​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Events at the library
We hold regular events from craft activities to author talks.
Events are mostly held at the Town Library, but some can be at Communicare.
Check out our social media for details on the latest.
Jersey Library Facebook page
Jersey Library Instagram​
Special events
​Summer Reading Challenge 2025 – Story Garden
Join us for the Summer Reading Challenge, with this year’s theme, Story Garden.
Read 6 books of your choice over the summer holidays and come into the library and tell us what they were about, including:
- your favourite part
- your favourite character
- What bit shocked you the most
You’ll receive a sticker for each book, and when you tell us about your third book, you’ll receive a swim pass to Aqua Splash.
Once you complete your Reading Challenge, you’ll be awarded your certificate and medal, and your name will be entered into a prize draw for a goody bag for each school.
Everyone will receive a pack in school this year, so you can start your challenge straight away.
We look forward to hearing all about the stories you’ll read.
Unearthed: The Power of Gardening Exhibition
Visit the Town Library to explore the Unearthed Exhibition and paper flower display on the power of gardening throughout June and July. Get involved in this gardening exhibition by coming to ​​​​​​the town library or attend any of the events below. Alternatively, you can pick up a programme at any of the libraries.
This exhibition is in coordination with the British Library Living Knowledge Network.
Booking may be required for some of the events through
Ticketsource.
July gardening events​
| ​Friday 4 July
10am to 12pm | ​Creative Fridays: garden crochet and knit
| ​Whether you’re a beginner or an expert, we welcome all crocheters and knitters of all levels. Come along to try and create garden items to develop your skills in the craft.
Age 16 and over.​
| ​The Workspace, Town Library
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| ​Friday 4 July
1pm to 2pm
| ​Potty Eco Pots talk
| ​Meet Kalina as she discusses how Potty Eco Pots encourages gardening with free pick up and drop off points all over the island and how this helps the community.
Book this event​​​
| ​The Workspace,
Town Library
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| ​Saturday 5 July
11am to 1pm
| ​Garden animals needle felting workshop
| ​Join Cathryn Ward as she leads you in a workshop on creating garden animals through needle felting. This delicate and intricate skill is only a recent process believed to be invented in the 1980s.
Age 18 and over.
Book this event​​
| The Workspace,
Town Library
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| ​Friday 11 July
10am to 12pm
| ​Creative Fridays: make your own terrarium
| ​Design and create your very own plant terrarium in the library Makerspace. Create a little living ecosystem with a jar and watch it thrive afterwards.
Age 10 and over.
ÂŁ10 per terrarium.
| ​The Makerspace, Town Library
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| ​Friday 11 July
1pm to 2pm | ​Jersey Bat Group talk
| ​What can you do to help bats, and why would you? In this talk you will learn a little about a year in the life of a Jersey bat, how they contribute to a healthy environment and how, as a gardener, you can do your bit to help them survive and thrive.
Book this event​
| ​The Workspace,
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| ​Monday 14 July
3.30pm to 5pm | ​Plant pot painting
| ​Enjoy the library garden while painting a plant pot. No need to book, but it will be first come, first served. So be sure not to miss out on this fun and creative event. Age 7 and over.
Weather Dependent.
| ​The Garden, Communicare Library
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| ​Wednesday 16 July
12pm to 3pm | ​Jersey Gardening Club drop-in
| ​Come into the library to meet the Jersey Gardening Club. Find out how you can join and get involved. A great way to get into gardening if you’re unsure where to start.
| ​The Lounge,
Town Library
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| ​Thursday 17 July
6pm to 7pm | ​Sheena Brockie from GROW talk
| ​Join Sheena as she discusses how GROW, a community organisation, helps those in need by growing food and teaching others about gardening. Find out what projects they get up to and the animals they look after.
Book this event​​
| ​The Workspace, Town Library
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| ​Friday 25 July
10am to 12pm
| ​Creative Fridays: Garden mindful colouring
| ​Enhance your well-being and calm the mind through mindful colouring. A gentle way to reduce stress through intricate garden patterns and designs.
Age 16 and over.
| ​The Workspace,
Town Library
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| ​Tuesday 29​ July
10am to 12pm | ​Children’s up-cycling fairy and bug houses
| ​Use your creativity to reuse items and turn them into your own fairy or bug house. By the end of this event, you c​an take them home and put them in your garden and watch them flourish with wildlife. Age 5 and over.​​ To book this event, you can​​:
| ​The Children’s Library,
Town Library
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Gardening themed competitions
​Throughout June
| Poetry competition​
| ​For the entire month of June, you have the chance to write your own poem about gardening. The winners will have the chance to have their poem published in the JEP. There will be age group categories of: - 8 to 11
- 12 to 16
- 17 and over
| ​Email your poem to us, including your name and age to je.library@gov.je
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​Throughout ​July | ​Photography competition
| ​For the entire month of July, you have the task to take a photo that relates to gardening. The winners will have the chance to have their photo published in the JEP. There will be age group categories of: - 8 to 11
- 12 to 16
- 17 and over​
| ​Email your photograph to us, including your name and age to je.library@gov.je
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​Saturday 19 July
| ​Vegetable sculpture competition
| ​Create your own vegetable sculpture and bring it into the library on Friday 18 July. On Saturday, you can come and check out​ all the sculptures on display and vote for your favourite! Your vegetable sculpture will need to be picked up before 5.30pm on Saturday. The theme is anything book related, good luck.
| ​Bring your completed and named sculpture to the Town Library​ on Friday 19 July
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Other garden related activities
​Monday 2 to Monday 30 June
| Children’s design your own garden worksheet
| ​Let your children go crazy with their imagination when designing their own garden with this worksheet. Pick one up at either the Town Library or Communicare Library.
