Hub Workshop

Our workshops are held in a fun and active environment. Learn new skills, improve your mental fitness and make new friends! Big variation of topics and best of all they are all free! This one is all...

May Half Term

Come and join us this half term for lots of fun activities from Lego Art to Gem Art to a Dino Dragon Party and Stay n Play!! Book everything on Blackfen Community Library Eventbrite. We hope to see...

Book Amnesty 6-17 May

Join our Book Amnesty happening from 6th to 17th May. This is your chance to rummage through your bookshelves and homes and discover any books that you may have lying around and no longer need....

Family Cooking Workshop

Bring your child along for our family friendly child cookery workshop. Come and learn how to make a lentil shepherds pie and banana pancakes. All the ingredients and equipment will be supplied....

News & Events

All the latest news and events from Blackfen Community library

Book Selection Help

Book Selection Help

Struggling to find a book to read? Fed up with reading the same author again and again? Want a suggestion of something new to try? Love a particular genre or a particular author - but want to try something similar and don't know where to look? Then help is at hand -...

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Book Reviews

Book Reviews

Book Review: Thursday Murder Club by Richard OsmanΒ  We know Blackfen Community Library hosts many clubs but a Thursday Murder Club?Β  I don’t think so! - Or I hope not! …. I found this book a light, enjoyable, yet clever mystery – quite witty and tongue in cheek –...

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Parenting Sessions

Parenting Sessions

We all need to get some new ideas and tips to improve the way we interact with our children and families. So why not try some of our Parenting Sessions? Led by a trained family counsellor, you will gain knowledge and understanding of how to improve your family life as...

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Book Reviews

Book Reviews

Book Review: Sycamore Row by John GrishamΒ  Seth Hubbard leaves a fortune to his housekeeper and leaves his family nothing. He posts a holographic will to a solicitor. The book centres around why he did what he did and there are so many questions that arise because of...

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CV and Employment Support

CV and Employment Support

Struggling to make your CV stand out from the crowd? Can't quite nail that interview? We’re here to help! Come and join our Business Professional and our Career Coach for our Employment Workshop!Β  You’ll learn tips and tricks for how to write and structure your CV and...

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Free Software for Students

Free Software for Students

Wouldn't it be great if the tools you need to access your education were free? Well, they are! Most of the recommendations on this website are Free, Open-Source apps which give everyone equal access to the tools they need and while some of ourΒ listings here have...

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Summer Reading Challenge 2021

Summer Reading Challenge 2021

The Wild World Heroes are coming to Blackfen Community Library this summer!

We’re teaming up with the Reading Agency and World Wildlife Fund for a very special nature-themed challenge that will inspire you to stand up for the planet!

The challenge runs from Saturday 10 July to Friday 10 September.

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