Tang Hall Explore

Places to discover the joy of reading, find trusted information, and encounter new ideas
Explore has a contract with City of York Council to provide the statutory public library and archive service for the city. Its libraries, archives and cafes are places to belong, where people of all ages can connect with each other or with the history of York.

26 GoodGymers have supported Tang Hall Explore with 16 tasks.


Top supporters
York runner
TaskForce
James Tilburn
James Tilburn
TaskForce
Nicola Gover
Nicola Gover
York runner
TaskForce
Leanne
Leanne (she/her)

Upcoming sessions
Festive book sorting at Tang Hall Library

Thursday 4th December 2025 6:00pm - 7:00pm


Previous sessions
YorkCommunity mission
James Tilburn
Nicola Gover
Ed Woollard

Not fully booked

Thursday 23rd October

Written by James Tilburn

Another month, another book sale. The four of us made light work of the task tonight, finishing with a good twenty minutes to spare.

As the sale stock was lower than usual we had to get creative with our display, giving the collectors edition of the Da Vinci code a better chance to seduce passing library members and find itself a home.

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YorkCommunity mission
Andrea Burgos Martinez
Rebecca Stone
Becca Maude
James Tilburn
Jenna Drury

On the prose

Thursday 2nd October

Written by James Tilburn

A great turnout for the book sale task this month with some who had not been before and a few grizzled veterans of this task.

The library had mercifully cleared out the old stock so some books that had been hanging around for some time had gone to the big library in the sky. Or the one down below. The important thing is we had exciting new books to put out which should mean lots of extra income for the library and lots of happy readers.

Many hands made light work so we finished with time to spare and left everything neat and tidy. And we get to come back in a few weeks and do it all again for half term 😁

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YorkCommunity mission
Jenna Drury
Nicola Gover
Amy Bailiss

4(00)x4(0)

Friday 4th July

Written by York runner

Four goodgymers met on Friday afternoon to set up the book sale and celebrate Nikki's 400th good deed! This comes shortly after another significant event involving the number 4 and we found an appropriate book for others who might have reached the same worthy milestone. Happy birthday to everyone celebrating this month!

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YorkCommunity mission
Martin Calvert
James Tilburn
Leanne

Ready, steady, book!

Thursday 22nd May

Written by York runner

Four Goodgymers met on Thursday evening to set out another booksale to raise funds for Tang Hall Library - there were plenty of children's books this time ready for the half term holiday.

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YorkCommunity mission
Alacia
Martin Calvert
Steve Rice
James Tilburn
Angela Graham
Leanne

Poetry in motion

Thursday 1st May

Written by York runner

As we all said, it was far too sunny for an indoor task! But many hands make light work, and we brought out books by the box-load to organise for the book sale.

The only thing that held us back was an issue of categorisation: should the poetry books go in fiction or non-fiction? This threatened to derail our whole system and leave the group dynamic in tatters. Luckily Steve calmed the controversy with a gentle reading of one of the poems in question, by Roger McGough, on kiwis doing wiwis. That rhyme alone was enough to convince us that it actually belonged... in the children's section.

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YorkCommunity mission
Angela Graham
Leanne
James Tilburn

Still haven't found what I'm booking for

Thursday 3rd April

Written by James Tilburn

Shaking things up a bit this month, we were asked to prioritise children's books for half term. With only three of us it felt like the task took longer than usual but we still finished in the hour.

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