On Wednesday 4th May at 2pm, Dr Lynne Jones will give a talk in the Reading Room discussing the migrant experience, documented in her book The Migrant Diaries, which is available to borrow from the library. Her book is dedicated to "all those forced to leave the place they call home" and bears essential witness to the refugee crises of France, Greece, Italy and […]
Our annual Spring Fair is back! Celebrate the season with us and support the library at the same time! We'll have lovely craft stalls, plants, books and historic photos for sale, a raffle and a tombola! Our much-loved refreshments room will return with tempting home-made cakes and other goodies available to enjoy. We look forward […]
Join us for our next talk on Wednesday 18th May with Maggi Livingstone and Melisa Morse, who will introduce us to four remarkable women: Violetta Thurstan - 1879 -1978 WWI heroine, linguist, writer of both fact and fiction, traveller and weaver. Grace Pettman Pout - 1870-1952 Preacher, writer of 50 novels & 270 short stories, who began her […]
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. She will be running some taster creative wellbeing workshops at the library on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd May, providing an introduction to journaling and modern […]
Join Major Hugo White for a talk in the Morrab Library Reading Room about the Normandy landings. Hugo White was born into a military family and grew up in India. He joined the army when he was 18 and started his career with The Coldstream Guards and trained at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. In 1950 […]
In the Coronation Year 1953 and into 1954, the Queen, accompanied by the Duke, set off on a round-the-world trip that took in the Commonwealth. As the Royal yacht Britannia was not ready they used a chartered British ship- the Gothic. Andrew Bell's talk presents the story of this voyage using historic images. We will […]
Local artist Karen Lorenz is the Morrab Library's artist-in-residence during the Penzance Festival of Art, running throughout June. As part of her tenure, Karen is offering a workshop to create a small hand sewn notebook with a paper flat back cover. You'll begin with the fundamentals of book binding, understanding about paper grain and the hand tools […]
Emma Farley will be running another creative journaling and mindful lettering workshop at Morrab Library. Emma will be running the combined taster sessions (for those who missed the first taster session last month) from 1.15-2.15pm, and a modern calligraphy session for those who have already attended a taster from 2.30-3.30pm. Taster sessions will stay at […]