Ensbury Park 3.45 – 4.15pm Ages 5+ Ages 4.15pm – 3.45 Park Ensbury Ages 3 – 8 8 – 3 Ages
van camper the and Milo of stories With Ozobots workshop Ozobots 2 Christchurch opening hours opening Christchurch
Tuckton Tue 29 2.30 – 3.30 – 2.30 29 Tue Tuckton Charminster 2 – 2.30pm Ages 0 – 5 – 0 Ages 2.30pm – 2 Charminster Witches & ghosts creation station creation ghosts & Witches Sat
Branksome Tue 29, 11am – 12 noon 12 – 11am 29, Tue Branksome
Robots toddler tales toddler Robots
November
Also at Canford Heath, Mon 28, 2 – 3pm – 2 28, Mon Heath, Canford at Also
Christchurch 5.30 – 6.55pm – 5.30 Christchurch
Charminster 10.30am – 12 noon 12 – 10.30am Charminster
Glow in the dark bowling dark the in Glow
Rossmore 3 – 4pm – 3 Rossmore
Rachel Butler Rachel Meet the author: the Meet
8
Castlepoint 4 – 5pm – 4 Castlepoint
11.30am – 10.30 Park Ensbury
Poole 10am – 12 noon 12 – 10am Poole
Robots and coding and Robots Tue
Spooky crafts Spooky
26 station
And make paper plate witches plate paper make And 7 Seasonal transformations creation creation transformations Seasonal Sat Canford Heath until Sat 12 Sat until Heath Canford
hours opening Springbourne
Book titles treasure hunt treasure titles Book Mon
Pin the tie on Mr Bones Mr on tie the Pin
3
Castlepoint 10 – 10.30am – 10 Castlepoint
31 Crafty corner spider hats spider corner Crafty Winton noon 12 – 11am Hamworthy
Rhyme and rhythm toddlertime rhythm and Rhyme
Thu Thu
Meet the Guide Dogs Guide the Meet Thu Creepy crafts Creepy Howe West
Creekmoor until Fri 5 Fri until Creekmoor
Autumn crafts Autumn Westbourne Canford Cliffs opening hours Ages 5 – 8 – 5 Ages hours opening Cliffs Canford
Poetry Day treasure hunt treasure Day Poetry
Southbourne Creepy crafts & stories & crafts Creepy Southbourne Bonfire crafts and colouring and crafts Bonfire
Sing along to Queen’s greatest hits. Ages 0 – 4 – 0 Ages hits. greatest Queen’s to along Sing Creepy crafts Creepy Kinson
Bournemouth 2.15 – 3.15pm Ages 4 – 12 – 4 Ages 3.15pm – 2.15 Bournemouth
1 11am – 10.30 Poole
Creepy crafts Creepy Highcliffe Escape to Hawaii to Escape
Rhapsody rhymetime Rhapsody Tue
Autumn crafts Autumn Hamworthy Boscombe 2.30 – 3.30pm Ages 3+ Ages 3.30pm – 2.30 Boscombe
October
Build a skeleton a Build Creekmoor Make pom-pom spiders & bats & spiders pom-pom Make
Make a monster a Make Charminster 30 Broadstone 10.30 – 11.30am – 10.30 Broadstone
28
Poole 10am – 12 noon 12 – 10am Poole Monster junk modelling junk Monster Castlepoint Bats and beasties and Bats Wed
Underwater exploration creation station creation exploration Underwater Sat
Monster mash-up Monster Boscombe
Christchurch 2.15 – 3.15pm Ages 4 – 8 – 4 Ages 3.15pm – 2.15 Christchurch
28 11 – 11.30am. Ages 0 – 5 – 0 Ages 11.30am. – 11 Fri Also Drop in activities all week all activities in Drop
Witches and ghosts! and Witches
Ages 5 to 10 to 5 Ages Half term 26 Oct – 2 Nov Nov 2 – Oct 26 term Half
Parkstone 11am – 12 noon 12 – 11am Parkstone
Sherwood Claire Ranger Forest New With
23
Autumnal lanterns Autumnal 4.15pm – 3.30 Highcliffe
Also at Charminster 2 – 2.30pm – 2 Charminster at Also Awesome autumn animals autumn Awesome Mon Mon Ages 8 – 11 – 8 Ages
15 2.15 – 2.45pm (& Thu 31, 2 - 4pm) - 2 31, Thu (& 2.45pm – 2.15
5.30pm – 4.30 Howe West Charminster 2 – 2.30pm Ages 0 – 5 – 0 Ages 2.30pm – 2 Charminster
& noon 12 – 10.30am Heath Canford
