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The Great Big Book Quiz
Test your bookish knowledge for the National Year of Reading! Do you know your Dickens from your Dystopia? Your T.S. Elliot from your T.J. Klune? Join the Guille-Allès Library for the Great Big Book Quiz, this Friday the 13th of November from 6:30pm in the Hayward Room.
It’s the National Year of Reading so to celebrate they’re testing your knowledge on all things books. Don’t worry, you don’t need to be the biggest book worm since Belle. If your ideal weekend involves cosying up inside with a good book, this is the quiz for you.
Gather your book clubs and reading buddies to form a group of 4-6 players and book your table. Tickets are £10 per person, but you’ll need to order all group tickets together. Remember to come up with a team name ahead of time!
Struggling for numbers? Send us an email and we can help you find a place: ga@library.gg
Readers are encouraged to come along as their favourite book character. Dressing up isn’t mandatory but there will be a prize for the best costume! Please note this event is 18+ only.
Get your tickets to the Great Big Book Quiz while you still can!
Les Gens d’la Maïr – The People of the Sea presents: ‘CAREL TOMS AND THE PEOPLE OF THE SEA’
SULA Framing & Art Gallery have a treat in store for art, photography and history lovers alike… An exhibition and silent auction of photographic portraits, watercolours and drawings by the late Carel Toms, former Guernsey Press photographer and Features Editor. The showcase, drawing to a close tomorrow, Saturday the 14th of November, celebrates the Bailiwick’s bygone fishing industry. Sales through sealed bids, with proceeds to the local branch of the RNLI.
The gallery space is open 10am – 5:30pm, Monday – Saturday. Admission free.
Fox Open Art Exhibition 2026
After its time adorning the walls of the Berni Art Gallery in Jersey, the prestigious Fox Art Exhibition comes to the Guernsey Arts George Crossan Gallery, running from next Tuesday the 17th – Saturday the 21st of November!
An exhibition of this year’s competition entries as judged and selected by Mary Kuper, The Fox Open Art Competition, sponsored by Fox International Ltd, is now in its 44th year and has featured local artists such as Jason Butler, Billie Newey and Ian Rolls.
Make sure not to miss this showcase of local artistic talent, featuring a wide variety of mediums and depth of creativity.
The George Crossan Gallery, located in the Inner Market, is open from 9am – 5pm and accessible-friendly via lift. Free admission. Enjoy the show!
Japanese Calligraphy Evening Workshop
Experience the beauty of the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy and produce your own hand drawn works using traditional methods.
In this beginner-friendly session, you will: Learn where Kanji comes from and how it’s used today, try the essential tools of Shodo – each person will have their own brush and ink set, practice basic brush strokes and create your own piece to take home
All high-quality materials are provided, imported directly from Japan, including: traditional Shodo brushes, Japanese sumi ink, and fine calligraphy paper
The price of £60 for the two hour workshop includes hire of Japanese calligraphy sets, papers and ink, take away booklet, and Shikishi cards making.
BWCI Youth Camerata Concert
The 2026 Youth Camerata Concert, which makes up an exciting component of the GSO/Guernsey Camerata Weekend at St James, promises once again this year to showcase fabulous local musical talent!
The artistic brainchild of the late Mary Cordall, the concert allows young musicians to perform on stage at St James, giving them the opportunity to play in the great acoustic to an audience used to welcoming the very best of Guernsey’s young musical talent to the concert platform. The concert is free and there will be a retiring collection.
The show will take place next Saturday the 21st of November from 7:30pm, doors from 6:30pm. Guernsey Camerata in Association with the GSO kindly sponsored by BWCI.
Pick up your tickets for the Youth Camerata Concert HERE.
BWCI Guernsey Camerata Family Concert
We’re back at St James next Sunday the 22nd of November, for ‘The Incredible Voyage of Alasdair Malloy’, performed by the Guernsey Symphony Orchestra.
Alasdair always loves travelling from Scotland to join his friends in the Guernsey Symphony Orchestra but this time things do not go quite to plan, and he ends up having the most Incredible Voyage! Instead of travelling directly, he ends up having a riotous ride in cars, on carpets, roads, and rails, in spaceships, shoes, and a yellow submarine! Fortunately, he has help from classical composers including Grieg, Rossini and Saint-Saens and the music from films such as Aladdin, Moana and Star Wars, but will he get here on time? Don’t miss this exciting adventure in music and motion! Doors open at 1:30pm, ahead of the show at 2:30pm. Secure your seat now!
