What’s On
The Master’s House hosts an exciting selection of events, exhibitions and activities on a wide range of subjects. You can find out more about upcoming ones here. We look forward to seeing you soon!
To book tickets for an event, phone Ledbury Library and Customer Services on 01432 383499 or visit us.
Booking and tickets
Events are free unless otherwise stated.
Please check if you need to book: you will be asked for your ticket at the event.
Tickets will be available six weeks before the event from Ledbury Library unless otherwise stated. Tickets that have not been collected the day before the event, unless otherwise advised, will be reallocated.
Children under 8 years old must be supervised at all times.
Hiring event and exhibition space in The Master’s House
If you would like to hire one of the event and exhibition spaces in The Master’s House for an event of your own, telephone 01432 383499 or email ledburylibrary@herefordshire.gov.uk.
Explore what’s on
Ledbury Young Writer’s Group
Saturday 28 September
10am – 12 noon
£7 per session
Fun and creative writing workshops for young people, led by professional writer Sara-Jane Arbury. Booking is essential, reserve a place at writingwestmidlands.org
8-13 years
Lino Printing Workshops with Jeanette McCulloch
Monday 30 September , 7 & 14 October
10am – 1pm
Tickets £65 (including materials)
Lino printing is a popular technique and during these three relaxed but informative workshops we will explore lino printing (without a press) and also make our own print blocks, which add texture and pattern. This three week course is led by artist Jeanette McCulloch. All materials will be supplied, including tools to take home.
Ledbury Library Readers’ Group
Tuesday 1 October
4.45pm – 5.45pm
Free
A friendly book group held in Ledbury Library for enthusiastic readers. Read one selected title a month then meet to discuss it. Books will be provided.
Master’s House Guided Tour
Wednesday 2 October
10am – 12 noon
Free tickets (donations gratefully accepted)
The Friends of the Master’s House will be hosting a detailed guided tour of this 15th century timber-frame building. This incredible Grade II* listed building in the centre of Ledbury was once part of the medieval St Katherine’s Hospital.
Home on the Move – Book Launch and Poetry Salon @Ledbury Books and Maps
Friday 4 October
7pm – 9pm
£5 (Tickets on door)
Featuring poets Margaret Adkins, Jim Dening and Jacqui Rowe, this event launches a new poetry anthology called Home on the Move: Two Poems Go on a Journey. Home on the Move explores notions of ‘home’ that are challenged and reshaped by unprecedented migration and interrogates ideas of home, belonging and language from poetic perspectives.
poetry-festival.co.uk
How to Borrow Library eBooks
Monday 7 October – Saturday 12 October
Free drop-in
Bring in your tablet or smartphone and find out how to borrow library eBooks and eAudiobooks using the BorrowBox app. It is a quick and easy way to access hundreds of the latest bestselling titles, completely free! Join the library online at herefordshire.gov.uk/jointhelibrary
Life in Herefordshire During the First World War
Tuesday 8 October – Saturday 2 November
Free
This exhibition explores life in Herefordshire during the First World War in 1914-1918, with stories about people who lived in the county and those who went to war.
A Good Read? Readers’ Group
Friday 11 October
11am – 12.30pm
Free
Bring along a book you have read, share your thoughts and perhaps a short snippet from the book in this friendly readers’ group.
Introduction to Emails
Tuesday 15 October
4pm – 6pm
Free tickets
Learn how to set-up an email account, and how to send and receive emails and attachments. Laptops will be available for you to use. Provided by Fastershire.
16+ years
Herefordshire’s Home Front in the Second World War
Tuesday 15 October
7.30pm – 8.30pm
Tickets £4
Eighty years after the start of the Second World War, author Bill Laws looks at life on the Home Front: Land Army girls and Timber Jills, Ledbury’s POWs and Rotherwas’ Canaries, homesick evacuees, Billy Butlin’s Redhill Hostel, and finding a fitting uniform! Books will be available to buy on the night.
Ledbury Young Writers’ Group
Saturday 19 October
10am – 12 noon
£7 per session
Fun and creative writing workshops for young people, led by professional writer Sara-Jane Arbury. Advance booking is essential, reserve a place at writingwestmidlands.org
8-13 years
Decorated Alphabets of the Middle Ages
Monday 21 October
10am – 4pm
Tickets £48 (including materials)
Spend a day with calligrapher Caroline Owen-Thomas learning to draw or trace eye-catching alphabets, and the techniques of how to paint them using gouache. All materials will be supplied, including brushes and fineliners, and there will be an opportunity to buy materials to take home.
16+ years
Will ye not come home, brother, home to us again?
Friday 25 October
7pm – 8.45pm
Free tickets
While John Masefield was away at sea, his younger brother Harry travelled East, becoming a tea planter in Sri Lanka. Caroline Magnus, Harry’s granddaughter, tells Harry’s story from his Ledbury childhood and relationship with the poet to his life in Sri Lanka.