Calico Libraries
@calicolibraries.com
The new name for V22 Libraries.
Calico offers library services and community facilities to the people of South East London.
We run Forest Hill, Manor House, Sydenham and Crofton Park libraries.
Calico offers library services and community facilities to the people of South East London.
We run Forest Hill, Manor House, Sydenham and Crofton Park libraries.
📚 Calendar Design Workshop
📍Sydenham Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/calen...
📍Sydenham Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/calen...
December 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📚 Calendar Design Workshop
📍Sydenham Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/calen...
📍Sydenham Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/calen...
The writers in our Manor House Teens Creative Writing Club gave our December session a resounding thumbs-up! 👍 This month we discussed multi-sensory writing, and our writers ruminated on everything from rice and potatoes to pigeons and pollution. Join us for our next session!
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The writers in our Manor House Teens Creative Writing Club gave our December session a resounding thumbs-up! 👍 This month we discussed multi-sensory writing, and our writers ruminated on everything from rice and potatoes to pigeons and pollution. Join us for our next session!
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for a book-hungry child? Sydenham Library is raffling off The Complete Paddington, Folio Society edition: 12 illustrated volumes, beautifully bound.
Tickets are £1 a ticket or 5 for £4, and all proceeds go to the running of the library. Pop in and get lucky!
Tickets are £1 a ticket or 5 for £4, and all proceeds go to the running of the library. Pop in and get lucky!
December 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for a book-hungry child? Sydenham Library is raffling off The Complete Paddington, Folio Society edition: 12 illustrated volumes, beautifully bound.
Tickets are £1 a ticket or 5 for £4, and all proceeds go to the running of the library. Pop in and get lucky!
Tickets are £1 a ticket or 5 for £4, and all proceeds go to the running of the library. Pop in and get lucky!
Christmas time means Christmas reading! Whether you're looking for cosy escapism, magical fairytales or blood in the bread sauce, Sydenham Library has something for you.
December 2, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Christmas time means Christmas reading! Whether you're looking for cosy escapism, magical fairytales or blood in the bread sauce, Sydenham Library has something for you.
It's begining to look a lot like Christmas at Manor House Library!
We'll be closed for two weeks over the holiday period, but you have three weeks to come & find some festive favourites. Our last day of the year will be Saturday 20th December, and then we'll be re-open from Monday 5th of January.
We'll be closed for two weeks over the holiday period, but you have three weeks to come & find some festive favourites. Our last day of the year will be Saturday 20th December, and then we'll be re-open from Monday 5th of January.
December 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It's begining to look a lot like Christmas at Manor House Library!
We'll be closed for two weeks over the holiday period, but you have three weeks to come & find some festive favourites. Our last day of the year will be Saturday 20th December, and then we'll be re-open from Monday 5th of January.
We'll be closed for two weeks over the holiday period, but you have three weeks to come & find some festive favourites. Our last day of the year will be Saturday 20th December, and then we'll be re-open from Monday 5th of January.
📚 Calendar Design Workshop
📍Sydenham Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/calen...
📍Sydenham Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/calen...
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📚 Calendar Design Workshop
📍Sydenham Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/calen...
📍Sydenham Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/calen...
📚 Clickmas Trees
📍Multiple Locations
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/click...
📍Multiple Locations
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/click...
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
📚 Clickmas Trees
📍Multiple Locations
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/click...
📍Multiple Locations
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/click...
📚 Sydenham Library’s Xmas Fayre
📍Sydenham Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/syden...
📍Sydenham Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/syden...
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📚 Sydenham Library’s Xmas Fayre
📍Sydenham Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/syden...
📍Sydenham Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/syden...
Curl up with a cosy crime this winter
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Curl up with a cosy crime this winter
Good morning! Unfortunately today's Dandelions session at Sydenham Library is cancelled due to illness. The library is open as usual, as is the cafe, and the Dandelions crew look forward to seeing you next week.
