Events for Adults
 Tuesday 14 January, 7pm
Carnegie Library, SE24 0DG
Bookings via Eventbrite
Join Zelda to discuss her latest novel Night Shift, is love enough to fill the hole inside us? Zelda Rhiando was born in Dublin and read English Literature at Cambridge. She lives in South London with her husband, two daughters and four cats, and is one of the founders of the Brixton BookJam. She is the author of two previous novels. Event organised by the Friends of Carnegie Library.
 Monday 20 January, 7pm
Durning Library, SE11 4HF
Booking via Eventbrite
18th century Vauxhall was home to London’s premier pleasure garden, a site for popular entertainments of all kinds. Local art historian Kathy McLauchlan tells us how painters of the day, employed to create a ‘higher artistic tone’, delighted in the spectacle of London society on show. For refreshments a £3 donation is requested. Event organised by the Friends of Durning Library.
 Tuesday 21 January, 6.30pm
Brixton Library, SW2 1JQ
Booking via Eventbrite
Join editors Clive Chijioke Nwonka and Matthew Harle to discuss their fantastic new history of Arsenal Football Club. Black Arsenal is the first dedicated exploration of the club's relationship to contemporary Black identity and culture. This event is organised in partnership with Stanchion Books.
 Saturday 25 January, 2pm
Brixton Library, SW2 1JQ
Booking via Eventbrite
Join us at Brixton Library for a Zine and craft session. Make your own cut-and-paste zine, collaborate with others, write up your thoughts or just come along to get crafty! For more information email Colette: ctownend2@lambeth.gov.uk
 Monday 27 January, 6pm to 8pm
Brixton Library, SW2 1JQ
Booking via Eventbrite
Monthly meetup led by the library's Wikimedian Librarians, open to all editors, established, slightly confident and even the very new.
  Tuesday 28 January, 6.30pm
Brixton Library, SW2 1JQ
Booking via Eventbrite
Join us for an evening of great conversation to celebrate the publication of Nina Bhadreshwar’s novel, The Day of the Roaring. We’ll be exploring the Crime Fiction genre and hearing from Nina and fellow crime writers – Nadine Matheson, The Kill List and Nicola Williams Until Proven Innocent. Stella Oni will be discussing the genre tropes, cultural influences and writing processes of our three esteemed authors. Event organised in partnership with Dark Matter.
 Thursday 30 January, 6.30pm
Brixton Library, SW2 1JQ
Booking via Eventbrite
Join Keon West, in conversation with broadcaster Natasha Devon, discussing The Science of Racism, in which Professor West cuts through divisive anecdotes and rhetoric with clear, factual, rigorous science – the data that reveals truths about racism that are shocking and tragic, but also (somehow) funny and entertaining. He reveals the effects of racism on our friendships, relationships, healthcare and justice system. And he exposes the continued prevalence of racism, and the inadequacy of our many attempts to address it.
Exhibitions
 Showing from Friday 3 January
Brixton Library, SW2 1JQ
Exhibition available during Library opening hours
The RPS London CafeArt Photography Mentoring Group are delighted to be back at Brixton Library for their Annual Exhibition. This year’s exhibition includes images from fifteen members of the Group, which was started in 2015 in recognition of the talents of some of the photographers who entered CafeArt's MyLondon project.
The participants have all experienced homelessness and the group sessions, run by volunteers from the Royal Photographic Society since 2015, are a way of empowering and engaging people.
Further information: CafeArt.org.uk
 Showing from Saturday 4 January
Durning Library, SE11 4HF
Exhibition available during Library opening hours
The exposition of a lumpen statement (crudely Marxist) towards a vulgar theory of artistic production, produced in the form of a written and spoken assertion of ongoing artistic intention 2023-24.
Scuff Marks, Exhibited consists of a film of JCHP reading their text SCUFF MARKS alongside the distribution of the text in book form. The text is an attempt by JCHP to situate their practice within a dialectical context. Starting from the question: what, within the domain of art production, is being communicated other than the means of communication itself?
Collect the book by Jeffrey Charles Henry Peacock given away free during an exhibition.
 Showing until March 2025
Clapham Library, SW4 7DB
Exhibition available during Library opening hours
Clapham Library is proud to present selections from a five-year project by London-based artist Ben Chisnall, observing the lives of his fellow city dwellers, the ordinary and not-so-ordinary, all doing that most mundane and levelling of all London activities: taking the Tube. All works are painted in oil on hand-prepared wood panel. Paintings are offered for sale as listed and are sold framed.
Further information:
benchisnall@hotmail.com
Instagram: @Londoners.Underground
 Showing until 23 January
Lambeth Archives, SW2 1ET
Exhibition available during Archive opening hours
The Endz Game - You've been framed exhibition comprises photography by JetBlakInk, the publisher of Waiting2XHair Zine.
iCha has been documenting Brixton since 2013, attempting to capture the good, the bad, and the ugly, in order to get a fuller picture of the particular moment in the history of the area. The 'end game' being to produce a coffee table sized book of around four hundred pages as a kind of legacy to my nearly fifty years as a Brixton resident. |
|
Events for Children and Young People and Families
 Join us in Lambeth Libraries to be part of the Winter Mini Challenge, a free online digital challenge encouraging children between the ages of 4 to 11 years to keep up their reading habits over the winter months. Participants just sign up online to take part. Children read three or more books of their own choice and add them to their Challenge website profile. Reaching their online reading goal will unlock a limited-edition virtual badge and a special Winter Mini Challenge certificate to print off and keep. There are videos, fun games and activities children can play when they join the online Challenge.
