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Formed in 1998, the Friends of West Hampstead Library (FoWHL) is a community organisation consisting of around 400 library users – mostly local residents but also people who work in West Hampstead or are passing through.

Our main aim is to ensure that, at a time of deep cuts in council budgets, the library remains open, and continues to provide the level of core services that library users need and want, and which local residents fund through their council tax.

Like the library itself, membership of FoWHL is free. To become a FoWHL member and receive notice of all future events, or to send an email, click here

If you are not on email, keep an eye on the FoWHL noticeboard (by the lift, inside the library). Or follow us on @FoWHLNW6

It's the First Monday of the Month so it must be... FoWHL FM

FoWHL FM is the name of our new informal study and discussion group, held on the First Monday of every month in the Children's Library from 6-7pm. All are welcome, but please be prompt! (Photo by Janet Nabney)

FAREWELL NICKY – FoWHL's WRITER IN RESIDENCE

Nicky Lambert, FoWHL's third Writer in Residence, is coming to the end of her one year term. Thanks Nicky for all your wisdom, wit and enthusiasm.

If you would like to serve as WiRES for 2020, please get in touch.

To read Nicky's monthly offering, click here.

Our next event

Our next event will be the FoWHL AGM in late January, early February – date to be announced soon.

Our theme will be The Digital Library.

Farewell and thanks to Simon

For many years a familiar figure in West Hampstead Library, Simon Mulliner (below) has left London for Chipping Norton. Simon will be much missed, not only by the many library users he helped out on a regular basis, but also by FoWHL, for whom he has served as Treasurer since 2016.

Thanks Simon, and here's hoping Chipping Norton Library is to your liking!

FoWHL Chair David Stevenson (right) presents outgoing Treasurer Simon Mulliner with a framed photo of the library – Simon's second home for the last five years or so. He will be much missed.

Simon's departure means that FoWHL now has a vacancy on its committee. If you would be interested in joining us, please email us here and we can tell you more.

FoWHL sponsors Rhyme Time sessions

FoWHL is delighted to announce that it is now sponsoring a series of Story and Rhyme Time sessions in the Children’s Library, every Wednesday during term times from 11.30 - 12.00.

We’re especially thrilled that the sessions are led by the super talented Tyan Archer.

Meet Libby – and start reading

Did you know that as well as thousands of books, journal, CDs and DVDs, West Hampstead Library now has a selection of e-books and audiobooks available for you, at no charge?
All you need is a Camden Libraries ticket, and an app called Libby.
Once you have signed in as a West Hampstead Library user, you can download the books instantly, using whichever device suits you best.

Click here to learn more

And when you have tried it, please let us know how you got on, and what you think.