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Waltham Forest Libraries Newsletter
Our new library portal will make your online experience even simpler, with library resources and services just a click away.
The new portal makes the process of renewing and reserving books easier than ever, while also giving you the ability to search if a library holds a specific book.
Our website shows clearly which library resources you have access to as a library member.
 Celebrate Black History Month with us and get some of your holiday shopping done early this year at the upcoming Pop-up Market hosted by S.A.S.B Events in the BIPC Local Waltham Forest on the ground floor of Leytonstone Library on Friday 21 and Saturday 22 October between 10am and 6pm.
Our library benefit of the month is Ancestry.com. By being a library member, you will have access to Ancestry.com free of charge, giving access to censuses dating back to 1841.
Through the website you can also search by first and last name which will give you access to a collection of results giving you information on your history.
Key records for family history research include: censuses; birth, marriage and death records; street directories, telephone directories, school and military lists.
Chingford Library
Special Events
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Diwali Celebration: Monday 24 October, 4pm to 5pm
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John O’Leary Art Workshop: Tuesday 25 October, 11am to 1pm
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Halloween Crafts Family Event: Monday 31 October, 3.30pm to 4.30pm
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Remembrance day Craft: Friday 11 November, 3.30pm to 4.30pm
Daily Events
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Conversation Club: Every Monday, 1.30pm to 2.45pm
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Story & Rhyme Time: Every Monday & Thursday, 11am to 11.30am
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Chess Club Every Friday, 9.30am to 11am
Hale End Library
Special Events
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Diwali Celebration Craft: Saturday 22 October, 11am to 12pm
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John O’Leary Art Workshop: Tuesday 25 October, 3pm to 5pm
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Black History Month Interactive Storytelling with Eunice: Friday 28 October, 11am to 12.15pm
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Halloween Crafts Family Event: Saturday 29 October, 11am to 12pm
Daily Events
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Story & Rhyme Time: Every Wednesday, 10.30am to 11am
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Breastfeeding support group: Fridays 10.30am to 12pm (note the group runs 3 Fridays per month, term time only)
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Crafts Sessions: Every Saturday, 11am to 12pm
Higham Hill Library
Special Events
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World Singing Day, Storytelling Jungle Playing Hide & Seek: Monday 17 October, 4pm to 5pm
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John O’Leary Art Workshop: Monday 24 October, 3pm to 5pm
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Halloween Crafts Family Event: Thursday 27 October, 3.30pm to 4.30pm
Daily Events
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Story & Rhyme Time: Mondays & Thursdays, 11am to 11.30am
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ICT Drop-in: Mondays, 4pm to 5pm; Fridays, 2pm to 3pm
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Chess Club: Thursdays, 4pm to 5pm
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Craft Sessions: Mondays, 3pm to 4pm; Thursdays, 3.30pm to 4.30pm; Saturdays, 2pm to 3pm
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Toy Library: Fridays, 11am to 12pm
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Adult Puzzle Club: Saturdays, 11am to 12pm
Lea Bridge Library
Lea Bridge Library has a wide range of events for children and adults every day, from regular craft sessions to adult yoga classes. Wednesday morning is full of learning through play for preschoolers in our Stay and Play sessions; and weekday mornings are full of laughter, reading and songs through our Stories and Songs and Rhyme Time sessions. Sensory Rhyme Time is a very popular event every Friday at 11am.
Leyton Library
Special events
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World Singing Day and Musical with Emily Hanna Grazerbrook: Tuesday 18 October, 4pm to 5pm
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Diwali celebration: Friday 21 October, 4pm to 5pm
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Black History Month Vanessa J Taylor Storytelling: Saturday 22 October, 2pm to 3pm
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John O’Leary Art Workshop: Thursday 27 October, 3pm to 5pm
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Black History Month with Lydia “Poem”: Thursday 27 October, 5.30pm to 6.30pm
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Free help to quit smoking right Waltham Forest coming soon at Leyton Library: a free stop smoking is available to people who live and work in Waltham Forest provided by the Queen Mary University of London. To speak to an advisor call 020 7882 8230/0800 1691 943 or email clinicbookings@qmul.ac.uk.
Daily Events
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English conversation: Every Monday, 5.15pm to 6.15pm; Adults only (this is a term-time session)
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Family Games Club: Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
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Duplo Club (for Lego fans aged 5 to 12): Every Tuesday, 11am to 12pm
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ESOL Advice for English learners: Every Wednesday, 10am to 1pm
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ICT drop-in session: Every Wednesday, 5.30pm to 6.30pm; every Thursday, 9.30am to 10.30am
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Puzzle Club: Every Thursday, 4pm to 5pm
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Out of the Box Crafts for children aged 5 to 12: Every Thursday, 2pm to 3pm
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Trash to Treasure: last Thursday of the month, 5.30pm to 6.45pm: bring along your recycled materials and let’s research how we can recycle them to be useful items.
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French Rhyme and Storytelling: Every Friday, 11am to 11.30am, with our wonderful staff member Aicha, learning new and traditional songs.
Leytonstone Library
Daily Events
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Rhyme Time: Mondays to Fridays, 11am to 11.30am
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Crafts Session: Every Wednesday, from 11.30am
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Story Time: Every Monday, Wednesday & Friday, from 4.30pm
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Junior Film Club: Every Sunday, from 1pm
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Adult Mindfulness Colouring: Every Tuesday, from 4pm
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Adult Film Club: First Friday of the month, from 2pm
Social Events
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Adult Tai Chi Classes (NEW): Fridays at 11:30am
- An ongoing exhibition by Waltham Forest Twinning Association celebrating Black History Month
Good News Stories
- Local councillors will be hosting additional surgeries/coffee mornings for local residents every Friday throughout November and the first two weeks of December.
