Step into a world of indigo fabric, rhythmic stitching, and quiet joy at our Sashiko Workshop - an immersive experience inspired by the timeless Japanese tradition of Sashiko.
Sashiko, meaning "little stabs" transforms simple running stitches into mesmerising geometric patterns. As you trace classic motifs - waves, hempleaves, interlocking circles - you begin to see how repetition becomes art.
Sashiko is also more than embroidery, it's a moving meditation. The steady rhythm of stitching slows your breathing, softens your shoulders and the simple repetition quiets the mind, leaving space for calm, clarity and creative flow.
No experience required, just curiosity, whether you are a seasoned maker or picking up a needle for the first time, you will discover the quiet thrill of watching patterns emerge beneath your hands.
paper airplane society at wood green library
The Summer Reading Challenge is the UK's biggest free reading-for-fun programme for children, to encourage reading and learning throughout the summer holidays. The theme for this year is: 'Read to the Beat', it's an extra special year, as we also celebrate the National Year of Reading! It starts on 4th July until 12th September. To celebrate, we're hosting some musical crafts! Dance your way to the Library and decorate your paper Mix-Tape or Record, to take home with you.
Come to Stroud Green Library to enjoy a morning of Stay & Play - Rhyme Time
Get ready to explore the library and uncover hidden clues in our exciting Treasure Hunt Adventure his event is perfect for children taking part in the Summer Reading Challenge (SRC) – come along, have fun, and continue your reading adventure!
Bring your little ones along to St Ann's Children's Library every Thursday morning, for classic and contemporary tales sure to engage young minds!
DJ & MC Academy have built a brand new music studio at Wood Green Library and sessions are now running!
Come and record your own tracks, or try your hand at singing, rapping, or music production.
Register your interest via Instagram or Whatsapp:
@djmcacademy
07908624551
Come and colour your way to calm. Join us for mandala style coulouring and free hot drink and biscuits. This one hour session will give you a chance for some relaxing me time.
This Story time session encourages active listening and participation through carefully selected books for little ones.
‘Christopher is the eldest of seven in a middle-class English family. Theresa is the thirteenth child of Chinese immigrants in the British colony of Singapore.This is the story of how they met after the war, having grown up on opposite sides of the world.Despite vastly different backgrounds, they shared a common bond, because both survived the Second World War in Asia – Christopher as a prisoner on the Burma-Siam railway, Theresa a young woman working in Japanese-occupied Singapore.Real-life characters, from sardonic ex-POWs to affectionate siblings and cousins in the armed forces, eccentric spinster aunts, hilarious ex-girlfriends and ebullient colonial types leap off the page as they tell the story in their own words, collected in this memoir through letters and diaries dating from the 1930s to 1959, interspersed with Theresa’s tape-recordings about her life made in 2000.’
Author Caroline Repton will be holding a talk and book signing event about her fascinating book 'Lotus-Eating Days. From Surrey to Singapore 1925-1959’. Come along and enjoy this free event at Muswell Hill Library!
