SUMMER ACTIVITIES 2023

HELLO LIBRARY LOVERS!
Happy holidays!

We’ve got a jam-packed programme of events and activities to keep you and your young ones entertained over the holidays.
Come and join us for a summer of fun at libraries across Hull!
Hull Libraries are pleased and proud to be part of Healthy Holidays Hull 2023 and The Reading Agency’s ‘Ready, Set, Read!’ Summer Reading Challenge






Love from the Hull Libraries team x

JOIN THE LIBRARY
If you’re not already a member you can join the library right away - it’s TOTALLY FREE!
With a children’s library card:

• You can borrow 20 books at a time
• You can keep them for 3 weeks
• You will not be fined for late returns
Join online or pop into your local library
www.hcandl.co.uk/libraries/join-library
EVENTS
Our events are always very popular so please book tickets in advance (unless stated otherwise). Don’t forget - if you’ve booked tickets for an event but are unable to make it, please cancel your tickets to allow space for others.
HOW TO BOOK:
• Book online - hulllibraries.eventbrite.co.uk
• Pop into your local library
• Call on (01482) 210 000 to reserve your free tickets
We look forward to seeing you!

SUMMER READING CHALLENGE: READY, SET, READ!
Be part of the team and sign up to the Summer Reading Challenge at your local library! Join the superstar team and their mascots as they weave their way through a fictional obstacle course! Explore the powers of sport, games and reading! Unlock rewards as you go and track your progress online at summerreadingchallenge.org.uk or at your local library! The challenge runs from Saturday 22 July - Saturday 23 September.

When you have completed the challenge you’ll receive a special Ready, Set, Read! certificate!
You can choose any books you like to count towards the Challenge. Fact, fiction, poetry, graphic novels, joke books – the choice is yours!
Get ready to read!
summerreadingchallenge.org.uk
AVENUES LIBRARY
Tuesday 8, 29 August / 3 – 4pm
BRANSHOLME LIBRARY
Monday 24 Jul, 7, 21 Aug / 10 – 11am
SUMMER CRAFTS

Tuesday 15 Aug / 2 – 3pm & Tue 29 Aug / 10 - 11am
CENTRAL LIBRARY
Every Monday & Friday in August / 10:30 – 11:30am
EAST PARK LIBRARY
Every Wednesday 26 Jul – 30 Aug / 3:30 – 4:30pm
FRED MOORE LIBRARY
Wednesday 26 July, 9, 23 Aug / 10:30 – 11:30am
FREEDOM CENTRE LIBRARY
4+ YEARS
Wed 2 Aug / 2:30 – 3:30pm & Wed 30 Aug / 1:30 – 2:30pm
GIPSYVILLE LIBRARY
Wednesday 26 July, 9 & 23 Aug / 2 – 3pm
GREENWOOD LIBRARY
Monday 31 July, Fri 11 Aug, Mon 14 Aug / 11 – 12pm
Friday 1 Sept / 2 – 3pm
INGS LIBRARY
Wed 26 July, 23 Aug / 10 – 11am and Thu 10 Aug / 3 – 4pm
WAUDBY LIBRARY
Every Wednesday 26 July – 30 Aug / 11 – 12pm
WESTERN LIBRARY
Every Monday 24 July – 21 Aug / 3 – 4pm
Wed 26 Jul
FAMILY BOARD GAMES


Thu 27 Jul / 4:00 - 5:00 pm / Ings
Fri 28 Jul / 10:30 - 12:00 pm / Avenues
Mon 31 Jul / 10:30 - 11:30 am / Fred Moore
Wed 9 Aug / 4:00 - 5:00 pm / Greenwood
Tues 15 Aug / 2:00 - 3:00 pm / Waudby
Tues 15 Aug / 3:00 - 4:00 pm / Ings
Thu 17 Aug / 3:00 - 4:00 pm / Bransholme
Fri 18 Aug / 10:30 - 12pm / Avenues
Wed 23 Aug / 4:00 - 5:00 pm / Greenwood
Thu 24 Aug / 2:30 - 3:30 pm / Fred Moore
Thu 31 Aug / 11:00 - 12:00pm / Bransholme


