Somerset Libraries Chard

15/10/2026

🎃👻 Can You Conquer the Halloween Fitness Trail? 👻🎃

Join us from 26th - 30th October for our spooky Halloween Fitness Trail around Chard!

Pick up your Fitness Challenge Card from Chard Leisure Centre Reception, then visit each trail stop and complete the fitness challenge to collect a stamp:

📍 Health and Remedy
📍 Sacred Sisters Studio
📍 The Hub
📍 The Library
📍 Chard Leisure Centre

Collect all 5 stamps, return your completed card to the Leisure Centre and receive a spooky prize! 🎁

A huge thank you to our fantastic local partners at , .sisters.studio , Chard Community Hub and Somerset Libraries Chard for getting involved and helping us bring some Halloween fun to the community! 💜
Who's ready to take on the challenge? 💪🎃

12/10/2026

⭐️ Toddler Time

⭐️10.30 tomorrow

⭐️ All welcome 🤗

⭐️ Stay and Play afterwards

12/10/2026

Here at the library, we’ve had this difficult non interlocking puzzle going for weeks!
It’s weird shaped pieces turned out to be a major challenge!
But with the team effort of our Chard Library visitors it is finally completed!
Fantastic puzzling Puzzle Bros!

12/10/2026

🧥 Our Warm Welcome Coat Exchange rail is now up and running. 🧥

If you're in need of a coat, please feel free to come in any time during our opening hours to take one completely free of charge. There's nothing to pay and you don't need to donate one yourself in return.

If you do wish to donate, we are still accepting items so please 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 - we're accepting all adult, children and toddler-sized coats, as well as items such as gloves, hats and scarfs, as long as they're in good, clean and wearable condition.

11/10/2026

Coming up this week at Chard Library...

Monday:
🌳 Baby Bounce & Rhyme - 10:30am
🌳 NHS App Help Drop-in - 2:15-3pm

Tuesday:
🌳 Toddler Time - 10:30am
🌳 Community Employment Hub - 10:30am-12:30pm

Thursday:
🌳 Free NHS Somerset Health Checks all day - book here: [email protected]/s/3uJPr6cAxEq5io9iUBJWYw2" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://bookings.cloud.microsoft/book/[email protected]/s/3uJPr6cAxEq5io9iUBJWYw2
🌳 Knit & Natter - from 1:30pm
🌳 Retro Games Club (7+) - 3:30-4:30pm (Adult supervision required)

Friday:
🌳 Tech Help - 10-11am
🌳 Reading Friends - from 10am

Saturday:
🌳 Board Games & Puzzles - 9:30am-12noon

11/10/2026

Looking forward to tomorrow… join us at 10.30 for Baby Bounce and Rhyme 🙂

09/10/2026

Coming into Chard tomorrow for Carnival?? Then why not pop into the library while you’re in town, choose some books and you could have a go at a jigsaw puzzle too?

09/10/2026

Don't forget about our free author talk with Justin Newland in two weeks time - there's still space available so please get in touch to book a spot! 📚📖

✨ A date for your diary! ✨

Join local author Justin Newland for a talk about his latest novel, 'The Spirit of the Times,' this October at Chard Library!

𝘐𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩-𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢, 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘏𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴.

'The Spirit of the Times' is part history, part fiction and part speculation: on the origin of disease; the power of innocence; the unfortunate aspects of custom and dogma; and humanity’s ability to respond to the governing influence or spirit of the times.

📅 Friday October 23rd
🕥 10:30am - 12noon
📍 Chard Library, upstairs in our Non-Fiction area
💷 Free!
🎟️ Booking recommended - get in touch to secure a spot!

09/10/2026

Are you ready ??? If not then pick up a programme in the library, or go online and have a browse. Highly recommend getting involved, it’s always a fabulous opportunity to immerse yourself in books and learning new things and just having a laugh. Don’t miss out!

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🌳📖 There’s just over a week to go until Yeovil Literary Festival kicks off with five fantastic events at Yeovil Library!

📅 Friday 16 & Saturday 17 October

🎟️ All tickets are just £8! Visit our website or call the Box Office on 01935 422884 to book today.

07/10/2026

♟️🎲 Our Chess and Scrabble Club is back again tomorrow from 3:30pm! 🎲♟️

Join us for an hour of classic board gaming fun. As ever, we'll have Chess, Scrabble and other word games available to pick up and play or gamers are welcome to bring their own - just remember to pick up all the pieces!

All age 7+ are welcome (with primary-school age children accompanied by an adult) and there's nothing to book or pay - just come down and get strategic!