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  • December 2017

  • Thu 21

    Library closes at 4pm for Christmas holidays

    21/12/2017 @ 16:00
    Morrab Library

    Re-opening Wednesday 3rd January 2018. Happy holidays!

  • Fri 22

    LIBRARY CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS

    22/12/2017 - 02/01/2018
    Morrab Library

    Re-opening Wednesday 3rd  January 2018

  • January 2018

  • Wed 3

    Library re-opens at 10am

    03/01/2018
    Morrab Library
  • Wed 10

    John Potter: Beekeeping in the St Just area

    10/01/2018 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    Life of the honeybee, food sources, inside the hive, the honey harvest.

    Free
  • February 2018

  • Sat 3

    Michael Bird talk: ‘Vincent’s Starry Night & Other Stories’

    03/02/2018 @ 10:30 - 11:30
    Morrab Library

    An invitation to join author Michael Bird at Morrab Library on Saturday 3rd February, from 10.30am, talking about his new book 'Vincent's Starry Night and Other Stories'. This is a free event - families, children & adults are all welcome

    Free
  • Wed 14

    WINTER LECTURE: Dr Innes McCartney – Jutland 1916: The archeology of a naval battlefield

    14/02/2018 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library

    February's Winter Lecture

    Free
  • March 2018

  • Mon 5

    Morrab Library AGM

    05/03/2018 @ 14:00 - 15:00
  • Wed 14

    June Applebee: A Librarian on the QE2

    14/03/2018 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library
    Free
  • Mon 26

    Pop-up Shop

    26/03/2018 @ 09:30 - 31/03/2018 @ 17:00
    Market Jew Street

    We will be hosting a pop-up shop on Market Jew Street in Penzance to promote the library. Books for sale, photographs and membership information.

  • Fri 30

    GOOD FRIDAY – LIBRARY CLOSED

    30/03/2018
    Morrab Library

    Happy Easter

  • Sat 31

    EASTER SATURDAY – LIBRARY CLOSED

    31/03/2018
    Morrab Library

    Happy Easter

  • April 2018

  • Wed 11

    PREMIERE Film Screening: Timothy Neat – Europa 2017: The Inkblot Test

    11/04/2018 @ 19:30 - 21:30
    The Acorn Theatre

    At The Acorn Theatre, Penzance. A film by the award winning Cornish film-maker Timothy Neat addressing worldwide cultural and political issues in a time of crisis, through drawings, painting and other images. Scripted by Tim Neat and the late John Berger and commissioned for venues in London, France, Italy and Scotland, the film's Penzance screening […]

    £7
  • Sat 14

    Talk: Lizzie Neville – Conservation Collaborations:  How conservators support librarians, archivists and owners with collection care issues.

    14/04/2018 @ 11:00 - 12:30
    Morrab Library

    Lizzie Neville of Pz Conservation: Talk - Conservation Collaborations: How conservators support librarians, archivists and owners with collection care issues  Ranging from intricate book conservation through to controlling mould outbreaks and moving whole archives, conservators contribute to protecting our tangible history.  Local book conservator, Lizzie Neville ACR will explain what conservators can do and what […]

    Free
  • Mon 16

    CAN Meeting

    16/04/2018 @ 13:00 - 16:00
    Morrab Library

    Cornwall Archives Network meeting    

  • Wed 25

    Lecture: Clive Charlton – Ten Amazing Days: Napoleon in Plymouth Sound

    25/04/2018 @ 14:00 - 15:30
    Morrab Library
  • May 2018

  • Tue 8

    Writer in Residence – Steph Haxton

    08/05/2018 @ 10:00 - 18/05/2018 @ 16:00
    Morrab Library

    Writer in Residence: Steph Haxton Historian, author and illustrator. Steph's particular interests lie with 16th & 17th century social history. Cornwall during the Civil War is an ongoing research area. Author of the Pendennis Trilogy: Exposed to All Villainies, A Cord of Three Strands & To Untie a Sealed Knot. Steph will be working in the library […]

    Free
  • Thu 10

    Steph Haxton Talk – Writing the Past, Historical Fiction in Cornwall

    10/05/2018 @ 14:00 - 15:00
    Morrab Library
    Free
  • Sun 13

    Bicentenary Celebration Lunch at the Union Hotel

    13/05/2018 @ 13:00 - 15:00
    The Union Hotel 1 Chapel Street, Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom

    We are now taking bookings for the Bicentenary Celebration Lunch at the Union Hotel on Sun 13th May. This will be a wonderful opportunity to gather faces from the past and present of the Morrab's story, and we are delighted to welcome A.N. Wilson as our special guest.  The celebration will be held in the historic Trafalgar […]

    £19.50
  • Mon 14

    Penzance Jewish Cemetery Tour – Keith Pearce

    14/05/2018 @ 14:30 - 16:00

    Tour of Penzance Jewish Cemetery, led by Keith Pearce. A rare chance to view this unique piece of Penzance's history. Numbers are limited and ADVANCE BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL. To make sure of a place, please e-mail annround@blue-earth.co.uk by WED 9th MAY. Keith Pearce is author of The Jews in Cornwall: A History (Somerset: Hallsgrove Publishing, 2014)

    Free
  • Fri 18

    Creative Writing Workshop for Adults: Writing Historical Fiction with Steph Haxton

    18/05/2018 @ 13:30 - 15:30
    Morrab Library

    The Morrab Library is the venue for this workshop which will use history as inspiration for creative writing. Author and historian Steph Haxton will share ideas for getting the past onto the page. Using the atmospheric surroundings, artefacts & imagination our Writer in Residence 2018 will help you find your' Muse' to pen the past, his- […]

    £10
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Will you be joining us on Friday for our free tour Will you be joining us on Friday for our free tour? Find out about the beautiful building we call home, the Library's history in Penzance and more!

