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Rebecca McDowall is a published children’s author from St Helens. She joined us to promote her new picture book, A Monster Tea at the Palace

SCARS is dedicated to restoring and maintaining the historic Sankey Canal and needs more members to do so.

Powered by HipHop (UC Crew) is a community Hip Hop organisation based in St Helens. They deliver a range of Hip Hop activities in person

Superhero Saturday was a day to celebrate comic books and graphic novels such as the Marvel and DC classics.

Local Author Convention at The Book Stop. Showcasing the talent in St Helens

St Helens Festival of Imagination was a weekend long collaborative event in conjunction with Virtual Schools and the Library Service.

In July 2022, the restaurant hosted open circle for their witch coven.

The Street Hunt Launch begins with a brass band, town crier and lots of enthusiastic hunters!

At this event we held a pop-up stall with a selection of books and accessories for sale. Our LGBTQ+ pride pins were a particularly good sell

June 25, 2022 We were delighted to welcome local lad Lewis Hancox back to St Helens in June 2022. Lewis’ mum and internet legend, Lynn,...

May 20, 2022 Local Author and Historian, Sue Gerrard, celebrated the release of her new book, A-Z of St Helens with us on the 20th of...

n May we were approached by local artist, Helen, who provides sensory sand art sessions for children. Themed on The Very Hungry Caterpillar

During half-term from 6th - 16th of April, we kept kids busy with a host of Spring/Easter themed activities.

T.M Logan’s visit to St Helens Library marked the beginning of our close relationship to the town’s library service.

March 3, 2022 The Book Stop celebrated our first World Book Day on Thursday 3rd March 2022! Every year World Book Day trustees select 12...

Local sisters Catherine and Sarah Garvey are the duo behind the wonderful Alien Agency comics.

Our first in-store event was a reading of children’s classic, The Polar Express.

On the 30th of November 2021, we hosted a festive 'Storybarn'. This was a children’s reading held by The Reader and hosted at World of Glass

Our first ever event was an evening with author and comedian, Robin Ince. He is well-known as the comic relief to Professor Brian Cox.