Scratch coding games coding Scratch Tue Gruffalo toddler tales toddler Gruffalo
Spooky stories and crafts and stories Spooky
Ages 0 – 4 – 0 Ages 11
Christchurch 4 – 5pm – 4 Christchurch
29
Oakdale 10.30 – 11.30am Ages 4 – 11 – 4 Ages 11.30am – 10.30 Oakdale
baby your about songs to along Sing
The Woodlander storytelling Woodlander The Fri
Sparklers & rockets crafts rockets & Sparklers Tue 3 11am – 10.30 Poole
With author Sarah Lean Sarah author With
Babymix rhymetime Babymix Tue
28 10
Springbourne 10.30 – 11am – 10.30 Springbourne 5pm – 4 Christchurch
September Spooktacular wriggle & rhyme & wriggle Spooktacular workshop writing Creative Mon Thu
) ( children and families and children Events for for Events Please book Please
Space Chase Summer Reading What’s On Challenge 2019 Time to celebrate! in Libraries If you’ve read 6 books over the summer holidays you’ll be invited to a special event in your local Sept /Oct 2019 library to collect your medal! Get reading and finish the challenge now! Most of our events are free but please book in advance Roald Dahl Day Friday 13 September Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult Tue West Howe 10 3.30 – 4.30pm Booking for Poole libraries, crafts phone 01202 262449 or call in to your local library. Fri Fun all day ... Booking for Bournemouth and 13 Boscombe Crafts & activities Branksome Colouring Christchurch libraries, please contact Broadstone Mad about Matilda! your local library. Creekmoor Treasure hunt Canford Heath Quiz & colouring Castlepoint Character hunt & crafts bcpcouncil.gov.uk Charminster Crafts (Mon 9 to Fri 13) Features Christchurch Creation station (+ Sat 14) Libraries Week Kinson Dream jar craft Roald Dahl Day Springbourne Quiz & crafts (+ Thu 12) Fun Palaces in the afternoon ... Half term family fun Hamworthy 3 – 4pm Creation station Highcliffe 3.30 – 6pm Hunt & crafts Parkstone after school Craft Rossmore 3.30 – 4.30pm Dream jar craft Westbourne 4 – 5pm Competition
Sat Oakdale 10.15am – 12 noon Crafts 14 Winton 10am – 12.30pm Make BFG ears bcpcouncil.gov.uk Credits: Space Chase © Adam Dower / Roald Dahl © Quentin Blake
Ensbury Park 3.45 – 4.15pm Ages 5+ Ages 4.15pm – 3.45 Park Ensbury Ages 3 – 8 8 – 3 Ages
van camper the and Milo of stories With Ozobots workshop Ozobots 2 Christchurch opening hours opening Christchurch
Tuckton Tue 29 2.30 – 3.30 – 2.30 29 Tue Tuckton Charminster 2 – 2.30pm Ages 0 – 5 – 0 Ages 2.30pm – 2 Charminster Witches & ghosts creation station creation ghosts & Witches Sat
Branksome Tue 29, 11am – 12 noon 12 – 11am 29, Tue Branksome
Robots toddler tales toddler Robots
November
Also at Canford Heath, Mon 28, 2 – 3pm – 2 28, Mon Heath, Canford at Also
Christchurch 5.30 – 6.55pm – 5.30 Christchurch
Charminster 10.30am – 12 noon 12 – 10.30am Charminster
Glow in the dark bowling dark the in Glow
Rossmore 3 – 4pm – 3 Rossmore
Rachel Butler Rachel Meet the author: the Meet
8
Castlepoint 4 – 5pm – 4 Castlepoint
11.30am – 10.30 Park Ensbury
Poole 10am – 12 noon 12 – 10am Poole
Robots and coding and Robots Tue
Spooky crafts Spooky
26 station
And make paper plate witches plate paper make And 7 Seasonal transformations creation creation transformations Seasonal Sat Canford Heath until Sat 12 Sat until Heath Canford
hours opening Springbourne
Book titles treasure hunt treasure titles Book Mon
