Welcome to Richmond Reads

Strange girls, beautiful monsters

The Crick Crack Club return to launch Libraries Week this autumn following their sell out session last October.

Enter a world of Baba Yagas, bloodstained dolls, spoon-wielding sisters, lovestruck trolls, and lovers who hide monstrous secrets behind their charms.

Sarah Liisa Wilkinson invites you to meet some very strange girls and some very beguiling monsters.  

Digital Storytelling

Peek behind the scenes of The British Library. Fresh from curating the Digital Storytelling exhibition, we are delighted to host Stella Wisdom, British Library Digital Curator.

Stella offers intriguing insights into how to produce a uniquely hands-on public exhibition, which explores how technology is changing the way writers write and readers read.

Hand-crafted notebook making

The perfect gift doesn’t need to cost the earth with this special workshop by professional artist Gill Smith. Enjoy the creative experience while learning how to make two beautiful and unique notebooks. Show off your new talent by gifting them to loved ones or keep them for yourself to admire daily!

You don’t need any prior experience or skills to take part. All the materials will be provided so you can relax and have fun.

The Real Quizmaster, answer this!

It takes a special skill to be the question setter on some of Britain’s best known and most watched quiz shows, but making those questions fun is a whole other matter. With numerous credits to his name, including Only Connect and Richard Osman’s House of Games, Alan Connor sets out to explain the art of making quizzes and puzzles enjoyable.

How do you engage with the audience to create playful, fiendish, and challenging brain teasers that make you want to play again and again? That’s the question we want answered!

Go Digital with Libraries Week