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❄️ Pinocchio at Wimbledon Library❄️
📍 Wimbledon Library
📅 Friday 18 December, 4:30pm
🎫 Book your FREE space: buff.ly/As9J0e1
(Suitable for children 5+).
Thank you to The Woolf Trust and The Castle Foundation for generously sponsoring the performance! ✨
💙📚 SUPPORT MOVEMBER – READ, SHARE & MAKE A DIFFERENCE! 📚💙
This November, we're supporting Movember with a special online collection of eBooks and eAudiobooks dedicated to men's health and wellbeing.
Browse our eBooks and eAudiobooks here: buff.ly/20heGuV
#MOVEMBER
Merton Council is reviewing its Heritage Strategy and would like your views on the priorities that will help guide how the borough's heritage is celebrated, protected and supported in the future.
Find out more and share your views by Monday 7 December: buff.ly/fhHABrj
Merton Libraries retweeted
Love feel-good fiction? Join authors Kate Storey & Jo Leevers for an evening of storytelling, inspiration & Q&A, hosted by Joy Kluver!
📅 Tuesday 1 December - 7:15pm
📍 Wimbledon Library
🎟️ buff.ly/X86U1PA
@joykluver @katelstorey
Merton Libraries retweeted
We’re celebrating Young Poets Week from today!
Join us for CPD training, classroom resources, and a celebration event with Simon Armitage for your pupils.
Get involved for free: literacytrust.org.uk/program…
Parents and carers, join the NHS South London Children and Young People’s Community Immunisation Service for a free information webinar to learn more about the children's flu vaccine.
🗓️ Tuesday 10 Nov & Thurs 19 Nov | 1:00pm
Register at: buff.ly/UpYtVVy
Join us at Wimbledon Library for a fascinating evening exploring crime fiction, storytelling and the places that inspire it!
📅 Tuesday 3 November 2026, 7:15pm
📍 Wimbledon Library
buff.ly/2qKye24
@JoyKluver
🎃📚 GET READY FOR SPOOKY STORIES AT THE LIBRARY! 👻🕷️
Something spooky is lurking between the pages… 🦇📖
📚 Pop into the library, pick up a spooky story, and let your imagination run wild… if you dare! 🖤
📚✨ Celebrate the National Year of Reading ✨📚
From 29 October to 12 November, three selected titles will be available in our digital collection with NO WAIT TIMES and unlimited simultaneous access. 🎉
buff.ly/324hBqa
Looking for something spooky this Halloween weekend? 🎃👻
Why not check out a spooky story from your local library? From creepy tales and chilling mysteries to ghostly adventures, there’s something to send shivers down your spine! 📚🕷️
#Halloween #SpookyStories
Love feel-good fiction? Join authors Kate Storey & Jo Leevers for an evening of storytelling, inspiration & Q&A, hosted by Joy Kluver!
📅 Tuesday 1 December - 7:15pm
📍 Wimbledon Library
🎟️ buff.ly/X86U1PA
@joykluver @katelstorey
📚🎉 That’s a wrap on Libraries Week!
Here’s a little snapshot of some of the fantastic events, activities and celebrations that have taken place across our libraries as we’ve showcased everything our libraries have to offer.
Join us at Wimbledon Library for a fascinating evening exploring crime fiction, storytelling and the places that inspire it!
📅 Tuesday 3 November 2026, 7:15pm
📍 Wimbledon Library
buff.ly/2qKye24
@JoyKluver
Merton Libraries retweeted
🚨 Last call: Artists Work in Libraries Commission 2027/28
There’s still time to submit your application for creative work through Merton Libraries.
⏰ Applications close 6 November 2026 at 12pm.
Don’t miss out — apply now: buff.ly/gk7CUE9
ALT Purple graphic reading “Artists Work in Libraries Commission 2027/28: Last call for artists and creatives” between two flashing beacon emojis, with decorative arts and creativity icons along the top and bottom. Logos: Arts Council England and London Borough of Merton. Website: www.merton.gov.uk/NPO
Join Merton Heritage Service and community arts group Made in Merton for a fun, friendly and creative textile workshop celebrating Merton’s Ghanaian community and heritage!
📍 Pollards Hill Library
📅 Saturday 31 October, 2:30pm
👥 Ages 10+
🎟️ buff.ly/qfnmeXO
🌿📚 Go Green with our Green Libraries! 🌍💚
Check out the fantastic book displays across our libraries, packed with inspiring reads to explore nature, wildlife and our wonderful planet!
We also have a fantastic online collection of books for children - buff.ly/u1UvoWY
Merton Libraries retweeted
Entries for 500 Words are still open!
Children aged 5 –11 can enter the 500 Words competition, giving them the chance to let their imaginations run wild and share a story of 500 words or fewer.
Stories can be about anything and are judged on creativity, character, plot and originality. Spelling, punctuation and grammar are not part of the judging criteria.
Explore free resources, activities and inspiration to help children develop their story ideas, with fantastic prizes up for grabs for winning children and their schools.
Entries are open until Friday 6 November at 9pm.
Find out more at bbc.co.uk/500words.
Competition closes 9pm Friday 6 November 2026. For more details and to read the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Notices go to bbc.co.uk/500words.
📚✨ The Londonverse poetry display is now at Colliers Wood Library! ✨📚
Join us this evening for a relaxed and welcoming poetry event, featuring readings of submitted poems:
📍 Colliers Wood Library
📅 Monday 26 October, 5pm – 6:30pm
buff.ly/OTmifjj
Merton Libraries retweeted
Calling all crime fiction fans! Join us at Wimbledon Library on Tuesday 3 November at 7:15pm for a fascinating evening with acclaimed crime writers Biba Pearce and Emma Styles, hosted by local author Joy Kluver.
Book your free space: buff.ly/J4ylj7C
@JoyKluver
Design and build your own smart city, explore robotics, electronics and coding and discover how solar energy and smart technology can help create greener, more sustainable cities.
📍 Morden Library
📅 Today – Monday 26 October, 4pm
👾 Ages 11–14
buff.ly/wR9Qm2j 📚
