Library activities and events

Bury St Edmunds Library Refurbishment 

** From Monday 14 December 2009 activities and events will take place from our temporary site at Shire Hall **

Question and Answer sessions

Friday 9 April
Friday 21 May
Friday 11 June
Friday 2 July

All sessions are drop in any time between 4.00 and 6.00pm and will be held on the in the first floor foyer of Shire Hall.

Weekly activities

Day    Time Activity
Mondays once a month 2.00-4.00pm At Home Library Service Reading Group - event for older people
Tuesdays 10.30-10.50am Story Time - stories and more for young children accompanied by an adult
Tuesdays afternoons Book Groups - we have three book groups who meet once a month at Bury St Edmunds library
Wednesdays 10.30-10.50am Baby Bounce - soothing songs and gentle nursery rhymes for babies and their grown-ups
Thursdays 10.30-10.50am Tot Rock - rhyme and rhythm: music, songs and action rhymes for toddlers with their parents and carers
Thursdays 4th Thursday in month MacMillan Helpdesk in the library foyer
Fridays 10.00am-12.00 noon 'Top Time' older people's social club. For programme of events click here
Fridays 4th Friday in month
10am-12.00 noon
'Top Time' art class
Saturdays 1st Saturday in month (not September) Local County Councillor Surgeries - mornings in the foyer
Sundays 10.00am - 10.30am  Song and Story Time
10.30am - 12.00 noon Children's Craft Activities

Bookstart

We run a series of weekly Bookstart activities for the under 5's:

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Tuesdays, 10.30am-10.50am
Wednesdays, 10.30am-10.50am 
Thursdays, 10.30-10.50am

Story Time
Baby Bounce
Tot Rock

Top Time

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Top Time is a general interest, activity and social session aimed at older people and their carer's.  Find out more about Top Time at Bury St Edmunds Library.


Sunday activities

The library is open every Sunday, come along and enjoy a relaxed friendly atmosphere where you can chat, listen to music, surf the net or try IT taster sessions, as well as borrow books, films, music and games. For more information go to our Sunday activities page.

We also run additional activities for children every Sunday. 10.00am-10.30am is story time followed by craft activities between 10.30am and 12.00 noon.  For more information go to our Sunday activities page

Book Groups

We have three different book groups who meet in the Bury Library Conference room on Tuesday afternoons.

East Anglian Film Archive DVDs

East Anglian Film Archive has launched its new range of archive DVDs

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