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📖✨ Have you got what it takes to join the league of Library Legends? ✨📖

To celebrate the National Year of Reading our Library Legends are setting 5 quests for you to complete…

⭐Each quest is made up of 6 challenges
⭐Collect a star for every challenge you complete
⭐Complete each character’s quest to earn their special collector’s card
⭐Collect all 5 cards to earn a medal and secure your place in the league of Library Legends!

Drop into any BCP Library to collect your Library Legends booklet and start the challenge today!

For more information on the challenge, and to help you on your way, check out the information on the website: https://www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/libraries/national-year-of-reading-2026/library-legends-challenge

What's on in December at West Howe Library....

⭐New for Thursdays is Toddler Time 10:15 to 10:45am - a mix of stories, rhymes and songs - for ages 5 and under. No booking required.

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The reading doesn't stop with the Summer Reading Challenge!

Why's that?! Well, let's hear it for this year's Winter Mini Challenge, which starts soon on the 1st December! YIKES - Don't worry, it runs until February 2026 so there's plenty of time to sign up and take part! Don't leave it too late though!

You can sign up for the online challenge with avatars, virtual badges, games and recommendations.

Create an account, choose your avatar and let the challenge begin!

https://wintermini.org.uk/
https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/



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Join us for International Games Month and enjoy board games, strategy games and more!

Throughout November we will have a selection of games ready for you to play!

Do you know how to pay Mancala or Genius Square?
Come and discover your new favourite game!

All ages and abilities welcome. We have games for one player or multi player games.

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Next Wednesday at Bournemouth Library 🖊️

Did you miss out on this week's free creative writing workshop? Don't worry - Wednesday 29th gives another chance to join local performance poet Dr Aanka Batta as she guides writers to create their own poems, inspired by the theme of FREEDOM, and be part of the Our Freedom: Then and Now project!

Wednesday 29th October 11 - 12.30pm. To book a free space:
Phone 01202 127000
Email [email protected]
or speak to Bournemouth Library staff.

This event is part of the Lighthouse Poole project Our Freedom: Then & Now, working with communities locally to reflect on what freedom means to them – in the context of the end of World War II and how it feels now. The art produced will contribute towards an installation to be unveiled 7 Nov at Lighthouse, which will be open to the public across the winter period.

To find out more, visit www.lighthousepoole.co.uk/event/our-freedom-then-and-now

It's We are highlighting a number of books for display, along with some important figures and info from black history!

We will be rotating the books during the month, so please pop in for a look! Of course, you can borrow any of the books on display - just ask a member of staff!


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🎃👻 October Half Term Fun in West Howe! 👻🎃
This half term we’ve got a jam-packed week of spooky fun for families to enjoy!
📚 Monday 27th & Thursday 30th – West Howe Community Enterprises is teaming up with us to bring you an array of FREE activities including:
✨ Beastly Bookmark Making
✨ Potion Poetry
✨ Monster Mystery Trail
✨ Halloween Mask Making
✨ Ghastly & Goblin Games
✨ The Potion Lab

🎃👻 See you there - or forever be banished to the ghouls! Wahahah!👻🎃

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Wondering What's On at West Howe Library in October?
Look no further! We have our regular activities, plus;

Half-Term Horrors (and Fun!) 🦇
BlackHistoryMonth Book Display and info!
GetOnlineWeek - Pop in for Tech Buddy help on Thurs 23rd!
Supporting the Community Group - Want to chat upcoming coach trips over a cuppa? This is your spot! 🚌

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Join us today for a day of information and fun around the theme of balance. Yes, it's Balance Awareness Week!
Try out a craft activity, a quiz or if you have a go at our balance challenge you can have a free healthy cake.

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It's Badge-Making this week at West Howe Library

Create your own designs and get them made into your very own badge to take home and wear!
Why not make a flower, a funny animal, a funny face, rainbow or anything that makes you smile!

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Important Notice - System Downtime

Due to essential maintenance work, both the LibrariesWest website and LibrariesWest app will be unavailable from 00:01 BST to 23:59 BST on Sunday 31st August.

You will still be able to use BorrowBox if you are already signed on to your account on the BorrowBox app or website.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

www.librarieswest.org.uk