Pin the tie on Mr Bones Mr on tie the Pin
3
Castlepoint 10 – 10.30am – 10 Castlepoint
31 Crafty corner spider hats spider corner Crafty Winton noon 12 – 11am Hamworthy
Rhyme and rhythm toddlertime rhythm and Rhyme
Thu Thu
Meet the Guide Dogs Guide the Meet Thu Creepy crafts Creepy Howe West
Creekmoor until Fri 5 Fri until Creekmoor
Autumn crafts Autumn Westbourne Canford Cliffs opening hours Ages 5 – 8 – 5 Ages hours opening Cliffs Canford
Poetry Day treasure hunt treasure Day Poetry
Southbourne Creepy crafts & stories & crafts Creepy Southbourne Bonfire crafts and colouring and crafts Bonfire
Sing along to Queen’s greatest hits. Ages 0 – 4 – 0 Ages hits. greatest Queen’s to along Sing Creepy crafts Creepy Kinson
Bournemouth 2.15 – 3.15pm Ages 4 – 12 – 4 Ages 3.15pm – 2.15 Bournemouth
1 11am – 10.30 Poole
Creepy crafts Creepy Highcliffe Escape to Hawaii to Escape
Rhapsody rhymetime Rhapsody Tue
Autumn crafts Autumn Hamworthy Boscombe 2.30 – 3.30pm Ages 3+ Ages 3.30pm – 2.30 Boscombe
October
Build a skeleton a Build Creekmoor Make pom-pom spiders & bats & spiders pom-pom Make
Make a monster a Make Charminster 30 Broadstone 10.30 – 11.30am – 10.30 Broadstone
28
Poole 10am – 12 noon 12 – 10am Poole Monster junk modelling junk Monster Castlepoint Bats and beasties and Bats Wed
Underwater exploration creation station creation exploration Underwater Sat
Monster mash-up Monster Boscombe
Christchurch 2.15 – 3.15pm Ages 4 – 8 – 4 Ages 3.15pm – 2.15 Christchurch
28 11 – 11.30am. Ages 0 – 5 – 0 Ages 11.30am. – 11 Fri Also Drop in activities all week all activities in Drop
Witches and ghosts! and Witches
Ages 5 to 10 to 5 Ages Half term 26 Oct – 2 Nov Nov 2 – Oct 26 term Half
Parkstone 11am – 12 noon 12 – 11am Parkstone
Sherwood Claire Ranger Forest New With
23
Autumnal lanterns Autumnal 4.15pm – 3.30 Highcliffe
Also at Charminster 2 – 2.30pm – 2 Charminster at Also Awesome autumn animals autumn Awesome Mon Mon Ages 8 – 11 – 8 Ages
15 2.15 – 2.45pm (& Thu 31, 2 - 4pm) - 2 31, Thu (& 2.45pm – 2.15
5.30pm – 4.30 Howe West Charminster 2 – 2.30pm Ages 0 – 5 – 0 Ages 2.30pm – 2 Charminster
& noon 12 – 10.30am Heath Canford
Scratch coding games coding Scratch Tue Gruffalo toddler tales toddler Gruffalo
Spooky stories and crafts and stories Spooky
Ages 0 – 4 – 0 Ages 11
Christchurch 4 – 5pm – 4 Christchurch
29
Oakdale 10.30 – 11.30am Ages 4 – 11 – 4 Ages 11.30am – 10.30 Oakdale
baby your about songs to along Sing
The Woodlander storytelling Woodlander The Fri
Sparklers & rockets crafts rockets & Sparklers Tue 3 11am – 10.30 Poole
With author Sarah Lean Sarah author With
Babymix rhymetime Babymix Tue
28 10
Springbourne 10.30 – 11am – 10.30 Springbourne 5pm – 4 Christchurch
September Spooktacular wriggle & rhyme & wriggle Spooktacular workshop writing Creative Mon Thu
) ( children and families and children Events for for Events Please book Please
