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  • September 2025

  • Fri 19

    Sorry to say there is no Free tour of The Morrab Library today

    19/09/2025 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    We're sorry to say we won't be able to offer a library tour this Friday afternoon (19th September). Normal service will resume at 2.00pm next Friday 26th September.

  • Sat 20

    Study Mornings | Before the Normans Came: The World of Anglo-Saxon England with Mark Cottle

    20/09/2025 @ 10:15 - 13:00
    Morrab Library

    We're always delighted to welcome Mark Cottle to the library for one of his excellent talks or study days. Starting later this month, Mark will run a course of five […]

  • Tue 23

    Relaxed Relaxed Book Group at The Morrab Library

    23/09/2025 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    About the group: A friendly group 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 […]

  • Fri 26

    Free tour of The Morrab Library

    26/09/2025 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    All are welcome to join a free guided tour of The Morrab Library every Friday at 2pm. This is an opportunity to learn more about our beautiful independent Library and […]

  • October 2025

  • Fri 3

    Free tour of The Morrab Library

    03/10/2025 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    All are welcome to join a free guided tour of The Morrab Library every Friday at 2pm. This is an opportunity to learn more about our beautiful independent Library and […]

  • Wed 8

    Library Talk l Nicholas St Aubyn l Jacobite Traitor or Cornish hero? The two lives of Sir John St Aubyn 3rd Bt.

    08/10/2025 @ 14:00 - 15:00

    Our next Library talk will be with Nicholas St Aubyn with their talk, Jacobite Traitor or Cornish hero? The two lives of Sir John St Aubyn 3rd Bt. This will take place in the […]

  • Fri 10

    Free tour of The Morrab Library

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

    All are welcome to join a free guided tour of The Morrab Library every Friday at 2pm. This is an opportunity to learn more about our beautiful independent Library and […]

  • Tue 14

    Artist in residence – Claire Lucas “In My Element” | 14th – 18th October

    14/10/2025 @ 10:00 - 16:00

    Our latest artist-in-residence Claire Lucas has been hard at work since August, working on her project entitled “In My Element”. Her residency culminates (or possibly starts its next phase!) in […]

  • Wed 15

    Artist in residence – Claire Lucas “In My Element” | 14th – 18th October

    15/10/2025 @ 10:00 - 16:00

    Our latest artist-in-residence Claire Lucas has been hard at work since August, working on her project entitled “In My Element”. Her residency culminates (or possibly starts its next phase!) in […]

  • Thu 16

    Artist in residence – Claire Lucas “In My Element” | 14th – 18th October

    16/10/2025 @ 10:00 - 16:00

    Our latest artist-in-residence Claire Lucas has been hard at work since August, working on her project entitled “In My Element”. Her residency culminates (or possibly starts its next phase!) in […]

  • Fri 17

    Artist in residence – Claire Lucas “In My Element” | 14th – 18th October

    17/10/2025 @ 10:00 - 16:00

    Our latest artist-in-residence Claire Lucas has been hard at work since August, working on her project entitled “In My Element”. Her residency culminates (or possibly starts its next phase!) in […]

  • Fri 17

    Free tour of The Morrab Library

    17/10/2025 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    All are welcome to join a free guided tour of The Morrab Library every Friday at 2pm. This is an opportunity to learn more about our beautiful independent Library and […]

  • Sat 18

    Artist in residence – Claire Lucas “In My Element” | 14th – 18th October

    18/10/2025 @ 10:00 - 12:00

    Our latest artist-in-residence Claire Lucas has been hard at work since August, working on her project entitled “In My Element”. Her residency culminates (or possibly starts its next phase!) in […]

  • 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 […]

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  • Wed 22

    Library Talks l Dr Russell Blacker – Musical archeology: the reconstruction of eleven works from the Eton Choirbook.

    22/10/2025 @ 14:00 - 15:00

    The Eton Choirbook is one of only three manuscripts of English polyphonic music to have survived from the pre-Reformation world. Although a third of the manuscript has been lost over […]

  • Fri 24

    Free tour of The Morrab Library

    24/10/2025 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    All are welcome to join a free guided tour of The Morrab Library every Friday at 2pm. This is an opportunity to learn more about our beautiful independent Library and […]

  • Tue 28

    Relaxed Relaxed Book Group at The Morrab Library

    28/10/2025 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    About the group: A friendly group 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 […]

  • Fri 31

    Free tour of The Morrab Library

    31/10/2025 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    All are welcome to join a free guided tour of The Morrab Library every Friday at 2pm. This is an opportunity to learn more about our beautiful independent Library and […]

  • November 2025

  • Fri 7

    Free tour of The Morrab Library

    07/11/2025 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    All are welcome to join a free guided tour of The Morrab Library every Friday at 2pm. This is an opportunity to learn more about our beautiful independent Library and […]

  • Wed 12

    Library Talks l “Three Nicholson Women” (Edie and daughters Anne and Liza) with Tim Newman

    12/11/2025 @ 14:00 - 15:00

    Our next Library talk will be with Tim Newman, as he discusses "Three Nicholson Women (Edie and daughters Anne and Liza)". This will take place in the Reading Room from 2pm-3pm on Wednesday 12th November. Focusing […]

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The Morrab Library, Morrab Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 4DA
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There's "always something interesting" for sale on There's "always something interesting" for sale on our secondhand bookshelf in the Library. At the moment we have lots of fantastic pamphlets in the Cornwall section of the shelf. Pop in to browse gems including 'Always Something Interesting: Aspects of History in Stithians" and 'Walks on Bodmin Moor'. 

