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Join the Summer Reading Challenge from this Saturday 13th July!

Blackfen Community Library will be running the Summer Reading Challenge again this year, and pre-registration starts from Saturday 13th July, with the Challenge starting officially on Wednesday 23rd July and continuing over the summer. The theme this year is Space Race, celebrating 50 years since the first moon landing and…

Summer Reading Challenge – your library needs you!

We’re currently recruiting volunteers to help us during the Summer Reading Challenge 2019 – could you help? What is the Summer Reading Challenge? The Summer Reading Challenge gets primary-aged children into libraries to keep up their reading skills and confidence during the long holidays. Children can read whatever they like…

Open Mic Night – Fri 10th May

We’re really excited to announce that we’re hosting our first Open Mic Night on Friday 10th May. it’ll be a celebration of music, poetry and the local community. Take part yourself or come along and enjoy a relaxed evening of entertainment, good food, drinks, and even better company. If you’d…

Cupcake Decorating – Wed 17th April

A fun holiday activity for the kids – decorate two delicious cupcakes and make your own customised presentation box to take them home in. It’s £2 per child for two cupcakes, icing and decorations – book your place in advance at the library front desk.

Easter Fun Day – Sat 13th April

Come along and enjoy our Easter celebration! Crafts for the kids, live music and a free Easter Egg hunt. Also, we’re hosting an Easter Egg raffle with a great range of prizes on offer, tickets on sale now as well as on the day!

Charity Quiz Night – Thu 14th March

Book your table now for the first ever Blackfen Community Library Quiz Night! Teams of up to 8 members will battle it out to see who will be the champions…and who will go away with the wooden spoon. All proceeds from the night will help to fund activities and projects…

Children’s Puppet Show – Tue 26th Feb

As part of the Bexley Book Buzz Festival, we are running this free after-school puppet show – come along and join the fun! Book your place at the library desk, or online via Eventbrite

Half Term Activity – Robotics Workshops, Wed 20th Feb

Book your free tickets now for our half term robotics workshops! Click to book via Eventbrite

Half Term Activity – Pom Pom Bug Making, Thursday 21st Feb

Pom Pom Bug Making – Thursday 21st February, 1.30pm

Come along and make a unique, colourful pom pom bug to take home and keep – email frontdesk@blackfencommunitylibrary.org to book a place, or pop in to the library and pick up a ticket.

Christmas Competition! #averyblackfenchristmas

It’s competition time! Post a festive photo taken at the library on your Facebook account including the hashtag #averyblackfenchristmas – make sure you set the post to public so we can see it! Every picture posted will go into a prize draw to win one of these fantastic prizes…