7+ YRS
Bust a move and join in with some sensational street dance sessions at a library near you!
CENTRAL LIBRARY
Every Tuesday from 25 July - 29 August 2:15 - 3:00 pm
BRANSHOLME LIBRARY
Every Monday from 7 - 21 August 2:15 - 3:00 pm
WESTERN LIBRARY
Every Tuesday from 1 - 22 August 10:15 - 11:00 am
Join
FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY
Thu 10 Aug 11:00 - 12:00 pm


Thu 10 Aug 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Thu 24 Aug 10:30 - 11:30 am
Thu 24 Aug 1.30 - 2.30pm
Wed 30 Aug 11:30 - 12:30 pm
Wed 30 Aug 3:00 - 4:00 pm

Thu 31 Aug 12.30 - 1.30pm
Thu 31 Aug 2.30 - 3.30pm
Fred Moore
Western
Bransholme
Waudby

Ings


Greenwood
Central
Avenues
SPECTAC-U-LAB
5+ YRS
Join spectac-u-lab and become a scientist for the day with some fun-filled experiments!



Make your own slime, lava lamp and bath bomb to take home with you!
Mon 24 Jul 2:30 - 4:30 pm Fred Moore
Mon 7 Aug 1:00 - 3:00 pm East Park
Wed 9 Aug 3:00 - 5:00 pm Central
Mon 21 Aug 10:00 - 12:00 pm Gipsyville
Tue 22 Aug 10:00 - 12:00 pm
Bransholme
POTTERY WITH STUDIO ELEVEN
8+ YRS
Create your own pottery masterpiece using air dry clay with ceramic artists from Studio Eleven.

1 hour taster workshops for children aged 8 and above.
Tue 25 Jul 2:30 - 3:30 pm / 3:30 - 4:30 pm Avenues

Thu 27 Jul 2:00 - 3:00 pm / 3:00 - 4:00 pm Bransholme
Wed 16 Aug 3:00 - 4:00 pm / 4:00 - 5:00 pm East Park
Fri 18 Aug 2.30 - 3.30pm / 3.30 - 4.30pm Greenwood
Thu 24 Aug 2:00 - 3:00 pm / 3:00 - 4:00 pm Western
WESTERN LIBRARY GARDEN
GARDEN ACTION DAY
Join us for a day of action and fun activities at Western Library community garden!
Help us rejuvenate the garden - and make some new friends! Everyone is welcome.
Saturday 5 August / 11:00 - 3:00 pm / Western
PICNIC, PLANT & PLAY

Drop-in to the beautiful Western Library garden for a fun day making healthy family food and enjoying traditional play.
Saturday 12, 19 and 26 August / 11:00 - 3:00 pm / Western

ZINE WORKSHOP

12 - 16 YRS
What’s a zine? A zine is a small publication which allows you to explore your creativity and express yourself in a unique booklet full of your ideas.
Join Hull Zine Library for a fun and free zine-making workshop. Together we’ll use photographs to create collages, explore how abstract art can be used, and learn how to hand stitch and bind your very own zine!
Sat 29 Jul / 12:00 - 2:00 pm / Central
DIY STEADY HANDS GAME
Solder together and customise your own electronic ‘Steady Hands’ game! Wednesday 17 August

Sat 12 Aug / 10:00 - 12:30 pm / Makerspace @ Central
Wed 23 Aug / 10:00 - 12.30 pm / Makerspace @ Central
MICROBIT MAYHEM
Learn how to use a BBC Micro:bit and some simple code to control all sorts of fun gadgets like flashing lights and even robots! nesday 17 August

Wed 16 Aug / 10:00 - 12.30 pm / Makerspace @ Central
Sat 26 Aug / 10:00 - 12.30 pm / Makerspace @ Central
PAUL COOKSON + LIZ MILLION
Calling all fun families! Why not bounce down to meet the fantastically funny duo - the brilliant poet, Paul Cookson and his whacky illustrator, Liz Million in a fully interactive session!



Paul Cookson will be performing his funny poems with his ukulele which includes LOTS of audience participation.

While you are all wiggling in your seats, the amazing artist Liz Million will be creating lots of big, fast paced drawings and will show YOU how to draw some amazing artwork at the end! Not to be missed.
WARNING!! You might laugh too much so bring spare pants!
Tue 1 Aug / 10:00 - 11:00 am / Bransholme
Tue 1 Aug / 2:00 - 3:00 pm / Freedom Centre
Wed 2 Aug / 11:30 - 12:30 pm / Greenwood
Wed 2 Aug / 2:00 - 3:00 pm / Fred Moore
4+ YRS7 - 11 YRS
JAMES NICOL
Join bestselling children’s author James Nicol for his Story Game session where stories and board games collide for a fun hour of imagination and play.


