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Library based in Aylsham UK. Books, events, PCs and Wi-Fi, printing facilities - and more! Managed by Norfolk County Council.

01/06/2026

Around 1 in 5 people in the UK may benefit from a different reading format, whether that’s due to dyslexia, ADHD, visual impairment, or simply tired eyes.

Launched today 'Read Your Way' is a new campaign from Ulverscroft which explores how large print can transform reading for far more people than you might expect.

Norfolk Library and Information Service have a wide selection of large print titles across all genres and reading tastes.

Simply pick up a large print title from us, read it and notice if it changes your reading experience. Take a short survey on their website and you could win a book a month for a year!

Find out more: https://www.ulverscroft.com/readyourway/

📘📙📕📗📘📙📕📗📘📙📕📗

Image description: A poster from Ulverscroft which reads 'There's more to large print than meets the eye' and the logo of the Read Your Way campaign

01/06/2026

Volunteers' Week

We wanted to say the very biggest of 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂's
to our amazing volunteers as we celebrate

We simply couldn't offer the events we do without all of the support we receive from them, their time, their skills and their care are incredible.

Libraries are about books of course, but more than that they are about the people that work in them and those who use them.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆.

Image description: Text is 'Thank you' in gold handwriting on textured watercolour paper. There are pink blushes of colour.

01/06/2026

Tomorrow's '𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝟮 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽' session has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. Jenny is back on the 9th June. 💙🧶

01/06/2026

This week we invite you to join us for any of these 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 sessions...

𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆
🎵 Bounce and Rhyme with Anna 10:30-11am
🧸 Stay and Play 11am onwards
☕ Just A Cuppa 11-12pm with Carole sponsored by Kingsley Home Care - North Norfolk
🎴 Pokémon Club 3:30 - 4:30pm (NEW)

𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆
⚡ Digital Support with Ellie 5-7pm
🧶 Crochet Club with 'Hooking 2 Help' 5-7pm (NEW)

𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆
♟️ Aylsham Library Chess Club 10 -12pm in 'Open Libraries' time. Speak to staff to find out more.
🎲 Board Games for Families 3:30-5:30pm

𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆
💐 Bereavement Cafe 10 - 11am with Carole
✂️ Adult Crafting Club - a free paper quilling for adults with Louise 2-3pm
🐾 Pets As Therapy with Gilly and Caspar 2-4pm

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆
🎵Bounce and Rhyme with Ruth 10:30-11am
🧸Stay and Play 11am onwards
💠 Dementia Café 11-12pm volunteer led and supported by Co-op Market Square, Aylsham
📚 Storytime and Craft 3:30pm onwards with Richard and Cindy

𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆
⚡ Digital Support with Ellie 10-11am
✂️ Craft Time for children with Ann 10:30 -12pm
🟥 Lego Club with Isla 12pm onwards

We look forward to welcoming you.

Image description: Line drawings of flowers and leaves, text is 'What's On This Week'

31/05/2026

𝗥𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 📖

Did you know that our sister branch Reepham Library has a new book group called 'Reepham Readers' ?

They hold their meetings in the Library when it is closed to everyone else - it's the place to be for book lovers. Their wonderful volunteer Jo will be there to open the Library just for you!

📍Reepham Library

📅 26th June

⏰ 1 - 2pm

🎟️ 50p per session, no need to book

Their choice for June is '𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀' by Jojo Moyes

England, late 1930s, and Alice Wright - restless, stifled - makes an impulsive decision to marry wealthy American Bennett van Cleve and leave her home and family behind. ✨

But stuffy, disapproving Baileyville, Kentucky, where her husband favours work over his wife, and is dominated by his overbearing father, is not the adventure - or the escape - that she hoped for. ✨

That is, until she meets Margery O'Hare - daughter of a notorious felon and a troublesome woman the town wishes to forget. Margery's on a mission to spread the wonder of books and reading to the poor and lost - and she needs Alice's help. ✨

Trekking alone under big open skies, through wild mountain forests, Alice, Margery and their fellow sisters of the trail discover freedom, friendship - and a life to call their own. ✨

Pop in to Reepham Library to pick up a free copy of the book or select one of the formats below.

⭐ Paperback - https://tinyurl.com/45t7arz4

⭐ Hardback - https://tinyurl.com/yxj2fmxh

⭐ CD - https://tinyurl.com/5yux469z

⭐ E-book -https://tinyurl.com/5vrw9j7m

Image description: A digital copy of a blue book cover with golden stars decorating it. The text is 'The giver of stars Jojo Moyes'

30/05/2026

Wastesmiths CIC

We were delighted that have started their residency with us.