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Good morning! Unfortunately today's Dandelions session at Sydenham Library is cancelled due to illness. The library is open as usual, as is the cafe, and the Dandelions crew look forward to seeing you next week.
📚 Calendar Design Workshop
📍 Sydenham Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link
📍 Sydenham Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link
Calendar Design Workshop – Calico Libraries
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November 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📚 Calendar Design Workshop
📍 Sydenham Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link
📍 Sydenham Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link
We had a blast at our recent Imagined Worlds collaborative mural workshop with Sydenham Library's artist in residence, Anna Arianova! The finished piece will be displayed in the library soon, so keep an eye out!
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
We had a blast at our recent Imagined Worlds collaborative mural workshop with Sydenham Library's artist in residence, Anna Arianova! The finished piece will be displayed in the library soon, so keep an eye out!
The young writers of Lewisham brought the creativity once again! Led by Anna Dempsey, the Imagined Worlds children's creative writing workshop at Crofton Park Library encouraged kids to get creative and dream up worlds where anything is possible 🪐
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The young writers of Lewisham brought the creativity once again! Led by Anna Dempsey, the Imagined Worlds children's creative writing workshop at Crofton Park Library encouraged kids to get creative and dream up worlds where anything is possible 🪐
We had so much fun playing D&D at Sydenham Library at our recent Imagined Worlds event! Led by our fearless DM Tigs, our band of adventures explored the Midnight Carnival in all its magic, danger, and secrets.
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
We had so much fun playing D&D at Sydenham Library at our recent Imagined Worlds event! Led by our fearless DM Tigs, our band of adventures explored the Midnight Carnival in all its magic, danger, and secrets.
📚 Clickmas Trees
Clickmas Trees will be opening at Crofton Park Library, Forest Hill Library and Sydenham Library from Friday 28 November.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
Clickmas Trees will be opening at Crofton Park Library, Forest Hill Library and Sydenham Library from Friday 28 November.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
📚 Clickmas Trees
Clickmas Trees will be opening at Crofton Park Library, Forest Hill Library and Sydenham Library from Friday 28 November.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
Clickmas Trees will be opening at Crofton Park Library, Forest Hill Library and Sydenham Library from Friday 28 November.
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday: 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
📚 Poetry Shared Reading
📍Forest Hill Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/1541
📍Forest Hill Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/1541
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📚 Poetry Shared Reading
📍Forest Hill Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/1541
📍Forest Hill Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/1541
Imagined Worlds kicked off on Saturday at Forest Hill Library, as Graham Whitlock helped us time-travel to the world of Crystal Palace past to celebrate the launch of his exciting new book, Bertie and the Invisible Menace!
November 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Imagined Worlds kicked off on Saturday at Forest Hill Library, as Graham Whitlock helped us time-travel to the world of Crystal Palace past to celebrate the launch of his exciting new book, Bertie and the Invisible Menace!
Imagined Worlds kicked off on Saturday at Forest Hill Library, as Graham Whitlock helped us time-travel to the world of Crystal Palace past to celebrate the launch of his exciting new book, Bertie and the Invisible Menace!
November 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Imagined Worlds kicked off on Saturday at Forest Hill Library, as Graham Whitlock helped us time-travel to the world of Crystal Palace past to celebrate the launch of his exciting new book, Bertie and the Invisible Menace!
What a fun and spooky week with the young writers from The Grove's Half Term Writing Camp at Forest Hill Library!
There were fantastically creepy stories written, great costumes worn, plenty of Halloween sweets eaten, and even mysterious notes exchanged with the ghosts of Forest Hill Library 👻
There were fantastically creepy stories written, great costumes worn, plenty of Halloween sweets eaten, and even mysterious notes exchanged with the ghosts of Forest Hill Library 👻
October 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
What a fun and spooky week with the young writers from The Grove's Half Term Writing Camp at Forest Hill Library!
