Winchester Library - Hampshire County Council

21/10/2026

🎃 Join us at Wi******er https://tinyurl.com/2mr3h3pp or Alresford libraries https://tinyurl.com/4djetsw4 for spooktacular crafts this Halloween 🕷
On Saturday 31st October three crafts are available and you can make them all as part of this special event!

🕸 Spooky Spiders
🧟‍♀️ Creepy Monster Faces
👻 Halloween bookmarks

Suitable for children aged 3-11

12/10/2026

Every Tuesday and Saturday at 11am we have Storytime in the Children's Library and we have some fantastic storytellers in the team 📖
Pop down and see us before lunch and nap... it's fun and informal, take your shoes off, relax...

05/10/2026

Yesteryear has been flying off our shelves like hot cakes and if you'd like to pop yourself down for one, click here https://tinyurl.com/47rdevsk

Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle - and has the social media accounts to prove it. Her charming farmhouse on her working ranch is artfully cluttered, her husband is a handsome cowboy, her homemade sourdough boules are each more beautiful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers and industrial-grade ovens behind the scenes? What Natalie's followers don't know won't hurt them. Then, one morning, Natalie wakes up in a strange, horrible version of reality. Her home, her husband, her children - they're all familiar, but something's off. Is this a hoax? A reality show? A test from God? One thing Natalie does know is that it'll make one hell of an Instagram post.

02/10/2026

🎟 You may need to book ahead for the Hampshire Cultural Trust exhibition of Harryhausen as he's been super popular and some dates are selling out.

The story of a legendary animator who changed the course of film history, this special exhibition has been created for The Arc and drawn from the incredible archive of The Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation.

The story of a legendary animator who changed the course of film history, this special exhibition has been created for The Arc and drawn from the incredible archive of The Ray & Diana Ha

30/09/2026

📚 New books... this or that? Which would you pick?

Shirley Jackson's The Lottery - new copy of a classic work of short fiction, remarkable for its combination of subtle suspense and pitch-perfect descriptions of both the chilling and the mundane
https://tinyurl.com/w77swnpb
or...

I Found Myself... The Last of Dreams - after an assassination attempt in his twilight years, Naguib Mahfouz became a recluse, going out rarely and receiving visitors in his hotel. Cautious and in ill-health, he could only roam the city freely in his dreams. In this mix of vivid vignettes linked together by the author's precisely rendered nightly wanderings through Cairo, figures from Mahfouz's personal life blend with his anxieties about Egypt's political past and future.
https://tinyurl.com/387zwa4c

26/09/2026

The Tailor of Gloucester - Family Theatre Show at Wi******er Library 🐁
Sunday 25 October, 2pm to 3.15pm

Four fabulous actor-musicians bring Beatrix Potter’s beautiful story to dazzling new life, retold through the eyes of the resourceful mice who live between the hems and stitches. With live music, inventive puppetry, and a wardrobe of surprises.

🎟 Tickets £5. Book now: https://shop.hants.gov.uk/products/the-tailor-of-gloucester-family-theatre-show-winchester-library-sunday-25th-october-2026-2-00pm

21/09/2026

🐁Four fabulous actor-musicians bring Beatrix Potter’s beautiful story to dazzling new life, retold through the eyes of the resourceful mice who live between the hems and stitches. With live music, inventive puppetry, and a wardrobe of surprises, the story whirls into the twenty-first century, reimagined against the glamorous, high-pressure world of fashion.

🎟 Book tickets: https://shop.hants.gov.uk/products/the-tailor-of-gloucester-family-theatre-show-winchester-library-sunday-25th-october-2026-2-00pm

Farnham Maltings

19/09/2026

🌱 The Wi******er Green Fair is here! There is so much to do today in the building, with lots of family-friendly things to do, all for free! Learn about vegetarian cooking recipes, bike repair, home energy advice, or maybe go on a stroll and take part in a tree identification walk. 🌳

There's lots happening throughout the whole day, so swing on by The Arc today!

18/09/2026

🍓 From creative cakes, scrumptious fruit sandos and delicious dorayaki, this book on Japanese Baking by the owners of katsute100, a Japanese tea and dessert cafe, brings the comforts of Japanese desserts and teas to your library... and to your home!

🍵 Many of the recipes have tea pairing suggestions which can enhance the eating experience. As we approach autumn, now is a great time to get into a warm, cosy kitchen and get into baking, the Japanese way!

14/09/2026

📚 We have received some really neat graphic novels for children in this morning's delivery! If you have children who are getting their way through series like Dog Man and Bunny Vs. Monkey, then they might also like new titles like Star Breakers or adaptations of existing popular series, like Rick Riordan's Heroes of Olympus!

Borrow these all now at Wi******er with your Hampshire Library card!