*THE READING ROOM WITH THE OLD WATERWORKS X PLUTO PRESS X SHADO X LEFT BOOK CLUB

The Reading Room is a new collaborative project where people can read, learn, listen, and share ideas.

Through linking up with other spaces across the country, Pluto Press and the Left Book Club have created libraries stocked with thought provoking books, where reading groups and opportunities to meet authors are being established, providing resources and activities that hope to catalyse creativity, collaboration and conversation.

The organisations involved share a common goal – to support and empower people within their communities. This project has been initiated in partnership with Pluto Press, and the Left Book Club, and over time, each local hub will develop to reflect and serve the community within which it sits, making each space responsive and unique.

As well as physical library spaces, The Reading Room will open up forums to debate local issues that affect everyday lives. Taking the lead from our communities, these topics may include inequality, the environment, precarious employment, LGBTQ+ issues, structural racism and much more.

TOMA x TOW are continuing our collaboration through this project which will include access to books, workshops and reading groups. We both work collaboratively and alongside other cultural organisations in the area, bringing contemporary art and culture to the wider community.

You can access the collaborative TOMA x TOW Reading Room at The Old Waterworks’ library HERE. The space is currently open every Tuesday from 12-6pm to come and visit. You can also email emma@toma-art.com to book in an alternate date to drop by.

Join us at The Old Waterworks for a series of events from 17 to 24 September 2022 that are part of Pluto Press’ anti-capitalist fashion week which celebrates the release of Tansy E. Hoskins’ text: The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion.

You’ll be able to meet the author, take part in reading groups, Q&A’s about the industry, drop-in sewing sessions and customisation and reclamation workshops with local artists.

All events are free to attend but booking is advised. If you can’t make the event, please return your ticket as soon as you can so someone else can attend. Workshops are not suitable for children under 16 years of age.

Check our events page HERE for more information and to book onto these free events.