We at FOCL (Friends of Cricklewood Library) have been campaigning to reopen our library since it was closed in 2011. 

The efforts paid off, and despite many setbacks, we have succeeded in getting a new dedicated building on the site of the previous library. It was finished in 2017, and we’ve been trying ever since to get in – we’re nearly there! 

We need floors, walls, ceilings... not to mention books and people to get up and running.

You can support our "against the odds" project by grabbing a bargain in our literary auction.

We have free books, events, memberships, writing courses and conferences to give away... plus tickets to White Teeth in the new Kiln theatre when it opens in Kilburn and a beautiful silk screen poster, signed by Zadie Smith.

Come on in and be part our people-powered story.