Amesbury Library

Save the date... Monday 27 July at 7.15pm, Meet the authors at Royal Wootton Bassett Library

We're very excited to welcome not just one author but two: August Bloom and Jack Strange. Join them for an in-conversation event where they will be talking about writing books set in bookshops. This is a session not to be missed.

Tickets are £3 available from Royal Wootton Bassett Library. Book early to avoid disappointment.

For more information and to add an event reminder to your calendar, please visit https://orlo.uk/euoU7

Looking for free summer fun for children? Get them into the rhythm of reading with the : Read to the Beat!

Not a member yet? Come and join us - it's completely free, and we look forward to welcoming you https://orlo.uk/1Z8TI

For more information about the challenge, visit https://orlo.uk/Pq3na

The Reading Agency

Meet the data engineer, Met Office: Shohail Ismail at Bradford on Avon Library

On Saturday 20 June 2026, 11am, join us for a fascinating session about Shohail's work at the Met Office. This is an exciting opportunity to learn more about climate mis-information, disinformation and mal-information. Shohail is a nationally recognised advocate for equitable technology, a UK Youth Representative for the Council of Europe's Ethical AI forums, and a Data Engineer placement student at the Met Office. He has been recognised through the Royal Academy of Engineering as 1 of 7 'Engineering Champions' of 2025. Come and be inspired as we welcome Shohail to Wiltshire.

Tickets are £3 and are available from Bradford on Avon Library, 01225 863280

For more information and to add an event reminder to your calendar, please visit https://orlo.uk/5eTii

Wiltshire Libraries supports HiVIS fortnight 1-14 June 2026 promoting access to reading for any visual impairment. Did you know you can change the text size of our e-Books (free to download via the Libby app) to make them Large Print?
In the ‘Appearance’ tab select “Include Accessibility Sizes” then increase the ‘text scale’.
We also have e-Audiobooks (free to all to download), and audiobooks (CD, MP3) free to those with a Visually impaired library membership. Ask at your local library or find out more online here: https://orlo.uk/Rt7w9

Nathan Filer - Meet the author at Chippenham Library

On Thursday 2 July at 6pm join us for an author talk with Nathan Filer at Chippenham Library. Former mental health nurse, award-winning novelist and creative writing lecturer, Nathan is author of ""The Shock of the Fall"" and ""The Heartland: Finding and Losing Schizophrenia"". His work explores mental health with insight, compassion and creativity.

This event is part of the Words Alive in Libraries tour, presented by South Western Regional Library Services and Literature Works, and funded by Arts Council England.

Book your ticket early to avoid disappointment. Visit https://orlo.uk/zKh1f"

Nathan Filer - Meet the author at Chippenham Library

On Thursday 2 July at 6pm join us for an author talk with Nathan Filer at Chippenham Library. Former mental health nurse, award-winning novelist and creative writing lecturer, Nathan is author of ""The Shock of the Fall"" and ""The Heartland: Finding and Losing Schizophrenia"". His work explores mental health with insight, compassion and creativity.

This event is part of the Words Alive in Libraries tour, presented by South Western Regional Library Services and Literature Works, and funded by Arts Council England.

Book your ticket early to avoid disappointment. Visit https://orlo.uk/70i3l"

Creative writing workshop at Corsham Library with Nathan Filer

Join us on Thursday 2 July at 3pm as award-winning novelist, Nathan Flier, leads participants through a series of writing exercises that draw on personal experience and narrative techniques. The emphasis is on craft rather than confession: building scenes, choosing detail, and shaping lived material into clear, engaging prose. The session explores how writing from life can raise questions of meaning and wellbeing without reducing experience to simple messages or resolutions. Suitable for writers of all levels.

This event is part of the Words Alive in Libraries tour presented by South Western Regional Library Services and Literature Works. Funded by Arts Council.

Book your ticket early to avoid disappointment. Visit https://orlo.uk/M1YW4

Meet the author: Ben Kane at Royal Wootton Bassett Library

Who will emerge victorious, Rome of Carthage? Only the gods can tell...

On Monday 6 July, 6.30pm, "immerse yourself in these incredible stories and remind yourself why the legend of Rome endures" when Ben Kane visits Wiltshire. Kenya born, Irish by blood and UK resident, Ben's passion for history has taken him to more than 60 countries, and all 7 continents. He has walked hundreds of miles in Roman military gear, including Hadrian's Wall, and is known to lead history tours in Italy and Germany. Eleven of his twenty novels have been Sunday Times Top Ten bestsellers. Published in fifteen countries, he has sold more than two and a quarter million books worldwide. He lives in Somerset, UK, where he writes full time.

"Drama, tension, great stories, engaging and impossible to put down."

Book your ticket today to avoid disappointment.

Tickets are £3 and are available from Royal Wootton Bassett Library, 01793 853249

For more information and to add an event reminder to your calendar, please visit https://orlo.uk/dNoPi

Wiltshire Libraries supports HiVIS Fortnight (1-14 June 2026) promoting services to enable visually impaired people to continue to access reading. We have audiobooks, eAudiobooks, and Large print books available; a Visually impaired membership; contact information for organisations such as Wiltshire Sight and the RNIB; and a Visually Impaired Reading Group. Ask at your local library or find out more online https://orlo.uk/HZLIE

Check out the most downloaded eMagazines from May.

Discover these and more via the Libby app. To find out more, please visit https://orlo.uk/kJ3LQ