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 FRIDAY 30 OCTOBER 2026
"Anyone who thinks this world is without magic, hasn't been to a library." / Amy Dominy
We've been enjoying a magical month at our libraries - and we hope you did too? Thank you to everyone who joined us for our special half-term holiday events - if you have a few minutes to spare, we'd love to know what you thought.
If you have any queries about our services just give us a call on 01482 210000 or send us an email. Keep an eye on our website and social media channels for all our latest updates.
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Saturday 14 November, 10:00 - 3:30pm / Freedom Centre
Join us at the Freedom Centre for our pop-up FREE family friendly festival! We'll have various areas inside and outside the centre for you to explore and enjoy - and a whole host of special guests including many of our favourites from The Big Malarkey Festival:
Kate Pankhurst / Mambo Jambo / Hull Truck Theatre / Sam Gayton / EvokeTech / Reel Creative / The Herd / Squarepeg / Wollstonecraft Society / Makerspace / Hull Museums / BIPC / hook a book, dressing up + so much more!
Malarkey fun for all the family - a good day out is guaranteed!
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Until Saturday 31 October
Central Library + East Park Library
Saturday 31 October + 14 November
12:30pm / Hull Central Library
Chat with your favourite YA authors and dive into the coolest teen fiction stories! Join our wonderful host - local author Philippa Leathley, and guests at the library before heading to Waterstones for cake and convo!
This year, our theme for Non-Fiction November is Creatures and Comics.
Our Hull SLS schools are working with a host of visiting artists and authors to create pieces of work that will be specially selected for display in local libraries from early December.
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Saturday 14 November / 10:30-12:30 Hull Central Library
Join us for a special Baby Week 2026 event at Hull Central Library! Enjoy FREE refreshments, singing, story time and finger puppet making. Fun activities for your baby or toddler.
Wednesday 18 November
4:00 - 5:00pm / Hull Central Library
Aged 10-16 yrs? Come along to the Big Malarkey Young Producers Group and help us plan the 2027 festival! Don't miss this exciting opportunity to help shape Hull's Children's Literature Festival.
We have lots of free activities for families and children happening at all of our libraries throughout the week. From under 5s sessions to arts, crafts, lego and chess clubs, there are so many opportunities to get creative, have fun, learn new things and make new friends!
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Do you know about The Lounge at Ings Library? A safe place for relaxed and sensory play for community use. Call in and speak to our friendly staff about how it can help you! For booking enquiries, please email library.bookings@hcandl.co.uk
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It's the National Year of Reading! Come and celebrate with us at one of our regular reading groups for adults at Hull Central Library, Bransholme, Fred Moore and Ings Library.
• AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB / Central Library
Wednesday 25 November / 2:00 - 3:00pm
We're reading Slags by Emma Jane Unsworth
• INGS BOOK CLUB / Ings Library
Tuesday 24 November / 4:45 - 5:45pm
We're reading The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
• FRED MOORE CRIME BOOK CLUB / Fred Moore Library
Wednesday 4 November / 2:30 - 3:30pm
We're reading The Night Watcher by Tariq Ashkanani
• LGBTQ+ BOOK CLUB / Central Library
Saturday 31 October / 11:15 - 12:45pm
We're reading Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt
Saturday 28 November / 11:15 - 12:45pm
We're reading Milk Fed by Melissa Broder
• BOOK NOOK READING GROUP / Bransholme Library
Tuesday 3 November / 10:00 - 12:00pm
Share your love of reading and passion for stories.
No need to book - just turn up!
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Wednesday 4 November
2:00 - 4:00pm / Hull Central Library
Women Of Words is a monthly event for female performers. We're delighted to welcome Charlotte Oliver - Poet Laureate for the East Riding.
Wednesday 11 November / 7 - 9pm
Hull Central Library + livestream
Saima Mir talks about her captivating new thriller, Deliverance, with writer & Hull Noir co-founder, Nick Triplow.
Until March 2027
Hull Central Library
Like books? Like bingo? Pick up a Book Bingo card from any of Hull's Libraries and read your way to a full house! Open to adults and children. Lots of brilliant prizes to be won!
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Saturday 14 November / 11 - 12:30pm
Hull Central Library
In November we'll be joined by Graham Lewis who will give a talk entitled Jubilee City. Admission is £4 OTD and includes light refreshments.
Saturday 9 January / 7 - 9:45pm
Hull Central Library
Film screening and conversation with writer and classic film aficionado, Sarah Morgan and Nick Triplow.
Until Saturday 31 October
Hull Central Library
Your last chance to bag a bargain at our bumper book sale!
Lots of books for children and adults - fiction and non-fiction.
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We have been awarded funding for our SPACE TO INSPIRE project as part of a nationwide Libraries Improvement Fund (LIF) delivered by Arts Council England for the government’s Arts Everywhere Fund.
