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Tomorrow is Burns night, so to celebrate we search

Tomorrow is Burns night, so to celebrate we searched back through our archive of talks (which can be viewed on our website) and present you with the greatly missed Des Hannigan’s talk from 2022 on the poet.

Through stories and verses and a recital of the bard's famous narrative poem 'Tam o' Shanter', Des spoke about Burns being a poet of the people and the pastoral.

You can watch the talk here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98Q_O8yrwqU

#Library #Robertburns #poet #celebrate #lecture #DesHannigan #BurnsNight

The penultimate Photo Friday highlight from our Ph

The penultimate Photo Friday highlight from our Photo Archive’s ‘Working Lives’ booklet. Here are staff from the Ludgvan Dairy Milk Churns in 1930. From left to right: C.T. Angove, Iris Lamb, Clarice Jenkin, Olive Jenkin, Dorothy Harvey, Vera Trembath and Chrissie Harvey.

You can learn more about the publication here: https://shorturl.at/Q9qsT

Morrab Library Photo Archive Identifier: FARM 4.002

#Library #exploreyourarchive #photoarchive #Photofriday #Ludgvan #DairyFarming #Dairy

Did you know The Morrab Library is a registered ch

Did you know The Morrab Library is a registered charity? A donation to the Morrab Library, regular, or one off, big or small, would greatly help us. We depend on the support and generosity of our library community near and far, and all money goes towards our operating costs and help keep the Morrab Library’s doors open.

https://morrablibrary.org.uk/donate/

#Library #donate #supportus #everypennyhelps #charity

Photo credit: Ian Kingsnorth

The Library’s Relaxed Book Group, led by the lovel

The Library’s Relaxed Book Group, led by the lovely Jo Buckingham continues in 2026. The next session takes place on Tuesday 27th January from 2pm-3pm.

This friendly group is 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 on our bookshelf or simply come for tea, biscuits and company in the beautiful book-filled atmosphere of The Morrab library. Find out more on our website (link in bio).

#librarybookclub #relaxedbookclub #bookclub #libraryevents #libraryactivities #Reading

If you haven’t gotten yourself into the ballot for

Here is this week’s Photo Friday image from our ‘W

Here is this week’s Photo Friday image from our ‘Working Lives’ book, showing fishermen unmeshing fish on board a local boat in Newlyn.

You can learn more about the publication here: https://shorturl.at/Q9qsT

Morrab Library Photo Archive Identifier: FISH 12PG 082

#Library #exploreyourarchive #photoarchive #Photofriday #Newlyn #fishing

Last year we were delighted to welcome Jodie Holla

Last year we were delighted to welcome Jodie Hollander to the library as our Poet-in-Residence. A work she wrote during her time here with us, ‘The Ouija Board’, has recently been published in the Los Angeles Review of Books. You can read it here: https://shorturl.at/z2WEF

#PoetInResidence
#JodieHollander #Poetry

Need something to fend off the winter blues? An ho

Need something to fend off the winter blues? An hour or two, with a warm beverage and some of the leftover Christmas chocs? Why not dive into our Library talks archive?

There is something there for everyone, but which will you start with?

https://morrablibrary.org.uk/librarytalks/

If you can make a donation after you watch, no matter how small - it would really help the Library.

#explore #cornwall #library #talk #lecture

The Matthew Lanyon Archive is delighted to announc

The Matthew Lanyon Archive is delighted to announce a new national poetry prize, celebrating the life and creative legacy of Cornish Artist Matthew Lanyon (1951-2016).

We hold many of Matthew’s works in our book and archive collections, as well as the entire published archive of his brother, Andrew Lanyon.

You can find out more information on the poster about entry to the competition.

#explore #cornwall #library #competition #poetry

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