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March 16 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Solving Murder: Myth versus Method | With Tim Grattan-Kane

Morrab Library

Join retired Metropolitan Police officer Tim Grattan-Kane for a fascinating insight into the most serious of crimes - murder. Based on his extensive experience over 32 years Tim will discuss […]

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On Saturday 11th May, Penzance-based poet and perf

On Saturday 11th May, Penzance-based poet and performer, Katrina Naomi will be giving a poetry reading at @morrablibrary. She will read from her forthcoming collection, ‘Battery Rocks’, on “nature, risk, swimming and the sea”, as well as from her range of poetry collections.

Tickets are allocated by a ballot system and members and non-members alike are welcome, just email enquiries@morrablibrary.org.uk to be added to the ballot.

Link in our bio for all the info.

#PoetryReading #PoetryEvent #LoveYourLibrary #LovePenzance

Continuing our Photo Friday theme this month of co

Continuing our Photo Friday theme this month of coastal locations in Penwith, this quarter plate glass negative, c.1900, depicts the The Crowns section and Engine House at Botallack.

#PhotoFriday #Botallack #Penwith #ExploreYourArchive

@makeitbettercic is running a workshop at the libr

@makeitbettercic is running a workshop at the library next Wednesday (1st May) as part of the Active Looking Project. This workshop, led by writer and theatre maker Jennifer Fletcher, explores individual and collaborative creative writing experience based on the theme ‘active looking’. Find out more and book a free ticket via the link in our bio.

Photo credit Steve Tanner.

Today is the tenth anniversary of the UK governmen

Today is the tenth anniversary of the UK government formally granting the Cornish National Minority Status, allowing the history, culture and language of Cornwall to be fully recognised and protected. We celebrate Cornwall's uniqueness and all that makes us special.

#MinorityStatus #LoveCornwall #Cornwall

All are welcome to pop in to the Elizabeth Treffry

All are welcome to pop in to the Elizabeth Treffry Room, upstairs at the @morrablibrary, to see an exhibition of @fayedobinsonprojects work, created during her artist residency. Faye explored the library through a myriad of different artistic processes & through that, different facets of the space revealed themselves & found form in curious & unexpected works of art. The exhibition runs from today until Saturday 27th & is open during Library hours (10am - 4pm). Faye will be in situ on Thursday 25th (1-3pm), Friday 26th (1-3pm) & Saturday 27th (10am - 1pm) to chat to visitors about her work.

@communitypowerstructure

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#artistresidency #artistinthelibrary #fayedobinson

Next up in our series of photos of the Penwith coa

Next up in our series of photos of the Penwith coast is a picture taken from the Tolcarne area to Penzance across the foreshore at very low spring tide. Spot the dome of the Market House, the chimneys of the mill building at Wherrytown & masts of a tall ship. Taken circa 1900.

#photofriday #exploreyourarchive #penzance #lovepenzance #historicphotospenzance

We hope you spotted the The Morrab Library on the

We hope you spotted the The Morrab Library on the 6pm @itvwestcountry yesterday evening! In case you missed it, here's a link (in our bio) featuring one of our Trustees & the Chair of @taswestcornwall talking about the upcoming inaugural John Le Carré Memorial Lecture including the display at @penleehousegallery

Here's a behind the scenes photo from earlier this week when ITV News West Country visited the The Morrab Library

#penlehouse #penzance #penleehousegallerymuseum #johnlecarré #itv #itvnews #morrablibrary #crimenovels

There's barely a cloud in sky over the treetops of

There's barely a cloud in sky over the treetops of Morrab Gardens and the glistening sea this afternoon.

#morrabgardens #libraryviews #LoveLibraries #independentlibrary #roomwithaview

Artist Faye Dobinson will be displaying the artwor

Artist Faye Dobinson will be displaying the artwork created during her residency at The Morrab Library. Faye explored the library through a myriad of different artistic processes and through that, different facets of the space revealed themselves and found form in curious and unexpected works of art.

The exhibition of her work will be in the Elizabeth Treffry Room (upstairs) from Tuesday 23rd - Saturday 27th April. Faye will be in situ, in the Elizabeth Treffry Room, on Thursday 25th (1-3pm), Friday 26th (1-3pm) and Saturday 27th (10am - 1pm) to chat about her work.

Faye will also be running the last of her series of Art Clubs, “art and soul sessions”, at the library on Thursday 25th April from 10.30am - 12pm. Tickets are £10 and available to book directly @fayedobinsonprojects (email address on the poster).

Link in bio for a blog with all the info about Faye's upcoming exhibition here.

#artistinresidence #residency #fayedobinson #artworkshops #artclub

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