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Word is delighted and proud to congratulate Tony Brown – Stock and Reader Development Manager for Islington Libraries, and one of our Word Festival founders – on being awarded a British Empire Medal in the Queen’s New Year Honours List … Continue reading →

Saturday 13 October 2018 6-8pm – join Word2018 partners Islington Libraries, All Change, Key Changes, Lyrix Organix – UnFOLD, House of Illustration & Universal Board Games for this special #LibrariesWeek #LateAtTheLibrary event – an intergenerational celebration of words. Featuring – … Continue reading →

Summer Reading Challenge and Holiday Events in Islington Libraries There will be pranks galore and a ton of fun at your local library this summer. Mischief Makers is the theme for the 2018 Summer Reading Challenge. Children taking part will … Continue reading →

Saturday 30 June 11am: Clowns, Wizards and Storytellers – A Guided Walk for Families – Clerkenwell & Islington Guides’ Association in partnership with Islington Libraries presents a free guided walk for families as part of Islington Reads – 2018 Year of … Continue reading →

Friday 29 June 7pm: Word’s Up! – a fabulous evening of perfectly performed words and top tunes from some Word festival favourites. The closing event for this year’s festival – features spoken word and music from Key Changes #LivingLyrics artists, Lyrix Organix and House of Illustration Stereo/Type – … Continue reading →

Thursday 28 June – 2pm & 4pm and Friday 29 June – 11am & 1pm – at Finsbury Library – the Circus in libraries adventure continues! Upswing return to Word Festival with a new circus storytelling experience – A is for … Continue reading →

Wednesday 27 June 1-2pm – Write to Lunch at Free Word: Free Word and Arvon are offering a FREE lunchtime writing workshop to mark the second year of #NationalWritingDay. The workshop will be led by a critically acclaimed guest writer, and is open … Continue reading →