The challenge runs until 20 February.
 Fridays from January to April
West Norwood Library, SE27 9JX
Booking via Website
Join us for these new exiting opportunities for 11 to 15 year-olds. Starting on Fridays in January through to April, The Dream BiG Performing Arts bring two programmes where young people can express themselves through either music or drama whilst coming together to have fun and develop key personal and social skills. Both projects will integrate to produce a short film around the important subject of Joint Enterprise/Guilty by Association to educate our youth about the law. Through this exciting project, all participants will develop important transferable life, personal and social skills, team and leadership skills together with self-confidence/worth, resilience and a change mindset to positive outlooks; and networking opportunities to professional sources and inspirational role models to help open doors!
Dream BiG Music Creation Workshop, Fridays, 5.15pm to 6.30pm
Dream BiG Urban Films Club, Fridays, 6.45pm to 8pm
Please register for one of these exciting projects by completing this registration form. If you have any enquiries, please contact us either by telephone on 0208 676 3480 or email info@bigcic.org
 Monday 27 January, 10am
Online. Booking via Website
To mark Holocaust Memorial Day, The National Literacy Trust and children's author Tom Palmer will host a live event to support young people’s literacy skills while helping them learn about the past. We hope to inspire children to work toward a future where hatred and persecution are challenged. Award-winning writer, Tom Palmer, author of After The War, will be joined by Holocaust survivor Alfred Garwood and child survivor Antoinette Mutabazi.
Age suitability: 11 to 14.
 Tuesdays, 4pm. Brixton Library
Wednesdays, 4pm. West Norwood Library
Third Monday of each month, 4pm. Minet Library
Last Monday of each month, 4pm.
Carnegie Library
Calling all book-loving youngsters aged 7 to 11: come and chatter, get involved in fun and creative activities and choose new books to read.
Other Library Activities
 Tuesday 14 January, 6.30pm to 7.30pm
Brixton Library, SW2 1JQ
Tickets from £17.28
Booking via Eventbrite
Discover the transformative power of sound with Sound Rescue’s calming sound bath experience. No experience needed - simply lay back and listen! This immersive session uses soothing gong vibrations to release tension, quiet the mind, and restore balance. Relax, recharge, and enjoy a moment of stillness in a nurturing, stress-free space.
 Sunday 26 January, 2pm
Clapham Library, SW4 7DB
Are you fascinated by the mysteries of the human mind -- what drives love, success, failure, conflict, and the unconscious beliefs that shape your destiny? If so, the London Psychology Reading Group is your perfect home.
Each month, we gather at Clapham Library to debate a fascinating psychology or personal development book. No need to be a psychologist to join—just a genuine curiosity about the mind and a desire to connect, learn, and grow. To book and further information, email Morgan Ereku.
 Friday 31 January, 10.30am to 2pm
Brixton Library, SW2 1JQ
Booking via WhatsApp
A WhatsApp community for mothers, based in Lambeth and Southwark, who have experienced maternal wellbeing challenges. Join a supportive community WhatsApp Group to receive daily creative prompts throughout January. Build connections, community and a boost in wellbeing.
Join the workshop at Brixton Library to connect with other mums in your community who have experienced maternal wellbeing challenges.
 Every Wednesday
Minet Library, SE5 9QY
Booking via Eventbrite
Have you ever wanted to learn how to knit or crochet? Perhaps you've got the basics down but are looking to improve? Or maybe you just want to knit with some company. Why not join us on Wednesday mornings. Yarn, knitting and crochet needles provided but do bring your own if you have them! All levels welcome.
From our Friends
 The Brixton Immortals Domino Club (BIDC) is inviting schools across Lambeth to take part in our 2025 Inter-School Domino Introduction Project. Our team will teach pupils the skills and strategies of domino playing and organise an exciting summer tournament, hosted by the Lambeth Mayor in Summer 2025.
Don’t miss this chance to bring fun, strategy, critical thinking and teamwork to your school.
For more information, contact: Clifton Oddman,Planning & Events Coordinator
Tel: 07956 338 419
Email: Brixtonimmortals@yahoo.com
 Closing date 31 May
The Bridport Prize unlocks the hidden talent of older writers who often struggle to be seen, despite a wealth of experience, creativity and stories to tell. This award is championed by best selling author Kit de Waal who found stellar success later in life and London Literary Agency, AM Heath. Find out more here.
 AgeUK Lambeth have a new Hospital Discharge volunteering service and would love your help and time. The role is to support patients transitioning from hospital to home, ensuring their discharge is safe, smooth, and successful. It will play a key role in helping individuals regain independence, prevent readmission, and access community resources.
To volunteer for AgeUk Lambeth, register here. |
