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1 April 2024

Celebration of Storytelling to showcase stories written by local children

Five fascinating new short-stories have been created in a collaboration between local school children, young people, young people’s services, Luton creatives and nationally renowned authors in the Luton Literature Storytelling Project. These stories will be brought to life through exclusive readings performed by Luton Actors Adeyinka Akinrinade and Aaron Spendelow on Saturday 11 May […]
Halloween window display
31 October 2023

A successful Halloween at Brown Books!

Massive thanks to Jo, Babs, William, Jude and Alan for dressing up and helping out with the events, to Mary for Creepy Crafts and to Aaron (A Children’s Story) for Spooky Stories. And to all our volunteers for their help with the Halloween Trail, encouraging guess how many sweets are […]
Hairy Tales books by Trish Cooke
1 October 2023

Free books for Black History Month

We received a very generous donation of books earlier in the year by Trish Cooke, which we are giving to children for free to mark Black History Month. There are three books from the Hairy Tales series: Zel: Let Out Your Hair Jackson And The Hairstalk The Puppet Who Wanted […]
Patrick Gale
4 August 2023

Patrick Gale is coming to Luton Central Library

Luton Libraries are excited to welcome Patrick Gale to the Central Library on Saturday 9 September. The bestselling author will discuss his writing, including his latest novel, Mother’s Boy. Luton Literature are supporting the event with the return of the local author and illustrator fair, showcasing local artists and authors, and those […]
1 July 2023

Strange Bedsfellows 2! An evening of poetry

Strange Bedsfellows is back! This intimate poetry evening will showcase readings by Clive Gresswell, Keith Jebb, Eddie Heaton, Juliet Troy and C-Weed, all of whom studied at the University of Bedfordshire. Places are very limited as we’re a small venue, so book fast. The event is free, but donations are […]
Cover of the book Blobfish - small pink fish with a sad looking face
18 June 2023

Storytime with Olaf Falafel – Blobfish!

Kick off the summer holidays with an interactive reading of Blobfish by Author, illustrator and a stand-up comedian Olaf Falafel! Blobfish is a heartfelt, humorous story about friendship, belonging and the issue of plastics in our oceans. Visitors will also be able to have a go at drawing their very […]
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