There were fantastically creepy stories written, great costumes worn, plenty of Halloween sweets eaten, and even mysterious notes exchanged with the ghosts of Forest Hill Library 👻
There were fantastically creepy stories written, great costumes worn, plenty of Halloween sweets eaten, and even mysterious notes exchanged with the ghosts of Forest Hill Library 👻
Lots of fantastic writing, discussion, and biscuit-eating at our Teens Creative Writing Club! Join us for our next session at your local library ✨
The group is free, all materials are provided, and there is no prior reading or homework. Book your free slot at the 'What's On' tab on our website
The group is free, all materials are provided, and there is no prior reading or homework. Book your free slot at the 'What's On' tab on our website
October 31, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Lots of fantastic writing, discussion, and biscuit-eating at our Teens Creative Writing Club! Join us for our next session at your local library ✨
The group is free, all materials are provided, and there is no prior reading or homework. Book your free slot at the 'What's On' tab on our website
The group is free, all materials are provided, and there is no prior reading or homework. Book your free slot at the 'What's On' tab on our website
📍 Forest Hill Library
✨ Check out our brand new selection! ✨
📚 Board Books
📖 Children’s Fiction
📘 Teen Fiction
🐉 Fantasy
🎨 Graphic Novels
Perfect for readers of all ages—come and discover your next favourite read today!
✨ Check out our brand new selection! ✨
📚 Board Books
📖 Children’s Fiction
📘 Teen Fiction
🐉 Fantasy
🎨 Graphic Novels
Perfect for readers of all ages—come and discover your next favourite read today!
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📍 Forest Hill Library
✨ Check out our brand new selection! ✨
📚 Board Books
📖 Children’s Fiction
📘 Teen Fiction
🐉 Fantasy
🎨 Graphic Novels
Perfect for readers of all ages—come and discover your next favourite read today!
✨ Check out our brand new selection! ✨
📚 Board Books
📖 Children’s Fiction
📘 Teen Fiction
🐉 Fantasy
🎨 Graphic Novels
Perfect for readers of all ages—come and discover your next favourite read today!
Back at school and already bored of the GCSE and A Level book lists? You can find tons of brilliant new books for young adults at your local library.
October 30, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Back at school and already bored of the GCSE and A Level book lists? You can find tons of brilliant new books for young adults at your local library.
Looking for something new to read during half term? You can thousands of great books for children and teenagers of all ages at your local library, all availble to take home and read for free.
October 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Looking for something new to read during half term? You can thousands of great books for children and teenagers of all ages at your local library, all availble to take home and read for free.
📚 Free Babywearing Advice Drop-In
📍 Crofton Park Library
Do you need advice about slings, baby carriers, or other baby gear? Drop in to Crofton Park Library from 11-12:30 on Thurs 6th Nov for free advice from qualified babywearing consultant and mum of three, Martha San (The Baby Brain)
📍 Crofton Park Library
Do you need advice about slings, baby carriers, or other baby gear? Drop in to Crofton Park Library from 11-12:30 on Thurs 6th Nov for free advice from qualified babywearing consultant and mum of three, Martha San (The Baby Brain)
October 29, 2025 at 9:35 AM
📚 Free Babywearing Advice Drop-In
📍 Crofton Park Library
Do you need advice about slings, baby carriers, or other baby gear? Drop in to Crofton Park Library from 11-12:30 on Thurs 6th Nov for free advice from qualified babywearing consultant and mum of three, Martha San (The Baby Brain)
📍 Crofton Park Library
Do you need advice about slings, baby carriers, or other baby gear? Drop in to Crofton Park Library from 11-12:30 on Thurs 6th Nov for free advice from qualified babywearing consultant and mum of three, Martha San (The Baby Brain)
📚 Clothing Swap-Shop & Coffee Morning
📍Sydenham Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/cloth...
📍Sydenham Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/cloth...
October 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📚 Clothing Swap-Shop & Coffee Morning
📍Sydenham Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/cloth...
📍Sydenham Library
🔗 For information and booking (if applicable) follow this link calicolibraries.com/events/cloth...