biddenden community library

27/02/2026

We have two new books by Dilly Court which are ready for you to borrow.

The Winter Belle Blurb
As snowflakes carpet London’s cobbled streets, can Kitty protect her loved ones?

When her family falls on hard times, Kitty refuses to give in to despair. With a talent for painting, she earns a few shillings selling her portraits at the bustling Soho Bazaar.

But danger waits in the shadows, and when her mother is swindled out of almost everything and her sister is drawn into a reckless affair, their future hangs by a thread.

As winter tightens its icy grip, can Kitty give them hope when all seems lost?

Poppy’s Choice blurb

Desperate to protect her family, can Poppy put her trust in a stranger?
When Poppy Robbins is targeted by a blackmailer threatening to reveal secrets from her family’s past, she turns to the mysterious Edward Taverner for help.

Taverner proposes an escape to his country manor, and to maintain a respectable appearance, he asks her to pose as his fiancée. She reluctantly agrees, but then finds herself trapped, unwelcome and alone in a threadbare mansion.

Has her engagement secret put her in greater danger, or will it change her life forever?

Which one would you like to read?

21/02/2026

We have new books in our library.

The Burning Chambers series from Kate Mosse Author is ‘ a sweeping historical fiction saga chronicling the 300-year Huguenot diaspora, starting in 16th-century France’ is now available to borrow.

Pop in and stay for a tea or coffee from our library cafe.

03/02/2026

4 DAYS TO GO! 💕

Screening our first FLAIR ‘pre-Valentines’ FILM🥰

•Showing: Bridget Jones; Mad About The Boy.
•When: Saturday 7th February 2026.
•Time: Doors open 18:00 / Film Starts at 19:00.
•Tickets: £5 online / https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/biddenden-pop-up-cinema (Adults Only).
•Tickets: £6 on the door (Adults Only).
•Biddenden Village Hall (New Hall- located down the left path from the main door).
•Confectionary & Beverages Available from 18:00.
•Cash & Card Accepted Throughout.

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Starring: - Renee Zellweger, Mila Jankovic, Casper Knopf, Elena Rivers and Hugh Grant.

‘Bridget a widow with two children after her husband, Mark Darcy, died four years earlier is pressured by her Urban Family, Shazer, Jude and Tom, her work colleague Miranda, her mother, and her gynaecologist Dr Rawlings, to forge a new path toward life and love. Navigating single motherhood, returning to work, and the dating world, which includes a potential love triangle with an enthusiastic younger man and a series of awkward interactions with her son’s rational-to-a-fault science teacher.’

~FLAIR FILM💋🍿

20/01/2026

Our little library has added even more books recently.

Do you like Liane Moriarty? Clare Mackintosh? Joanna Trollope? Celia Brayfield?

If you like any of these amazing authors, be sure to pop in and borrow a copy from our library.

We’d love to see you!

18/01/2026

Are there any Tony Parsons fans out there?

If so, you’ll be happy to know that our little library has added three of Tony’s books to our collection.





Even if Tony isn’t a go-to author already, you could still read one of his books to see if he might become one.

Will you stop in and borrow a book by Parson?

09/01/2026

Joining your local library really is the best thing you can do this year!

Library use in the UK is dwindling with less than a third of the population using a library service in the last year. But with community and the latest hardbacks on offer, Lydia Spencer-Elliott argues that getting your membership should be top of your agenda for 2026

02/01/2026

Join us next week when author Sarah Govett visits Biddenden Book and Pudding club to discuss her debut thriller Believe.

We are over the moon that the year is starting with such a wonderful event. Sarah is visiting our little book club The Bakehouse on Thursday 8th January 2025.

Tickets available at thebooktaster.com or at the door.

We hope you join in for this very special event.

02/01/2026

There will be no read and rhyme tomorrow as Jen is on her holibobs! She'll be back for singing and stories on Saturday 10th January 2026. Stay tuned for which story 🤗

30/12/2025

Want to start the year with more fun and flare? some friends of Biddenden FLAIR FILM might come dressed up for the movie, why don’t you join them? 🕺

Come over to continue your merriment or be done with 2025 and start 2026 with this feel good family film, influencing you to follow your heart no matter who is telling you not too!

‘A Mother.
A Daughter.
Three possible Fathers.
A trip down the aisle, you’ll never forget!’

•What: Next Screening - ‘MAMMA MIA (PG)’
•Where: Biddenden New Village Hall.
•When: Saturday 3rd January 2026.
•Doors Open: 18:00.
•Screening: 19:00.
•Tickets: £6 per Adult if purchased on the door / £5 per Adult if purchased online.
£3 per Child online and on the door.
•Online https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/biddenden-pop-up-cinema
•On the Door: Just turn up and purchase tickets (card and cash accepted).

•Beverages and Confectionery Available: Both stalls will be open from 18:00 (Cash and Card Accepted).

•All money goes towards stock / funding for the next Film and if we do manage to make a profit, it all goes into upgrading our equipment for a better experience had by all and into the Church.

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Starring:- Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Dominic Cooper, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, and Julie Walters.

‘A jukebox musical romantic comedy film directed by Phyllida Lloyd and written by Catherine Johnson. The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular ‘70s group ABBA’.
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Thank You ~ FLAIR FILM 🍿 x