Rhythm & Resonance: Hargest Creative Exhibition
2026-01-31 08:00 - 2026-02-27 17:00 (Europe/London) | Malvern Library, Graham Road, Malvern, Worcs, WR14 2HU
Artists and wellbeing specialists Kevin and Mayuri have a joint exhibition in The Book & Cup Cafe at Malvern Library, starting 31 January through to 27 February 2026 during library opening hours (closed Sundays).
Kevin’s work is abstract and conceptual, drawing from life’s myriad of experiences to create pieces full of narrative and complexity.
Mayuri’s work draws on her Indian heritage, using the graphical lines from mehndhi and saree patterns in hand drawn or relief printed works, exploring nature, ritual and peace in chaos.
Rhythm & Resonance is a celebration of over 20 years of creativity in its many forms, including poetry, prints and paintings, with both older and newer pieces exhibited.
Nearby the venue is the awesome Priory Park, so this half term, take a visit to the cafe for the exhibition, to explore the books in the library and have a run around in the park: a lovely day out for the kids and you!
Just a note that the cafe is open for service Monday – Thursday only, but the exhibition is still open and aligns to the library times.

Tales After Dark
2026-01-20 20:00 - 21:00
Don’t miss this first visit to Malvern Library by Weeping Bank – the highly acclaimed ghost storytelling show packing out libraries across the Midlands all year round.
In Weeping Bank, they say The Librarian writes by moonlight and locks away his stories at dawn. But every now and then, by candlelight and under the watchful glow of a single brass lamp, he reads one or two of his chilling tales to rapt audiences across the country.
This is storytelling as it once was – eerie, immersive and dangerously close.
Not suitable for children or the faint of heart.
To learn more about The Librarian, his dark tales and the village of #WeepingBank, head over to the website.
Tickets: £6 – book online at Ticketsource

Cath Little Storyteller, Saturday Afternoon - Great Malvern Festival of Stories for Children
2025-10-25 13:45 - 14:30
“Mesmerising mythic stories from a wonderful Welsh storyteller”
Cardiff storyteller and singer Cath Little has “rough magic” in her voice, and in her words “the gift of the story comes through.” She has a strong belief in the power of traditional stories to connect us to one another, to the land, and to the people who once lived here. Cath is passionate about sharing the ancient British wonder tales of The Mabinogion.
Cath helps run the Cardiff Storytelling Circle and curate their seasonal concerts, Tales for the Turning Year. She tells and listens to stories at Oasis, a Cardiff Charity which offers a warm Welsh welcome to refugees and asylum seekers.
Cath keeps busy sharing stories in schools, libraries, museums, castles, cafes and fields. She has performed at clubs and festivals across Britain and Ireland and is the author of Glamorgan Folk Tales for Children.
Saturday 25 October
11.00 am
12.15 am
1.45 pm
Sunday 26 October
12.30 am
2.15 pm
4.15 pm
Ages: all ages
Tickets
Adult: Free
Child: Free
Ticket price includes VAT.

20% multiple event discount available when booked directly with Malvern Theatres box office.
Ticket price does not include booking fee.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Find out more about Cath Little
What’s on at the Great Malvern Festival of Stories for Children.
The Great Malvern Festival of Stories for Children is part funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Cath Little Storyteller, Saturday Lunchtime - Great Malvern Festival of Stories for Children
2025-10-25 12:15 - 13:00
“Mesmerising mythic stories from a wonderful Welsh storyteller”
Cardiff storyteller and singer Cath Little has “rough magic” in her voice, and in her words “the gift of the story comes through.” She has a strong belief in the power of traditional stories to connect us to one another, to the land, and to the people who once lived here. Cath is passionate about sharing the ancient British wonder tales of The Mabinogion.
Cath helps run the Cardiff Storytelling Circle and curate their seasonal concerts, Tales for the Turning Year. She tells and listens to stories at Oasis, a Cardiff Charity which offers a warm Welsh welcome to refugees and asylum seekers.
Cath keeps busy sharing stories in schools, libraries, museums, castles, cafes and fields. She has performed at clubs and festivals across Britain and Ireland and is the author of Glamorgan Folk Tales for Children.
Saturday 25 October
11.00 am
12.15 am
1.45 pm
Sunday 26 October
12.30 am
2.15 pm
4.15 pm
Age range: all ages
Tickets
Adult: Free
Child: Free
Ticket price includes VAT.

