Dorchester Library and Learning Centre

17/06/2026

🎉 Time Together is tomorrow!

📚 Home-educating families, come along and connect, create, and enjoy short stories in a relaxed, welcoming space. Share ideas, meet others, and spark creativity!

✨ Expect fun activities, engaging stories, and plenty of opportunities to share your thoughts. We can’t wait to see you there!

15/06/2026

🌈 Come see us at Dorchester Library! 📚
Take a look at our fab Pride display — we’ve got some amazing picks that might just be your next favourite read! 💖📖✨

A rainbow of revels is raining down on Dorchester today and all through June for Pop-Up Pride Dorchester 🌈

❤️Sashay & Sing with Ms Cassidy at the Sydney Arms Dorchester
💛Pride Book Display at Dorchester Library and Learning Centre
♥️Pride Colours Trail at Dorset Museum & Art Gallery
💚Pride booksale at Weldmar Bookshop
💜LGBTQIA+ Writers Display at Teasel & Skylark

🧡 Everyone can join in and be themselves

15/06/2026

Join us this Pride Month as we explore LGBTQIA+ representation in fiction, with Victoria L Humphreys discussing how LGBTQIA+ narratives are crafted, challenged and celebrated in contemporary writing.

Drawing on themes from her novel The Other Way, she reflects on how hidden histories and marginalised identities shape the stories we tell.

The session includes a Q&A with opportunity for audience questions:

📅 10.30am, Saturday 27th June
📍 Dorchester Library and Learning Centre

Pop-Up Pride Dorchester

14/06/2026

What’s on at Dorchester Library this week?

Week beginning 15 June 2026

There’s something for everyone this week, including Rhyme Time, Code Club, Lego Club, Scrabble, drop‑in support sessions, and creative activities for children and families.

Take a look at the posters to see full details and times, and pop in to join us.

We look forward to welcoming you to Dorchester Library.

13/06/2026

✨ Staff Pick #4 ✨

It’s that time again… and our fourth staff recommendation goes to:
📚 Mere by Danielle Giles

💬 Why we recommend it:
Set in medieval England, increasing disasters befall a convent - have they been cursed by a devil from the marshes? The story follows the nuns increasingly desperate measures to lift the curse.

Will Hilda and Wulfrun's romance survive?

09/06/2026

🖌️🎲 Paint… then Play (with a Time Warp twist) 🎲🖌️

Another fantastic session at our Miniature Painting & Gaming Club this week. We started with a calm, creative painting session, with our regulars bringing along their own miniatures and really bringing them to life.

Then… things escalated...

⚡ A Time Warp Battle! ⚡

Sci‑fi warriors clashed with Fantasy heroes as our group created their own storyline and battled it out across the table. It was imaginative, a little chaotic, and a lot of fun.

This is what our club is all about:
🎨 Creativity
🎲 Games & storytelling
🤝 A friendly group that’s growing every week

We’d love a few more to join the adventure.

📅 Next session: [Tuesday 16th June]
✅ Ages 12+
✅ Staff‑supervised
✅ Beginners always welcome
✅ Free miniature & guided painting (ages 12–18)

👉 Book via Eventbrite – link in the first comment

Come and join the fun — who knows what will happen next week?

08/06/2026

Just finished watching Clarkson’s Farm? 🌾🚜
Why not dig a little deeper into life at Diddly Squat Farm, or explore the realities of farming with a great selection of books available at Dorset Libraries?
Pop in or browse online to start your next read today🌿

07/06/2026

🗓️ Save the date 2026!

This year’s theme is Building Carer Friendly Communities 🏘️💙 and from 8 to 14 June 📅 we’ll be highlighting how to build communities that make a real and lasting difference to the lives of carers everywhere 🌍✨

Join us at Dorchester Library on the 10 June (and every Wednesday) for Cuppa & Company ☕ – a relaxed space to enjoy a hot drink and meet new people 😊
We also have our ongoing Sensational Sessions for children with additional needs and their families; a welcoming, inclusive environment for everyone to enjoy 💛
And don’t forget about our fantastic RVS Home Library Service 🚚📖, bringing books and connection to our housebound customers 🏡💬

07/06/2026

It’s back again! Let’s take a first peek at what’s coming up next week 👀

05/06/2026

New month means new displays! 📚✨

Pop into Dorchester Library 📍 and have a peek 👀 at our beautiful new book displays!

You might just find your next favourite read 📖💙