Are you a parent with a baby under 12 months? Do you want to give your baby’s early communication a boost? Then why not come and join in with our new Bouncing Babies Stay and Play sessions!
Have some fun with your baby through rhymes and songs and meet friends. This group is suitable for new parents of children up to 12 months.
No booking required.
A morning of Easter crafts for children.
Join other teens at our eco-friendly craft session as we repurpose scrap fabric into cute flower decorations. Take yours home or add to a brand new display to brighten up the library.
This session is for secondary school aged children and teens.
Are you a parent with a baby under 12 months? Do you want to give your baby’s early communication a boost? Then why not come and join in with our new Bouncing Babies Stay and Play sessions!
Have some fun with your baby through rhymes and songs and meet friends. This group is suitable for new parents of children up to 12 months.
No booking required.
Be fraud and scam aware with advice from Essex Police Officers. Bring any questions or concerns you have to our pop-up advice table.
A chance to hear one of our master literary humorists and fantasy writers give a talk on his experience of being a writer, with a question-and-answer session afterwards.
Jasper Fforde spent twenty years in the film business before debuting on the New York Time Bestseller list with 'The Eyre Affair' in 2001. His 18th novel, 'Dark Reading Matter', will be published later this year.
Amongst Fforde's output are police procedurals featuring nursery rhyme characters; a four-book series for Young Adults about Magic and Dragons set in a shabby world of failing magical powers,'Shades of Grey' (2011) a post-apocalyptic dystopia where social hierarchy is based on the colours you can see, 'Early Riser' (2018), a thriller set in a world in which humans have always hibernated, and 'The Constant Rabbit' (2020), an allegory about racism and xenophobia in the UK.
A chance to hear one of our master literary humorists and fantasy writers give a talk on his experience of being a writer, with a question-and-answer session afterwards. This event will be of interest especially to young adult readers and aspiring writers.
Amongst Fforde's output are police procedurals featuring nursery rhyme characters; 'Shades of Grey' (2011) a post-apocalyptic dystopia where social hierarchy is based on the colours you can see, 'Early Riser' (2018), a thriller set in a world in which humans have always hibernated, and 'The Constant Rabbit' (2020), an allegory about racism and xenophobia in the UK.
His latest series is for Young Adults and include 'The Last Dragonslayer' (2010), 'Song of the Quarkbeast' (2011), 'The Eye of Zoltar' (2013) and 'The Great Troll War' (2021). All the books centre around Jennifer Strange, who manages a company of magicians named 'Kazam', and her attempts to keep the noble arts from the clutches of big business and property tycoons.
Our Youth Creative Writing Programme is for young people aged 12 to 18 who are interested in creating, improving or just sharing their work.This could be anything, from short stories to poetry. With a relaxed approach we aim to give ideas, share each other's work if they want to, and be a supportive place for those who want to create. Come along, have fun and let's get writing!
This programme is part of the Essex Young Writers initiative.
Are you a parent with a baby under 12 months? Do you want to give your baby’s early communication a boost? Then why not come and join in with our new Bouncing Babies Stay and Play sessions!
Have some fun with your baby through rhymes and songs and meet friends. This group is suitable for new parents of children up to 12 months.
No booking required.
The Men's Gaming Cove - created by Essex Libraries is back!The focus behind the Gaming Cove is to create a safe space for men to create new social groups, start open conversations while playing the best video games on the market. Multi-player to split screen. What Street Fighter character will you be? Or are you more of a Lewis Hamilton racing driver? Or get your fellow player with a GoldenEye 007 shot! The group is also a space to seek help for mental health, health and family issues with information from charities and other partners with their literature and leaflets displayed on a specially created table.
