20x12: Top events in Libraries
Did you know that there are thousands of events in Westminster Libraries & Archives every year?
Throughout this year, we're highlighting 20 events per month, from some of our regular staples (storytimes and book groups) to one-off specials. May is the month for Adult Learners' Week, and for the build up to the Diamond Jubilee.
This is just a taster – for full listings visit the News & events page and follow us on Twitter.
| When in May? | What's happening? | Where? (& more info) |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Writing Workshop: Way With Words with Carol Burnes, renowned US word coach, poet, and storyteller | Marylebone Library |
| 13 | Healthy History Walk through Soho to Covent Garden - discover the area’s colourful but chequered past | Charing Cross Library |
| 14 | Adult Learners’ Week: From making henna to social networking, come and join a variety of workshops. Free and open to all. | Church Street Library |
| 15 (Exhibition from 11 May) |
Adult Learners’ Week: Art taster workshop by Westminster Adults Education Service (WAES) and exhibition by local artists | St John's Wood Library |
| 14 | Are you a keen writer? Interested in being published? | Victoria Library |
| 14 | Play Reading Group | Maida Vale Library |
| 15 | Tiny Tots | Marylebone Library |
| 15 | What’s your elevator pitch? Workshop presented by Amber Raney-Kincade | Westminster Reference Library |
| 16 | Under 5s sessions | Mayfair Library |
| 17 | Find out more about Open University courses at this drop in session | Westminster Reference Library |
| 17 | Readers Group: Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist | Maida Vale Library |
| 18 | Reading Group: Sixty Glorious Years. A review of books about modern Royalty | Paddington Library |
| 22 | Over 50s 'Share a Book' Group | Queen's Park Library |
| 23 | Maybe it’s time you started your own business? Business workshop presented in partnership with Paddington Development Trust | Pimlico Library |
| 26 | Confused by your new machine? Free laptop surgery drop in sessions | Marylebone Library |
| 29 | Reading Group: Purple Hibiscus, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Mayfair Library |
| 30 | Play, read and sing in Cantonese | Charing Cross Library |
| 30 | CV advice sessions | Westminster Reference Library |
| 31 | New Reading Group: Come and meet the group to discover good reads, have a cup of tea and make new friends, open to all | Victoria Library |
| 31 | JUBILEE! Start your celebrations for The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with Westminster Music Library | Westminster Music Library |
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