You may just have the start of the story to take away with you at the end of the session. All you need to bring with you is your imagination!
James will also introduce you to his books before the end of the session.
Thu 3 Aug / 11:00 - 12:00 pm / Central
Thu 3 Aug / 2:30 - 3:30 pm / Fred Moore
Thu 17 Aug / 11:00 - 12:00 pm / Bransholme
Thu 17 Aug / 14:30 - 15:30 / Avenues
MUSIC & MAYHEM
UNDER 5 YRS
Songs, rhymes and movement to music for families with children under 5 years.

Thu 27 Jul 10:00 - 10.45 am Central
Mon 31 Jul 10:00 - 10:45 am Ings
Mon 31 Jul 1:00 - 1:45 pm
Gipsyville
Fri 4 Aug 10:30 - 11:15 am Greenwood
Mon 7 Aug 10:30 - 11:15 am East Park
Mon 7 Aug 1:30 - 2:15 pm
Tue 15 Aug 10:00 - 10:45 am
Freedom Centre
Bransholme
BOLLYWOOD DANCING
FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY
Join award winning author and dance teacher Salma

Zaman for a storytelling session, followed by a fun and exciting Bollywood dance.
Your chance to dress up and shimmy and shake like a bollywood star! Interactive fun for children and their families.

Mon 31 Jul / 10:15 - 11:00 am / Central
Mon 31 Jul / 1:00 - 1:45 pm / Freedom
Fri 25 Aug / 10:30 - 11:15 am / Ings
Fri 25 Aug / 1:00 - 1:45pm / Gipsyville
Free activities for school age children and young people living in Hull

PLAY DAYS
Come and play with Hull Libraries and friends at these fabulous free fun days for all the family!
Fri 28 Jul / 11:00 - 3:00 pm / King George V playing field, Cottingham Road
Wed 9 Aug / 10:00 - 3:30 pm / Alderman Kneeshaw
Wed 23 Aug / 10:00 - 3:00pm / Pickering Park
Wed 30 Aug / 11:00 - 3:00pm / Pearson Park
BEACH DAY
Wed 2 Aug / 11:00 - 3:00 pm / The Garths, Bransholme
Wed 9 Aug / 11:00 - 3:00 pm / Lothian Way, Bransholme
GALA DAY
Wed 2 Aug / 12:00 - 3:00 pm / Ings Playing Field
If you do not have access to the Internet, why not visit your local library to check out Healthy Holidays activities!
Join

HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY
Every Wednesday / 6 - 7pm
Every Saturday / 2 - 3pm 4+ YRS
BRANSHOLME LIBRARY
Every Saturday / 10:30 - 11:30 am
GREENWOOD LIBRARY
Mon 24 Jul, 7 Aug, 21 Aug / 3 - 4 pm
HULL CENTRAL LIBRARY Every Thursday / 6 - 7pm
PRIDE IN HULL


FAMILY EVENT
Join Hull Libraries and friends in the family tent in Queen Victoria Square near the City Hall. We will be within a very large marquee along with other organisations and entertainment.
QUEEN VICTORIA SQUARE
Saturday 29 July / 11:00 - 4:00 pm
CHESS SESSIONS
WE’RE GOING ON A STORY HUNT!
A chance to learn the magical game played by Harry Potter!
Or a chance to improve your skills if you play already. All ages and abilities welcome Sessions are run by the Hull and District Chess Association.

Every Saturday / 11:00 - 1:00 pm
Hull Central Library
INTRO TO PLAYWRITING

Join professional actors from Hull Truck Theatre for a fun interactive introduction to playwriting workshop. Learn about the basic principles of dramatic writing. Try your hand at writing scenes and have professional actors perform them back to you at the end.


Tue 15 Aug / 10:00 - 12:00 pm / Central
Tue 15 Aug / 2:30 - 4:30 pm / Avenues
Wed 16 Aug / 10:00 - 12:00 pm / Ings
11 - 16 YRS
Wed 16 Aug / 3:00 - 5:00 pm / Greenwood
Thu 17 Aug / 10:30 - 12:00 pm / Fred Moore
Thu 17 Aug / 2:30 - 4:30 pm / Western
APPS
Let us entertain you! Watch music performances online - or download our apps and access thousands of eBooks, AudioBooks, eMagazines and eComics - all free with your library card!





