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So proud of Lewisham Libraries - such a well deserved winner of *Library of the Year 2025* in London! This award is a real testament to the passion & dedication of all of our staff, volunteers, and community partners across our 12 libraries in Lewisham ✨📖🎉 libraries.lewisham.gov.uk/browse

#Librarians - the Oxford Children's Books BBC 500 Words Language Report for 2024 is now out. This provides invaluable insight into the ways in which children's language use is changing.

'A library is more than a place with books, it is a lifeline'  Yet the UK is losing 40 libraries a year - BBC research bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

5 years ago today. Thinking of the 5th anniversary of the Covid-19 lockdown, as we closed the library on 19th March 2019 (ahead of the official order) we took this last picture as we shut the front doors. We left free books outside and a family chose from the selection.

FREE - yes, free - events at #Lewisham Libraries in April. Events include a Community Afternoon Tea at our place on Wed 9 April from 1pm. Hot drinks, soup, cake, games and a great chance to chat, relax, meet new faces + #DementiaFriendly For more see libraries.Lewisham.gov.uk/events

We look forward to working with the new Minister for Public #Libraries, Fiona Twycross. Congratulations to Baroness Twycross on her appointment. gov.uk/government/peo…

Easter Braiding Workshops at our place: Wednesday 10 April from 2.30pm to 4.30pm: corbettcommunity.org.uk/listing/easter… Thursday 11 April from 11am to 1pm: corbettcommunity.org.uk/listing/easter… #Catford #SE6 #HitherGreen #SE13 #Lewisham

It’s StoryTime at our place on Thursday 10 April from 9.30am to 10am. Interactive story time sessions for under 5s as we read you some of our favourite stories and have a singalong! #Catford #SE6 #HitherGreen #SE13 #Lewisham

Fancy a chat? We’re listening. Just pop into our place for a chat with a trained listener. That’s all. No catch. No hype. No problem. Just pop in for a chat: Mon: 9-11am; 1-5.30pm Tues: 9-10am; 1-5.30pm Wed: 1-5pm Thurs: 9am-5.30pm Sat: 10am-1pm A cuppa awaits. #IWillListen

Join us on Sat 3 May 11am-5pm for our VE Day 80th celebrations Spring Makers Market! Art & craft stalls, food & drink, face-painting, music. Stalls in the library, and at St Andrews Church Hall opposite incl a Forgotten Treasures sale featuring a tabletop sale and pop-up café.

Because there is so much on at our place our list of activities in May is now on 2 pages. There’s bound to be something for you. On Sat 3 May don’t miss our Spring Makers’ Market, VE Day, and Forgotten Treasures Sale at St Andrews. #Catford #SE6 #HitherGreen #SE13 #Lewisham

To coincide with upcoming music in libraries events, staff searched a digital archive of posters from The Broadway Theatre's long history. See posters for 1980s concerts by Desmond Dekker, Klaus Schulz, Glady Knight, and more, on display at Catford Library.

What does community really mean? Just dropped: an amazing interview with our managing director on what community means in their life and work. 🎧 Watch here: youtu.be/4jWeN6FhODk #Charity #Community #interview #CommunityImpact

Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 - a week dedicated to raising awareness and promoting open, honest conversations around mental health. Mental heath affects us all. We encourage everyone to speak up and seek support if they are struggling. #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #charity

It's National Crime Reading Month! Come and read a summer mystery from our collection - if you dare to cross the crime scene tape.

Good to see National Trust mag feature Street Trees for Living #Lewisham Street Trees for Living Painstaking work in town & country to get the right trees in the right places - and for the right reasons. As the mag says, “Planting trees isn’t just digging a hole and sticking in a sapling!”

OPEN DEMO DAYS AT RADIO LEWISHAM! Want to host your own radio show on Lewisham Music’s own youth led radio station? We’re inviting any young people aged 11-30 living in the borough to come and try out for a radio show on Radio Lewisham. LINK: lewishammusic.org/demo-days

Reading books expands the mind - in ways reading from screens doesn’t. ‘Books are the ideal technology to expand the brain’ - Lucy Mangan in the i newspaper

Helios comes to Downham! LEAN has been delighted to work with Lewisham Council and National Trust to offer free workshops for south of the boro primary schools. Today Drumbeat , Good Shepherd and Downderry enjoyed spoken word activities led by artist YASMIN ALI Lewisham Libraries 🌞