events
130th Anniversary
FRIDAY 9 October 2026
A special event with Merseyside Civic Society members and friends
& SPECIAL EVERTON LIBRARY BEATLES BUS TOUR LED BY TOMMY CALDERBANK
thanks to everyone who supported this event. st george’s everton, emily hutchinson, chris shepherd & Gary o’donnell, merseyside civic society, tommy calderbank, beatles blue bus tours, sarah harrison (harrison stringfellow), lol baker from fab lab ljmu, prof simon lee, maureen royce, to all of our members and everyone who came along with us.
chris shepherd back in town
Friday 7th august 2026
Award winning illustrator and film-maker Chris Shepherd returned to Anfield to host a print sale at Homebaked Bakery from on Friday 7th August followed by a specially curated Anfield People’s Cinema evening at Kitty’s starting at 6.30pm with Scouse, great discussions and blackberry fool.
Frank Kennedy as Charles Dickens
Christmas 2025 at The Shewsy
events as part of the open Campaign organised by PollyPort CIC
125th Anniversary of the opening of the Library co-incided with John Lennon’s birthday, so he paid us a visit and was welcomed by Fans Supporting Foodbanks! The event included a projection onto the side of the building and music by Tom Rogan, with poetry performances from Tommy Calderbank and 1coolpoet and an “in conversation” between Jimmy McGovern and Jeff Young. Scouse was served.
Carl O’Prey with Year 7’s at North Liverpool Academy after reading ‘The Lawn of Sleeping Soldiers’ published 2026
This event was very well attended, and was broad and insightful. Fresh out of lockdown, it was at this event that Councillor Jane Corbett announced £38k towards emergency repairs
Chris Shepherd and Peter Carney
Anfield Road tour March 2026
Supported by LCVS Community Innovation Fund, a series of Spring Talks and a children’s play event. Visiting speakers, including Quadriga, who carried out the emergency works in 2022 and spoke about the skills gap in their industry.
“Everton Library is an architectural gem which, during Liverpool’s coal-fuelled Industrial Revolution, brought new skills and knowledge to the people of Everton. Now that we desperately need to escape our fossil fuel dependency, Everton Library could take its place securing jobs and investment in retrofitting the city’s enormous stock of historic buildings to be resilient, comfortable and beautiful in the face of the changing climate.”
Dr Barnabas Calder, University of Liverpool
Chris Shepherd Artist talk & Exhibition
Homebaked Bakery March 2026
This sold out event included guest speakers from France, involved in the rebuilding of the LU Biscuit Factory, and was chaired by Dan Carden MP with contributions from Trevor Skempton and others. The 3d scan of the building by Curtin’s was shown in the Foyer of the RIBA Building.