Somerset Libraries Glastonbury

12/06/2026

Jackie's Friday Film Review
SUMMER

In this evocative 2008 East Midlands drama, Robert Carlyle gives a masterclass performance as Shaun, a well-intentioned man worn down by the responsibility of caring for his paralysed friend Daz (Steve Evets). Shifting between time periods, we see how Daz's undiagnosed dyslexia impacted on Shaun, the summer that changed everything and put Daz in a wheelchair, and the current day as Daz is given just weeks to live.

It is a beautifully crafted film offering strong, sensitive performances from the leads and the excellent supporting cast.

Available on streaming services.

08/06/2026

Why not come and join the library.
There maybe more to it than you think 😀

06/06/2026

Good fun at Lego club this morning.
Our theme was space and some great models were created.
They are now on display in our lovely new cabinet for all to admire.
Next Lego club will be on Saturday 20th June at 11.00am
See you then

05/06/2026

Jackie's Friday Film Review
THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING

This 2022 film has been described as 'an intensely personal passion project' for director George Miller. It is certainly an experience and a stunning visual feast which plays out like an Arabian Nights fantasy. It is based on the 1994 novella 'The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye' by AS Byatt.

Tilda Swinton plays academic narratologist Alithia who travels the world attending ancient literary conferences. Whilst in Istanbul she buys a beautiful glass object which, when she gets it back to her hotel room, releases a Djinn, played by Idris Elba, who has been imprisoned in it foe 3000 years. He wants to grant her three wishes but, unusually, she wishes for nothing. And so, within the confines of the room, they talk, and we are treated to amazing, colourful flashbacks of their lives.

The film has a childlike quality to it, but it is visually stunning and the two leads are superb.

Available on streaming services.

03/06/2026

Libraries change lives.

⭐ This week is Libraries Change Lives Week and we are celebrating the ways in which our libraries help to improve the lives of people throughout Somerset.

❓ Are our baby and toddler sessions bringing you together with other new parents? Have you improved your health and wellbeing by borrowing one of our blood pressure monitors or fitness tracker watches? Is our Home Library Service reaching isolated or vulnerable poeple?

💕 If our libraries have made a difference in your life, please tell us so we can keep helping our Somerset communities: http://bit.ly/43Km4oB

29/05/2026

We are pleased to welcome Chris Tutton back to the library for another Poetry and art workshop on Saturday 13th June.
Everyone who came to his first workshop thoroughly enjoyed the creative experience.
Come along for an interesting and creative session.

29/05/2026

We are now the proud owners of a lovely display cabinet. Just right for displaying our fantastic Lego models for all to see.

29/05/2026

Fixy is back.
If you have any IT items that you no longer need and are in good condition you can drop them off at the library and they will be recycled.
See the list below of what we can and can't accept.

29/05/2026

Jackie's Friday Film Review
AMELIE

It's incredible to think that this glorious film was first released in 2001 so is currently doing the rounds again to celebrate its silver jubilee.

Amelie (a beguiling Audrey Tatou) is no ordinary young woman. Whilst going about her business as a waitress in a bar in Montmartre, Paris, she keenly observes people. One day, she decides that her mission in life is to solve other people's problems for them. So, off she goes around beautiful Paris offering offbeat solutions to seemingly insoluble problems. But then she meets Nino (Mathieu Kassovitz), a young man who himself has a mission- to set Amelie on a course to accomplish something for herself.

It's a timelessly charming, thought-provoking and totally gorgeous looking film 😍

Available in cinemas now and streaming services.