Plympton Library

Plympton Library launches a new ‘HeadSpace’ for young people

Plympton Library is launching an exciting new project for 11 to 19-year-olds who love writing, performing music, reading and the arts.

HeadSpace Plympton will offer free sessions every week, including film making, meeting authors, movie nights, crafts, dance, music, songwriting, fashion, photography, poetry workshops, Manga comics and more. There will also be opportunities to volunteer...

Local teacher and author Andrew Beasley shares his spooky secrets

Plymouth primary school teacher and newly published author Andrew Beasley will have youngsters on the edge of their seats this week when he drops in at Plymstock Library to talk about his super scary story ‘Ben Kingdom: The Claws of Evil’.

The swashbuckling adventure, set in an imaginary Victorian London, is Andrew’s debut novel and has been included in the official book collection for...

Woman in her 60s robbed outside Plympton Library

A woman in her 60s was robbed of her purse outside Plympton Library yesterday.

Detectives are keen to hear from any witnesses to the street robbery that took place on the Ridgeway in Plympton yesterday – Wednesday 24 April – at around 5.10pm.

The woman was near to the entrance of Plympton library when a young man approached her, pushed her, then grabbed the purse that she was...

'TV Detective' to give talk at Plympton Library

If you’ve ever fancied yourself as the next Agatha Christie or PD James, head to Plympton Library on Friday 3 May for a special crime fiction event.

Simon Hall, BBC crime correspondent for the South West and author of the 'TV Detective' series of novels, will be visiting the library to launch his latest book and give aspiring crime writers useful hints and tips.

Simon will give...