🤖 Summer LEGO Robot Club Build, code & create with LEGO SPIKE! This hands-on workshop introduces children to coding through LEGO robotics projects, where participants can design & program their own moving creations. 📅 Fri 7 & 21 Aug 🎫 Tickets cost £6 per LEGO SPIKE kit: www.ticketsource.com...

🤲 The Hairy Hands of Dartmoor: A Farfetched Folktale A playful, interactive spin on a local legend. Co-created with young people in Devon, this exciting family show explores misinformation, online safety & critical thinking through storytelling. 📅 Sat 22 Aug 🎫 www.ticketsource.com...

⏰ THIS SATURDAY Theatre in the Library: Farewell Jamaica A captivating and heart-warming solo theatre performance about home, heritage, and the impact of Windrush. 📍 Exeter Library, Rougemont Room 📆 Sat 25 July, 2pm-3pm 🎫 www.ticketsource.com...

🏯 Kamishibai: Pop-Up Paper Stories from Japan Experience the magic of traditional Japanese picture storytelling with special guest Kana Hayashi from Tokyo. Perfect for children, families & audiences of all ages. Thurs 6 Aug Performance: • 11.45am • 12.15pm • 12.45pm • 1.30pm • 2.00pm Free Drop-in

⛵ Watery Writing Workshop with Becca Rogers ✍️ Dive into a world of high-seas adventure with author Becca Rogers. This interactive creative writing workshop for 8–12-year-olds is packed with inspiration, imagination & nautical mischief. 📅 Tues 18 August, 11am 🎫 FREE: www.ticketsource.com...

Telling Tales: Creative Writing for Kids A free storytelling & creative writing workshop for children aged 6–11. Through games, prompts & activities, young writers will create stories & poems inspired by travel & adventure. Wed 5 & Fri 28 August FREE but booking required: www.ticketsource.com...

🕺 The Over 60’s Disco is back, for a big Summer Special 🌞 Sizzling with fun & eclectic tunes; this will be an unforgettable night of music and dancing at Exeter Library, for the Over 60’s only!! 📆 Fri 14th August, 7.15pm-9.15pm 🎫 www.ticketsource.com...

Reading Between the Wines! 🍷 An evening of great books & affordable wines as Exeter Library staff pair favourite works of fiction with unexpected bottles. A fun event for book & wine lovers. £12 for library members, £15 non-members. Over 18s. Thurs 6 August, 7.15-8.15pm www.ticketsource.com...

🏎️ Whacky Wheels: A LEGO Challenge 🚜 Create your own wacky LEGO vehicle (from tuk-tuks to monster trucks...) the sillier, speedier or more spectacular, the better! Then send it zooming down our mega-ramp to see how far it can go. FREE drop-in 11.00am – 12.30pm NEXT Friday 24 July Exeter Library

NEXT THURSDAY 🌊 Join us for a free, creative afternoon with the RNLI at Exeter Library next Thu 16th July from 1-4pm. This open drop-in event welcomes people of all ages to explore themes of water safety, climate, and our changing relationship with water through collaborative art.

🎭 Affordable family theatre in the library this summer! 🎭 SAT 25 JULY - Farewell Jamaica - A story of heritage and the legacy of Windrush. WED 29 JULY - Cluck! - a madcap musical from Stowaway Theatre. SAT 22 AUG - The Hairy Hands of Dartmoor... A far-fetched folk tale. www.ticketsource.com...

THIS FRIDAY! 🍻 It's the library pub quiz! 📝 Classic rounds like general knowledge, music and pictures. Prizes for the winners. Bar available. Bring your own snacks. You know the drill. 📅 FRI 10 JULY, 18:30 - 21:00 🎫 £3 each, max teams of 6: www.ticketsource.com...

🏎️ Summer Mario Kart Competitions! 🏎️ Come and have some fun on our library Nintendo Switch. Join one of four teams and battle it out to be crowned library champions 🏆 Free drop-in | Ages 6-12 📍 Exeter Library, Rougemont Room 📅 Mondays 27 July, 10th August, 24th August 🕒 2pm - 3pm

🏴‍☠️ PIRATE POP-UP DAY 🦜 Ahoy there, Library lubbers, salty sea-dogs and rascally readers. Set sail for Exeter Library’s Pirate Pop-up this Summer! A free drop-in event full of nautical activities, performances, pirates and more! Saturday 15 August 11am-3pm Free drop-in

Theatre in the Library: CLUCK! 🐔 A new musical inspired by the bizarre true story of Mike the Headless Chicken. With puppetry, live music & many eggcellent chicken puns, this headless chicken hoe-down is a must-see for all ages. 📍Exeter Library 📅 Wed 29 July, 11am 🎫 www.ticketsource.com...

