Events

Chatterbooks is a reading group with a difference. Each month we talk about what we've been reading, play games and do lots of activities all around the wonderful world of books. This is aimed to target 7-11yr olds.

Adult book group reading mostly adult fiction, both contemporary and classic, prize-winning authors, fiction in translation and occasionally non-fiction books. All books are selected from the Library’s Reading Group Collection.

Join novelists Mel Pennant (A Murder for Miss Hortense) and Lisa Smith (Jamaica Road) as they come together to discuss their lived experiences growing up in the tight-knit Caribbean communities of London in the 1970s and 198

Do you enjoy football and want a chance to borrow a good quality football? Lambeth Libraries are excited to have teamed up with the Alive and Kicking Organisation and become an official @weareakuk Football Library!

Do you enjoy football and want a chance to borrow a good quality football? Lambeth Libraries are excited to have teamed up with the Alive and Kicking Organisation and become an official @weareakuk Football Library!

The debt advice kiosk offers free expert advice via video for individuals with financial difficulties or money worries.

Each kiosk is designed as a soundproof booth, ensuring conversations remain private and confidential.

A sociable adult knitting and crochet group. Bring your own knitting/crocheting or use needles, hooks, wool and knitting patterns provided by the group. Help is on hand for any knitting/crocheting queries.

Every Wednesday a cost-of-living link worker will be onsite, providing support to residents experiencing financial hardship or having issues related to their living costs.

Join us for Chat, Share n’ Play! Parents, let's chat, share experiences, and watch our little ones play before the Wriggle and Rhyme fun begins!

Wednesday afternoons bring the joy of SEN Wriggle and Rhyme Storytime—a delightful experience for Parents, Toddlers, and Babies.

Are you between the ages of 7 and 11 and love to read? Then join our book club to talk about books, write reviews, make new friends, and have a blast with fun activities! Light refreshments provided.

Catch up on all your learning with qualified trainer at the library. All welcome.

16yrs plus!

Calling all gamers! Dive into the exciting world of esports at our Esport Youth Club.  Enjoy thrilling gaming sessions, meet fellow enthusiasts, and challenge your friends in a friendly, competitive environment.

The debt advice kiosk offers free expert advice via video for individuals with financial difficulties or money worries.

Each kiosk is designed as a soundproof booth, ensuring conversations remain private and confidential.

Join our librarians in the children’s library for our interactive wriggle and rhyme each Tuesday and Thursday morning.

Get into reading – gives you a place to relax, a chance to make new friends and a new way to share reading.

You don’t have to read anything. You can simply drop in and enjoy having a good story or poem read to you.

Good Things Foundation are giving away SIM cards via Lambeth Clapham library for adults (over 18) who need smartphone access or to be able to text for jobseeking etc

Gain employment, move into education or find voluntary opportunities

What can I expect?

Shared Reading groups bring people together through great literature to talk, laugh and share. Just drop in, grab a cuppa and enjoy listening to a story or poem – no pressure to talk or read.