learning & events
portal holds workshops, classes, reading groups, musical performances, in-house events and more.
if you would like to host something at library portal, please email hellolibraryportal@gmail.com
psychology reading group
a new, fortnightly reading group for anyone (with a library card, no experience necessary) interested in the history, theory, research, and experiences of how people think, feel and behave. a text will be read together, then discussed as a group. no prior reading needed.
fortnightly on saturdays at 2pm (1.5hrs).
join to receive a library card here. please register your attendance here.
Previous texts:
The Myth of Attachment Theory: A Critical Understanding for Multicultural Societies, Heidi Keller (2021)
When the Body Speaks: The Archetypes in the Body, Mara Sidoli (2000)
Searching for Memory: The Brain, the Mind and the Past, Daniel Schacter (1996)
On Photography, Susan Sontag (1997)
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Dread of Death, Irvin D Yalom (2008)
dream club
Dream Club occurs monthly, in the wake of a full moon.
Dream Club is, in essence, a study group to collectively record and share dreams, discuss interpretive practices and receive feedback on creative work.
Cost of entry is a dream (and a library card). Join to receive a library card here.
Register your attendance here.
philosophy and literature reading club (ABC of Deluze)
Each Sunday at 4pm, a short text is read and discussed. An introduction is given before the reading, so no prior knowledge or pre-reading is needed. This club is open to everybody regardless of "education" or "experience".
Email us at hellolibraryportal@gmail.com to receive weekly emails with the text.
Free for members. Register your attendance here.
Past weeks:
Thomas Moynihan: Spinal Catastrophism (2019)
Georges Bataille: The Accursed Share (1949)
David Graeber: Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other (2016)
Frederic Jameson: Metacommentary (1971).
Simone Weil: Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1941).
Emily Hodges: ‘The Playfulness of Aesthetic Experience’ (2023).
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney: ‘The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses’ (2004).
Sylvia Wynter's 'Unsettling the coloniality of being'. (2003).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, First Part: The Transcendental Aesthetic’ (1781).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason’ (1781).
Guyer & Wood’s Introduction to Immanuel Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. (1998)
Yukio Mishima’s ‘Sun & Steel’. (1968).
Hito Steyerl's 'A Thing Like You and Me.' (2010).
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Romanticism: An Undelivered Address to Students’ (1913).
music composition club
bring the music you have composed or are working on and share it with others in a supportive environment. all people, experience level and music welcome. providing a space to connect, exchange ideas and learn from each other. please come along even if you wish only to listen :)
join to receive a library card here. register your attendance (and whether you’d like to share or listen/engage) here.
philosophy and literature reading club (ABC of Deluze)
Each Sunday at 4pm, a short text is read and discussed. An introduction is given before the reading, so no prior knowledge or pre-reading is needed. This club is open to everybody regardless of "education" or "experience".
Email us at hellolibraryportal@gmail.com to receive weekly emails with the text.
Free for members. Register your attendance here.
Past weeks:
Thomas Moynihan: Spinal Catastrophism (2019)
Georges Bataille: The Accursed Share (1949)
David Graeber: Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other (2016)
Frederic Jameson: Metacommentary (1971).
Simone Weil: Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1941).
Emily Hodges: ‘The Playfulness of Aesthetic Experience’ (2023).
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney: ‘The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses’ (2004).
Sylvia Wynter's 'Unsettling the coloniality of being'. (2003).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, First Part: The Transcendental Aesthetic’ (1781).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason’ (1781).
Guyer & Wood’s Introduction to Immanuel Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. (1998)
Yukio Mishima’s ‘Sun & Steel’. (1968).
Hito Steyerl's 'A Thing Like You and Me.' (2010).
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Romanticism: An Undelivered Address to Students’ (1913).
psychology reading group
a new, fortnightly reading group for anyone (with a library card, no experience necessary) interested in the history, theory, research, and experiences of how people think, feel and behave. a text will be read together, then discussed as a group. no prior reading needed.
fortnightly on saturdays at 2pm (1.5hrs).
join to receive a library card here. please register your attendance here.