20% multiple event discount available when booked directly with Malvern Theatres box office.
Ticket price does not include booking fee.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Find out more about Cath Little
What’s on at the Great Malvern Festival of Stories for Children.
The Great Malvern Festival of Stories for Children is part funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Cath Little Storyteller, Saturday Morning - Great Malvern Festival of Stories for Children
2025-10-25 11:00 - 11:45
“Mesmerising mythic stories from a wonderful Welsh storyteller”
Cardiff storyteller and singer Cath Little has “rough magic” in her voice, and in her words “the gift of the story comes through.” She has a strong belief in the power of traditional stories to connect us to one another, to the land, and to the people who once lived here. Cath is passionate about sharing the ancient British wonder tales of The Mabinogion.
Cath helps run the Cardiff Storytelling Circle and curate their seasonal concerts, Tales for the Turning Year. She tells and listens to stories at Oasis, a Cardiff Charity which offers a warm Welsh welcome to refugees and asylum seekers.
Cath keeps busy sharing stories in schools, libraries, museums, castles, cafes and fields. She has performed at clubs and festivals across Britain and Ireland and is the author of Glamorgan Folk Tales for Children.
Dates/Times of Performances
Saturday 25 October
11.00 am
12.15 am
1.45 pm
Sunday 26 October
12.30 am
2.15 pm
4.15 pm
Ages: all ages
Tickets
Adult: Free
Child: Free
Ticket price includes VAT.

20% multiple event discount available when booked directly with Malvern Theatres box office.
Ticket price does not include booking fee.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Find out more about Cath Little
What’s on at the Great Malvern Festival of Stories for Children.
The Great Malvern Festival of Stories for Children is part funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Meet the Artist: Shaun Morris
2025-10-18 13:00 - 15:00
On Saturday 18 October 2025, there will be an opportunity to meet the artist Shaun Morris between 1pm and 3pm at Malvern Library, where an exhibition of his work runs from 3 – 31 October during library opening hours. Shaun will be available to informally discuss his ideas, working methods and relationship to his subject for this exhibition, canals, which are undoubtedly an important and evocative part of the Midlands landscape.
The Book & Cup Café will also be open for refreshments.

Storytelling Cafe
2025-10-14 19:00 - 20:30
Malvern Storytellers bring the art of oral storytelling tradition alive to adult audiences with traditional tales from East to West.
The Book & Cup Café within Malvern Library, which is hosting the event, will be open for refreshments.
To book your free place, please visit Malvern Library or contact malib@worcestershire.gov.uk.

Art Exhibition: The Cut by Shaun Morris (check opening times before travelling)
2025-10-03 09:00 - 2025-10-31 17:00
This October, Birmingham-based painter Shaun Morris presents ‘The Cut’, an exhibition of a selection of his paintings of Birmingham and his native Black Country’s canals completed over the last 12 years. The region is well-known for its extensive canal network, and these paintings bring them to life in unusual and imaginative ways which lean into the traditions of landscape painting with a variety of contemporary approaches. The large paintings, rich in colour and atmosphere, evoke a sense of the history of the canals and their role in the industrial revolution, but also depict the canals as they cut through the ruins of the contemporary post-industrial landscape, the so-called edgelands and the ‘geography of nowhere’. Here they hide and divide a landscape unseen beneath the colossal motorways of the M5 and M6 overhead that have replaced their use. In other paintings the canals are depicted at night in bold, almost entirely abstract canvasses that exude a unique air of dislocation and mystery. All welcome.
Exhibition opening times
Monday, Tuesday, Friday: 9am – 5pm
Wednesday: 1pm – 5pm
Thursday: 9am – 1pm
Saturday: 10am – 3pm

