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  • December 2024

  • Wed 11

    POSTPONED Revealing The Morrab Library: Poetry and Porcelain with artists in Residence Rebecca Harvey & Lucy Sparrow

    11/12/2024 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    CANCELLED. Please note that this talk has been postponed to Wednesday 29th January 2025, 2pm. Please email enquiries@morrablibrary.org.uk if you would like to come along to this revised date. Our […]

  • Sat 14

    Library Talks | Book Launch: Cornwall in Short

    14/12/2024 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    Our final talk of 2024, will be the book launch of 'Cornwall in Short'. This will take place in the Reading Room of The Morrab Library at 2pm on Saturday […]

  • February 2025

  • Wed 26

    Going to Ground: an evening with Philip Marsden and Tim Hannigan

    26/02/2025 @ 19:30 - 21:00
    The Acorn Theatre

    at the Acorn Theatre, Wednesday 26th February 2025, 7:30 pm Join authors and two great friends of the library, Philip Marsden and Tim Hannigan in conversation as they celebrate Philip’s new book, Under a […]

  • July 2025

  • Sat 19

    Do you remember the SS Torrey Canyon disaster of 1967?

    19/07/2025 @ 10:00 - 12:00
    Morrab Library

    To commemorate the forthcoming 60th anniversary of the SS Torrey Canyon disaster in 2027, Mor Media Charity is inviting people across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to share their […]

    Free
  • Thu 31

    CANCELLED – Super Storytime with Jan Pearson – ‘On The Way Home’ by Jill Murphy

    31/07/2025 @ 10:30 - 12:00
    Morrab Library

    PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE CANCELLED THIS EVENT - APOLOGIES Join Jan and Lisa at The Morrab Library to read ‘On the way home’ by Jill Murphy and find out […]

    £5
  • August 2025

  • Thu 7

    CANCELLED Super ‘Summer’ Storytime with Jak – Voices in the Park

    07/08/2025 @ 10:00 - 12:30
    Morrab Library

      PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED Four different voices tell their own versions of the same walk in the park. A simple story but with key […]

    £5
  • Sat 9

    Landmarks and Legends – a talk by Linda Camidge

    09/08/2025 @ 11:00 - 12:00
    Morrab Library

      Join writer, performer, historian and library volunteer Linda Camidge for what will be a fascinating talk. Since moving into Penzance and starting to research the history of the town 30 years […]

    £5
  • Tue 26

    A Philosophy of Nature – with Darren Harper

    26/08/2025 @ 10:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    A Philosophy of Nature - a day course with Darren Harper Tuesday 26th August 2025 10am until 3pm £60 Part of a two-day Philosophy Summer School, this workshop delivers a contemplative […]

    £60
  • Wed 27

    Stoicism and the Tranquil Mind – with Darren Harper

    27/08/2025 @ 10:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    Stoicism and the Tranquil Mind  - a day course with Darren Harper Wednesday 27th August 2025 10am until 3pm £60 Part of a two-day Philosophy Summer School, this workshop explores Stoic […]

    £60
  • October 2025

  • Sat 18

    In My Element – a talk by Claire Lucas

    18/10/2025 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

      Our next Library talk will be with Claire Lucas presenting, "In My Element" - Stories and Images From the Library. This will take place in the Reading Room from 2pm-3pm on Saturday 18th October. Claire  will […]

    £5
  • November 2025

  • Sat 22

    The Morrab Library Christmas Fair 2025

    22/11/2025 @ 10:00 - 14:00
    Morrab Library

      Yes, it's that time already! We hope you can join us for the annual Morrab Library Christmas Fair on Saturday 22nd November, 10.00am - 2.00pm. The Fair will feature […]

  • December 2025

  • Wed 10

    FULLY BOOKED Library Talks | Mrs Dalloway, The Centenary Year: ‘Art, Modernism & War’

    10/12/2025 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    PLEASE NOTE: This talk is fully booked. Our next Library talk comes from returning speaker, Sarah Latham-Phillips, MA. On Wednesday 10th December (2pm-3pm) she will be speaking about Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway in the centenary year […]

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Tomorrow is Burns night, so to celebrate we search Tomorrow is Burns night, so to celebrate we searched back through our archive of talks (which can be viewed on our website) and present you with the greatly missed Des Hannigan’s talk from 2022 on the poet.