Previous texts:
The Myth of Attachment Theory: A Critical Understanding for Multicultural Societies, Heidi Keller (2021)
When the Body Speaks: The Archetypes in the Body, Mara Sidoli (2000)
Searching for Memory: The Brain, the Mind and the Past, Daniel Schacter (1996)
On Photography, Susan Sontag (1997)
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Dread of Death, Irvin D Yalom (2008)
philosophy and literature reading club (ABC of Deluze)
Each Sunday at 4pm, a short text is read and discussed. An introduction is given before the reading, so no prior knowledge or pre-reading is needed. This club is open to everybody regardless of "education" or "experience".
Email us at hellolibraryportal@gmail.com to receive weekly emails with the text.
Free for members. Register your attendance here.
Past weeks:
Thomas Moynihan: Spinal Catastrophism (2019)
Georges Bataille: The Accursed Share (1949)
David Graeber: Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other (2016)
Frederic Jameson: Metacommentary (1971).
Simone Weil: Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1941).
Emily Hodges: ‘The Playfulness of Aesthetic Experience’ (2023).
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney: ‘The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses’ (2004).
Sylvia Wynter's 'Unsettling the coloniality of being'. (2003).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, First Part: The Transcendental Aesthetic’ (1781).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason’ (1781).
Guyer & Wood’s Introduction to Immanuel Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. (1998)
Yukio Mishima’s ‘Sun & Steel’. (1968).
Hito Steyerl's 'A Thing Like You and Me.' (2010).
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Romanticism: An Undelivered Address to Students’ (1913).
philosophy and literature reading club (ABC of Deluze)
Each Sunday at 4pm, a short text is read and discussed. An introduction is given before the reading, so no prior knowledge or pre-reading is needed. This club is open to everybody regardless of "education" or "experience".
Email us at hellolibraryportal@gmail.com to receive weekly emails with the text.
Free for members. Register your attendance here.
Past weeks:
Thomas Moynihan: Spinal Catastrophism (2019)
Georges Bataille: The Accursed Share (1949)
David Graeber: Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other (2016)
Frederic Jameson: Metacommentary (1971).
Simone Weil: Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1941).
Emily Hodges: ‘The Playfulness of Aesthetic Experience’ (2023).
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney: ‘The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses’ (2004).
Sylvia Wynter's 'Unsettling the coloniality of being'. (2003).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, First Part: The Transcendental Aesthetic’ (1781).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason’ (1781).
Guyer & Wood’s Introduction to Immanuel Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. (1998)
Yukio Mishima’s ‘Sun & Steel’. (1968).
Hito Steyerl's 'A Thing Like You and Me.' (2010).
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Romanticism: An Undelivered Address to Students’ (1913).
Animist Talking Circle
Singing Blackbird Enterprises event
IG: @singingblackbird_enterprises
philosophy and literature reading club (ABC of Deluze)
Each Sunday at 4pm, a short text is read and discussed. An introduction is given before the reading, so no prior knowledge or pre-reading is needed. This club is open to everybody regardless of "education" or "experience".
Email us at hellolibraryportal@gmail.com to receive weekly emails with the text.
Free for members. Register your attendance here.
Past weeks:
Thomas Moynihan: Spinal Catastrophism (2019)
Georges Bataille: The Accursed Share (1949)
David Graeber: Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other (2016)
Frederic Jameson: Metacommentary (1971).
Simone Weil: Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1941).
Emily Hodges: ‘The Playfulness of Aesthetic Experience’ (2023).
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney: ‘The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses’ (2004).
Sylvia Wynter's 'Unsettling the coloniality of being'. (2003).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, First Part: The Transcendental Aesthetic’ (1781).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason’ (1781).
Guyer & Wood’s Introduction to Immanuel Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. (1998)
Yukio Mishima’s ‘Sun & Steel’. (1968).
Hito Steyerl's 'A Thing Like You and Me.' (2010).
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Romanticism: An Undelivered Address to Students’ (1913).
Animist Talking Circle
Singing Blackbird Enterprises event
IG: @singingblackbird_enterprises
philosophy and literature reading club (ABC of Deluze)
Each Sunday at 4pm, a short text is read and discussed. An introduction is given before the reading, so no prior knowledge or pre-reading is needed. This club is open to everybody regardless of "education" or "experience".
Email us at hellolibraryportal@gmail.com to receive weekly emails with the text.
Free for members. Register your attendance here.
Past weeks:
Thomas Moynihan: Spinal Catastrophism (2019)
Georges Bataille: The Accursed Share (1949)
David Graeber: Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other (2016)
Frederic Jameson: Metacommentary (1971).
