Oundle Library

02/09/2026

The Summer Reading Challenge school leaderboard is extremely close again this week and the competition is hotting up as more children cross the finish line! It has been fantastic to see so many of you coming back to us having completed the challenge so WELL DONE to those of you who have finished!

If you haven't already done so, you have until Friday 4th September to sign up for the Summer Reading Challenge to help your school out. All you need to do is pop into the library and speak to a member of staff to sign up. You have until Saturday 12th September to read six books in order to complete the challenge.

The top half of the school leaderboard has changed again since last week and is currently looking like this:

1. Warmington School
2. Oundle CE Primary School
3. Glapthorn CE Primary School
4. Polebrook CE Primary School

There is still everything to play for to help your school to win the coveted Summer Reading Challenge shield...so KEEP GOING EVERYONE! Don't forget that when you complete the challenge you need to come back to us to collect your medal and certificate!

02/09/2026

Join us this Saturday 5th September for our penultimate Summer Reading Challenge event!

From 10.30am-1pm we will be holding a drop-in music-themed Lego challenge session. We will have our very own 'Lego wheel of fortune' for you to spin to decide what music-themed item we would like you to make! Alternatively, you can just choose your own musical ideas to build!

We can't wait to see what you challenge yourselves to create!

02/09/2026

The North Northamptonshire Stop Smoking team will be holding free drop-in advice and information sessions here at Oundle library on the following dates throughout the rest of 2026:

Friday 4th September 10.00am-10.30am
Friday 2nd October 10.00am-10.30am

Come along to meet the team and to chat about what support they can offer.

For more information please visit
https://www.northnorthants.gov.uk/health-and.../stop-smoking

You're 3 times more likely to quit with help and support.

Your local stop smoking service offers expert advice and a course of free Ni****ne Replacement Therapy. Come and see us at one of our drop-ins: https://www.northnorthants.gov.uk/health-and-wellbeing/stop-smoking/stop-smoking-drop-ins

Or contact us to get started! 📩 0300 126 5700 Option 2

02/09/2026

Only 6 weeks until our next Repair Café! If you have a repair you need our help with, send us an email at [email protected] so we can book you in!

Go to www.transitionoundle.org.uk for info about the Oundle Repair Café, or www.repaircafe.org/en to learn more about the international movement.

01/09/2026

Digital Book Club title for September is Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke and is available as e-audiobook only

"Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle and her followers are sick with envy. Her charming farmhouse on her working ranch is artfully cluttered, her husband is a handsome cowboy, her homemade sourdough boules are each more beautiful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers and industrial-grade ovens behind the scenes? What her followers don’t know won’t hurt them.

Then, one morning, Natalie wakes up in a strange, horrible version of reality. Her home, her husband, her children are familiar, but something’s off. This isn't her perfect life, and she must escape, by any means possible"

Sign up to Borrowbox on any device to get FREE e-books, e-audiobooks and e-newspapers and magazines. All you need is your library card
Can’t get to a library? You can sign up for a virtual library membership on our website
www.northnorthants.gov.uk/joinyourlibrary

01/09/2026

Starting school can be exciting and a little daunting for children and parents alike.
That's why we've created our School Readiness Collection: a specially selected range of picture books to help families talk about school, build confidence, and prepare for this important next step together.
Borrow for free with your library card inside libraries across West Northamptonshire. This collection is also available to borrow on BorrowBox

01/09/2026

The Action For Happiness calendar for September is out and also on display in the library. This month they are focusing on self-care and how to take small daily actions to help you feel calmer, stay resilient and show up for others too.

We still have the Action For Happiness book collection out on display at the library and these are all available for loan.

Taking care of yourself isn't selfish - it's essential. Join us for Self-Care September and discover small daily actions to help you feel calmer, stay resilient and show up for others too https://actionforhappiness.org/self-care-september

01/09/2026

The first of the month brings with it a fresh new theme for our National Year of Reading focus. As part of 'Scandalous September', we have put together a display of books available for loan, all of which involve both fiction and non-fiction scandalous stories.

Throughout Scandalous September, we would also love you to reveal to us what your bookish guilty pleasures are! Do you enjoy cosy whodunnits? Are sizzling Summer reads more your thing? Do you lose yourself in nostalgic teenage angst, vampires or magical worlds? Do you get engrossed in high energy thrillers? How about easy-read cliched romances or spine-tingling true crime? Do you always like to read the most popular books or do you shy away from following the crowd?

Whatever your guilty (or not-so-guilty) bookish pleasures, we want to hear all about them here at Oundle library! Simply write down what you enjoy reading on one of our top-secret notes and put it on our Scandalous September display board.

But don't worry...your secret is safe with us!

01/09/2026

💚 Take a look at what's happening at Oundle Family Hub!

Our new timetable is now available, with opportunities for local families to connect, access support and join in with activities throughout the month. We can't wait to welcome back familiar faces and meet some new ones too!

Scan the QR code or use the link below and get ready to join in the fun!
🌟https://familyhubs.northnorthants.gov.uk/fh-oundle

01/09/2026

During the heatwave that was August, Oundle Crime found some relief in reading and they’ve come up with ten crime fiction novels they’d like to recommend.
Their reading theme was three-word titles, but there are others in the mix as well. Take a look at the books they enjoyed here: https://friendsofoundlelibrary.org.uk/book-reviews/