- Three class visits by local Leytonstone schools will take place throughout October, a great introduction for children to the library service.
- Leytonstone currently has two regular volunteers and will be looking to recruit more in the future.
Walthamstow Library
Special Events
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John O’Leary Art Workshop: Wednesday 26 October, 11am to 1pm
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Halloween Crafts Family Event: Friday 28 October, 3.30pm to 4.30pm
Daily Events
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Story & Rhyme Time: Every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 11am to 11.30am
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Library Online Resources Club: Every Tuesday, 11am to 12pm
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Conversation Club: Every Wednesday, 9.45am to 11am
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Basic Computer Club: Every Wednesday, 3pm to 4pm
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Mindful Colouring: Every Thursday, 2pm to 3pm
Wood Street Library
Special Events
Daily Events
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Conversation Club: Every Monday, 9am to 10am
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Rhyme Time: Mondays to Fridays, 11am to 11.30am
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Tots & Toys: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11am to 12pm
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Reading Group: Every third Monday of the month, 2pm to 4pm
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Senior Tea Club: Every Tuesday, 10am to 12pm
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Mindful Colouring for Adults: Every Sunday, 1pm to 3pm
For full details of upcoming daily and special events, please visit the Waltham Forest Libraries Eventbrite page by clicking the link below. Remember to follow the page so you don't miss any future events & activities.
Top Three Adult Fiction
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The Bullet that Missed by Richard Osman
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Picture You Dead by Peter James
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Next in Line by Jeffrey Archer
Top Three Adult Non-Fiction
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One by Jamie Oliver
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Tap to Tidy at Pickle Cottage by Stacey Solomon
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Diddly Squat: 'Til the Cows Come Home by Adam Kay
Top Five Children’s
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Spaceboy by David Walliams
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The Dinosaur that Pooped Halloween! by Tom Fletcher
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Baddies by Julia Donaldson
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Peppa's Magical Halloween by Lauren Holowaty
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Peekaboo Pumpkin by Camilla Reed
Upcoming events being hosted through the Business & IP Centre (BIPC) Local and with our brilliant partners:
Get It Done: Set Up Your Business as a Limited Company
Monday 17 October, 2pm to 3.30pm
How to Write Winning Grant Applications
Tuesday 18 October, 10am to 1pm
The Sustainable Start-up: tips and tricks for starting your business right
Thursday 20 October, 9.30am to 11am
Group Coaching Series: Communication
Thursday 27 October, 8.30am to 10am
Final Fridays Networking for Waltham Forest Businesses
Friday 28 October, 5.30pm to 7pm
Further information about the BIPC can be found on the Waltham Forest website or the BIPC Instagram page. More information about the Elevate Programme (for start-ups and scale-ups) can be found on the Elevate website.
Residents of Walthamstow, Higham Hill and surrounding areas within Waltham Forest are now able to register their child’s birth every Friday from 9am to 5pm at Walthamstow Children & Family Centre. Birth registrations are on an appointment basis and you can make yours by visiting our website, where you can also get information on what documentation will be required on the day.
Alternatively, we offer birth registrations throughout the day at Walthamstow and Leytonstone libraries from Monday to Saturday.
Did you know that we have rooms to hire in Waltham Forest Libraries for conferences, meetings, parties, craft events - and much more?
Find out more information about booking library spaces on our new library portal.
 Lea Bridge, Wood Street and Walthamstow cafes are open for business with a range of coffees, cakes and snakes to tempt you. Library members also receive a discount! Opening hours are:
- Monday to Friday: 10am to 6pm
- Saturday: 10am to 5pm
- Sunday: 10am to 4pm
In September we celebrated Roald Dahl Day with storytelling events through out the borough and craft sessions. Hannah Need, storyteller, ran events in conjunction with National Literacy Day. The following feedback was sent by Hannah Need for Lea Bridge Library:
“It was lovely working with you. Your library has a wonderful atmosphere, you and your colleagues made me feel so welcome and it was lovely to see how well you know so many of the children and their families”
"Volunteering has been a big part of my life ever since I was in my home country Bulgaria.
Seeing the offer on the Waltham Forest Borough`s newspaper that they are looking for volunteers who would like to help in the borough`s libraries was another cause that I knew I wanted to be part of.
The reason to take part in that amazing program was that I wanted to pursue a career in librarianship and the public sector. That is because libraries are a very essential part from our lives. Libraries are not only places where we can borrow books from and get access to computers.
The volunteering in Wood Street library has taught me so many new things that prepared me to successfully land a role as a customer service and business support officer in the North Chingford library. Now as a part of the team I am looking forward to showing people what a wonderful and beneficial place the library can be and be there for our customers to provide support and enjoy our time together.
I strongly encourage everyone who has the passion for helping and wants to learn some new skills and get experience in working as a part of a library to come and join our volunteering service."
 We want to hear from as many residents as possible, on their views about our waste and recycling collections.
Whether you live in a flat or house, rent or own – we want to hear how we can support you to recycle more and improve our collections.
Paper copies of the survey are available at every library, or you can complete it online.
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