Simone Weil: Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1941).
Emily Hodges: ‘The Playfulness of Aesthetic Experience’ (2023).
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney: ‘The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses’ (2004).
Sylvia Wynter's 'Unsettling the coloniality of being'. (2003).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, First Part: The Transcendental Aesthetic’ (1781).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason’ (1781).
Guyer & Wood’s Introduction to Immanuel Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. (1998)
Yukio Mishima’s ‘Sun & Steel’. (1968).
Hito Steyerl's 'A Thing Like You and Me.' (2010).
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Romanticism: An Undelivered Address to Students’ (1913).
philosophy and literature reading club (ABC of Deluze)
Each Sunday at 4pm, a short text is read and discussed. An introduction is given before the reading, so no prior knowledge or pre-reading is needed. This club is open to everybody regardless of "education" or "experience".
Email us at hellolibraryportal@gmail.com to receive weekly emails with the text.
Free for members. Register your attendance here.
Past weeks:
Thomas Moynihan: Spinal Catastrophism (2019)
Georges Bataille: The Accursed Share (1949)
David Graeber: Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other (2016)
Frederic Jameson: Metacommentary (1971).
Simone Weil: Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1941).
Emily Hodges: ‘The Playfulness of Aesthetic Experience’ (2023).
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney: ‘The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses’ (2004).
Sylvia Wynter's 'Unsettling the coloniality of being'. (2003).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, First Part: The Transcendental Aesthetic’ (1781).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason’ (1781).
Guyer & Wood’s Introduction to Immanuel Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. (1998)
Yukio Mishima’s ‘Sun & Steel’. (1968).
Hito Steyerl's 'A Thing Like You and Me.' (2010).
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Romanticism: An Undelivered Address to Students’ (1913).
philosophy and literature reading club (ABC of Deluze)
Each Sunday at 4pm, a short text is read and discussed. An introduction is given before the reading, so no prior knowledge or pre-reading is needed. This club is open to everybody regardless of "education" or "experience".
Email us at hellolibraryportal@gmail.com to receive weekly emails with the text.
Free for members. Register your attendance here.
Past weeks:
Thomas Moynihan: Spinal Catastrophism (2019)
Georges Bataille: The Accursed Share (1949)
David Graeber: Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other (2016)
Frederic Jameson: Metacommentary (1971).
Simone Weil: Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1941).
Emily Hodges: ‘The Playfulness of Aesthetic Experience’ (2023).
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney: ‘The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses’ (2004).
Sylvia Wynter's 'Unsettling the coloniality of being'. (2003).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, First Part: The Transcendental Aesthetic’ (1781).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason’ (1781).
Guyer & Wood’s Introduction to Immanuel Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. (1998)
Yukio Mishima’s ‘Sun & Steel’. (1968).
Hito Steyerl's 'A Thing Like You and Me.' (2010).
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Romanticism: An Undelivered Address to Students’ (1913).
dream club
Dream Club occurs monthly, in the wake of a full moon.
Dream Club is, in essence, a study group to collectively record and share dreams, discuss interpretive practices and receive feedback on creative work.
Cost of entry is a dream (and a library card). Join to receive a library card here.
Register your attendance here.
music composition club
bring the music you have composed or are working on and share it with others in a supportive environment. all people, experience level and music welcome. providing a space to connect, exchange ideas and learn from each other. please come along even if you wish only to listen :)
join to receive a library card here. register your attendance (and whether you’d like to share or listen/engage) here.
philosophy and literature reading club (ABC of Deluze)
Each Sunday at 4pm, a short text is read and discussed. An introduction is given before the reading, so no prior knowledge or pre-reading is needed. This club is open to everybody regardless of "education" or "experience".
Email us at hellolibraryportal@gmail.com to receive weekly emails with the text.
Free for members. Register your attendance here.
Past weeks:
Thomas Moynihan: Spinal Catastrophism (2019)
Georges Bataille: The Accursed Share (1949)
David Graeber: Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other (2016)
Frederic Jameson: Metacommentary (1971).
Simone Weil: Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1941).
Emily Hodges: ‘The Playfulness of Aesthetic Experience’ (2023).
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney: ‘The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses’ (2004).