Space Chase Summer Reading What’s On Challenge 2019 Time to celebrate! in Libraries If you’ve read 6 books over the summer holidays you’ll be invited to a special event in your local Sept /Oct 2019 library to collect your medal! Get reading and finish the challenge now! Most of our events are free but please book in advance Roald Dahl Day Friday 13 September Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult Tue West Howe 10 3.30 – 4.30pm Booking for Poole libraries, crafts phone 01202 262449 or call in to your local library. Fri Fun all day ... Booking for Bournemouth and 13 Boscombe Crafts & activities Branksome Colouring Christchurch libraries, please contact Broadstone Mad about Matilda! your local library. Creekmoor Treasure hunt Canford Heath Quiz & colouring Castlepoint Character hunt & crafts bcpcouncil.gov.uk Charminster Crafts (Mon 9 to Fri 13) Features Christchurch Creation station (+ Sat 14) Libraries Week Kinson Dream jar craft Roald Dahl Day Springbourne Quiz & crafts (+ Thu 12) Fun Palaces in the afternoon ... Half term family fun Hamworthy 3 – 4pm Creation station Highcliffe 3.30 – 6pm Hunt & crafts Parkstone after school Craft Rossmore 3.30 – 4.30pm Dream jar craft Westbourne 4 – 5pm Competition
Sat Oakdale 10.15am – 12 noon Crafts 14 Winton 10am – 12.30pm Make BFG ears bcpcouncil.gov.uk Credits: Space Chase © Adam Dower / Roald Dahl © Quentin Blake September October ( Please book ) Tue Who will win the Booker Prize? 3 Creekmoor 2.30 – 3.30pm Mon Adults, dance yourself Discofit! Also at Highcliffe, Mon 09, 10.45am – 12 noon 7 Christchurch 2 – 3pm cont. Sat Friends Autumn Fair It’s in the papers 7 Canford Heath 10am – 12 noon West Howe 2.30 – 4.30pm Explore the National Newspaper Archive Your house through time online for local & family history Winton 10am – 12 noon History in photos and Kelly’s Directories 7 to 12 October We celebrate and Tue Stay safe online: Barclays Digital Eagles Charminster 10am Meet the author: Lisa Sell explore how libraries are engaging 8 Christchurch 2 – 3.30pm communities through technology, building Boccia — precision ball sport Discussing Hidden, a crime mystery set in digital skills and confidence, encouraging Christchurch 2.15 – 3.15pm Oxfordshire the 1980s and now digital participation and inclusion, supporting health, wellbeing and education and Wed Mindful art workshop Tue Meet the author: Fiona Roberts supporting local business and enterprise. 9 Christchurch 10.30am 10 Canford Heath 11am – 12 noon Discussing her latest novel, Just Des(s)erts. Tracing your family tree Three women take revenge on a conman Read online with our library apps Canford Cliffs 2 – 3pm Talk: Garden design made easy Cloud Library for eBooks, Digital coffee morning BorrowBox for eAudiobooks Branksome 10.30am – 12 noon Boscombe 10.30am – 12 noon RBDigital for magazines With Diana Butler Ask in your library for a demo or drop in to How to apply for jobs online Wed Seated pilates Christchurch Mon 7 2.15 – 4pm Winton 10am – 1pm 11 Parkstone 2 – 3pm Kinson Tue 8 11am – 12 noon Get online with our Computer Buddy Talk: Coping with bereavement Bournemouth Tue 15 10 – 11.30am Rossmore 10am – 12 noon Poole 10am – 12 noon With counsellor Kruti St Helen Thu World Mental Health Day Tue Black History Month 10 All libraries opening hours Fri Ensbury Park Charity Bake Off Try a self-help or mood boosting book from All libraries 13 Ensbury Park 4 – 7pm 1 our Reading Well collections Discover new and favourite BAME authors Mon Exhibition: Brian Chard photos Talk: The Horse Raft Exhibition: Black GIs in Dorset Poole until 28 September Christchurch 11am – 12 noon 16 Branksome opening hours until 31 Oct The benefits of spending time with horses Tue Meet the author: Frances Maynard Exhibition: Dorset & Windrush Stay safe online: Dr Adrian Warman 17 Poole 