http://www.keatscommunitylibrary.org.uk/news.php News Tim Sullivan is an acclaimed screenwriter and director His writing credits include A HANDFUL OF DUST, starring Kristen Scott Thomas, WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD, starring Helen Mirren and Helena Bonham Carter, JACK AND SARAH (which he also directed) starring Richard E Grant, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen and LETTERS TO JULIET, with Amanda Seyfried. Television director credits include SHERLOCK HOLMES and COLD FEET and CORONATIONS STREET. He has written extensively in Hollywood in both live action and animation, working with Ron Howard, Scott Rudin and with Jeffrey Katzenberg on the fourth SHREK movie. He has now embarked on a series of crime novels featuring the autistic, and brilliantly persistent DS George Cross. The novels are set in Bristol in the south west of England, Cross’ methods often infuriate his colleagues and superiors “not so much a thorn in my side as a pain in my arse,” according to his boss DCI Carson. But his conviction rate, thanks to his dogged persistence and attention to detail, is the best in the force. THE BOOKSELLER is the 6th and latest in the series.   'One of the most iconic British fictional detectives of the 21st century.' DAILY MAIL   Meet Tim on 5th March 2026,  7.30pm (doors open 7pm), at  Keats Community Library NW3 2RR  and discuss his work.  His books will be available to buy and of course Tim will sign any of his works for you. Tickets are £12 from the Library (02027431 1266) and on line from Wegottickets.com. Click HERE to book   Our events are vital to keep the library open and flourishing  - do consider supporting us! Thank you.   With thanks to our wonderful sponsors    Wed, 14 Jan 2026 02:48:13 -0800 We are delighted to show you the new range of high quality wrapping paper that we have on sale. They  are from designer Emily Burningham to whom we are most grateful. Only £2 a sheet or £5 for 6 sheets There is a large choice on a stand in the Library with more stock in the store room Come and look ; all proceeds benefit the library!  Thu, 11 Dec 2025 06:57:55 -0800 The Art Fair on 22nd/23rd March was amazing   Friday's launch was very busy although perhaps the wine helped. Saturday was busy all day with streams of people coming off the Heath as well as by invitation. It looks as though we have our posters in the right places at last. The exhibotirs were delighted with the space, layout and the attendance.  Sales were decent all day and most sold something.   We still have a few pictures owned by KCL available to buy.                                                              Really charming original Water colours  by Hanna Weill   - to read about the artist  see below.  All are priced at £295, offered framed as seen.  Quite large - 60 -70cm wide, details on request          Hanna Weil 1921-2011 Hanna Weil was born in Munich in 1921, and emigrated with her parents to London in 1932. Raised in the Hampstead Garden Suburb, she was educated at The North London Collegiate, "An excellent education. I just loathed every minute of it". She then studied at St Martin's School of Art. Offered a place at The Royal College of Art, she declined it, because, following the outbreak of war, it had been relocated to "the barren waste of North Yorkshire." Instead she joined the Wrens, "because I liked the black stockings". In 1946, following her marriage, "I went on Honeymoon with my Papa as my husband still had a German passport and couldn't go". For more than thirty years, she lived in the heart of Hampstead, painting and exhibiting in London and Europe.  Among the galleries that showed her work were the Royal Academy, the Portal Gallery, and the Leicester Galleries in London. In Germany she exhibited at the Charlotte Gallery in Munich. Her work can be seen in the Rugby Art Gallery and Museum and the Wandsworth Museum. As architectural subject matter was an early passion, in the 60's she was commissioned by London Transport to produce images of The Tower of London and Hampton Court. These iconic posters are still available from the London Transport Museum. Her work was for sale through the Louise Kosman Gallery in Edinburgh.       Hanna Weil's work has been sold at auction by: Doyle New York Waddington's Canada Dreweatts Keys Fine Art Biddle & Webb Bonhams Bloomsbury   Keats Community Library would like to express our gratitude to Shuey Delaney, Hanna’s daughter, for the generous donation of these pictures to raise funds to enable us to stay open.                      Mychael Barratt  Life Imitating Art.  