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30/10/2026

We're celebrating all things Agatha Christie today! 🔎📚

Today marks the opening of the British Library's major new exhibition, Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery, and we're delighted to be bringing the exhibition to communities across Buckinghamshire through the Living Knowledge Network. The exhibition explores the life, travels and remarkable legacy of the world's best-selling crime writer.

We were also lucky to welcome Richard Clarke, Director General at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, to Aylesbury Library today. Richard visited the exhibition, met the team and heard more about the wide-ranging work of Buckinghamshire Libraries and how libraries continue to support culture, learning, wellbeing and communities across the county.

Find out more about the exhibition and where it's touring in Buckinghamshire on our blog: https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/blogs/libraries/category/by-hook-by-book/

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30/10/2026

Happy Halloween from Bucks Libraries! We're pretty sure the library is now clown-free, but if by chance you see one, just smile and wave...

30/10/2026

Ready to uncover a world of mystery?

The Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery exhibition begins its tour of Buckinghamshire today - inspired by the British Library's major exhibition, this free touring display invites you to step into the world of Agatha Christie, exploring the life, travels and inspirations behind the bestselling novelist of all time!

Exhibition Tour Dates
Aylesbury Library: 30 October - 24 November 2026
Wendover Community Library: 1 December – 29 December 2026
Buckingham Library: 6 January - 27 January 2027
High Wycombe Library: 1 February - 24 February 2027
Chesham Library: 1 March - 25 March 2027
Beaconsfield Library: 1 April - 24 April 2027
Great Missenden Community Library: 1 May - 25 May 2027
Burnham Community Library: 1 June - 25 June 2027

29/10/2026

Friday 30 October 10:30am - 12:00pm
Tickets are free – head to the link in comments to book your spaces today!

Join us at Aylesbury Library for a mystery-filled adventure inspired by the world of Agatha Christie! Follow a trail of clues around the children's library, enjoy a detective story, and create your own masterpiece to take home. Perfect for young detectives aged 5+ and their families.

Registration for this event closes today, 29 October 2026 at 5:00 PM

28/10/2026

Join us for a new, fun storytime session, where Nicholas West will be telling his story of 'Ava's Adventures: Collection of Children's Poems'!

📆Wednesday 4th November
🕔11am-11:30am (Right after our usual Storytime session!)

With gentle humour and a touch of sparkle, these poems follow Ava, Max, and their playful cat Ginny through adventures filled with laughter, courage, and surprise.

Free, drop-in on the day!

28/10/2026

Join us at Princes Risborough Library for these free, artist-supported workshops as part of By Hook or By Book - a celebration of Mystery and Crime fiction in Buckinghamshire.

Inspired by the vestiges of everyday life, Trace Exhibit encourages you to draw artefacts and find inspiration in the surviving traces of persons unknown.

Upcoming dates:
4 November, 10am to 11:30am
5 November, 11am to 12:30pm
7 November, 10am to 11:30am
11 November, 10am to 11:30am
12 November, 3:30pm to 5pm

All sessions are on a drop-in basis, revisits encouraged. All materials provided, all skill levels welcome.

27/10/2026

Join us at Princes Risborough Library for these free, artist-supported workshops as part of By Hook or By Book - a celebration of Mystery and Crime fiction in Buckinghamshire.

Sharpen your sketching skills with Composite Witness, where you're invited to create portrait sketches inspired by graphical representations, eyewitness descriptions and courtroom sketches.

Upcoming dates:
4 November, 12pm to 1:30pm
5 November, 1pm to 2:30pm
7 November, 11:30am to 1pm
11 November, 12pm to 1:30pm
12 November, 6pm to 7:30pm

All sessions are on a drop-in basis, revisits encouraged. All materials provided, all skill levels welcome.

Friday 30 October 10:30am - 12:00pm Tickets are free – head to the link in comments to book your spaces today! Join us ...

27/10/2026

26/10/2026

Introducing Suspect 2, Vincent Valentine, played by Matthew Appleby.

Matthew Appleby is a local actor, musician and theatre-maker who has performed with various local amateur dramatics groups as well as at professional murder mystery events. From pantos, to historical reenactment, to Shakespeare, to musicals, Matthew enjoys any opportunity to have a stage. Away from the theatre, Matthew can be found gigging with a guitar at local pubs under the stage name Mappleby.

Matthew’s favourite Agatha Christie is ‘The Unicorn and the Wasp’, in which Agatha Christie joins forces with the 10th Doctor.

