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Join us on Saturday 30th May – 10am to 11am for a 1-hour panel discussion with three Midlands-based writers (chair Leila Rasheed, Charlie Hill & Sue Brown), including short readings from the Royal Literary Fund archive.

About this event:
Most people experience feeling lonely at some point in their lives. Sometimes this drives them to write. Many people see writing as a lonely job, but it can also bring you into companionship. In this panel, we’ll discuss how we as writers work in company and how we work alone – and whether and when ‘being alone’ tips over into …

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Tucked behind the library, past the last row of books and beyond the back wall, is a quiet garden. It might seem small at first glance, but a few of weekends ago, it opened into something much bigger — a world of whispered secrets, talking plants, buried treasure, and magical names like Moonlit Hollow and Caterpillar Bloom.

As part of our storytelling activity for families and children, we invited library visitors to step into this space, slow down, and really look at what was growing. Lavender, brambles, elder, strawberries, and more — each plant had a story to tell, …

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Last Saturday, 6th June, was the very first Mending Café at Stirchley Library – and what a lovely way to spend the afternoon. There was a great turnout, with people bringing along all sorts of items in need of care and attention: a jumper with a hole (or two in it), a t-shirt which was mainly holes!, a torn dress, fraying oven gloves, and other well-loved garments waiting for a new lease of life.

For some, it was a chance to reconnect with old skills; for others, it was their very first time trying something like darning – and they …

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