Brandon Library

31/05/2026

🧱 Another Sunday Funday at Lego Club.

From fire-breathing dragons and battleships to colourful houses with a garden and a cat. With Lego the limit is your own imagination…and how much Lego you have 😄.

30/05/2026

Lego Club is back tomorrow!

What will you create?

Send a message to learn more

29/05/2026

There are 100 things I meant to tell you about Suffolk Community Libraries and all the work we do, but there just is not enough time on .

This book by Arthur Smith features his trademark wit and honesty and is an excellent read, and the cover was just made for a .

22/05/2026

So Anyway... Happy from the Library team.

21/05/2026

Calling all writers aged 5–15!

Join our 2026 summer Reading Quest and enter our 500-word short story competition.✍🏻✍🏿✍🏻✍🏾🖊📗📒📒

Your challenge: Choose one or more of our Curious Creatures and make them the main character in your story. What kind of mischief or adventures will the Curious Creatures get up to this summer?

We’ll be giving out bookish prizes for the winning entries!

https://suffolkcommunitylibraries.co.uk/children-and-teens/reading-quest/short-story-competition/

How to enter the competition

Print off our story template and write your story (up to 500 words)

Make sure a Curious Creature is the main character

Add your name, age, and a parent/carer contact

Hand it in at your local library, or submit your short story online using the below form (you can type out your short story in the text box, or you can upload your story as a PDF document).

You can also email your short story submission to us at [email protected].

Ready, set, write! We can’t wait to read your Curious Creatures story!

The deadline for short story submissions is 30 June 2026

21/05/2026

If you like your murder mysteries and crime thrillers in familiar locations, check out our website for some good staff recommendations.

The team at Brandon Library share some of their favourite crime and thriller mysteries, all set here in East Anglia! Browse our staff recommendations and pick up a copy from your local library.

20/05/2026

Brandon Library will be closed on Monday 25th May for the May Bank Holiday.

You can still access our digital eLibrary which is open 24/7, including eBooks, eAudiobooks, newspapers and magazines, films and documentaries, music streaming and more!

Find out more about our eLibrary services, free with your library card: https://orlo.uk/4D55v

18/05/2026

New titles in at Brandon Library.👀🔍📗📙📒📒

Why not pop in for a browse?

17/05/2026

Fascinated by Grimes Graves?

Want to unearth more information about Flint Knapping?

Have you always wished to know more about Brandon during Wartime?

May is Local History Month and a chance to share the great collection of local books we have on the shelves in Brandon Library.

From Ely to Ipswich via Brandon, Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. From Riddlesworth Hall to Sutton Hoo and Fenland to Saxon Shore, we have something for every period.

There is also a great exhibition in the Brandon Heritage Centre about Brandon at War currently on display.



*Images of Newspaper style backgrounds and headlines created from templates on Canva.*

15/05/2026

Get healthier this with this great book by Dr Xand.

its packed with great advice and makes a great

For more health related books and great cookbooks-why not pop in for a browse?