Heffers of Cambridge: books, stationery, games and music

Friday 23rd August, 2pm-3pm: The Museum of Cambridge at Heffers. Ever wondered how they used to catch eels in the Fens? Or what toys Victorian children used to play with? Come and find out at the Museum of Cambridge handling table. Explore stories of Cambridgeshire from the ordinary to the extrao...

Friday 16th August, 2pm-3pm: with The Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology. It's the medieval period and you have caught THE PLAGUE! Learn about how people thought about disease in those times and devise your own cure. You can also make your own protective herb pomander to take home.

Friday 9th August, 2pm-3pm: with The Polar Museum. Pop in to investigate penguins past and present with the education team from the Polar Museum. There will be photographs to look at, some objects to handle and you can even make your very own origami penguin to take home!

Friday 2nd August, 2pm-3pm: with the Sedgwick Museum. From toe claws and thumb spikes to feather and saw-edged teeth, come along to this session to learn more about dinosaurs then have a go at drawing one yourself! There will even be a brain cast so you can see just how big a T.rex brain was!

On Saturday 22nd June at 2pm, come to Heffers and meet local children's author Ann-Marie Howell, who will be reading from her new book The Garden of Lost Secrets and signing copies - then helping you make your very own pineapple bunting!

Join storyteller Robert Lloyd Parry of Nunkie Theatre at Heffers, for a spirited reading of the beautiful and possibly most treasured of chapters from Kenneth Grahame's much-loved The Wind in the Willows, 'The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'.

Bookseller Will dressing the window for Richard's 100 Best Crime Novels.

"Richard Reynolds is far more than a crime-fiction specialist; he’s a curator of the genre, with a library-like knowledge to draw on. His favourite 100 titles will be a resource for the rest of us, helping fill gaps we didn...

Not us! 😇

(Although we do of course stock some rather literary tomes.) #allwelcome #lovebooks

Here's the latest haul of books to be sent to our subscribers! Who wouldn't love to receive a book selected just for them each month? Whether fiction or non- or a mix of both, a Heffers subscription makes a great gift - and is something a little different for #FathersDay, no?

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