Storytelling Café with Graham Langley
2025-07-09 19:00 - 20:30
You are invited to join international storyteller Graham Langley for an evening of storytelling at the Malvern Library Cafe starting at 7pm on Wednesday 9 July.
Described by The Times as a ‘storyteller for the 21st century’, Graham’s enthusiasm, energy and enthusiastic performances have captivated audiences worldwide. He was a resident storyteller at Birmingham Storytelling Cafe for seventeen years and his shows are guaranteed to delight audiences.
This Storytelling Café will be part of Graham’s art exhibition in the Library Café. He will tell his stories surrounded by his artwork, which will be available to buy.
The event is free and refreshments will be available from Book & Cup Café to purchase.
To book your free place, visit Malvern Library or contact malib@worcestershire.gov.uk
For twenty years Graham was a drama and dance teacher before an illness caused him to leave teaching. He turned back to his love of folksong and folklore. He started touring schools and libraries with his work and receiving invitations from abroad, most notably tours in Australia, New Zealand and Canada as well as Europe and Scandinavia. With Dream On Productions in Argentina he helped initiate English language storytelling in schools throughout South America.
As Artistic Director of the Trad Arts Team he established a touring network of popular storytelling evenings called Storytelling Café, and nurtured young storytellers nationally, running the annual Young Storyteller of the Year Award for ten years. Much of his recent artwork has narrative elements to them.

Meet Blue Monster with Petr Horáček (Midsummer Malvern)
2025-07-03 10:00 - 12:00
Petr Horáček is an award-winning author and illustrator of many picture books such as Silly Suzy Goose, A New House for Mouse, The Greedy Goat, Blue Penguin, Puffin Peter, or The Perfect Present.
Petr is going to read you some of his books and show you his favourite characters including the very new Blue Monster. Petr will also show you how you can make a bear smile.
It may be a bit scary, but it’s definitely going to be fun! Anybody who likes picture books is welcome.
Donations in aid of the Ukrainian community.
Image © Kate Wrigglesworth

From Storytelling to Art – Exhibition by Graham Langley
2025-07-02 08:00 - 2025-07-28 17:00
From Storytelling to Art – Exhibition by Graham Langley
Open 2 – 28 July 2025 during library opening hours (closed Sundays)
Most of his life Graham has been involved in the performance arts. For 30 years he has travelled Britain and the world as a storyteller. But it is only in the last ten years that he has made something that he calls art, mainly printmaking, more recently acrylic, and largely experimental. Much of his work reflects the British landscape, especially prehistoric sites which he seeks out on his travels.
The exhibition will present a wide range of Graham Langley’s artwork. While much of the work will include colourful monoprints; these often combine the use of acrylic and collage. Work will include the all-black “Uffington White Horse at Night” and the all-white embossed image of the Nebra Sky Disc.
About the artist
For twenty years Graham was a drama and dance teacher before an illness caused him to leave teaching. He turned back to his love of folksong and folklore. He started touring schools and libraries with his work and receiving invitations from abroad, most notably tours in Australia, New Zealand and Canada as well as Europe and Scandinavia. With Dream On Productions in Argentina he helped initiate English language storytelling in schools throughout South America.
As Artistic Director of the Trad Arts Team he established a touring network of popular storytelling evenings called Storytelling Café, and nurtured young storytellers nationally, running the annual Young Storyteller of the Year Award for ten years. Much of his recent artwork has narrative elements to them.
Admission is free.

