Human Libraries events in Sefton Libraries are temporarily paused
Click here for more information. We look forward to meeting in the library again as soon as it is safe to do so. In the meantime, some parts of our programme are now taking place online. You can stay in touch with what we’re up to by signing up to our weekly newsletter
Interview with Bella Milroy
We’ve been working with Bella Milroy since 2019 first through a short February plant workshop with Sean Roy Parker in Pool Our Resources and second through a larger project called Soft Sanctuary
Soft Sanctuary online
Last year for World Mental Health Day, Bella Milroy produce a series of workshops for our first Soft Sanctuary in Bootle Library, bringing together artists, library users and librarians. We focused on the idea of a ‘sick day’, what it means to take time to rest and give ourselves permission to relax.
Chopping Club: Pickling Party
For October’s Chopping Club, artists Niamh Riordan and Greg Herbert hosted a pickling party over Zoom. Guests were invited to chop along with us to produce a jar or two of pickles for their fridge, or simply come along to watch and have a chat. We provided the pickle recipes in advance, and a jar of ingredients was available for Bootle and Crosby residents to pick up from their local library to make during the event.
Freshly Cut Grass – Morning journey
Escape from it all for a little while and come on a journey through nature —without leaving the house. This is the first resource in a series of three, designed by artist Frances Disley to help you relax in the morning before you start your day.
The Kitchen Table Collective
Want to try making with clay? You are invited to join The Kitchen Table Collective: a new ceramics project led by artist Aliyah Hussain.
Human Libraries Autumn Programme
As the days start to feel a little shorter and the weather a little cooler, we are pleased to share our Autumn-Winter season programme of creative events and activities to help us to re-connect and keep spirits lifted, as we start to be able to come together again. With a theme of wellbeing, the programme includes a mixture of online sessions and activities that can be enjoyed at home, walks and talks and outdoor meet-ups.
Chopping Club: Navi Kaur
For September’s Chopping Club you are invited to join us for an online talk and discussion with Birmingham based artist and educator Navi Kaur.
I Search for an Artwork with These 25 Properties
I Search for an Artwork with These 25 Properties is a word search by Harun Morrison, who is working with us to design a new garden for Bootle Library
Remedies for Resistance
Do we know how to care for ourselves and each other? What is collective care? How do we practice collective care within our communities? Do we have medical knowledge? Do we have our own remedies? Have these passed along through family, kinship or through networks? How do we know or find about them? Who do we share them with and how?
Chopping Club: Blackberrying
There are hundreds of microspecies of bramble in the UK, all of them differing slightly in flavour. Where are Bootle’s best brambles, and do they have their own unique taste?
Bootle Mappers – A Green Treasure Hunt
Bootle Mappers is a live treasure hunt exploring nature, wildlife and connected people and stories in Derby and Linacre. You sign up to become one of the esteemed Bootle Mappers and over 5 weeks we, the ‘mapping headquarters team’ will send you weekly quests to go on and small tasks to fulfill. Mark them on a map and return the gems you find back to us.