What's on in Wandsworth Libraries

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Friday 1
12-4pm Northcote Library
Kite Festival
Celebrate Festival de Barrieletes Gigantes at Northcote Children’s Library with a giant kite making workshop and learn about traditions surrounding the day of the dead festival. Booking required. Please email northcote.library@gll.org or call 020 7223 2336 to register. Suitable for ages 7+   
2-4pm York Gardens Library
Happy Diwali!  

Under 12's Free event, no booking needed. Join us at York Gardens to celebrate Diwali and Fireworks Night at a sparkly, colourful Diwali inspired Arts and Crafts event! 

 

Saturday 2
11am-1pm Northcote Library
Paint-a-pumpkin
Join us for a cosy craft this Halloween half term and create your very own pumpkin design. Suitable for ages 5+.
11am Tooting Library
Diwali Dance with the Natyalaya Dance Group 

Celebrate Diwali with the Natyalaya Dance Group, choreographed by Ragini Rajagopal. 

12-4.30pm Tooting Library
Star Books
Drop in and meet Star Books, our supplier of books in other languages including  Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, German, Gujarati, and Hindi. Have a look at sample stock and make suggestions to improve our collections.
2pm Balham Library
Diwali Dance with the Natyalaya Dance Group 

Celebrate Diwali with the Natyalaya Dance Group, choreographed by Ragini Rajagopal. Followed by a children’s craft session from 3 - 4pm.
3pm Tooting Library 

Spanish Story Telling Workshop 

Discover new adventures whilst learning a new language with Laura. 

Suitable for children KS1+ No booking required. 

  

Monday 4
10.30am-12pm Northcote Library
Digital Inclusion Programme   

Free, drop-in help, offered by AgeUK Wandsworth for older computer users struggling with their smartphone, laptop, or tablet.
12-1pm Balham Library
ESOL Reading Group
A reading group for speakers of English as a Second Language, meets first Monday of each month.
2-4pm Earlsfield Library
Silver Circle Reading Group  
A reading group for mature readers. Drop in to share your thoughts on the book of the month. 

 

Wednesday 6
1.30-3pm Wandsworth Town Library  

Digital Inclusion Programme     

Free, drop-in help, offered by AgeUK Wandsworth for older computer users struggling with their smartphone, laptop, or tablet. 

 

Saturday 9
10am-1pm Southfields Library
Carrom Board Game Taster Session
Carrom is a tabletop game of Indian origin in which players flick discs, attempting to knock them to the corners of the board. Please contact the library to book, 020 8780 1945 or email southfields.library@gll.org. This session is for people aged 14+
10.30am Tooting Library 

Come and let Mama G brighten up your day with her fun stories and songs. Come hear Mama G read from her new book "Oh Yes I am!" and have the chance to buy a copy for our dazzling star to sign. All welcome. No booking required. 

 

Sunday 10
3-3.30pm Tooting Library
Sunday Rhyme and Story Time 
Sunday songs and rhymes for children aged 0-5 years. 

 

Tuesday 12 

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. 

 

Wednesday 13
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. 

 

Friday 15
2.30-4pm Northcote Library
Crime Reading Group 
Please ask at the library for more information. 

 

Saturday 16
12-1pm Northcote Library
Craft Club 
Join us for Saturday craft club in Northcote Children’s Library and get creative! 

 

Tuesday 19
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.
12-2pm Putney Library
AI Accelerate: 5 Game-Changing Platforms to Boost Your SME's Success
Is your small or medium-sized enterprise ready to harness the power of artificial intelligence? With Dean Williams and Start Up Wandsworth.
Free event, visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ai-accelerate-5-game-changing-platforms-to-boost-your-smes-success-tickets-998386319357 to book 

 

Wednesday 20
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.
4-5pm Southfields Library
Non-Fiction November: Dinosaurs
We are celebrating the joys of non-fiction books as a great way to learn amazing and fascinating new facts about animals and other creatures alive or extinct. Create your own tiger mask and other fun activities like dinosaur colouring.  

Saturday 23
3.30pm Tooting Library 

MENYTOO: University & Apprenticeship Application Drop in Sessions. 

Free drop in sessions available to anyone applying for university or intersted in starting an apprenticeship. Sessions include UCAS application advice, apprenticeship advice & application writing tips. 

 

Wednesday 27
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.
1.30-3pm Roehampton Library  

Digital Inclusion Programme     

Free, drop-in help, offered by AgeUK Wandsworth for older computer users struggling with their smartphone, laptop, or tablet.
6.30pm Putney Library
Vesna Main: book launch
Vesna Main, a writer who lives in Putney, will introduce Waiting for a Party (Salt 2024), her latest novel. This is a story of Claire Meadows, 92, a retired piano teacher who discovers a new life and a new sexuality when she is over sixty and widowed. As she waits to be taken to the 103rd birthday party of a close friend, she remembers her past and rejoices at the knowledge that, despite some regrets, the last thirty years of her life have been the best. She is happy and she has plans for the future.

 

Thursday 28
5-7pm Northcote Library
General Fiction Reading Group
Please ask at the library for more information.
5.30pm Putney Library
Friends of Putney Library Annual General Meeting and Talk
5:30pm Refreshments

6:00pm FoPL AGM

6:30pm Phil Evison Talk: An Expedition to the Levant, led by Robert Wood  (1750 - 1751) 

5.45-6.45pm Earlsfield Library (adults)
Reading Group
Join our group and share your thoughts on the book of the month. Please ask at the library for more information.

Saturday 30
10.30-11am Earlsfield Library
Dads Baby Rhyme time
Songs and rhymes for children.