The investment will allow us to upgrade Hull Central Library. We’d love to hear your views about how our library spaces can be improved to better inspire creativity, learning, wellbeing and connection.
Please take a few minutes to give us your views about how our library spaces can be improved. Join us at Hull Central Library on Saturday 31 October from 10:00am until 12:00pm, or complete our online survey.
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We have thousands of eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, ePress, eComics and graphic novels to borrow using the BorrowBox, Libby or PressReader apps.
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Live events, documentaries and hundreds of videos of great performances of classical and jazz music, opera, and ballet. Download the app or visit Medici.tv to view.
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Tuesday 24 November - 10am - 4pm / Hull Central Library
Start-up Day is back for 2026 to give you the practical tools, connections, and confidence you need to help you launch and succeed in your business journey. Join Hull Libraries' BIPC team and special guests, and turn your idea into a business - in one action-packed day!
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Thursday 12 November
4:00-7:00pm / Hull Central Library
Interested in a career in the creative industries but not sure where to start? Join us for a free creative careers roadshow aimed at young people aged 11-24 but open to everyone, bringing together artists, performers, designers, makers, freelancers and creative businesses from across Hull and EY.
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Wednesday 18 November
5:30-7:30pm / Hull Central Library
Join us for an engaging discussion, debate and networking as we explore the complex relationship between AI, intellectual property and creativity. Hear from experts across the creative, legal and technology sectors as they tackle some of today's most pressing questions.
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Makerspace Hull is an arts and technology workspace at Hull Central Library. We've got state-of-the-art manual, digital and electronic equipment, with skilled staff providing support, and wonderful workshops. We're a self-led space where you can learn new skills or rediscover old ones with help from our team.
If you have an arts and technology query, the Makerspace team are on hand to provide friendly learning support. Just get in touch.
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Saturday 31 October
10:30am - 12:30pm / Makerspace
It's the spookiest time of the year and we have your Halloween plans on lock! Join us for a morning of ghoulish gadgets and magical making!
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Sat 21 November / Sat 19 December
Makerspace, Hull Central Library
Join us for an introduction to glass fusing - with a festive twist! We'll guide you through making the perfect hand-made glass-fused gift!
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Borrow books to help manage your health and wellbeing.
Reading Well books are all recommended by health experts, as well as people with lived experience of the conditions and topics covered. There are several Reading Well collections covering mental health, families, children, teens, dementia and mood-boosting books.
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Join us at one of regular gatherings for grown ups!
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Unleash the artist within and get creative!
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Saturday 1 May 2027, 2:30pm / £15 / All Ages / Hull Central Library
SAVE THE DATE! We're excited to welcome back Mattiel for a long awaited return to Hull Central Library after an incredible packed out show back in 2022!
Since emerging with her self-titled debut album in 2017, Mattiel has earned international recognition for her distinctive vocals, vintage soul influences and sharp, dynamic songwriting. Not to be missed!
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The music library at Hull Central Library is a place for both music lovers and musicians. We have an electric piano, a drum kit and computers with composition and recording software for customers to use.
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Our Vocal Score and Orchestral music sets can be borrowed by choirs, orchestras, educational establishments, operatic societies and individuals for performance or study purposes.
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We're proud to present an exhibition and events programme, marking 50 years since the death of the bestselling novelist of all time, Agatha Christie.
Alongside the exhibition we are delivering a season of events to celebrate the crime fiction author. Travel back in time with Hull Libraries and local historian Mike Covell for a series of TALKS and WALKS exploring crime and murder in Hull's gruesome past!
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Until Saturday 28 November / HuFree Gallery at Western Library
Featuring photography by Carmina Ripolles, Ian Trowells and contributions from HU3 locals.
If you have a favourite photo of the fair please share it with us - we'll display them in the library stairwell and added to the gallery as we go.
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Saturday 21 November / HuFree Gallery at Western Library
Exhibiting photography can bring up many challenges - particularly when the exhibition space is a café, a pub, or a library.
Join The Aimless Archive to talk through approaches to display in places that are unexpected.
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Books and more delivered direct to your door! If you have difficulty getting to your local library the Home Library Service is here to help.
We provide you with all the materials available in our libraries right to your door. Whether you’re young or old, live in your own home or in residential accommodation, this free service is available to you, and yours.
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An Alphabet of Hull is a fabulous community craft project conceived and coordinated by Hull-based creatives Miranda van Rossum and Hanna Lutkin. The aim of the project was to create 26 individual pieces, one for each letter of the alphabet, each representing a Hull person, place or thing, and to bring them together in a city-wide Alphabet Trail.
Here's the Fred Moore Library Yap & Yarn group, joined by Jean Bishop's son John, standing proud in front of the letter B - dedicated to Jean Bishop AKA the Bee Lady.
You can also find the letter E at the East Park Library. The piece was started at this year's Big Malarkey Festival, where nearly 100 children and their (grand) parents helped to weave part of the background.
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The Hull Libraries Team
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