📆Monday 30th November
🕔7pm-8:30pm

23/10/2026

📈One week to go until our FREE confidence workshops with Propel to Excel!
If you're looking to boost your resilience and performance skills when completing exams, these are the sessions for you.

📆Friday 30th October
Ready for 11+ & SATs Workshop: 3pm-4pm
Performing Under Pressure for GCSE & A-Level: 4pm-5pm

🎟Book your FREE place via the link in the comments!

23/10/2026

What are your go-to books for the spooky season? Visit your local Buckinghamshire Library to get into the Halloween spirit with thrillers, mysteries and more!

22/10/2026

Join children’s author Monica Sood for another great interactive storytelling workshop, inspired by her latest picture book ‘The Gift That Gives Back’.

Visit High Wycombe Library from 11am to 12pm on 14 November for a session filled with creative crafts, reading and colouring - perfectly suited for anyone aged 4 – 8 years old.

Tickets to this event are free, so be sure to head to our event link to grab your spots today! bit.ly/AuthorInMeWithMonicaSoodHWY

22/10/2026

Led by one of the dancers from the Black British ballet project, join us at Burnham Community Library this weekend, on Saturday 24 October for a fun and accessible workshop. This 45-minute session is a gentle introduction to ballet for very young children (aged 3 to 5) and their families/carers.

Limited places available and tickets are free, so visit our event link to reserve your place now! 🩰

bit.ly/FamilyBalletAtBurnhamCL

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21/10/2026

🧮 Mathnasium of Amersham are paying us a visit this October half-term for some more free maths workshops!

📆Wednesday 28th October
🕔Ages 5-8: 11am-12pm
Ages 8-11: 12pm-1pm

🎟Book your place online via the link in the comments!

21/10/2026

We're looking forward to Propel to Excel visiting us on the 30th October!

3pm-4pm: Years 5-6
4pm-5pm: GCSE Students

We still have limited spaces available for both sessions, book your FREE place on our website.

19/10/2026

Introducing Suspect 1, Scarlett Fletcher, played by Emma Large.

Emma Large is a director, producer and performer. She has trained with Butterfly Theatre and Immersive Everywhere as a performer and studied at the University of Birmingham. Her directorial credits include The Role of a Lifetime at the National Student Drama Festival, Don Carlo for Aylesbury Opera and most recently assisting Dannielle de Niese on the UK tour of ‘The Marriage of Figaro. She is due to direct the Amersham Martyrs Community Play in 2027.

Emma has a long standing feud with Poirot as she believes it’s unfair that he continually finds evidence without telling the audience. This is probably why she likes The Rat-Catcher; all the clues are right there in front of you…

Will Scarlett be caught red handed, or be a red herring?

📆Monday 30th November
🕔7pm-8:30pm

17/10/2026

Ever wanted to hear more about the complex and controversial history of the last woman to be hanged in Britain?
Monica Weller is coming to Amersham Library to do an author talk about her book "Ruth Ellis: My Sister's Secret Life".

There's only one month to go until Monica's talk, book your place while spaces are still available.

📆Tuesday 17th November
🕔1:30pm-3pm

🎟Book your free place via the link in the comments.

16/10/2026

🐾Want to meet some dogs?🐶
Guide Dogs are visiting Amersham Library to bring us an info drop-in and a special Guide Dogs talk!
📆Tuesday 27th October
❓Information Stand Drop-In: 1pm-3pm
🗣Guide Dogs Talk Drop-In: 2pm-2:30pm

No booking required, just come on the day!

14/10/2026

🎃It's that time of year to start getting in the Halloween spirit, and join us to make Spooky Launchers! 🎃

📆Friday 30th October
🕔10:30am-12pm

Make and decorate your spooky launcher with Halloween designs, then fill it with pom-poms to test your aim and see if you can hit any of the targets!

For children aged 5+ and their families, drop in anytime between 10:30am-12pm.

12/10/2026

There’s a body in the library: it’s up to you to figure out whodunnit!
Fancy yourself a detective? Always guessing the solution correctly when you read cosy crime novels? Now is your chance to solve a case like Marple and join us for ‘The Rat-Catcher’, an immersive murder mystery performance especially made for Buckinghamshire Libraries.

📆Monday 30th November
🕔7pm-8:30pm

Stay tuned for weekly posts in the build up to the event!

Address

Amersham Library, Chilterns Lifestyle Centre, Chiltern Avenue
Amersham
HP65AH

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 1pm
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 4pm

Telephone

+441296382415

Website

https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/libraries/contact-library-service/

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