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Stories, poetry, histories and memories are all shared in our fortnightly podcast created by Lewisham libraries staff. We started collecting material at the beginning of Covid-19 lockdown in April 2020 and shared them with customers and residents through Facebook as the weekly series “Lewisham Voices”. We are now publishing them more widely through this podcast. There are memories from residents of growing up in Lewisham during the 1950s, and local author Caleb Azumah Nelson reflects on a mo ...
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Library Words - Students of Prendergast Vale
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Andrew from Lewisham Libraries recently visited Prendergast Vale School in Lewisham to talk to a group of Year 9 and 10 students, their English teacher, and the School Librarian, about all things book related. The students openly discuss the books they love, the books they dislike and the books that leave a lasting impression on the, both good and …
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To celebrate LGBT History month, we have contributions from from two local authors. First we hear from Simon James Green, a Young Adult's author from Sydenham who talks to us about his five LGBT YA novels and reads an excerpt from one. Then Andreena Leanne, writer, poet and lived experience speaker, reads two of her poems for us. Interview with Sim…
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Library Words - London Borough of Culture
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Lewisham is the London Mayor's London Borough of Culture 2022, with Day One of celebrations kicking off on Friday 28th January. Rachel from Lewisham Libraries speaks to both Vicky Amedume, Associate Director at The Albany, and Kellie Blake, Senior Producer of Lewisham Council Culture Team. They talk about Lewisham and The Albany's roles this year a…
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On the 18th October, award winning author Candice Carty-Williams came to Lewisham Library to speak to a group of students from Prendergast Vale School. Her debut novel Queenie won book of the year at the British Book Awards and her second novel, Empress & Aniya is a young adult novel that has been called South East London's answer to freaky Friday.…
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Last year, Paul from Lewisham Library presented a 3 part look at the music, legacy and positive influence of Robert Nesta Markey to celebrate what would have been his 75th birthday. Listen again as Paul takes us through Marleys career, from his early days in the 'Wailing Wailers' through to his premature death in 1981…
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National Poetry Day Chrissie Gittins lives in Forest Hill in the Borough of Lewisham. She writes poetry, radio drama, short stories and poetry for children. Day to celebrate you leaving home is taken from one of her adult poetry collections Sharp Hills (2019) Efe Nakpodia a Lewisham resident and poet reads ‘when’ from his second poetry collection W…
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Banned Books week takes place from 26 September – 2 October with the theme Books unite us, censorship divides us. Lewisham libraries staff read out snippets from their selection of censored books and from the books they think unite us View the full video here https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1188978444927253 For more information on Banned Books We…
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Jody Burton co-author of Black London: History, Art & Culture in Over 120 Places talks to Andrew Mohammed, Community Engagement Team Senior Library Assistant about her book written with co-author Avril Nanton and published in June this year. We find out how we need to ‘slow down and look up’ to see what we have missed of black history, culture and …
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Lewisham Libraries Outreach Officer Rachel New talks to Lewisham author Jo Clegg about her debut novel ‘The Summer Holiday’. A funny light-hearted chat about the summer holidays we probably haven’t been able to go on this year. Jo Clegg also writes for Hey Duggee on BBC CBeebies, parents of young children will know this well. Copies of the Summer H…
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In this edition, we hear from Luke Agbaimoni about his book 'The Tube Mapper Project: Capturing Moments on the London Underground'. A self taught photographer, Luke found himself drawn to sunset and cityscape photography but found it difficult to find the time in the lead up to the birth of his first child. He soon found that he could use the commu…
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The Migration Museum explores how the movement of people to and from Britain across the ages has shaped who we are – as individuals, as communities, and as a nation. They are currently based in the heart of Lewisham Shopping Centre and have recently re-opened. As part of Refugee Week in June, Juan Rey-Torre from Lewisham Libraries spoke to Voluntee…
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Outreach Officer Rachel New interviews Vanessa Potter, a South East London author whose second book, Finding My Right Mind, has just been published. To write the book, Vanessa embarked on a road-trip, exploring ten meditation practices, in collaboration with Cambridge neuroscientists who measured 300 hours of her brain activity alongside Vanessa’s …
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Library Words - Poetry in and out of lockdown
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Francesca La Nave reads Poison Breeze written during lockdown in 2020. She is a member of the monthly South London poetry and spoken word event Beyond Words. https://www.facebook.com/BeyondWordsPoetry/ Chrissie Gittins reads The Dilruba player and the boy inspired by a music event at the Horniman Museum and from her collection Sharp Hills. Her adul…
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We hear from local entrepreneurs about turning their passion into a business and how support from local libraries has played its part in their start-up stories, and particularly benefited BAME and female led businesses. Find out more about the Start-ups in London Libraries programme here http://bit.ly/SiLLinfo See what Lewisham SiLL have been up to…
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May is Local and Community History month. A time to highlight and raise awareness of the past of our local areas and communities. Christopher Marlowe, dramatist and poet who lived at the same time as William Shakespeare, died violently in a bar in Deptford in May 1593. He is buried in an unmarked grave in St Nicholas's Church Deptford. Lewisham Lib…
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May is Local and Community History month. A time to highlight and raise awareness of the past of our local areas and communities. Local resident Christine Henley was born in 1947 and grew up in Hilly Fields, Lewisham. In this episode of Library Words taken from Lewisham Voices Summer 2020, Christine recounts life in the post war years with childhoo…
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Novelist Claire Cooper (whose nom de plume is C J Cooper) recorded this for Lewisham Voices during the Spring lockdown 2021. She lives in Lewisham and writes psychological thrillers. The Book Club published in 2019 is a dark thriller revolving around a village book group with neighbours you really wouldn’t want to spend the evening with. Her latest…
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Caleb Azumah Nelson, a British-Ghanaian writer and photographer talked to library staff member Andrew Mohammed in January 2021 for Lewisham Voices. The BBC National Short Story Award 2019 shortlisted his story ‘Pray’, and as it was set in Catford, it sparked our interest. We arranged the interview and a display of his photographs in the huge window…
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