Cork City Libraries Events Guide Oct Nov 2024

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October| Friday 25 | 11 am | Halloween Storytime Be prepared to be frightened !. very frightened !. with cute spiders, friendly ghosts, pop-up books and nursery rhymes. Costume welcome October| Tuesday 29 | 11 am | Library Art Group This is an informal art group urgently I need of new members. The group can decide its direction of travel with the library providing space, tea and 'some' materials October | Friday 31 | 3.15 pm | Pageturners Junior Book Club The Pageturners suits children aged 8 to 12 and meets every last Friday. Classics and new titles read, reviewed and discussed. This month the club will be discussing 'The Sheep Pig' by Dick King-Smith. November| All month | Heritage Heroes Taki ng clipboard in hand find 32 heritage sites from the 32 counties of Ireland dispersed throughout the library. One for each county. Map-like, those of Munster are clustered near to the staff desk with those for Ulster spread across the further reaches November | Friday 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 |11 am | Library Storytime Themed story time suitable for toddlers. Rhymes, songs and activities. Be sure to bring along an adult too! November | Wednesday 6, 13, 20, 27 | 11 am | 45-Club '45' card playing in a social setting every Tuesday morning. All welcome. No gambling! November | Wednesday 6, 13, 20, 27 | 3.30 pm | Mayfield Library Chess Academy Mayfield Library Chess Academy. Children's chess play and instruction where the pupils of different schools come together to sharpen their skills. Inter-Library Tournament in December. Enquire: 021 4924935 / mayfield_library@corkcity.ie November | Thursday 7, 21 | 11 am | Co-operative Scrabble Pool your letters, build words together, tot a cumulative score, or have a traditional competitive game. Build mental agility and word skills in a social setting. All welcome November | Thursday 7, 14, 21, 28 | 2.30 pm | Ciorcal Comhra Irish language conversation circle for those seeking an opportunity to converse, discuss and debate through teanga náisiúnta November| Thursday 7, 14 | 4 pm | Chess Tutor Illustrated chess tutorials with Q&A for all ages with Irish U-19 international Mark McGrath. Continues into November, six weeks in all November | Saturday 9, 16, 23, 30 | 3 pm | Match Attax Meet-Up Swap and play opportunity for soccer card collectors. Informal, fun and orderly. Staff will help shy traders. Other card aficionados welcome too November | Tuesday 12 | 3.30 pm | Frank O’Connor Writers Group Prose, poetry, drama. Fiction and non-fiction. It is what you make it. New members welcome and invited to read at the library for Ireland Reads Day in February November | Thursday 14 | 11 am | Frank O’Connor Book Club Currently full, we are open to initiating and facilitating a new club. Proposals to 021 4924935 or mayfield_library@corkcity.ie November| Tuesday 26 | 11 am | Library Art Group This is an informal art group urgently I need of new members. The group can decide its direction of travel with the library providing space, tea and 'some' materials November | Friday 29 | 3.15 pm | Pageturners Junior Book Club The Pageturners suits children aged 8 to 12 and meets every last Friday. Classics and new titles read, reviewed and discussed. This month the club will be discussing 'The Wild Robot' by Peter Brown. November | Saturday 30 | 11 am | Lego Club Free play with library Lego spilled on table 'and probably floor!' November | Saturday 30 | 11 am | Video Game Club Fingers on buttons for new and retro video gaming on the library's big screen in a social setting

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