Just drop in to the library to join this free guided tour - Friday 12th June.

#Library #librarytour #Loveyourlibrary #LovePenzance
With #Golowan starting this month - one of our fav With #Golowan starting this month - one of our favourite festive times in Penzance- we thought we would explore our collections for some information on its origins. William #Borlase, in his 1754 book, ‘Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall’, describes some of the festivities back then:

“In Cornwall, the Festival Fires, call’d Bonfires, are kindled on the Eve of St. John the Baptist, and St. Peter’s Day, and Midsummer is thence, in the Cornish tongue, call’d Goluan, which signifies both Light, and Rejoicing. At these Fires the Cornish attend with lighted torches, tarr’d and pitch’d at the end, and make perambulations round their Fires, and go from village to village carrying  their torches before them.” 

 @go_all_in_2026
#NationalYearOfReading2026 #WilliamBorlase #Penzance
Volunteer’s Week is drawing to a close, and while Volunteer’s Week is drawing to a close, and while our 72 volunteers may be a little camera-shy, we cannot sing their praises from the rooftops highly enough!

Without them, putting it bluntly, there would be no Morrab Library. They bring the hard work, commitment, and joy to our special place.

An enormous thank you to each and every one of you!

#VolunteersWeek #Volunteering #Thankyou #SupportYourLibrary #GivingBack
With the start of Summer, our Photo Fridays theme With the start of Summer, our Photo Fridays theme for June is Holidays!

Here's the Watergate Bay Hotel near Newquay. 

Opening in 1900, the hotel was originally built in anticipation of a new railway that never happened. After serving as an RAF officers' mess in WWII, it was purchased by the Ashworth family in 1967. 

Has anyone ever stayed here?

Photo Archive Identifier: AEJ.140

#Library #exploreyourarchive #photoarchive #Newquay #Cornwall #hotel #holiday #WatergateBay #Summer #Seaside
On the 18th March, we welcomed Tom Greeves as he d On the 18th March, we welcomed Tom Greeves as he delivered a fascinating talk about Dartmoor poet and playwright, Mark Beeson.

You can find the talk recording on our link in bio.

#Library #lecture #librarytalk
#books #dartmoor #MarkBeeson
During Pride Month, we welcome Dr. Paul Taylor-McC During Pride Month, we welcome Dr. Paul Taylor-McCartney to discuss his new book 'Cornwall Uncharted: Mapping Cornwall’s Queer History of Concealment, Culture and Creativity', and the research journey behind it. 

In conversation with Gareth D. L. Rees, Paul explores how Cornwall’s towns, coves, chapels, studios and lanes shaped the ways queer lives could be lived, hidden and expressed across four centuries.

Enter the ballot to apply for tickets, link in bio.

#Librarytalk #QueerCornwall #CornishHistory #LibraryEvents
The prizes for our Summer Fair raffle on 20th June The prizes for our Summer Fair raffle on 20th June are brilliant, with first prize being this beautiful print from local artist and member, @sarahbellart_pz , who has generously donated this framed hand-drawn print of Penzance - you can even spot the library on it! 

Our friends at @penleeparktheatre have donated tickets to one of their shows, and @barton_books are supporting us again with a prize. There is also a very generous voucher donated by the beautiful @circa21pz shop in Market Jew Street, and with tickets only £1 a strip, it’s definitely worth joining us to enter the raffle alone! 

We hope to see you there.
#SummerFair #LovePenzance #SupportYourLibrary #SupportLocal
There's a new exhibition in our display case on th There's a new exhibition in our display case on the first floor. 

'Notable Appellations' showcases famous signatures from the archives collections, and features letters from #Wordsworth, #CharlotteBronte, #Shackleton, #Gladstone and more. 

Drop in when you can to come and have a look. You can also read our blog about the display through the link in bio.

#LibraryExhibition #LovePenzance #HistoricCollections #ExploreYourArchive #Autographs
A little bit of nautical terminology for our final A little bit of nautical terminology for our final Photo Friday of May.

‘Tucking a pilchard seine’ was when an exceptionally large catch was netted. The "tucker" was a smaller net used to keep the bulk of the catch in the main net (centre of picture) whilst the rest of the catch was carted away. This was reputedly one of the biggest "landings" recorded in this area, in the 1920s.

Photo Archive Identifier: FISH 8.007

#Library #exploreyourarchive #photoarchive #fishing #Cornwall #nautical #pilchard
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