Guildford Makerspace

Are you a creative writer who would like to try something new? This session will focus on creating interactive fiction online using Inklewriter software .  Interactive fiction is a genre of writing that allows the writer and reader to branch off in different directions with the story, and can provide endless possibilities as to where that story ends up. This workshop session will include a brief introduction to interactive fiction, but the main focus will be a hands-on introduction to Inklewriter, with the aim of creating your own short piece of interactive fiction by the end of it. Computers will be provided for the session. This event is free but please book a place This session is part of the Caterham Festival 2016 #digifriday 

After the stellar success of our previous event during British Science Week, Guildford Library is hosting a brand new Jam!  We've invested in new supporting technology including more monitors and a local network to make things even better than last time.  Come along and learn a thing or two about your Pi(s), bring as many of your own projects as you can to show off or get help with, or just have a play on one. This event is for all ages.  (A Raspberry Pi, for those of you who don't know, is an astonishingly cheap and small computer that can be used in all kinds of ingenious projects).  Bring your own lunch.   This event is free but please book a place   #digifriday

Read, Watch, Play is an online reading group and on the last Tuesday of each month a different theme is discussed.  This month's theme is #songread and includes: reading a novel with a musical theme:  An Equal Music by Vikram Seth,  High Fidelity by Nick Hornby for example or a biography about your favourite singer.  Watching a DVD or YouTube video of a rock legend in concert or playing their all time best album; it all encompasses Read, Watch, Play. Join us @SurreyLibraries on twitter for #rwpchat on Tuesday 31 May from 9am-11am and 2pm-4pm.  Use the tags #songread and #rwpchat as you tweet so that others can join in the conversation too.  You can follow the discussion on twitter at Read, Watch, Play checkout  Surrey Libraries Read, Watch, Play Pinterest board or our blog for ideas.  Or just read a book about this month's theme to join in. #rwpchat

You can't open a newspaper these days without seeing something about the coding movement:  the desire to teach children not just to use computers, but to programme them.  Here is your opportunity to find out what this is all about. This session will take you through the very first simple project that the children do when they join a Code Club. You do not need to be a computer wizard. If you can use a mouse and a keyboard, those are the only skills you need in order to come to this event.   Cost: £3.30. Book a place #digifriday

The Gaming Day during Geek Week was great fun. We sold all the tickets and had over 40 people (adults and children) come along for the afternoon to play retro console games (including SNES, Sega Mega Drive, Nintendo 64), Nintendo Wii, tabletop and board games, and Minecraft. As well as staff helping out, we also had the Guildford Gamers and Retro Gaming Club Surrey groups come along, and they brought their games and passion for gaming with them. Big thanks go to them for being involved, and for giving others the chance to try out new and old games.