Meet the author
David Bryan, author of Walks around Caterham, will be appearing at the town’s libraries over the next two months to talk about his book, and will be joined by Robin Gwynn, project manager of Caterham Foodbank, to discuss the essential work that the foodbank does in the area.
Meet them at Caterham Valley Library on Saturday, 23 March, between 10:00 and 12:00, and at Caterham Hill Library on Saturday, 6 April, between 10:00 and 12:00. Copies of Walks around Caterham will be available to buy at £6 a copy, with all proceeds going to Caterham Foodbank.
Crafternoons
Caterham Valley and Caterham Hill libraries are hosting Crafternoons on Thursdays, between 14:00 and 16:00. You are invited to bring your chosen craft along, and meet new crafting friends.
Art for Relaxation
Lingfield Community Library is the venue for Art for Relaxation sessions on the last Thursday of every month. Run by The Ashdown Hub, which runs fully funded art, garden and cookery groups for adults, the next one will take place on Thursday, 28 March, from 14:00 until 15:30pm. For more details, email admin@ashdownhub.org.
Sight for Surrey
A new monthly meet-up group for people who are blind, vision impaired, deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing is starting at Oxted Library. The informal session will be hosted by Sight for Surrey, with the first one taking place on Wednesday, 13 March, between 10:00 and 12:00.
Volunteering opportunities
Warlingham Community Library is looking for friendly and helpful volunteers on Friday and Saturday mornings. A commitment of at least two mornings a month would be preferred, and full training will be given. Contact Tina Picanza, the volunteer coordinator, on 07979 264470, or pop in to the library for more information.
Rhyme, read, knit & natter!
Warlingham Community Library holds a variety of weekly groups, including Pebble the Penguin Rhymetime for under-5s on Friday mornings, Knit & Natter every Tuesday morning and computer support sessions on Thursday mornings. As well as these, the reading group meets on the last Tuesday of the month, there is a children’s Lego Group on two Saturdays a month, and a monthly poetry group. Find out more here.
Further afield
March is Women’s History Month, and there are some great events happening at Surrey libraries in March.
Author Ramie Targoff will be at Weybridge Library at 11:30 on Wednesday, 13 March, talking about her new book Shakespear’s Sisters: How the Women Wrote the Renaissance. Visit Eventbrite to book a ticket.
Walton Library is hosting author Vivien Morgan on Tuesday, 12 March at 17:00, who will be discussing her book Cross-dressed to Kill: Women Who Went to War Disguised as Men. Tickets can be booked here.
