Friends of St Ives Library

08/09/2026

08/09/2026

What a lovely evening! 📚✨

A huge thank you to everyone who came along this evening. It was wonderful to see so many people joining us to celebrate books and reading and to help us promote the National Year of Reading 2026. ❤️

A very special thank you to Joanna Miller for sharing the story behind her captivating debut novel, The Eights, and to Liz Fenwick for such a warm and engaging Q&A. You both made it a truly special evening. 💕

A big thank you to Alice from St. Ives Bookseller for joining us and bringing along a wonderful selection of books for everyone to browse and buy. 📚

And many thanks to the Friends of St Ives Library (FOSIL) for kindly providing the refreshments and helping to make the evening that little bit more special. ☕🍰❤️

Most importantly, thank you to everyone who came along and supported the evening. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

✍️ Are you an author with a book you’d like to promote? If you’re interested in holding an author talk or book promotion at St Ives Library, we’d love to hear from you. Please get in touch with us to find out more! 📚

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08/09/2026

🎨 Discover St Ives Through Its Artists 🎨

As part of the St Ives September Festival, join Nicky Ferguson on a fascinating series of walking tours exploring the artists, stories and places that make St Ives so special.

📍 Meet at The Cornerstone, St Ives Library & Visitor Information

From Hepworth and Pearce to the many artists who have called St Ives home, these walks offer a wonderful opportunity to discover the town through the eyes of its artists. ✨

Whether you're a lifelong St Ives resident, a regular visitor or discovering the town for the first time, come along and see St Ives from a different perspective.

🎨 Part of the St Ives September Festival | check out St Ives Box Office for dates, times and ticket.

08/09/2026

08/09/2026

AN EVENING WITH JOANNA MILLER - St Ives Library

Looking forward to this tonight 🧡

Tickets still available on St Ives Box Office

08/09/2026

07/09/2026

The terms uppercase and lowercase letters or characters are used commonly today in the language of desktop publishing. Have you ever stopped to think where the terms originated?

Strangely enough most publishing terms actually come from the old print industry. When documents were originally put together for printing, all the letters had to be manually placed onto the press before the page was pressed.

All the characters were stored in the printer’s case of letters, which had an upper part of the case where capital letters were stored, and a lower part of the case where the other letters were stored. Thus was born the language of upper case letters and lower case letters.

07/09/2026

So much going on during the St Ives September festival this year!

As well as music, workshops, walks, talks, films and open studios there’s also exhibitions and events on daily throughout the two weeks.

For full details of dates and opening times, check out the programme in St Ives Local, pick up a copy from the library or participating venues or download to your phone directly from our website https://www.stivesseptemberfestival.co.uk/programme2026

Start planning your visit!