Latest Programme of Events
We've been working hard to establish a programme of talks each month throughout the year. See our events calendar or ask at the library for more details.
Thursday 21st August at 7pm
Our first talk is by Anne Kirker about the suffragette and business woman Laura Annie Wilson.
Tickets are on sale at the library now for this event and you can also book online by clicking on the following link:
Laura Annie Willson - The Old Librarysquare.link
Thursday 11th September at 7.15pm. An evening with local crime writer Lesley McEvoy author of The Corpse Light. Tickets will be released shortly.
Thursday 9th October at 7pm. Steve Midgely returns with "India - Street Life, Wildlife and Tigers"
Friday 7th November at 3pm. Authors Trish Cotton and Diane Holloway talk about their book "Female Criminals of the Last 1000 Years.
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