Held in the Library and grounds at Ashley Gardens It was 4 years since we last held a Summer Fun Day for our community at our home in Carlton Avenue East. With only a few short weeks to plan, arrange and publicise the event, there was some concern, as to whether we had done enough... Read More
Another visit from Hashi Mohamed introducing his new book 'A Home of One's Own' followed by a discussion and Q&A
Introduction and Q&A session by Barry Gardiner MP Stop Fire and Rehire tells the story of Barry Gardiner MP campaign to better regulate Fire and Rehire, where workers are fired and rehired to do the same jobs on poorer pay and conditions. Barry meets victims and those fighting injustice.
Quiz master Ian presents PCL’s Quiz Night at The Preston, 161 Preston Road, Wembley, HA9 8NG. Donation: £5.00 per person If you are eating and wish to reserve a table, visit https://www.emberinns.co.uk/nationalsearch/london/the-preston-wembley/tablebooking Everyone welcome! PCL PUB QUIZ 8.00 pm start. PrestonCommunityLibrary@gmail.com
Look out for Community Library carol singers outside the CoOp - Preston Road. We are fundraising for the Library.
Library Closed for Christmas Break
50’sto 80’s Pop, Rock, & Soul At the Windermere Pub WINDERMERE AVE, WEMBLEY, SOUTH KENTON HA9 8QT Opposite South Kenton Tube/Overground Station: 223 Bus Entrance: £8.00; £5.00(concs) - proceeds to help keep our Library open.
Come and borrow a book at the library on World Book Day. World Book Day was created by UNESCO on 23rd April 1995 as a worldwide celebration of books and reading. It is marked in over 100 countries around the globe.
50 people attended a Film Night Special screening of 'Victoria & Abdul', with the The Sunday Times best-selling author and historian Shrabani Basu talking about her book, Victoria & Abdul:The True Story of The Queen’s Closest Confidant.
Join our local Safer Neighbourhood Team for the latest help and advice on how to protect yourself from the ever-increasingly-sophisticated threats we face.
Martin Rosenbaum is a highly experienced and successful user of the freedom of information system. For 16 years he was the leading specialist in utilising FOI for journalism in BBC News, where he pioneered its use, breaking stories as well as training and advising many other journalists. He now works as an FOI consultant, trainer... Read More
In honour of Refugee Week, the Library hosted another brilliant author-led literary evening on July 10. Two distinguished writers, Kamila Shamsie – author of 'HOME FIRE', the astonishing novel set in Preston Road that won the Women’s Prize for Fiction – and Caroline Smith, the much-lauded Wembley-based poet, came to the Library to discuss their works. Kamila... Read More
