2025 What a year!
As the sun sets on 2025, International Year of Co-operatives, it’s the perfect time to look back at what we’ve
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A new chapter for Friction Archives
Friction Arts have always created socially engaged work that makes a real difference. Whether it’s in the local neighborhood or
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Save the Date PHC AGM 6th Feb 6pm Old Mo
Please come along to our Annual General Meeting, Friday 6th February 2026 6-7pm at the Old Moseley Arms, B12 9QU. If
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Finding our Space for Community at the Edge
In the last year it’s been interesting times in Birmingham and the spotlight has been on spaces for community. We’ve
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Book Marks in film. Being part of our library stories
Come to our FREE screening and sharing events showcasing “Book Marks”. Over the past couple of months, our team have
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The First 100 Years of Birmingham Public Libraries
Find out about the Free Library Movement and the impact it had on Birmingham through the early years of Birmingham’
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‘Here at the library, my friend the rabbit…..’
Bradley Taylor @bradleytaylorpoet brought his typewriter to Selly Oak Library and had a queue of young library visitors coming to
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Book Marks Launch in Druids Heath, Selly Oak, Stirchley Libraries
Join us for a series of free interactive events launching on World Book Week and drop in workshops throughout the
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Book Marks in our Libraries.Turning Pages, Shaping Lives
Our new project recording the importance of the book, the library spaces where they are and the marks they have made
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After Holocaust Memorial Lessons to Learn
In October 1938 Henry ‘Koodoo’ Fair, National Organiser for Woodcraft Folk was visited by a Czech youth leader from the
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