Monthly themes
Take a look through the monthly themes and the activities and events Sheffield libraries have got planned. This list will be updated throughout the year, so please keep checking back.
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Explore the diversity of reading and writing; scripts, television and films.
Wednesday 12 November - Using Sheffield Local Studies Library - FULLY BOOKED
December - Write for the future
What one person writes, others read and technology is bringing reading and writing closer together. The year ends with a celebration of all forms of writing.
Thursday 4 December - Preserving Your Family Photographs - FULLY BOOKED
Previous events:
April - Read all about it
Read anything and everything, anywhere and everywhere
Friday 25 April - Join A Library Day
Saturday 26 April - Family History Fair
Monday 28 April - National Year of Reading Sheffield Launch
Monday 28 April - Read All About It
May - Mind and Body
Celebrate the links between reading and health in May.
Saturday 3 May - Creative Movement and Theatre Dance Workshop
Wednesday 14 May - Sheffield Flood of 1864
Saturday 17 May - Drop in for an express de-stress
Thursday 22 May - Drop in for an express de-stress
Friday 23 May - Drop in for an express de-stress
Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 May - Book Swap
Sunday 25 & Monday 26 May - Hillsborough Library open days, part of Green City Days
Wednesday 28 May - Chinese Story Telling and Craft Activity
Wednesday 28 May - Drop in for an express de-stress
Wednesday 28 May - Chinese reading promotion
Saturday 31 May - Drop in for an express de-stress
June - Reading escapes
The holiday season is upon us and escape with a holiday read or look at how reading helps us escape into different worlds.
Monday 9 June - Closed event for Sharrow School only with Poet David Harmer.
Tuesday 10 June - Milly Johnson in conversation
Wednesday 14 June - Trace your Ancestors
Wednesday 18 June - Reading Escapes - Stories of Migration
Wednesday 25 June - Ticket To Read
Saturday 28 June - 12 July - Walkley's Favourite Books - at Walkley Library
Monday 30 June - Storytime with Steve Weatherill
July - Rhythm and rhyme
Celebrate poetry and lyrics from Shakespeare to Snoop Dogg.
Wednesday 2 July - Georgia and Bill's Central American Adventure
Saturday 5 July - Wisewood Family Learning Day
Saturday 5 July - Hillsborough Library open day, part of Pulse NHS
Monday 7 July - Poetry slam on the tram
Wednesday 9 July - Teatime books
Thursday 10 July - Six Book Challenge celebration. Certificate presentation to participants complete the challenge. Certificates to be presented by Roy Hattersley. Central Library at 6pm.
Saturday 12 July - Beighton Festival
Saturday 12 July - Stannington Library open day, part of Stannington Carnival
Monday 14 July - Lyrics Let Loose
Tuesday 15 July - Lyrics Let Loose
Wednesday 17 July - Live and Loud in the Library
Tuesday 22 & Wednesday 23 July - Flying Poet - Craig Bradley
August - Read the game
With the Beijing Olympics on the way and the start of the football season, this is the perfect time to build links between sports and reading.
1-31 August - Photographs taken during of young people caving, climbing and abseiling whilst reading, will be dislayed in the 1st Floor landing display case, Central Library, Surrey Street
1-31 August - Extreme Reading
Tuesday 5 August - Exploring Local History - a Beginners Guide
Friday 15 August - Meditation Workshop
September - You are what you read
Reading is a great way to celebrate and explore cultural, personal and local identities.
Wednesday 3 September - Poetry Evening and Totley Library
Monday 8 September - Movie Memories of Chapeltown
Monday 15 September - Manga Workshop
Wednesday 17 September - Exploring Local History - a Beginners Guide
Friday 19 September - Belly Dancing for Health
Saturday 20 September - Come and Meet Author Berlie Doherty
October - Word of mouth
Celebrate storytelling, reading out loud, reading together and live literature.
11 October - 1 November - Off the Shelf - Festival of Writing and Reading
Tuesday 14 October - Ancestry.com - an introduction
Friday 31 October - Introduction to Osteopathy for Babies and Mums
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