Author: Edith Hotlham

Backed by Friends of Tate South Lambeth Library and Art for Space, Present is a new play by Salem Bonar, a young up-and-coming writer and actor .It is produced by Skyers Production who have produced several plays and had a successful run at the Edinburgh fringe festival in 2012. Here’s the story – Mary is…

After two years’ interruption – a victim of the covid restrictions – Friends’ Christmas craft market is back. On Saturday November 26, from 10am to 4pm, the library will be buzzing with stalls offering jewellery. knitting, sewing, artworks, seasonal decorations, garden produce, cards, and homemade jam. And you can win prizes at competitions if you have…

On Monday November 14th at 6.30pm the library will screen Memόrias da Ilha da Madeira, a Portuguese film with English subtitles. This is a compilation of home movies from local families and communities, set to music, giving a picture of life in Madeira. The film has English subtitles and will be followed by a bilingual…

This month the library’s reading group will be discussing Chouette by Claire Oshetsky – a dark fable about mothering an unusual child that does not look or act like others. Pick up a copy at Tate South Lambeth Library and  join our meeting, on Thursday November 10th  at 6.30pm to 8pm,

  Two podcasters and authors Chinny Ukala and Astrid Madimba take you on a whistlestop tour through Africa, one country at a time – correcting the perception of the continent as a monolith. They highlight the consequences of colonialism and how this legacy reverberates today, as well as how African countries re-build in its wake.…

On October 13th the Reading Group  will be discussing Philip Dick’s The Man in the High Castle. This depicts an alternative world, where the Allies having lost the Second World War, the Nazis have taken over New York and the eastern USA and the Japanese control California. In a neutral buffer zone between the rival…

A new venture by Lambeth Libraries aims to help people as they struggle with inflation – by running clothes swaps and giveaways at three of its libraries in September. The session at Tate South Lambeth Library is on Thursday September 15th at 3pm – 8pm. Come along, bring and/or pick up some clothes, save money,…

Tate South Lambeth’s next reading group session is on Thursday July 14th  at 6.30 to 8pm, in the garden – if the weather is fine. This month the book we’ll be discussing is The High House  by Jessie Greenspan, which was shortlisted for the Costa book awards in 2021.. Four people ( a woman and…

  As part of Lambeth Libraries Readers and Writers Festival two authors – West Camel and David J Ross – will be discussing their writing and latest novels at Tate South Lambeth on Friday June 17th, at 7pm.. In West’s novel Fall estranged brothers are re-united over plans to develop the tower block where they…

Tate South Lambeth Library is hosting an important – and moving – exhibition on Stockwell’s First World War Memorial, commemorating the 100th anniversary of its unveiling. The exhibition opens on Thursday June 16th and will continue through to the end of August. The exhibition includes a unique map charting the addresses of hundreds of the…

Tate South Lambeth’s next reading group session is on Thursday June 9th  at 6.30 to 8pm, in the garden – if the weather is fine. The group will  be discussing is The Manningtree Witches by A K Blakemore, which was shortlisted for the Costa book awards in 2021 and won the Desmond Elliott Prize. This…