Saturday 25 January & 29 Feburary, 11am. Unleash your inner illustrator and learn how to bring stories to life with pictures. Using original materials from our collection learn how pencil sketches and doodles can be used to transform a story.
What's On
Bookable Events
Courses Starting: Tuesday 21 April & Wednesday 22 April 2020. Back by popular demand, innovative and exploratory play for budding bookworms.
Courses Starting Tuesday 5 November 11am & Wednesday 6 November 11am. Back by popular demand, innovative and exploratory play for budding bookworms.
Saturday 28 - Tuesday 31 December, 11.30 & 2.00. Say goodbye to 2019 and hello to 2020 and discover how New Year is celebrated around the world. Don't forget your dancing shoes!
Saturday 7 December, 2pm. Join writer Florianne Humphrey to read Christmas stories from around the world and have a go at writing your own magical festive tale.
Saturday 15 February, 2pm. Build and play your own mini golf course from LEGO bricks! It'll be a little crazy, memorable and lots of fun.
Saturday 18 January, 2pm. Help LEGO super fan Bricks McGee to transform our Attic into an amazing robo assault course inspired by your favourite adventure stories then put your robot racing skills to the test.
Sunday 19 January, 11am. Meet author Alan Windram as he brings his award-winning picture book, One Button Benny to life live in a highly interactive event full of songs, stories and robot dancing!
Saturday 7 December, 5.30pm. Join author Michael Morpurgo, best known for children’s novels such as War Horse, as he launches Seven Stories Christmas Send a Story campaign.
Courses Start April 2020: Learn how to share a love of reading with your toddlers in this interactive five week parent/toddler course.
Courses Start Jan 2020: Learn how to share a love of reading with your toddlers in this interactive six week parent/toddler course.
Saturday 11 January & 8 February, 11am. A pawsome opportunity to bring a four-legged friend along for a tail-waggingly terrific story time.
Saturday 4 January & 1 February, 11am. An exciting workshop combining two of our favourite things: storytime and yoga!
Saturday 23 November to Monday 23 December. Psst! Do you believe? Pop on your pyjamas and head to Seven Stories for a magical journey and help bring the classic Christmas story The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg to life.
Wednesday 11 December, 3.45pm & Saturday 14 December, 3.30pm. Treat yourself to a traditional Edwardian afternoon tea in our cosy Christmas drawing room.
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Non-Bookable Events
On the first Saturday of every month we open our doors early to make your visit to Seven Stories as easy as possible.
Recycle those World Book Day costumes and join us for fancy-dress fun each month!
Every Tuesday to Friday between Tuesday 3 & Friday 20 December 9.30-11.30am. This Christmas bring your little ones to enjoy breakfast with Mrs Claus in her cosy Christmas kitchen.
Exhibitions
08/02/2019
29/02/2020
All day Elmer and Friends: The Colourful World of David McKee
Elmer and Friends: The Colourful World of David McKee celebrates 30 years of Elmer the Patchwork Elephant and is the first major retrospective of David McKee’s striking artwork.
16/07/2019
01/02/2020
All day Drawing Words: an exhibition curated by Lauren Child
Celebrating illustration as an art form for all ages