Lakmahal Community Library

We’ve all had that one moment where a major revelation changed a close bond forever. Come share your turning point story or just pull up a chair and listen. 🗣️

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♀️Join the Feminist Book Club to discuss “The Island of Missing Trees” by Elif Shafak

Book summary:
Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. In the taverna, hidden beneath garlands of garlic, chilli peppers and creeping honeysuckle, Kostas and Defne grow in their forbidden love for each other. A fig tree stretches through a cavity in the roof, and this tree bears witness to their hushed, happy meetings and eventually, to their silent, surreptitious departures. The tree is there when war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to ashes and rubble, and when the teenagers vanish. Decades later, Kostas returns. He is a botanist looking for native species, but really, he’s searching for lost love.

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Join the Writers Club for an hour dedicated to all things horror. 👻✍🏽

We will analyse extracts from terrifying stories, learn how to keep readers on the edge of their seats, and put our skills to the test with a live writing prompt. 📖

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Check out our schedule for events and clubs this October!
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🎲To celebrate Tabletop Roleplay games, we ran 5 beginner friendly role play games introducing new and experienced players to various game systems such as Dungeons & Dragons🐉, Dread, Roll for Shoes and Call of Cthulhu.

We hope to encourage people to start playing TTRPGs and to gain confidence to run their own games. We also gave away a free one-page one-shot so anyone who wanted to try could run their own game for their friends!

📢 Apply now to become a Volunteer at Lakmahal!
If you love books and have some free time, this is your chance!

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‼️ New Arrivals Are Here! ‼️

Looking for your next read? Our desk managers are ready to help you discover your new favourite book! 📚✨

Books in post: Ada's Realm by Sharon Dodua Otoo | Samira and Samir by Siba Shakib | Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger by Soraya Chemaly | Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-jin | Everything Inside by Edwidge Danticat | A Life in Trans Activism by A. Revathi | My Dear Kabul by Untold Narratives | Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder | A Woman Like That: Le***an and Bisexual Writers Tell Their Coming Out Stories by Joan Larkin | Witches by Sam George-Allen | Do you Remember Kunan Poshpora? by Samreena Mushtaq

Stay tuned for more updates 📢

🦉Join our non-fiction Club to discuss "Shattered Lands" by Sam Dalrymple

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Book summary:

Shattered Lands, for the first time, presents the whole story of how the Indian Empire was unmade. How a single, sprawling dominion became twelve modern nations. How maps were redrawn in boardrooms and on battlefields, by politicians in London and revolutionaries in Delhi, by kings in remote palaces and soldiers in trenches.

Join us for a free screening of "Pathways to Co-exitance" a short documentary created by Sateesh Venkatesh supported by National Geographic about Human-Elephant Conflict in Sri Lanka.

Date: 20th September 2026
Time: 5 pm - 6 pm
Location: Lakmahal Community Library
Entrance: Free with registration, seats limited

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