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Football's coming home! The World Cup 2026 is in full swing and excitement is in the air. To celebrate, we've made a dis...
24/06/2026

Football's coming home! The World Cup 2026 is in full swing and excitement is in the air. To celebrate, we've made a display about all things football. If you're a footie fan looking to explore your passion or just curious about the most popular sport on the planet, come on down and have a browse!

This week Amanda is in the library chair reading The Familiars by Stacey Hall based in the County of Lancaster in 1612 w...
23/06/2026

This week Amanda is in the library chair reading The Familiars by Stacey Hall based in the County of Lancaster in 1612 where the very young Fleetwood Shuttleworth is mistress of Gawthorpe Hall. She has miscarried three times and desperately wants a successful birth along with the pressure of producing a male heir. By chance she comes across a young midwife Alice Gray who uses her knowledge of herbs to restore Fleetwood to health. In the background a local friend who is a magistrate has made it his mission to seek out witches and unfortunately Alice is accused of witchcraft and will soon go to trial. Fleetwood is on a mission to prove Alice's innocence and is up against her due date, how many lives are at risk?

Join us next week for some rainbow-themed crafts and stories! Library Gets Lively happens every Monday from 10:15-10:45 ...
22/06/2026

Join us next week for some rainbow-themed crafts and stories! Library Gets Lively happens every Monday from 10:15-10:45 – no booking needed 😊

June is Pride Month - time to celebrate the history and achievements of the LGBTQ+ community. Pop into the library this ...
20/06/2026

June is Pride Month - time to celebrate the history and achievements of the LGBTQ+ community. Pop into the library this week and have a look at our displays for Pride month! 🌈 📖

This week at Library Gets Lively we read The Butterfly Dance and made some beautiful butterflies! We used shaving foam a...
20/06/2026

This week at Library Gets Lively we read The Butterfly Dance and made some beautiful butterflies! We used shaving foam and food colouring to make these wonderful wings. 🦋

Join us on Monday at 10.15 for more stories, songs and crafts! 🌈

Go Citizen is an online study resource for candidates preparing for the Life in the UK Test or British citizenship test....
19/06/2026

Go Citizen is an online study resource for candidates preparing for the Life in the UK Test or British citizenship test. The service includes an online version of the latest official study materials licensed from the Home Office, the people who write the handbook, plus hundreds of practice test questions in the same format as the official test.
Access to https://orlo.uk/XKtrs is completely free for residents who call in to any of the Dorset libraries. Members of Dorset libraries can also access it from outside the libraries using their library card number.

Thank you everyone who helped complete this red tractor puzzle. Did anyone enjoy seeing all the tractors at "TractorFest...
18/06/2026

Thank you everyone who helped complete this red tractor puzzle. Did anyone enjoy seeing all the tractors at "TractorFest"? A fresh puzzle is on a table at the back of the library ready for all to have a go.

This month we're celebrating local authors and Gillingham writing through the ages 📜 🖋️ Come and have a look at our dis...
17/06/2026

This month we're celebrating local authors and Gillingham writing through the ages 📜 🖋️ Come and have a look at our display and find out about the diaries of Ethel Freame and the Gillingham Parish Collection!

This week, Ruth is in the library chair reading The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim. Four women from different ba...
16/06/2026

This week, Ruth is in the library chair reading The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim. Four women from different backgrounds, each looking to escape from their day-to-day lives, rent a villa in Italy for a month. The beautiful surroundings have an almost spiritual effect on them and each leaves with their outlook on life transformed by the experience. A really fun, quirky and enjoyable read!

Last week's Library Gets Lively was during HiVis fortnight so we read the book "A day at the seaside" by Lesley Berringt...
15/06/2026

Last week's Library Gets Lively was during HiVis fortnight so we read the book "A day at the seaside" by Lesley Berrington in which a young girl called Lucy who is visually impaired has a wonderful day out to the seaside with her friend Hattie. The book explores identifying sounds and the feel of the wind in their hair and warm sand on their feet. Afterwards we made flags for our sandcastles finding out we needed water and sand to make the perfect one.

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Chantry Fields
Gillingham
SP84UA

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Monday 10am - 5pm
Tuesday 12pm - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 1pm

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