Storytime this Saturday
15th November 10.30am until 11am
Suitable for children aged 6 and under
Fulbourn Village Library - on the ground floor of The Swifts Meeting Rooms
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Book Sale and Coffee Morning held on
1st Saturday in the month 10am - 12noon
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Story Time held on 3rd Saturday in the month 10.30am to 11am
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We are open for 5 sessions each week
Monday afternoons 3pm - 5pm
Tuesday afternoons 3pm – 5pm
Thursday afternoons 3pm – 5pm
Friday afternoons 3pm - 5pm
Saturday mornings 10am – 12noon
Tuesday afternoons 3pm – 5pm
Thursday afternoons 3pm – 5pm
Friday afternoons 3pm - 5pm
Saturday mornings 10am – 12noon
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Our next Book Sale and Coffee Morning will be on
Saturday 1st November 10.00am until 12.00noon Paperback books 50p, Hardbacks £1, Children's Books 30p each or 4 for £1 Hot drink & cake or biscuit £1.50 CASH ONLY please as we do not have a card reader |
Storytime for those aged 6 and under
will be on Saturday 16th November 10.30am - 11.00am One of our volunteers will read the stories Children must be accompanied by an adult. |
Saturday 29th November 2025
BOOK LAUNCH at 11.00 am
Local author, and centenarian, George Culling has produced a book to mark his hundred years. There will be a short talk from George followed by book sales and signing by the author.
Further sales of the book will take place at our Christmas themed
Coffee Morning at the Library on Saturday 6th December
The book is priced at £10
All proceeds including royalties are to be donated to Arthur Rank Hospice Charity
Coffee Morning at the Library on Saturday 6th December
The book is priced at £10
All proceeds including royalties are to be donated to Arthur Rank Hospice Charity
Tales of the Emotosphere - Comic Book
27th September 2025
Russ Daff & Susannah Redhead launched their new book
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Tales of the Emotosphere is a graphic novel with a fun adventure story at its heart, to engage young readers in social and emotional learning. In a galaxy beyond the Milky Way, three friends and their goofy sidekick discover a mysterious glowing orb. Through the 7 Cosmic Powers, young readers are introduced to tools for mental wellbeing, to help them cope with life’s ups and downs.
Author Talk by Peter Morfoot - 24th September 2025
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Unfortunately a disappointingly small audience attended the talk and those who did not come missed a treat.
Peter, who lives in Shelford, set his series of crime novels in the city of Nice and its environs of the Côte D’Azure. Spending family holidays in this area, originally in tents progressing to caravans and now to staying in a favourite apartment in Nice, Peter has extensive knowledge of the area to call on for his Captain Paul Darac to travel around in his investigations. Without giving away any of his complex plot lines and passing around photographs of key locations in Nice, Peter explained how his central character was developed over time, long before the first book had its first draft. This first attempt was abandoned and Peter explained how he plans each whole book and its timelines before starting to write. Whilst this is currently a six book series, each can be read as a standalone novel. After the talk Peter was joined by his wife Liz, who, as she has heard his talks before, said she spent a pleasant time in St Vigors listening to a “brilliant choir practice”. So a great evening was had by all. |
This year's Summer Reading Challenge has now ended!
Congratulations to all of the children who completed the Challenge by reading 6 books and coming to talk to us about them.
We signed up 100 children and 76 children completed the Challenge.
Children attending Fulbourn, Great Wilbraham and Teversham Primary Schools received their certificates and medals in their schools. Children not at those schools received theirs in the Library on 20 September.
The names of all those who finished the Challenge were entered into a Prize Draw and the 2 lucky winners each received a £10 Book Token.
Thank you very much to all of the young volunteers who gave up their time during the summer holidays to listen to the children talking about their books.
We signed up 100 children and 76 children completed the Challenge.
Children attending Fulbourn, Great Wilbraham and Teversham Primary Schools received their certificates and medals in their schools. Children not at those schools received theirs in the Library on 20 September.
The names of all those who finished the Challenge were entered into a Prize Draw and the 2 lucky winners each received a £10 Book Token.
Thank you very much to all of the young volunteers who gave up their time during the summer holidays to listen to the children talking about their books.
Comment from a parent after the Challenge - It was such a lovely Summer Reading Challenge and my eldest and middle children really enjoyed it. Thank you for being great hosts!!
Thank you very much to everyone who supported us at Fulbourn Feast on Sunday 29th June.
Thanks to our excellent team of volunteers, who started work at 9 am, our 2 gazebos were set up and all of the books transported from the Library by 10.30 am. In good time for the start of The Feast at 12 noon.
It was an extremely hot day, but a very worthwhile one for raising funds for the Library and for advertising our presence in the village.
Author Talk by Caroline Biggs - 28th May 2025
During the nineteenth century, Cambridge University became infamous for its dogged determination to cling to ancient laws, allowing it to arrest and imprison unchaperoned women found walking the streets of Cambridge after dark.
Caroline began her talk by speaking about Elizabeth Howe, a nineteen year old, who was buried in St Vigor's graveyard in 1846. She was one of many girls imprisoned in the terrible conditions of the Spinning House.
