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Author Trevor Wood will be in conversation with author Eirinie Lapidaki as part of Northern Bookshelf Live. Come along Sat 26 April 2-3pm. FREE event, book your space: eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-boo… Northern Bookshelf Live is delivered by New Writing North. This event is #ACESupported

Want to learn calligraphy? Practice the techniques needed to form a basic alphabet with the help of calligrapher Angela Reed. Tuesday 29 April 2-4pm at Hebburn Central Library Friday 2 May 2-4pm at Cleadon Park Library £5pp, for ages 16+ theworduk.org/whats-on/calli…

Springtime is here & poet Rowan McCabe is combining poetry writing with the changing season. Join Rowan on 30 April, 11am-1pm and celebrate the more usual signs of the season, from beehives in the school roof to buddleia on the metro tracks £5pp. Ages 16+ eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-writi…

Do you like an escape room challenge? Then you’ll love our tabletop escape games event. In a team you’ll work together to try crack into a safe, solving a series of puzzles along the way. Suitable for ages 12+ however children from aged 8+ can participate. theworduk.org/whats-on/table…

Costume historian Meridith Towne is back at Jarrow Focus. This lively talk embraces the lives and clothes of the emancipated, cycling women of Victorian England, including the daring few who donned the shocking Bloomer Suit! Thursday 1 May, 1-2.30pm. £5 eventbrite.co.uk/e/belles-in-bl…

Just 2 weeks to go until the start of our Spring WRITE Festival! There’s still time to grab tickets for our events if you haven’t got yours already. Enjoy interactive storytelling sessions, calligraphy, an escape games challenge, author events & more! theworduk.org/write-festival/

Want to learn calligraphy? Practice the techniques needed to form a basic alphabet with the help of calligrapher Angela Reed. Tuesday 29 April 2-4pm at Hebburn Central Library £5pp, for ages 16+ eventbrite.co.uk/e/calligraphy-…

📅Easter Weekend Opening Times 📅 The Word will be open 10am-4pm on Good Friday (18 April), Saturday 19 April and Easter Monday (21 April). We will be closed on Easter Sunday (20 April).

Don’t miss your chance to see our Making Waves exhibition. The exhibition explores arts and culture in South Tyneside through four different projects #ACESupported See the exhibition before it closes on Sunday 27 April! ow.ly/NxT950VzSkZ

There are some changes to opening times if you’re planning on visiting us over the Easter weekend. • Fri 18 April (Good Friday) – 10am-4pm • Sat 19 April – 10am-4pm • Sun 20 April (Easter Sunday) – CLOSED • Mon 21 April – 10am-4pm

The Farmer and the Clown at Jarrow Focus The story is about an unlikely friendship between an old farmer living in the middle of nowhere, and a baby clown, who has fallen from the back of a passing circus train. theworduk.org/whats-on/the-f…

Author of ‘The Stand Up Mam’, Kay Wilson will be coming to The Word on Monday 28 April, from 1.30-2.30pm. The story features many of Kay’s own experiences of stand-up comedy – an ambition she achieved after surviving a near-fatal brain haemorrhage. eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-afternoon…

Our Spring WRITE Festival is just a week away! 📚 Enjoy interactive storytelling sessions, calligraphy, an escape games challenge, a costume talk, author events and more! For a full list of events visit: theworduk.org/write

See a display at The Word showcasing the history of health and wellbeing in South Tyneside from the Victorian period onwards. Find out some interesting and often gruesome facts and share your memories too. Open 7-14 May during our opening hours theworduk.org/local-and-comm…

📅 Bank holiday opening times 📅 The Word will be open 10am-4pm this bank holiday Monday.

Join us for our Wednesday Heritage Club talk ‘Humanity and Courage’ this May. The talk will include Amy Flagg’s famous photographs of the devastation caused by bombing raids on South Shields during WWII. Wed 7 May, 2-3pm at The Word £2 pp eventbrite.co.uk/e/wednesday-he…

We will be showing a short film about hospitals in South Tyneside, created using images from South Tyneside Libraries’ photograph collection, with recorded memories from residents. Wed 7-14 May at The Word & throughout May at Hebburn Central & Cleadon Park libraries

Join us for a digital basics session on Thursday 15 May, 10am - 12pm Attendees will be able to get help using a smartphone, learn how to access online services and receive advice on avoiding scams. Simply pop along during the times above.

Looking for a place to study or work from in the coming weeks? 💻 We now have additional seating in the Cookson Room on the first floor until mid-June. No need to book a space – just come along during our opening times. Space is available on a first come basis

📅 Bank holiday opening times 📅 The Word will be open 10am-4pm this bank holiday Monday.