Your chance to discover more about Merton's heritage
Saturday 17 August sees the return of the ever popular Merton Heritage Discovery Day. Organised by Merton Heritage Service, this is the largest heritage event in the borough and is a free showcase for Merton's colourful past.
The 2024 event will be bigger than ever, with nearly 40 organisations taking part. The event features guided walks, children's craft workshops, displays, drawing and printing workshops, quizzes, story box sessions and stalls from Merton museums, artists, heritage and community groups.
This year you can also learn about Wimbledon Speedway, meet players from AFC Wimbledon and take a selfie with the F A Cup.
There is also a varied series of talks covering everything from Victorian Mitcham and African culture, to textile art, Merton's faith community, journalist Richardson Evans, the Wimbledon Society and the centenary of Motspur Park Station. We will also be celebrating the 30th anniversary of Merton Heritage Centre.
The Discovery Day will take place at Morden Library and the Civic Centre from 10.30 to 4.30 on 17 August.
The main event is open to all. Pre-booking is required for the talks, drawing and story box sessions. We may allow walk-ins on the day, subject to the available space.
Summer Reading Challenge
Summer Reading Challenge is now in full swing! Over 400 children have already signed up. All you have to do is read 6 books over the summer holidays and pop into your library along the way to pick up rewards. All those completing the challenge will get a medal and certificate and be entered into a prize draw, for your chance to win one of the fantastic prizes on offer!
Thank you to all our fantastic sponsors!
Manga comes to Merton!
Mitcham Library 29 & 30 July
Wimbledon Library 31 & 1 August
Award-winning artist Sonia Leong returns to Merton with a series of workshops on the art of Manga for young people aged 11 -14 and 15 - 19 years old.
Learn how to create your own characters, try out different drawing techniques and master the iconic Manga look.
In partnership with Merton Libraries, we're offering a limited number of free tickets to residents in postcodes CR4, CR7, SM3 and SM4.
General tickets cost £25 for two sessions and include a copy of Sonia's book Beginning Manga
Find out more and to book...
Merton Big Read 2024
Join the Merton Big Read our borough-wide reading group. This year’s Merton Big Read title is the award winning Brooklyn by the Irish Laureate for Fiction, Colm Tóibín.
Brooklyn is now available to borrow in paperback, e-book and audiobook, across Merton Libraries.
Pick up your copy and get reading! And when you're done, share the story with friends, family, neighbours – and remember they can borrow a copy too!
For more information, upcoming events and offers...
Summer Read Recommendations...
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The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
A boy meets a girl. The past meets the future. A finger meets a trigger. The beginning meets the end. England is forever. England must fall.
In the near future, a disaffected civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious new government ministry gathering 'expats' from across history to test the limits of time-travel.
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The Unwedding by Ally Condie
Ellery Wainwright is alone at the edge of the world. She and her husband, Luke, were supposed to spend their twentieth wedding anniversary together at the luxurious Resort at Broken Point in Big Sur, California. Where better to celebrate a marriage, a family, and a life together than at one of the most stunning places on earth? But now she's traveling solo.
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Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Best friends and sisters, the four Padavano girls bring loving chaos to their close-knit Italian American neighbourhood. William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much less love him. So, when he meets the spirited and ambitious Julia Padavano, it's as if the world has lit up around him.
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