There are 8 classic artists depicted on the picture   £250  Signed Print 93 x 77cms             Tue, 23 Jan 2024 03:02:58 -0800 Donations of Books are vital to the Library to allow us to keep open with decent items! As keen readers, we know how much books mean. When the time comes to part, we offer a new home for pre-loved books. Since opening in 2011, we have added and replaced some 20,000 books. Many of these replacements are donations from the Community. We really appreciate your help. Q - What do you do with donated items? A - We have a little team dedicated to sorting out all the donations who try to make every book count Books for the library collection go on the shelves (either as a new addition or to replace a "tired book"), those in decent condition that we have already, we sell in the library and at the twice yearly Big Book Sale, All those  that fail to sell are sent to an online seller. We aim make the most of every book. Q - What type of books should I bring? A- All TYPES and Genres of book - (fiction or non-fiction, adult or children) butplease look at the notes below. We are most grateful for copies of recently published books. Q - When can I bring books? A - You can bring books at any time we are open - no notice needed - do call in advance (020 7431 1266) to check we are open. We can often help in collecting books from cars parked on the yellow lines outside the Library. Q - Do you collect? A - We would if we had willing volunteers. If you can help, please let us know. Now, we have one person who can offer. Q- What condition of the books do you want? A - We are a library which prides itself on the quality of the offer. One test is whether you would borrow it from the shelves.   Please do not leave items that we cannot use,  for example: Books without bar codes or ISBN numbers (unless in pristine condition that we can sell) as they will be too old. Books in poor condition, damaged, incomplete, dirty, smelly or mouldy - you would be surprised at the items sometimes dumped on us. Hard backs without the dust jacket. Books deleted or removed from another public library - we are proud of the quality of the books we offer. Cast offs will not be good enough for our readers! Encyclopaedia sets and dictionaries – There is no demand for these often-handsome books as the information is all on the internet. Magazines and catalogues and bits of paper. School textbooks Music scores Foreign language books Audio CDs and cassettes Video DDVs and VHS tapes Toys and clothes for hygienic reasons Wed, 08 Feb 2023 10:09:58 -0800 Sun, 14 Jun 2020 04:56:54 -0700 Philippe Sands gave a terrific talk by Zoom on the 5th June. His talk in 2017 on East West Street was one of the highlights of that year and this one was just as rivetting. You can see the full 90min  talk on YouTube by clicking HERE There is also a BBC Podcast which you can access on BBC sounds or using this link : https://player.fm/series/intrigue/episode-1-secrets-in-the-castle You can buy books from Daunts Book on line and they will open on Monday 15th. Daunts delivery was pretty fast when we bought a Library copy.   Philippe's latest book, the Ratline  - Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive - which was published in April 2020. A synopsis is below and you can see a review of this book by clicking HERE  Philippe has been a strong supporter of KCL and kindly offered to come and talk again on the 5th June. Mark White, Professor of History at the University of London  introduced and moderated the evening.   Synopsis of The Ratline As Governor of Galicia, SS Brigadeführer Otto Freiherr von Wächter presided over an authority on whose territory hundreds of thousands of Jews and Poles were killed, including the family of the author's grandfather. By the time the war ended in May 1945, he was indicted for 'mass murder'. Hunted by the Soviets, the Americans, the Poles and the British, as well as groups of Jews, Wächter went on the run. He spent three years hiding in the Austrian Alps, assisted by his wife Charlotte, before making his way to Rome where he was helped by a Vatican bishop. He remained there for three months. While preparing to travel to Argentina on the 'ratline' he died unexpectedly, in July 1949, a few days after spending a weekend with an 'old comrade'. In The Ratline Philippe Sands offers a unique account of the daily life of a senior Nazi and fugitive, and of his wife. Drawing on a remarkable archive of family letters and diaries, he unveils a fascinating insight into life before and during the war, on the run, in Rome, and into the Cold War. Eventually the door is unlocked to a mystery that haunts Wächter's youngest son, who continues to believe his father was a good man - what happened to Otto Wächter, and how did he die? Philippe Sands, QC (born 17 October 1960) is a British and French lawyer at Matrix Chambers, and Professor of Laws and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at University College London. A specialist in international law, he appears as counsel and advocate before many international courts and tribunals, including the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights and the International Criminal Court. Sands serves on the panel of arbitrators at the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). He is the author of seventeen books on international law, including Lawless World (2005) and Torture Team (2008). His book East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity (2016) has been awarded numerous prizes, including the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. His latest book is The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive (2020) about Otto_Wächter. Since 5 February 2018 Sands has served as President of English PEN.   The Evening was kindly supported by U3A in London and Osbornes Law, solicitors Mon, 08 Jun 2020 10:04:39 -0700 The Video lives HERE Sun, 01 Sep 2019 04:18:02 -0700 Here is a video made by BNCTV in May 2012 which gives an introduction to the library. If you look carefully, you can spot some familiar faces... Do pass it on...   Sat, 02 Jun 2012 06:09:17 -0700