Exhibition: Day to Night
2025-06-03 08:00 - 2025-06-26 17:00
Art exhibition by Kim Whitby: 3 – 26 June 2025 (see opening times online)
In this new exhibition at Malvern Library, local artist Kim Whitby takes us through her unique creative process – from initial sketches and plans to colour palette inspirations and colour mixing that lead to the final finished piece. We get to see the developmental drawings and paintings for a modern Arts and Crafts-inspired frieze. An Arts and Crafts frieze is a decorative band on a wall often above a picture rail or panelling which was popular during the Arts and Crafts period, made either from printed wallpaper or painted directly.
Don’t miss this opportunity! For library opening times, please visit the Worcestershire County Council website. Admission is free.

Exhibition: 15 Sketchbooks
2025-06-02 08:00 - 2025-06-30 17:00
Art exhibition by Jeanette McCulloch: 2 – 30 June 2025 (check opening times online)
Jeanette McCulloch, a local artist and art teacher, shares 15 of her sketchbooks which illustrate a variety of themes. These include work made in-situ in Manchester Museum, Egyptian galleries, paintings made sitting in Kew Gardens glass houses and paintings of pottery sherds made in Hereford Resource Museum.
The exhibition at Malvern Library runs during June 2025. For Library opening times, visit the Worcestershire County Council website. Admission is free.

New Art Showcase: Artstrands
2025-02-01 10:00 - 2025-02-28 16:00
Saturday 1 February – Friday 28 February 2025 (Monday to Saturday only, closed Sunday)
The Artstrands Art Showcase features a group of ten local artists working across a broad range of artistic disciplines. Coming from diverse backgrounds, the artists bring varied skills and life experiences to their artworks and creative endeavours.
The artists exhibiting are:

Gabrielle Rucinski – ceramics & glass
Kitty Kavanagh – sculpture & mixed media
Loll Gorman – hand-spun yarn
Felicity Knapp – painting
Lesley Brankin – textiles & mixed media
Fiona Boult – painting
Les Rucinski – ceramics
Mark Brayley – model-making & sculpture
Jo Raynor – textiles & mixed media
Mary Clayburn – mixed media & textiles

For Malvern Library opening hours, please visit the Worcestershire County Council website.

Exhibition: Snowfall on Resting Hill by Ray Jacobs
2025-01-11 08:00 - 2025-01-30 17:00
Exhibition open Monday – Saturday until 30 January 2025 (closed Sunday)
“Snowfall on Resting Hill”, a new exhibition of stunningly beautiful woodland photography, is open to all at Malvern Library (adjacent to Book and Cup Café, lower ground floor) until 30 January 2025. The exhibition consists of ten selected images captured within the sessile oak woodland on Resting Hill, Snailbeach, photographed by Shropshire-based movement and film artist Ray Jacobs.
Ray states: “For me, photography is all about the experience of walking through the landscape and encountering beauty in all its forms. The combination of soundscape, landscape, light, the changes of both outdoor weather and my own emotional weather, create moments to capture and translate into photographic image. On this day, I was entranced by the beauty of the sessile oaks highlighted by the blanket of snow.
“In the journey to the woods, I encountered a myriad of animal paths, snowdrifts, sometimes up to my waist, the silence of snow, and the ever-refreshing cold against my face. I walked in many, many circles; there were far too many exquisite forms and dances of these oaks to capture. I fell down on the aptly named Resting Hill… a lot, and stayed until the numbness in my toes and fingers signalled it was time for home.”
N.B. The exhibition is available to all visitors during core staffed hours; during “Libraries Unlocked” opening times, it’s available only to those who have registered for this upgrade to their membership. For library opening hours, visit the Worcestershire County Council website.

Free Drawing Session - 'Movember'
2024-11-19 14:30 - 16:00
Join in this free and fun drawing session led by art educator and Malvern-based artist Kim Whitby.
Mark ‘Movember’ with us by modelling for us with your Movember moustache growth, or by drawing portraits of models sporting new moustaches!
We will draw in charcoal and this session is suitable for all levels of adult artist. Sign up in the cafe gallery to book your free space or contact the Library at malib@worcestershire,gov.uk

Field of Remembrance
2024-11-07 10:00 - 2024-11-14 17:00
The Field of Remembrance at Malvern Library will be open from 7 – 14 November 2024 to those including schools to plant a poppy to remember those who have fallen, as well as to everyone who wishes to visit to pay their respects.
A cross-planting ceremony will be held on 7 November from 10.40am. Crosses are available on the day free of charge and will be available to plant on the day and throughout the weeklong period at Malvern Library. Donations for the Poppy Appeal are appreciated.