7 – 8.30pm Oakdale opening hours until 31 Oct Discussing Maggsie McNaughton’s Second Southbourne 10.30am Chance. Can Maggsie learn to trust? Wed Talk: Travels with a camera Cybersecurity Consultant shares his top tips 2 Christchurch 2.30pm Fri Make jewellery with Elly All you need to know about emails With Mike Read. Friends event, £2.50/£4.50 20 Creekmoor 10.30am – 12 noon Tuckton 2 – 4pm Talk: A century of the Bournemouth Sat World Alzheimer’s Awareness Day Little Theatre Club Exploring the library online Christchurch opening hours 21 Bournemouth 11am – 12.30pm Westbourne 2.30 – 4pm Information and book display With Eileen Rawlings Meet the author: Lisa Sell Mon Banned Books Week displays Thu National Poetry Day Kinson 5 – 6.30pm 23 Broadstone, Canford Heath, Christchurch, 3 Displays in all libraries and readings/writing at See Sat 7 Sept for details Hamworthy, Oakdale, Poole Westbourne 2.30 – 4pm Fri Natwest Friends against scams Castlepoint 5 – 6pm British Library Screening: Walled In 11 Broadstone 2pm Poole 7 – 8.30pm Southbourne Tue 1 10 – 11.30am Computer training For Banned Books Week writers consider walls Create a community poem in literature and in our lives Ensbury Park 2pm West Howe 10am – 12 noon Sat Meet the author: Gail Aldwin Relaxing massage for Mums Sat Fun Palaces 12 Poole 2pm Parkstone 11.30am after Wriggle & Rhyme 5 A day of free fun events: Meet Cheryl from Reset Mind and Massage Discussing her novel The String Games and everyone an artist, everyone a scientist her journey to becoming a published author Tue Ansbury Careers Service drop-in Bournemouth 2 – 3.30pm Also on Wed 16, Creekmoor 10.30am Canford Heath 10am – 1pm Parents and children get creative! 24 Mon Display: Booker Prize winners Christchurch 11am – 3pm Wed Talk: Why Win on Waste works 14 Broadstone opening hours Meet some prize-winning chickens, Minecraft Parkstone 10.30 – 11.30am 25 sessions, crazy golf and jungle drumming Fri Meet the author: Frances Maynard With Monique from Ideas2Action Southbourne 9.30am – 1pm 18 Parkstone 4.30 – 6pm Thu Dementia Friends coffee morning Music, coding and art by the community See Tue 17 Sept for details Winton 10am – 12 noon 26 West Howe 10.30am – 12.30pm Drink coffee in pink for Breast Cancer With a rep from Pramacare Clay craft and lots more Castlepoint 10.30 – 12 noon Fri Oboe & piano recital Mon Exhibition: Parkstone Camera Club Thu Make a clay gift with Elly Bournemouth 10.30am 27 7 Poole opening hours, until Fri 18 Canford Heath 10.30am – 12.30pm Friends of Bournemouth Music Library 24 present Andrew Knights & Phil Gibbs What are today’s youth talking about? Fri 3Cs: say no to doorstep sellers Parkstone opening hours, until Sat 12 25 Parkstone 11am – 12 noon Quiz: What’s WhatsApp? Emojis? World’s biggest coffee mornings Brass Recital: Andrew Ryder & friends in September for Macmillan Help with smart phones, tablets Bournemouth 10.30am Thu 19 Southbourne / Mon 23 & all week Castlepoint and other devices Friends of Bournemouth Music Library Tue 24 Charminster / Thu 26 Westbourne Castlepoint opening hours until Sat 12 Fri 27 Broadstone, Canford Heath, Creekmoor, Film: Summer 1993 Rossmore also Kinson at 2.30pm Red Cross craft, cake & coffee Hamworthy 7.30pm (doors 6.30pm) Sat 28 Ensbury Park, Springbourne Oakdale 2.30 – 4pm Purbeck Film Festival, see purbeckfilm.com