your own Christmas decoration using recycled materials and get into the festive spirit at today’s craft club. 

2pm-4pm Battersea Park Library
Power to Connect Digital Drop-ins
These free sessions give you the opportunity to connect with others on all things digital, share tips and get expert advice from our Digital Champion volunteers. Visit us with your device or use one of the devices available. No Booking Required! Please note you may need to wait to chat with one of our volunteers and spaces are limited

 

Meet the Author: Abir Mukherjee
Join Balham Library in welcoming best-selling author Abir Mukherjee to talk about his writing journey and celebrate the release of his latest book in the Wyndham & Banerjee series The Burning Grounds, as well as his latest standalone Hunted.

Free, to book please visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/abir-mukherjee-author-talk-tickets-1965895832355 

New History of the RAF. Marcus Gibson, ex-FT columnist, has written The Greatest Force, new perspectives on Bomber Command. Book a free ticket at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/history-talk-putney-library-the-greatest-force-tickets-1964451558493  

 

 2-4pm Putney Library

Calenders. A family Craft Sessions in the library atrium.