We heard of several more strong young women, some of whom were eventually the cause of a change in the law restricting the powers of the University Proctors. They could no longer arrest and imprison women merely for innocently walking on the streets of Cambridge.
Caroline illustrated her talk with a selection of slides of the buildings mentioned in her book.
Refreshments were served after the talk while Caroline sold copies of her book to an appreciative audience.
Caroline began her talk by speaking about Elizabeth Howe, a nineteen year old, who was buried in St Vigor's graveyard in 1846. She was one of many girls imprisoned in the terrible conditions of the Spinning House.
We heard of several more strong young women, some of whom were eventually the cause of a change in the law restricting the powers of the University Proctors. They could no longer arrest and imprison women merely for innocently walking on the streets of Cambridge.
Caroline illustrated her talk with a selection of slides of the buildings mentioned in her book.
Refreshments were served after the talk while Caroline sold copies of her book to an appreciative audience.
2003 - 2025
We are now in our 22nd year!
In 2003 Cambridgeshire County Council voted to close Fulbourn Library and 9 other libraries around the County to save money, but offered each community the chance to take them over and run them as Community Managed Libraries.
The Friends of Fulbourn Library took on the challenge. They worked to recruit volunteers and to organise the transition from a library run by Cambridgeshire County Council to a library run by volunteers.
There have been many changes since 2003, not least a move of premises and several changes to the computer systems, but we are still here and very proud of our Library.
The Friends of Fulbourn Library took on the challenge. They worked to recruit volunteers and to organise the transition from a library run by Cambridgeshire County Council to a library run by volunteers.
There have been many changes since 2003, not least a move of premises and several changes to the computer systems, but we are still here and very proud of our Library.
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In November 2003 we celebrated our 20th Birthday with 75 visitors at a special coffee morning to mark the occasion. This fantastic cake was admired, then enjoyed by everyone. It was a very cheerful morning and we were flattered to receive the following comments:
"What a lovely community you have, what dedicated volunteers and a great space."
"Thank you for hosting such a lovely event and the turnout showed how well loved the library is in the local community"
"Congratulations to all the volunteers for an excellent celebration. Am so glad it was so well attended. The atmosphere was so good and a tribute to you all."
"What a lovely community you have, what dedicated volunteers and a great space."
"Thank you for hosting such a lovely event and the turnout showed how well loved the library is in the local community"
"Congratulations to all the volunteers for an excellent celebration. Am so glad it was so well attended. The atmosphere was so good and a tribute to you all."
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As part of their commitment to support local community and raise awareness of mental health, Cambridgeshire Libraries has gifted sets of Reading Well books to local communities, including Fulbourn Village Library. There are 3 collections to suit different community groups and organizations, including Reading Well for Mental Health for adult readers, Shelf Help for young people’s mental health, and Reading Well for Children. The books are available to borrow and displayed on the small yellow trolley in the Library.
Please click on the links below to see the available titles:
30 titles from the Reading Well for Mental Health collection for adult readers
21 titles from the Shelf Help collection for young people
31 titles from Reading Well for Children collection
Please click on the links below to see the available titles:
30 titles from the Reading Well for Mental Health collection for adult readers
21 titles from the Shelf Help collection for young people
31 titles from Reading Well for Children collection
Cambridgeshire Libraries still have many online resources you can access
eBooks, eMagazines, eNewspapers and eAudiobooks and online reference library - visit their Online Library page to see what is available:
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/libraries-leisure-culture/libraries/library-online
Library Presents
The Library Presents is Cambridgeshire Libraries programme of arts activities, online and in locations around Cambridgeshire.
www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/libraries-leisure-culture/libraries/library-news/library-presents#the-library-presents-in-your-house-1-0
If you are not currently a member of Cambridgeshire Libraries click here to join.
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/libraries-leisure-culture/libraries/library-online
Library Presents
The Library Presents is Cambridgeshire Libraries programme of arts activities, online and in locations around Cambridgeshire.
www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/libraries-leisure-culture/libraries/library-news/library-presents#the-library-presents-in-your-house-1-0
If you are not currently a member of Cambridgeshire Libraries click here to join.
For your exercise around Fulbourn - click on the picture to download the content. |
Fulbourn Parish Council have congratulated the Library volunteers for their continued hard work making this community facility such an asset to the village. |
What our customers have said about us:
This is such a lovely Library.
It's lovely having the Library here. We really appreciate it.
Fantastic free resource! My husband and I read a lot so having access to not just the books in Fulbourn Library but the entire county catalogue is an absolute godsend. It means that we can read any newly published titles in hardback,as soon as they appear, without paying huge sums of money.
It is a superb resource.
The staff in our village library are also extremely friendly and helpful.
It is a superb resource.
The staff in our village library are also extremely friendly and helpful.
Thank you very much to all the volunteers. We love our village library and appreciate all you do.
Love the library - very much.
Thanks for all your hard work in creating such a wonderful space! My daughter loves the library so much.
This is the nicest place in the village!
And from one of our younger members:
I love coming to this Library. It's the best Library I've ever been to.
