Join Karen Lorenz as she talks about her artist residency at the Morrab Library during the Penzance Art Festival, running throughout June. Karen regards her residency as playing with purpose. In her talk, she reflects on the creative process and how ideas first appear and take shape. ‘It is alive if you are’ illustrates the […]

We had such a lovely day at the Spring Fair that we're doing it all again! To celebrate the start of Golowan Week festivities, Morrab Library is hosting its annual Summer Fete on Saturday 18th June from 10am - 2pm. Come and enjoy the summer sunshine with a variety of new craft stalls, more historic […]

Formerly philosophy was the preserve of PhDs and the intellectually precocious, until now. In this half-day course we will disinter a little of philosophy’s hermetic meaning as we unpick political philosophy, meeting Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, before exploring ethics (moral philosophy), with Immanuel Kant, J. S. Mill and Aristotle. Cost: £22 Visit darrenharper.net or […]

Join Katie Bainbridge for an introduction to the Paranormal, looking at Tarot, Divination, Ghosts and Spirits, Psychometry, Healing, and more. Running over five consecutive weeks, the first session is on Saturday 2nd July from 10.00am. Each session costs £10. Contact Katie directly to book a place.

Morrab Library is delighted to be hosting a screening of the film, Hannah More, directed and produced by our own library members Diana Taylor and Anthea Page at 1.30pm on Tuesday 5th July. The film, set in the 18th century, charts the true story of the life of Hannah More, born into poverty and then betrayed in love, who eventually became […]

Emma Farley will be running another creative journaling and mindful lettering workshop at Morrab Library. A rescheduled children’s taster session. I is £5 per child aged 5-11 (they’ll be given a notebook to get them started). Younger ones are welcome to come along free of charge and do some colouring etc. If the weather is […]

A book may always be the same, but readers change; books we read as young adults speak to us in very different ways throughout our lives. This informal talk will explore a thirty-year engagement with du Maurier’s novels, from breathless teenage reading in the school library to teaching them in a university setting, along with […]

Join author and art historian Bridget Crowley for an innovative workshop which will use the stories, history, paintings and artefacts of this historic Scottish palace to inspire your own free, creative writing. Bridget Crowley is an author and art historian, with a previous life in theatre. For many years, she has worked with students of […]

Emma Farley is a local feminist bookworm and stationery addict, encouraging women to explore the joys of reading and journaling to feel inspired, empowered and improve their mental wellbeing. Through her workshops, Emma provides an  introduction to journaling and modern calligraphy in the context of mindfulness, building self-esteem, goal setting and more, all while having fun with […]

Emma Farley is a local feminist bookworm and stationery addict, encouraging women to explore the joys of reading and journaling to feel inspired, empowered and improve their mental wellbeing. Through her workshops, Emma provides an  introduction to journaling and modern calligraphy in the context of mindfulness, building self-esteem, goal setting and more, all while having fun with […]

Two frogs are sitting on a lily pad and one of them has a stick. So begins the trials of this hapless pair whose adventures build to a brilliant conclusion. Written and illustrated by Chris Wormell. Join Morrab Library for this wonderfully funny and clever fable that both children and adults will enjoy and then […]

Join us on Thursday 4th August (weather permitting) from 11.00 till 1.00pm in the carpark at Morrab Library for our tabletop book sale. Browse a selection of second hand fiction and non-fiction titles - we can take cash or card payments. Come and pick up some summer reading and support the library at the same […]

Emma Farley is a local feminist bookworm and stationery addict, encouraging women to explore the joys of reading and journaling to feel inspired, empowered and improve their mental wellbeing. Through her workshops, Emma provides an  introduction to journaling and modern calligraphy in the context of mindfulness, building self-esteem, goal setting and more, all while having fun with […]

Join us on Thursday 11th August (weather permitting) from 11.00 till 1.00pm in the carpark at Morrab Library for our tabletop book sale. Browse a selection of second hand fiction and non-fiction titles - we can take cash or card payments. Come and pick up some summer reading and support the library at the same […]

Emma Farley is a local feminist bookworm and stationery addict, encouraging children to explore the joys of reading and journaling to feel inspired, empowered and improve their mental wellbeing.  She is running two 'Creative journaling and mindfulness' sessions for children on Saturday 13th August at 1:15-2:15 & 2:30- 3:30pm. These sessions are aimed at children […]

Captain Frank Latham designed the Jubilee Pool, that much most people know, but what else did he do for the town? Born in 1873 in Croydon he was the Borough Surveyor and Engineer for Penzance from 1899 to 1938 and during this time he was involved in many of the town’s activities. But why did […]

Another Super ‘Summer’ Storytime ‘A laugh-out-loud picture book starring a truly terrible piece of fruit.’ In this hilarious story about a really bad apple by award-winning author and polar explorer Huw Lewis Jones, a series of simple rhymes is transformed into a sequence of events that will have readers splitting their sides with laughter… Who could […]

  Taking place in the carpark at Morrab Library. (If raining then the sale will take place inside). Thursdays 18th, 25th August & 1st September 11.00am -1.00pm Browse a selection of 2nd-hand fiction & non-fiction titles. We accept cash or card. Come and pick up some summer reading and support the library at the same […]