Web :: www.hcandl.co.uk/libraries
Events :: hulllibraries.eventbrite.co.uk
Telephone :: 01482 210 000

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HULL LIBRARIES
AVENUES LIBRARY
76 Chanterlands Avenue, HU5 3TS
Tel: 01482 331 280
Email: avenues.library@hcandl.co.uk
Mon: 9:30 - 1 / Tue: 2 - 5:30 / Wed: closed
Thu: 2 - 5:30 / Fri: 9:30 - 1 / Sat: 10 - 1
BRANSHOLME LIBRARY
North Point Shopping Centre, HU7 4EF Tel: 01482 331 234
Email: bransholme.library@hcandl.co.uk
Mon, Tue, Thu: 9:30 - 12:30 + 1:30 - 5
Wed: closed / Fri: closed / Sat: 10 - 1
CENTRAL LIBRARY
Albion Street, HU1 3TF Tel: 01482 210 000
Email: lending.library@hcandl.co.uk
Mon: 9:30 - 5 / Tue: 9:30 - 5 / Wed: 1 - 7:30
Thu: 9:30 - 7:30 / Fri: 9:30 - 1 / Sat: 10 - 4
EAST PARK LIBRARY
Central Pavilion, Holderness Road, HU8 8JU Tel: 01482 318 830
Email: eastpark.library@hcandl.co.uk
Mon, Fri: 10:30 - 5 / Weds: 2 - 6 / Sat: 10 - 4
Tues, Thu: closed
FRED MOORE LIBRARY
Wold Road, HU5 5UN Tel: 01482 331 239
Email: fredmoore.library@hcandl.co.uk
Mon, Weds: 10-12:30 + 2-5 / Tue, Fri: closed
Thu: 10 - 12:30 + 2 - 6:30 / Sat: 10 - 1
FREEDOM CENTRE LIBRARY
97 Preston Road, HU9 3QB
Tel: 01482 710 100
Email: prestonroad.library@hcandl.co.uk
Mon, Thu: 8:30 - 5 / Tues, Weds: 8:30 - 6 /
Fri: 8:30 - 4:30 / Sat: closed
GIPSYVILLE LIBRARY
Gipsyville Multipurpose Centre, HU4 6JA
Tel: 01482 616 973
Email: gipsyville.library@hcandl.co.uk
Mon: 9 - 5 / Tue: closed / Wed: 10 - 6
Thu: closed / Fri: 9 - 5 / Sat: 10 - 1
GREENWOOD AVENUE LIBRARY
220 Greenwood Avenue, HU6 9RU
Tel: 01482 331 257
Email: greenwood.library@hcandl.co.uk
Mon, Fri: 10 - 12:30 + 2 - 5 / Tue, Thu: closed
Wed: 10 - 12:30 + 2 - 6:30 / Sat: 10 - 1
INGS LIBRARY
Savoy Road, HU8 0TY
Tel: 01482 331 250
Email: ingsroad.library@hcandl.co.uk
Mon: 9:30 - 1 / Tue: 2 - 6 / Wed: 9:30 - 1
Thu: 2 - 6 / Fri: 9:30 - 1 / Sat: 10 - 1
LONGHILL LIBRARY
St Margaret’s Church, Shannon Rd, HU8 9PD
Tel: 01482 331 530
Email: longhill.library@hcandl.co.uk
TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Mon: 2 - 5 / Tue: 9 - 12:30 / Wed: 2 - 6
Thu: 9 - 12:30 / Fri: 2 - 5 / Sat: closed
WAUDBY LIBRARY
Waudby Centre, Helmswell Road, HU9 5LD
Tel: 01482 331 264
Email: waudby.library@hcandl.co.uk
Mon: 10 - 1 / Tue: 1 - 5 / Wed: 10 - 1
Thu: 1 - 5 / Fri: closed / Sat: 9:30 - 12:30
WESTERN LIBRARY
254 Boulevard, HU3 3ED
Tel: 01482 331 217
Email: western.library@hcandl.co.uk
Mon: 1 - 6 / Tue: 9:30 - 1:30 / Wed: closed
Thu: 1 - 6 / Fri: closed / Sat: 10 - 1









