Dartmouth Library is located within The Flavel, an Arts Centre in the heart of the beautiful riverside town of Dartmouth. The library offers a wide range of facilities to residents and visitors alike and Library staff are experienced and friendly, and enjoy recommending titles for visitors of all ages, as well as helping with computer use, including scanning, printing and photocopying.
The library runs several Book Clubs, including one for the visually impaired, as well as frequent author events that are supported by the Library Friends Group. There is also a lovely children’s section, where there are regular story and craft sessions.
Services:
- Children’s events
- Book groups and events
- Free public computers and WiFi
- Printing, copying and scanning facilities
- Self-service machines
- Meeting room available
- Home library service
Dartmouth Library events Work Club
Date: 19 July 2019
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Description: Every Friday - Get help and advice on C.V. writing, interview techniques, volunteering opportunities and online application forms, plus computer access to search for vacancies.
Audience: Adult
Cost: Free
Theme:
Bounce and Rhyme
Date: 22 July 2019
Time: 10:00 - 10:30
Description: Stories, Rhymes and songs for under fives and their carers every Monday morning in term time.
Audience: All
Cost: Free
Theme:
Natwest Community Banker Advice
Date: 22 July 2019
Time: 9:30 - 11:30
Description: Nervous of internet banking? Need some support in finding new ways to bank? Come and chat to Natwest’s Community Banker Rebecca Edwards for some help and advice
Audience: All
Cost: Free
Theme:
Space Science Mess About
Date: 22 July 2019
Time: 14:00 - 15:30
Description: Join us for a vaguely scientific, mostly silly, space mess around. We’ll be launching paper rovers from spinning planets (chairs), exploring making moon craters in flour and creating nebulas in jars, plus more… Please book in advance from the library
Audience: Child
Cost: 50p
Theme: Summer Reading Challenge
Library Lego Club
Date: 23 July 2019
Time: 15:45 - 16:45
Description: Do you love Lego? Then come and join our themed builds: take part in a teamwork project or let your imagination fly on your own creation! Join us every other Tuesday.
Audience: Child
Cost: Free
Theme:
Stitchery
Date: 24 July 2019
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Description: A local sewing bee which meets on Wednesday fortnightly. Bring your own handicraft projects (sewing, crochet, knitting etc) and share tips and inspiration. Contact Rose Williams 01803 833017 for more details
Audience: Adult
Cost: Please see event description
Theme:
Space Exploration Craft
Date: 30 July 2019
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Description: Come along and create fun space pictures with us. We'll be putting animals into space, planning an astronauts dinner plate and designing our own rocket picture
Audience: Child
Cost: 50p
Theme: Summer Reading Challenge
Dartmouth Evening Reading Group
Date: 01 August 2019
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Description: Meeting on the 1st Thursday of the month. The Dartmouth Evening Reading Group read one selected title a month (usually my choice!) then meet in the library to discuss it. Most of our choices are contemporary fiction, often from prize shortlists, but with occasional forays into translated work, non-fiction, poetry or biography. For keen readers
Audience: Adult
Cost: Free
Theme:
V.I.P Reading Group
Date: 01 August 2019
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
Description: Meeting on the 1st Thursday of every month. The Visually Impaired Book Club offers an opportunity to discuss books (supplied as audiobook or large print book) in an informal and supportive atmosphere. Organised in partnership with Dartmouth Caring, refreshments are supplied and transport may be available. There will be occasional visits from healthcare experts
Audience: All
Cost: Free
Theme:
Free Legal Clinic
Date: 02 August 2019
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Description: Free friendly and helpful legal advice on wills, administration of estates, powers of attorney, inheritance tax planning and disputes. Drop in first Friday of every month
Audience: All
Cost: Free
Theme:
Top of Town Book Club
Date: 03 August 2019
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Description: Meeting on the 1st Saturday of each month. An informal book club, meeting over a cup of tea at Sainsbury's Café, Dartmouth, to discuss one book per month
Audience: All
Cost: Free
Theme:
Boo to a Goose Theatre presents Space cats
Date: 12 August 2019
Time: 14:30 - 16:00
Description: Two curious kittens, Gumdrop and Spider, discover a spaceship while exploring Professor Agena B. Armstrong's secret laboratory... IGNITION SEQUENCE START! 3, 2, 1... Meanwhile, back on Earth, cat-loving hippy Grandad Houston Collins is wondering why his adventure hungry kittens are late for supper. It's rocket science, grandad, but not as you knew it... A sensory delight for all the family! Tickets are £3.50 per child on the door, any accompanying adults go free.
Audience: Child
Cost: £3.50
Theme: Summer Reading Challenge
Memory Cafe
Date: 13 August 2019
Time: 10:30 - 12:30
Description: Memory café is run by Dartmouth caring, a friendly and informal meeting for people with memory problems and their families. Meetings are weekly, but on the first Tuesday of each month Dartmouth Library is offering a Book Club with shared reading of poems and short extracts from books with a ‘feel good’ factor.
Audience: All
Cost: Free
Theme:
Dartmouth Library Book Club
Date: 15 August 2019
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Description: Meeting on the 3rd Thursday of each month. If you feel “Stuck in a rut” with your book choices we hope to introduce you to new authors and broaden your reading experience. For enthusiastic readers.
Audience: All
Cost: Free
Theme:
Junk Yard Aliens
Date: 22 August 2019
Time: 10:00 - 11:30
Description: Come and make your own alien out of plastic and cardboard scraps. We'll provide the junk and you the imagination - feel free to bring along anything you'd like to use too
Audience: Child
Cost: 50p
Theme: Summer Reading Challenge
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