Sylvia Wynter's 'Unsettling the coloniality of being'. (2003).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, First Part: The Transcendental Aesthetic’ (1781).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason’ (1781).
Guyer & Wood’s Introduction to Immanuel Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. (1998)
Yukio Mishima’s ‘Sun & Steel’. (1968).
Hito Steyerl's 'A Thing Like You and Me.' (2010).
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Romanticism: An Undelivered Address to Students’ (1913).
experimental cartography
The experimental cartography group is a monthly workshop aimed at knowledge sharing and the creative practice of mapping. Anchored by a volunteer group with experience in spatial, architectural, psychological, artistic and systems mapping, it is open to anyone with a interest or curiosity in using cartography to understand the world around them.
Workshop activities include collective mapping, individual drawing and discussions, with an emphasis on using alternative tools to map unconventional subjects and ideas. No preparation needed, turn up as you are on the first or third Saturday of each month at 12pm.
Animist Talking Circle
Singing Blackbird Enterprises event
IG: @singingblackbird_enterprises
philosophy and literature reading club (ABC of Deluze)
Each Sunday at 4pm, a short text is read and discussed. An introduction is given before the reading, so no prior knowledge or pre-reading is needed. This club is open to everybody regardless of "education" or "experience".
Email us at hellolibraryportal@gmail.com to receive weekly emails with the text.
Free for members. Register your attendance here.
Past weeks:
Thomas Moynihan: Spinal Catastrophism (2019)
Georges Bataille: The Accursed Share (1949)
David Graeber: Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other (2016)
Frederic Jameson: Metacommentary (1971).
Simone Weil: Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1941).
Emily Hodges: ‘The Playfulness of Aesthetic Experience’ (2023).
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney: ‘The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses’ (2004).
Sylvia Wynter's 'Unsettling the coloniality of being'. (2003).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, First Part: The Transcendental Aesthetic’ (1781).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason’ (1781).
Guyer & Wood’s Introduction to Immanuel Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. (1998)
Yukio Mishima’s ‘Sun & Steel’. (1968).
Hito Steyerl's 'A Thing Like You and Me.' (2010).
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Romanticism: An Undelivered Address to Students’ (1913).
psychology reading group
a new, fortnightly reading group for anyone (with a library card, no experience necessary) interested in the history, theory, research, and experiences of how people think, feel and behave. a text will be read together, then discussed as a group. no prior reading needed.
fortnightly on saturdays at 2pm (1.5hrs).
join to receive a library card here. please register your attendance here.
Previous texts:
The Myth of Attachment Theory: A Critical Understanding for Multicultural Societies, Heidi Keller (2021)
When the Body Speaks: The Archetypes in the Body, Mara Sidoli (2000)
Searching for Memory: The Brain, the Mind and the Past, Daniel Schacter (1996)
On Photography, Susan Sontag (1997)
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Dread of Death, Irvin D Yalom (2008)
philosophy and literature reading club (ABC of Deluze)
Each Sunday at 4pm, a short text is read and discussed. An introduction is given before the reading, so no prior knowledge or pre-reading is needed. This club is open to everybody regardless of "education" or "experience".
Email us at hellolibraryportal@gmail.com to receive weekly emails with the text.
Free for members. Register your attendance here.
Past weeks:
Thomas Moynihan: Spinal Catastrophism (2019)
Georges Bataille: The Accursed Share (1949)
David Graeber: Debt: The First 5000 Years (2011)
Byung Chul Han: The Expulsion of the Other (2016)
Frederic Jameson: Metacommentary (1971).
Simone Weil: Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour (1941).
Emily Hodges: ‘The Playfulness of Aesthetic Experience’ (2023).
Fred Moten, Stefano Harney: ‘The University and the Undercommons: Seven Theses’ (2004).
Sylvia Wynter's 'Unsettling the coloniality of being'. (2003).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘The Transcendental Doctrine of Elements, First Part: The Transcendental Aesthetic’ (1781).
Immanuel Kant’s ‘Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason’ (1781).
Guyer & Wood’s Introduction to Immanuel Kant’s ‘Critique of Pure Reason’. (1998)
Yukio Mishima’s ‘Sun & Steel’. (1968).
Hito Steyerl's 'A Thing Like You and Me.' (2010).
Walter Benjamin’s ‘Romanticism: An Undelivered Address to Students’ (1913).