Book this event​​
| ​Town Library and Communicare Library
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​Monday 2 June to Thursday 31 July
| Garden jigsaw puzzles
| ​Solve a variety of our garden jigsaw puzzles as a community. Puzzles change every week.
Book this event​
| ​The Lounge, Town Library
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​Saturday 14 June to Thursday 31 July
| ​Children’s word-search activity
| ​Search for garden related words with our word-search activity. Pick one up from either the Town or Communicare Library.
Book this event​
| ​Town Library and Communicare Library
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​Monday 16 June to Thursday 31 July
| ​Outside chalk colouring
| ​Let your imagination run wild using chalk to draw and colour on the ground in the garden. What will you draw?
Book this event​
| ​The Garden, Communicare Library
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​Monday 30 June to Thursday 31 July
| ​Adult gardening crossword challenge
| ​Do you enjoy crossword puzzles? Pick the gardening crossword up at your local library and try to complete it.
Book this ​event​
| ​Town Library, Communicare Library and Mobile Library
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Children’s Arts and Crafts Summer Activities
These events are for children aged 5 years and over.
To book, speak with a staff member or contact us by phone or email, providing your child’s name, age, and a contact phone number.
​Thursday 24 July
| ​10.30am to 12pm
| ​Limpet Activity with Jersey Marine Conservation
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​Thursday 31 July
| ​10.30am to 12pm
| ​Butterfly clothes pegs and butterfly bracelets
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​Thursday 7 August
| ​10.30am to 12pm
| ​Camouflage challenge with Jersey Zoo
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​Thursday 14 August
| ​10.30am to 12pm
| ​Paper plate garden animals
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​Thursday 21 August
| ​10.30am to 11.30am
| S​tarry Feeling Maps with local illustrator, Nanette Regan
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​Thursday 28 August
| ​10.30am to 12pm
| ​Paper flower crowns
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Weekly events for under 5 years old​
Th​ese events take place every week and during school holidays:
- Baby Bounce and Rhyme. An interactive session with nursery rhymes, singing and a small play time after that includes a ball pit
- Toddler Time.
An engaging story-time sessi​on with nursery rhymes and a small play time after that includes Duplex building blocks​
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Rhythm, Rhyme and Storytime. A fun ​session with nursery rhymes, singing, stories and a small play session after that includes a ball pit. These sessions are at Communicare Library
You don’t need to book and it’s free.
| Monday, 11am | 0 to 18 months
| Baby Bounce and Rhyme |
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Tuesday, 11am​
​ | 18 months to 3 years | Toddler Time |
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0 to 4 years
| Rhythm, Rhyme and Storytime at Communicare Library
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| Wednesday, 2pm | 0 to 18 months | Baby Bounce and Rhyme |
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| Thursday, 2pm | 18 months to 3 years | Toddler Time |
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Friday, 11am
| 0 to 18 months
| Baby Bounce and Rhyme
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​Saturday, 11am
| ​2 to 5 years
| Storytime
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Jèrriais stories and rhymes​
Rînmes Rêjouis is an engaging session in Jèrriais for children aged 2 to 4 and includes:
- stories
- nursery rhymes and songs
- interactive activities
Sessions are
every ​Thursday 11am​ for 30 minutes during term time only. You don't need to book.
Rînmes Rêjouis is ran by the Jerriais Teaching Service to encourage an early appreciation of local culture and language through storytelling.
Clubs for 5 to 12 years old
Our clubs take place every week at the town libra​ry and are free.
You can come to as many sessions as you like and you don’t have to be a member.
We provide all equipment and parents can stay if they would like.
| Monday, 3.30pm to 4.30pm | 5 to 12 years old | Chess Club. For children wanting to learn how to play chess and beginner level.
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| Wednesday, 3.30pm to 4.30pm | 8 to 12 years old | Lego Club. Play and build with Lego. There're fun challenges every week to try.
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​Adult activities and groups
Creative Fridays
Come every Friday 10am to 12pm to get creative, have a coffee or tea and meet people.
You need to be aged 16 and over. You don’t need to book.
Crochet and knit takes place every first Friday of the month and mindful colouring is on the fourth Friday. Activities change in other weeks.
​Friday 4 July
| ​Garden crochet and knit
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​Friday 11 July​
| ​Make your own Terrarium​
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​Friday 18 July
| ​Past in the present
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​Friday 25 July
| ​Garden mindful colouring
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​Friday 1 August
| ​Crochet and knit
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​Friday 8 August
| ​Past in the present
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​Friday 15 August
| ​International Granny Square day
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Friday 22 August
| ​Mindful colouring
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Adult LEGO Club
Our Adult LEGO Club takes place every Wednesday evening from 6pm to 8pm in the Workspace, at the Town Library.​​
No booking is required and LEGO is provided.
You need to be aged 18 and over.
Reading Group
Our reading group meets the last Thursday of every month to talk about and share opinions on the book of the month.
The next meeting is 31 July 2025. Non-Fiction Vet Stories at 2.30pm
You need to be aged 18 and over.
Therapy Dogs Nationwide sessions
Therapy Dogs Nationwide is a national charity with volunteers who take their own dogs into organisations and buildings. This gives you and your family a chance to meet a dog who can bring you comfort, distraction and stimulation.
The temperament of all Therapy Dogs have been tested so they are calm, friendly and safe.
Therapy Dogs Nationwide
A dog comes in the library every week.
At Communicare in St Brelade, sessions are every Saturday 10.30am to 11.30am.
At the town library, sessions are 10.30am to 11.30am but change every week. Find the next dates in the table below.
June
| Thursday 26​ |
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| July | Friday 4
Saturday 12
Friday 18
Thursday 24
Tuesday 29 |
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| August | Monday 4
Thursday 14
Friday 22
Wednesday 27 |
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