Through stories and verses and a recital of the bard's famous narrative poem 'Tam o' Shanter', Des spoke about Burns being a poet of the people and the pastoral.

You can watch the talk here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98Q_O8yrwqU

#Library #Robertburns #poet #celebrate #lecture #DesHannigan #BurnsNight
The penultimate Photo Friday highlight from our Ph The penultimate Photo Friday highlight from our Photo Archive’s ‘Working Lives’ booklet. Here are staff from the Ludgvan Dairy Milk Churns in 1930. From left to right: C.T. Angove, Iris Lamb, Clarice Jenkin, Olive Jenkin, Dorothy Harvey, Vera Trembath and Chrissie Harvey.

You can learn more about the publication here: https://shorturl.at/Q9qsT

Morrab Library Photo Archive Identifier: FARM 4.002

#Library #exploreyourarchive #photoarchive #Photofriday #Ludgvan #DairyFarming #Dairy
Did you know The Morrab Library is a registered ch Did you know The Morrab Library is a registered charity? A donation to the Morrab Library, regular, or one off, big or small, would greatly help us. We depend on the support and generosity of our library community near and far, and all money goes towards our operating costs and help keep the Morrab Library’s doors open.

https://morrablibrary.org.uk/donate/

#Library #donate #supportus #everypennyhelps #charity

Photo credit: Ian Kingsnorth
The Library’s Relaxed Book Group, led by the lovel The Library’s Relaxed Book Group, led by the lovely Jo Buckingham continues in 2026. The next session takes place on Tuesday 27th January from 2pm-3pm.

This friendly group is for anyone who loves books but doesn’t want the pressure of a traditional book club. Rather than reading a specific book, we share what’s on our bookshelf or simply come for tea, biscuits and company in the beautiful book-filled atmosphere of The Morrab library. Find out more on our website (link in bio).

#librarybookclub #relaxedbookclub #bookclub #libraryevents #libraryactivities #Reading
If you haven’t gotten yourself into the ballot for If you haven’t gotten yourself into the ballot for Mazed Tales’ website launch at the Library, now is your chance!

The ballot closes on the 26th January.

Join storyteller and Mazed leader Sue Field, and web designer Nick Harpley for the launch of the brand new Mazed website, a comprehensive guide to the traditional tales of Cornwall, linking tales to places and the people that told them.

#explore #cornwall #library #talk #lecture #folklore #folktales
Here is this week’s Photo Friday image from our ‘W Here is this week’s Photo Friday image from our ‘Working Lives’ book, showing fishermen unmeshing fish on board a local boat in Newlyn.

You can learn more about the publication here: https://shorturl.at/Q9qsT

Morrab Library Photo Archive Identifier: FISH 12PG 082 

#Library #exploreyourarchive #photoarchive #Photofriday #Newlyn #fishing
Last year we were delighted to welcome Jodie Holla Last year we were delighted to welcome Jodie Hollander to the library as our Poet-in-Residence. A work she wrote during her time here with us, ‘The Ouija Board’, has recently been published in the Los Angeles Review of Books. You can read it here: https://shorturl.at/z2WEF

#PoetInResidence
#JodieHollander #Poetry
Need something to fend off the winter blues? An ho Need something to fend off the winter blues? An hour or two, with a warm beverage and some of the leftover Christmas chocs? Why not dive into our Library talks archive?

There is something there for everyone, but which will you start with?

https://morrablibrary.org.uk/librarytalks/

If you can make a donation after you watch, no matter how small - it would really help the Library.

#explore #cornwall #library #talk #lecture
The Matthew Lanyon Archive is delighted to announc The Matthew Lanyon Archive is delighted to announce a new national poetry prize, celebrating the life and creative legacy of Cornish Artist Matthew Lanyon (1951-2016).

We hold many of Matthew’s works in our book and archive collections, as well as the entire published archive of his brother, Andrew Lanyon.

You can find out more information on the poster about entry to the competition.

#explore #cornwall #library #competition #poetry
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