A new monthly meetup for songwriters, musicians, composers, & producers in Exeter! 🎶 The Song Symposium Share original music, receive feedback, & connect with fellow creatives at Exeter Library. 📅 Last Wed of Sept, Oct, Nov 🎫 Free to join, but spaces are limited: www.ticketsource.com...

☀️Summer is here and our events are rolling in thick and fast! We've got events for adults & kids be it theatre, storytelling, classical music, poetry, crafts, Lego, and all our wonderful regular events not listed here. Looking for something to do this summer? Try a library event! #LoveLibraries

🎶Inner Voices: Schumann & the Romantic Soul🎶 A free lunchtime concert celebrating the music of Robert Schumann, performed by mezzo-soprano Iryna Ilnytska & pianist Richard Lucas. Featuring Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin & Brahms 📅 1 Aug, 1pm 🎫 Free, limited spaces: www.ticketsource.com...

✍️ Self-Led Creative Writing Hub Every other Thursday (next one 02 July) we offer a quiet and welcoming space to write, share work, and socialise with fellow writers; all genres welcome. No booking required, just drop in. 📍 Exeter Library 🗓 Every other Thursday 🕔 5:15–6:45 PM

🎲 BOARD GAME CLUB 🎴 On the 2nd & 4th Thursday of each month, the lovely Bryce & Oriana run a Board Game Club in our Cafe/Foyer space! Free to attend, where everybody's welcome. Feel free to show up on your own or with others. BYO refreshments. More info here: www.facebook.com/gro...

✍️ Free creative writing feedback sessions at Exeter Library. The Writer's Circle: Peer to Peer Feedback & Support - a relaxed monthly peer-to-peer feedback group open to writers of every genre & experience. 📚 First Tues of the month, 5–6pm 📍 Exeter Library 🎫 Sign up: www.ticketsource.com...

✨ All aboard! The Imagination Station is back!! Free Story Making Workshops at Exeter Library over the Summer Hols, perfect for ages 6-11. Mondays - 11am-12pm: 27th July 3rd August, 10th August 17th August and 24th August Free but limited tickets: www.ticketsource.com...

✂️ Summer Craft Sessions at Exeter Library 🎨 Create rockets, paper planes, boats & birds in these fun, family-friendly activities. Ages 3+ and their families. Free drop-in. Each session runs twice a day, from 11:00am–12:00pm and again from 2:00pm–3:00pm. Wednesdays 22 July 12 Aug 19 Aug 26 Aug

🚂 Choo choo! THIS SATURDAY 27 June, the Exe Model Railway Society are in our foyer showing off some of their trains & advertising their upcoming exhibition! They're a friendly club, established in 1964. New members always welcome. You can email them at train@exemrs. co.uk for more info.

**New Exhibition Alert** Here until 10 July, we're thrilled to house a brilliant photographic exhibition as part of "Our Freedom: Then & Now". The exhibition brings together images drawn from 60 locally-led projects considering what freedom meant in 1945, and today. ourfreedom.org.uk/ex...

🗣️ Author Talk The New Age of Sexism: An Evening With Laura Bates Bestselling author Laura Bates discusses her latest book, The New Age of Sexism, exploring how the AI revolution is reshaping misogyny, disinformation, & inequality in modern society. 📅 Thurs 2 July 🎫 www.ticketsource.com...

🤾PLAYPOSIUM: Playful Learning at Exeter Library Explore the power of play in education, learning & creativity. Join @exeter.ac.uk for inspiring workshops, discussions & playful experiences throughout the day. For ages 17+ NEXT WED 24 June, 11.15am-5pm All events here: www.eventbrite.co.uk...

NEXT THURS 📜 The Poems of Sylvia Plath Celebrating a landmark new edition of The Poems Of Sylvia Plath - nearly doubling the content of the 1981 Collected Poems. Join Amanda Golden for a discussion of Plath’s writing & relevance today. Thurs 25 June Free: www.ticketsource.com...

📚 New library books! 📚 Take a look at some of the new titles joining our catalogue this June - including a new Karin Slaughter thriller and a new Rob Rinder murder mystery. Reserve your copy through our online catalogue: discover.librariesun...

Comedians Robin Ince, Josie Long, Kev Mud, and Joanna Neary took to the stage in our children's library last saturday to debate the best of books, and the blurst of books. Thank you to everyone who came, it was great evening full of laughs, literature, and a small dash of uranium 👀