The Morrab Library Spring Fair will be taking place on Saturday 6th April 2024 from 10am until 2pm. There will be stalls throughout the Library with lots of local makers showcasing their crafts, as well as plants, second hand books and historic photos for sale and a raffle. The much-loved refreshments room will return with […]
This Easter holiday Jan Pearson will be leading a ‘Super Storytime’ session at the library. She will be reading Alex T. Smith’s story ‘Egg’. When Foxy DuBois invites egg in for a bite to eat, she is in for a big surprise! There will be storytelling and craft activities inspired by the book too. Super […]
On Saturday (20th, 10am -12noon) the Friends of Morrab Gardens will be holding their ‘Grand Spring Plant Sale’. Their stall will be in front of the fountain in Morrab Gardens where you will find an array of different plants for sale, including many that grow here in the Gardens.
1:30-3:30pm. £10/person. Bring your own notebook. Refreshments provided. Optional £5 starter pack for newbies featuring a notebook, pen, and roll of washi tape This monthly workshop is an opportunity for people to get together and journal in a safe space with plenty of goodies to play with. There is a loose structure, with templates, tips, […]
Artist Faye Dobinson will be displaying the artwork created during her residency at The Morrab Library. Visitors are welcome to pop in to see Faye’s work during library hours (10am - 4pm). Faye explored the library through a myriad of different artistic processes and through that, different facets of the space revealed themselves and found […]
Please note: all the tickets for this talk have now been allocated but if you would like to be added to the waiting list then please email enquiries@morrablibrary.org.uk Artist Faye Dobinson, one of our Artists in Residence, will be giving a talk at The Morrab Library on Wednesday 24th April at 2pm in the Reading Room. Faye will talk […]
1:30-3:30pm. £10/person. Bring your own notebook. Refreshments provided. Optional £5 starter pack for newbies featuring a notebook, pen, and roll of washi tape This monthly workshop is an opportunity for people to get together and journal in a safe space with plenty of goodies to play with. There is a loose structure, with templates, tips, […]
Make it Better CIC is working with writer and theatre maker Jennifer Fletcher to run a workshop at The Morrab Library on Wednesday 1st May, from 10:00 - 16:00. This workshop led by Jennifer Fletcher explores a full-day individual and collaborative creative writing experience, based on the theme ‘active looking’. No experience necessary, a chance […]
Friday 3 May 1:30-3:30pm, £10/person. All equipment provided, plus refreshments. Learn the basic strokes of brush lettering and how these come together to form letters and words. The session will feature lowercase brush script plus a brief introduction to other ways you can use brush pens. Booking is essential for all workshops. Email e.farley27@gmail.com. Emma is […]
Penzance-based poet and performer, Katrina Naomi will read from her forthcoming collection, ‘Battery Rocks’, on “nature, risk, swimming and the sea”, as well as from her range of poetry collections. Her latest collection - due from Seren in July 2024 - has already received the Arthur Welton Award from the Society of Authors. Katrina is […]
A whole day of workshops Save the date: Friday 17 May, 10:30-3:30 More info to follow Booking is essential for all workshops. Email e.farley27@gmail.com. Emma is a life-long stationery addict, encouraging others to explore the joys of creative journaling and modern calligraphy, whilst improving their wellbeing. She has a PGCE, plus Level 2 qualifications in Understanding […]
Join Bridget Crowley in conversation with Nigel Fairs in the Reading Room at The Morrab Library on Saturday 25th May at 2pm. The next in our series of talks will be an entertaining drift through Bridget's long career in the arts - dancing, teaching, running a leading theatre school and a student dance company, working with […]
On Tuesday 28th May, Jan will be running a "Super Rhyme Story Time" for children aged 4-8. She will be reading Lynley Dodd’s classic children’s picture book, ‘Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy’. This story time will explore rhyme through storytelling, Jan will then help the children to write rhymes of their own and there will be […]
Songwriting poet and children’s author Sally Crabtree has been delighting audiences at festivals around the world with her colourful and quirky performances of ‘The Poetree’ – a magical copper tree in whose branches are the most strange and wonderful fruits imaginable. Pick something off the tree and listen to the song, story or poem it […]
On Saturday 1st June, the Reading Room at The Morrab Library will be the stage for a relaxed afternoon of poetry reading. This 'Poetry Open Mic' afternoon will be an opportunity for poets to perform their own poetry aloud to a friendly audience. All are welcome to read and share, from published poets to fledgling […]
You will know James Parnham-Kenny as one of our Library Assistants, but when he's not at The Morrab Library he is a storyteller, podcaster and "general creative odd job handyman" with his creative company, Multivax. He will be running a couple of taster creative workshops taking place at the Library this June. Story prompts and […]
On Wednesday 5th June at 2pm an "uprising of women poets" will be performing poetry inspired by Cornwall and the sea in the Reading Room at The Morrab Library. The afternoon will an invitation to "dip your toes into the big blue" and hear their rhythmic words" and, in Morag Smith's, words “Feel a drumbeat […]
Friday 7 June 10.30-12.30 £10/person. Bring your own notebook. All other equipment supplied. Additional starter pack available for newbies for £5 (dot grid notebook, washi, and pen, plus prompts and templates). Booking is essential for all workshops. Email e.farley27@gmail.com. Emma is a life-long stationery addict, encouraging others to explore the joys of creative journaling and modern […]
Friday 7 June 1.30-3.30 £15/person. All equipment supplied. Booking is essential for all workshops. Email e.farley27@gmail.com. Emma is a life-long stationery addict, encouraging others to explore the joys of creative journaling and modern calligraphy, whilst improving their wellbeing. She has a PGCE, plus Level 2 qualifications in Understanding Autism and Understanding Children and Young People's […]
Mordros is Cornish for ‘sound of the sea’. It’s also a community poetry project facilitated by the Mor Poets which aims to foster the enjoyment and writing of poetry in people of all ages across Cornwall. In June, we will be coming to The Morrab Library for two sea-inspired poetry workshops. In these workshops, aimed […]