Events

• Weds 18th February Music Making Story Time (ages 1-5)

  18 Feb 2026
  

  Music sessions for children aged 1-5 and their caregivers. Exploring music, movement, stories and play while fostering early development and creativity. Each session will include a variety of instruments and props for the children to engage with and explore music making and story telling together. Led by Allison Isaak, an experienced music and early years teacher.

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• Fri 20th February Art Session Storytime (ages 2–5)

  20 Feb 2026
  

  An art session for toddlers and parents designed to encourage creativity (for ages 2-5). Explore colour, paint and printing to create a creative artwork.  Led by Tereza Horáček, local artist and experienced art teacher. Ticket grants admission for both a child and their accompanying adult. We ask that the grown-up remains present throughout the session.

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• Mon 23rd February Art Session Storytime (ages 2–5)

  23 Feb 2026
  

  An art session for toddlers and parents designed to encourage creativity (for ages 2-5). Explore colour, paint and printing to create a creative artwork.  Led by Tereza Horáček, local artist and experienced art teacher. Ticket grants admission for both a child and their accompanying adult. We ask that the grown-up remains present throughout the session.

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• Weds 25th February Music Making Story Time (ages 1-5)

  25 Feb 2026
  

  Music sessions for children aged 1-5 and their caregivers. Exploring music, movement, stories and play while fostering early development and creativity. Each session will include a variety of instruments and props for the children to engage with and explore music making and story telling together. Led by Allison Isaak, an experienced music and early years teacher.

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• Saturday February 28th: Junior Book Club – No.9

  28 Feb 2026
  

  Our Junior Book Club will take place this month where we will discuss Sword of Fire by Federico Ivanier. Book your place today – includes a copy of the book! Junior Book Club is best for ages 8-12. An informal book group run by local primary school teacher and librarian Chris Baker. We talk about books and usually do something a little crafty too!

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• How To Live Like A Stoic with Tom Hodgkinson

  3 Mar 2026
  

  Join us to discover how there’s more to Stoicism than shrugging your shoulders and getting on with it. This is a jaunty guide to the thinking of the original Greek and Roman Stoics: Zeno, Cicero, Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius and more. An enduring and ancient philosophy that can help you with everything from love and politics to money and spirituality. The Stoics were celebrated by the Romans, influenced Christianity and even Shakespeare admired them. Today, both therapists and politicians will profess adherence to the Stoic creed. The “serenity prayer” is a Stoic statement. The Beatles’ “Let it Be” is a Stoic song. In How To Live Like A Stoic: A Handbook For Happiness Tom Hodgkinson shows that Stoicism is much stranger and more radical than you’d think. With witty reflections on everything from ethics, grammar, rhetoric, and education, to friendship and the importance of occasionally letting your hair this is a brilliant guide to the Stoic life. 'The inestimable Tom Hodgkinson once again contributes to our collective calm with this perfectly judged collection of philosophy.' Emma Thompson 'Unpretentious, witty, sensible and challenging, this is no mere 'self-help' book. It is an important bit of cultural critique, a treasury of traditional resources for pushing back against the slavery of status and consumption that seems to be making the world and its leaders so impressively stupid at the moment.' Rowan Williams 'He knows that play is one of the best teachers, and this treatise on Stoicism is illuminating, engaging, informative and highly accessible' Irvine Welsh Tom Hodgkinson is editor of the Idler magazine. He is the author of How to Be Idle, How to Be Free, The Idle Parent, Brave Old World, The Ukulele Handbook and Business for Bohemians. In 2008 he and his partner Victoria launched a school - the Idler Academy of Philosophy, Husbandry and Merriment - at the Port Eliot Festival. Unwaged or unable to pay for any reason? Contact us privately here and we will do our best to arrange a free ticket for you.

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• Mullets: Storytime with Nick Sharratt

  7 Mar 2026
  

  Join us as we welcome the brilliant Nick Sharratt to Caper! Come along to celebrate his latest book: Mullets. Mullets is a HAIR-larious rhyming celebration of the iconic hairstyle. Let's spend a while on Mullet Isle! Everyone there has SPECIAL hair!  Sharratt is the illustrator of the multi-million-copy bestselling You Choose series, and creator of the bestselling Shark in the Park series. Mullets is brought to life in Sharratt’s vibrant illustration style. With its bold characters and surprise twist at the end, this brilliantly fun picture book is sure to delight readers of any age! This event will consist of a storytime and activities by Sharratt, followed by book signing. Age guidance 4+. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

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• Book launch for The Dangerous Stranger: Simon Mason in conversation

  10 Mar 2026
  

  Simon Mason in conversation with award-winning novelist Carolyn Kirby. Mason will be discussing his new book The Dangerous Stranger The latest instalment in the Oxford-set DI Ryan Wilkins series. On a warm and pleasant evening in Oxford, gentle city of poets and scholars, rioters outside a hotel full of asylum seekers set a young refugee on fire. The city – the country – convulses in shock. Is this who we are? It's international news of the very worst kind, and the Chief Constable demands immediate and exemplary action in bringing the perpetrators to justice. Simon Mason is an author of children's and adult books. His first adult novel, a black comedy entitled The Great English Nude, won the Betty Trask first novel award and Moon Pie was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction prize. The Dangerous Stranger is the fifth Ryan Wilkins novel. Carolyn Kirby is an award-winning novelist, whose books include The Conviction of Cora Burns, When We Fall and Ravenglass.

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• March 11th: Works In Progress – Prose Open Mic Evening

  11 Mar 2026
  

  Join us at Caper for the eighth (now-its-spring-edition) of our monthly spoken-word open mic nights. These evenings are run by local authors (and Caper staff), and are designed to be an encouraging, creative, inclusive space for writers who want to share their prose works in progress, across all genres.  Writers sign up for a slot on the door, limited to 20 spaces. Slots are 5 minutes long – enough time for a reading of about 1,000 words. Not sure if you are ready to share your work in progress? No problem to decide on the night! It’s also a space for readers and listeners – you don’t have to have work to share in order to attend.  The session will run from 7.30–9.30pm, and include a 30 minute interval – a chance to meet your fellow writers and share ideas. Happening on the second Wednesday of the month. Tickets £5 to cover costs. Unwaged or unable to pay for any reason? Contact us privately here and we will do our best to arrange a ticket for you.

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• Book launch for The Heart of the Storm – Teresa Heapy & Kate Read

  14 Mar 2026
  

  Join us at Caper to celebrate the launch of Teresa Heapy's new book, The Heart Of The Storm, illustrated by Kate Read. Ruby the fox and Growl the wolf live deep in the forest. There’s just one problem – they hate each other! But when a raging storm tears through the forest and the animals have to flee, they must help each other to survive. Can Ruby and Growl overcome their enmity and find friendship in the heart of the storm? This event will consist of a reading from Kate and Teresa, a crafting activity where you can make a fox or wolf mask, creating a new character for the book with the authors, and then cake to celebrate (and authors signing books). Age guidance 4+. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

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