Knowle Library

30/05/2026

JUNE
Celebrates National Crime Month.
Who is your favourite crime author?

29/05/2026

Our Councillors surgeries are returning.
Cllr Clements will be here at the library on the first Saturday of the month 10.30-11.30am. The first session will be Saturday 6th June.

29/05/2026

Join us at Knowle Library as part of the Knowle 750 celebrations.
The library will be open across the weekend:
10am - 4pm on Saturday 20th June
And 11am – 4pm on Sunday 21st June.
Activities include
The official re-opening of the library at 12.15 on Sunday when the ribbon will be cut.
🦉We will also be announcing the name for our library owl and presenting the winner with their prize.
⚔️Design a Knowle coat of arms activity for children to be displayed in the library
🎭Children can make a jester crown
🖼️ a mini picture hunt in the children’s library
🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Family history help will also be on hand If you want to find out about your family history, but don’t know where to start, drop into Knowle Library anytime 1-4pm on Sunday 21st June for advice on how to kick-start your research.

Knowle Society will also have some new and interesting exhibitions on display both upstairs in their Heritage Centre and downstairs in the library. These will include the unveiling of the Heritage Board.
Knowle Society Volunteers will also be on hand to answer any questions you may have.

28/05/2026

We are still looking for name suggestions for our library owl. Children can pick up a form from the library.
Closing date for entries 12th June.

23/05/2026

All Solihull libraries will be closed on Monday 25th May for the Late Spring Bank Holiday.

You can renew or reserve books at https://www.solihull.gov.uk/libraries using your library card and pin or via the Spydus app.

Our eBooks, eAudio, eNewspapers and eMagazines are also available via the BorrowBox app.

22/05/2026

Knowle Library will be CLOSED on Monday 25th May.

We reopen on Tuesday 26th May with our usual hours.

Please remember you can reserve and renew items via the Spydus Library app or online through our library catalogue - https://www.solihull.gov.uk/libraries/join-library/search-renew-and-reserve-library-books-and-other-resources-online

Information and services at Hobs Moat Library.

18/05/2026

Knowle Library will be closed all day Thursday 21 May.
We will re-open on
Friday 22 May at 10:00am.
You can still renew your items online with your library card and PIN.
Please see our website at
https://www.solihull.gov.uk/Libraries/Search-renew-and-reserve
Alternatively please call 0121 704 6965

Thank you.

16/05/2026

A Postcard from Meriden for Local and Community History Month at Meriden Library
Thursday 7 May to Monday 1 June 2026
Special Sunday opening on 17 May for the 105th National Cyclists' Memorial Service

This month, Meriden Library is inviting the village community to take a trip down memory lane and remember days gone by in Meriden, with the return of the local history exhibition, A Postcard from Meriden. The library held this exhibition in May last year for the first time, following on from similar successful exhibitions about Balsall Common at the library there. Visitors are invited to share their memories by filling in a postcard in the library to be pegged on a special ‘reminiscence washing line’. The library will also have a special opening on Sunday 17 May from 10am until 1pm, to welcome visitors to the village attending the 105th Cyclists' Memorial and Celebration of Cycling Service, which will take place at 11am around the Cyclists' Memorial on the Meriden village green.

Meriden Library, Arden Cottage, 2 The Green, Meriden CV7 7LN
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/meridenlib
Website www.solihull.gov.uk/libraries/meriden-library
Phone 01676 522717

11/05/2026

Looking for a new thriller author to read?
Then we suggest you try this new book by Joel Dicker.
Recommended by both customers and staff.
Definitely a page turner.