Chiaroscuro: Exhibition by Kim Whitby
2024-11-02 10:00 - 2024-12-16 17:00
Exhibition open 2 November – 16 December 2024 (closed Sundays)
Chiaroscuro (literally light-dark in Italian) is an exhibition of works on paper by Malvern artist Kim Whitby.
Traditional works on paper such as watercolour, or as in this exhibition in ink, rely on the paper itself being the lightest aspect of the picture. The artist has to leave any light areas as untouched paper and show any brightness by painting in the other tones and all the dark areas. To quote Kim, “In order to show the light I paint the dark.”
The exhibition runs until 16 December 2024 at Malvern Library in the Cafe Gallery during core opening hours. Artwork on display can be purchased through the library.
Kim, who is also a qualified and experienced art teacher, will be offering two free workshops in the library which will be open to the public or any library members. The first workshop is in the Library on 19 November, 2.30pm – 4pm.

Tamar Eluned Williams: Storyteller - Great Malvern Festival of Stories for Children
2024-10-26 10:30 - 13:00
Tamar Eluned Williams tells stories in Welsh and English. Her performances are simultaneously playful, epic, and soulful, and weave story and song together to make magic with her audiences. She’s told stories in schools, museums, and festivals around the world; on beaches, in forests, by firelight and (the strangest place to date) on the top deck of the number 45 bus in Birmingham. She has stories for the youngest and oldest of listeners and believes storytelling is for everyone.
Previous performances include: Green Man Festival, Lakefest, National Centre for Folk Arts, Festival at the Edge and Beyond the Border. She has created commissions for the National Museum of Wales, BookTrust, and Sinfonia Cymru.
Tamar was awarded the Gwobr Esyllt Harker Award for a Welsh woman storyteller in 2016 and the UK Young Storyteller of the Year Award in 2013.
Each Session is 45 minutes and free of charge.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
Performance Times
11.00am
12:15pm
13:45pm
Find out more about Tamar Eluned Williams.
What’s on at the Great Malvern Festival of Stories for Children.
The Great Malvern Festival of Stories for Children is part funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Malvern Festival of Innovation: The Family Day
2024-10-05
Engaging all ages – Saturday 5 October (all day)
Explore the hands-on exhibits from a variety of organisations involved in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Ideal for grandparents/parents and children to enjoy together. The Book and Cup Cafe will be open downstairs serving light refreshments and lunch throughout the day.
Exhibition free for all to attend.

'Preserving the Memory': An Art Exhibition by Carolyn Blake
2024-06-26, 2024-06-25, 2024-06-24, 2024-06-22, 2024-06-21, 2024-06-20, 2024-06-19, 2024-06-18 and 2 more dates
Carolyn Blake’s must-see exhibition, ‘Preserving the Memory’, not only takes you down railway tracks, past abandoned buildings, with graffiti walls and abandoned landscapes, but also into a contemporary dance sequence with the Greek muse Terpischore and finally into gardens where the past meets the present day.
This exhibition is a 3-in-1 show, with the ‘Poetics of Dance’ destined for the Oxford Arts Festival at the Kendrow Gallery at St John’s College, Oxford this July, and the garden series for Winterbourne House and Gardens in Birmingham (February 2025).
Admission to the exhibition is free.
Opening times
Monday: 9am – 5pm
Tuesday: 9am – 7pm
Wednesday: 9am – 7pm
Thursday: 9am – 5pm
Friday: 9am – 5pm
Saturday: 9am – 4pm
Sunday: Closed