Over ten months they will be joining us to explore our lovely town and document the plants that are growing wild

If you have any other questions about the sessions please email the organisers at [email protected]

📍 Aylsham Library

📆 12/06, 10/07, 21/08, 11/09,
16/10, 20/11, 11/12, 22/01, 12/02

⏰ 1 -3:30pm

🎟️ https://tinyurl.com/MakeGrowMendAylshamLibrary

❓ Access information is available on the link above

Video description: A short video showing people exploring the area around the Library and documenting the wild plants.

29/05/2026

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗢𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆 📚

Thank you Maria R Penguin Books and The Reading Agency for another fantastic display.

London, 1941.

When Mary meets a glamorous stranger named Elizabeth she realises their lives couldn't be more different. Elizbeth is beautiful and charming, about to set off on a dazzling adventure to Ireland where she's inherited a grand house. Mary, shy and meek, has nothing to look forward to but the dreary life of a maid in Hampstead. 🧹

But when an air raid forces them to take shelter underground Mary's life is suddenly changed forever. After waking up in hospital, injured but alive, the nurse mistakes her for Elizabeth and hands over her suitcase with Elizabeth's money and tickets to Ireland inside. 👛

To reserve a copy and to check availability in branch of 'The Girl With The Suitcase' by author Lesley Pearse just tap the links below

📔 Paperback - https://tinyurl.com/2ae2s2y2
📖 Hardback - https://tinyurl.com/zdn6jhs9
📲 E-book - https://tinyurl.com/42mf5eja
💿 CD - https://tinyurl.com/s5yx8b34

Image description: A book display spotlighting 'The Girl With The Suitcase' by author Lesley Pearse, an image of a woman holding a suitcase is on the front cover. She is standing by the river Thames, on the far bank are the Houses of Parliament.

29/05/2026

Wastesmiths CIC

🌿 Starting today 🌿

Make, Grow + Mend Aylsham: Plant Potters!

We are delighted that will be joining us in the Library today as they begin these free monthly sessions.

The series of events will involve walking outside to discover and identify plants growing in different areas of the town centre. You might discover small plots and patches of green space that would appreciate some care.

🌿 💚 🌿 💚 🌿

After pottering around the town, you will return to the Library to research and explore the properties, stories, histories and folklore of the plants you have encountered.

Together the group will produce a digital ‘Plant Story Map’, which will grow and develop during the year, as you discover and sow more plants across the town.

🌿 💚 🌿 💚 🌿

The group is for people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds – the only requirement is that you’re interested in plants, creativity, community, drinking tea or coffee, or having a chat!

While these sessions are aimed at adults, under-18s are very welcome, as long as they are accompanied by an adult.

Refreshments will be provided.

If you have any other questions about the sessions please email the organisers at [email protected]

📍 Aylsham Library

📆 29/05, 12/06, 10/07, 21/08, 11/09,
16/10, 20/11, 11/12, 22/01, 12/02

⏰ 1-3:30pm

🎟️ https://tinyurl.com/MakeGrowMendAylshamLibrary

❓ Access information is available on the link above

Image description: A green banner with the text 'Plant Potters' and the slogan 'Make, Grow, Mend' there are photos of wild plants in polaroid style frames.

28/05/2026

In celebration of 𝗛𝗶𝗩𝗶𝘀 fortnight (1st -15th June), we're showcasing some of the wonderful resources we have for those with a vision impairment.

Braille books, large print, audio books - we have a whole host of provisions on offer! What's more, with our 'Equal Access' card you can borrow items we usually charge for, for free - just ask a member of the team for more details. 📚

Find out more info on fortnight at readingsight.org.uk

Image description: Four images, the first image is a graphic that says HiVis 1-15 June 2026 followed by three photos of a hand holding up a braille book, a large print book and an audio book.

26/05/2026

Summer Reading Challenge

Are you aged 13-25? Love to read?

Love encouraging OTHERS to read? 🎶

Then why not try volunteering with us for The Reading Agency 's Summer Reading Challenge'!

This year the Summer Reading Challenge is called 'Read to the Beat'. We're looking for young volunteers aged 13-25 to get involved at their local libraries, helping sign children up to the challenge, joining in with fun activities and building their own skills. The deadline is Friday 19 June! 🎵

If this sounds like your kind of thing, drop an email at: [email protected] or visit tinyurl.com/ye8b9xb8 and they will send you further information about how you can take part.

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Address

7 Hungate Street
Aylsham
NR116AA

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 7pm
Tuesday	10am - 7pm
Wednesday	2pm - 7pm
Thursday	10am - 7pm
Friday	10am - 7pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

01263 732 320

Website

http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/libraries

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