#secondhandbooks #loveyourlibrary #independentlibraries #cornwallhistory #cornwallbook
Every week on #photofriday we are sharing an image Every week on #photofriday we are sharing an image from our #photoarchive of a view from the coast of Penwith in celebration of our community walking challenge, #MilesForTheMorrab..

Here is the view across Porthmeor Beach to St Ives island. This photo from our archive was taken in 1955. The Island is the destination of ‘Section 8: Zennor to St Ives (The Island / Harbour)’

There’s still time to join the walkers and take part in the campaign. Please donate if you can, via the link in our bio (or you can search on your browser for www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/miles-for-the-morrab)

Photo reference: HARB 14HF 080

#MilesForTheMorrab #TheMorrabLibrary #Crowdfunding #Penzance #WestPenwith #Cornwall #CommunityFundraising
There’s still time to pop your name into the hat f There’s still time to pop your name into the hat for George Brendon’s his book, 'Haile Selassie: The West Country Years'. It examines the places in the West Country visited by Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia during his exile in Bath in the 1930s after the Italians invaded his country.

These locations include Penzance, Zennor, Hartland, Torquay, Exeter, Plymouth, and many others.

Please email enquiries@morrablibrary.org.uk before Wednesday 16th September to be entered into the ballot for a ticket.

#librarytalks #libraryevents #historytalks
When you're next visiting the Library make sure to When you're next visiting the Library make sure to pop upstairs to see the latest display in our exhibition case. 

This month we are showcasing one of the rare books in our collection: Conrad Gesner (1516–1565), ‘Historia Animalium’, 2nd edition, 1617-1620. Volumes 1 and 2.

 This large volume comprises two of a set of five written by Swiss naturalist Conrad Gesner. Through these books, Gesner became the first naturalist to attempt to describe all the known animals (and some unknown) of the world, even though he would not have seen the majority of them in the flesh. You can read more about Gesner in this blog post (link in bio).

#conradgesner #naturalhistory #librarytreasures #librarybooks
With your donation to our #MilesForTheMorrab you c With your donation to our #MilesForTheMorrab you could…

💡 Buy the library a new rechargeable reading lamp to help our readers (and their eyesight!) particularly during the gloomier winter months. 

🛍️Buy yourself a Library tote bag to fill with books to borrow.

🗞️ Purchase a journal subscription for the library

Please donate if you can, via the link in our bio (or you can search on your browser for www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/miles-for-the-morrab)

#MilesForTheMorrab #TheMorrabLibrary #Crowdfunding #Penzance #WestPenwith #Cornwall #CommunityFundraisin
We have recently updated the talks recordings page We have recently updated the talks recordings page on our website (link in bio). 

New to watch is @jcalderbank.illustration's talk: ‘King Arthur’s Folklore in Kernow’. 

Artist and writer, James Calderbank’s talk takes you on a journey through Cornwall and the landscape that inspired Arthurian legends.

Here’s a selection of books about King Arthur from the folklore section in our Cornish collection. 

#arthurianlegend #folklore #arthurandmerlin #arthurinkernow #librarytalks #libraryevents
All through September, Morrab Members, friends, fa All through September, Morrab Members, friends, family and supporters of our Library are walking the spectacular coastline of Penwith to raise funds for the Library.

Every #photofriday we’ll be sharing an image from our #photoarchive of a view from the route. 

This magnificent headland is ‘Gurnards Head’ on the rugged north coast of Penwith, although this photo was taken around 130 years ago! This view will be spotted on ‘Section 7: Pendeen Watch to Zennor’

Please donate if you can, via the link in our bio (or you can search on your browser for www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/miles-for-the-morrab)

Photo identifier: BC.034

#MilesForTheMorrab #TheMorrabLibrary #Crowdfunding #Penzance #WestPenwith #Cornwall #CommunityFundraising #exploreyourarchive #gurnardshead
Here's a selection of the poetry collections avail Here's a selection of the poetry collections available to borrow from our children’s section full of lots of fun poems to read aloud!

#GoAllIn2026 #NationalYearOfReading2026
Have you seen @tinypenzance ’s exquisite illustrat Have you seen @tinypenzance ’s exquisite illustrated Morrab Matchbox Miniatures? 

Each one is individually crafted by local maker Tracey Harris.

Each Matchbox costs £10, and proceeds from sales will go towards the care of our beautiful library.

You can purchase these beautiful library mementoes from the Reception desk in the library, or for an additional fee, you can call us to place an order and we’ll post them out to you. Look out for them too at our Library Fairs, on sale at the Library table.

#morrablibrary #loveyourlibrary #independentlibraries #tinypenzance
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