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Balsall Common Library Balsall Common Library is at the heart of the village, open 5 days a week for books, PCs & printing

Our celebrations of The National Year of Reading 2026 continue with two FREE quiz events:Quiz Night @ The Core LibraryFr...
11/10/2026

Our celebrations of The National Year of Reading 2026 continue with two FREE quiz events:

Quiz Night @ The Core Library
Friday 6th November - 6.30pm for a 7pm start

Quiz Afternoon @ Balsall Common Library
Thursday 26th November - 2.15pm for a 2.30pm start.

Find out full details and book a FREE place for each member of your team on our Events pages or speak to library staff.
[Each event will feature the same quiz]

📚✨ New books have landed at the library! ✨📚Looking for your next great read? We've just unpacked a fantastic mix of bran...
22/09/2026

📚✨ New books have landed at the library! ✨📚

Looking for your next great read? We've just unpacked a fantastic mix of brand-new titles, including gripping crime fiction, fascinating biographies, travel inspiration, baking delights, health and wellbeing, and even the latest MrBeast adventure!

18/09/2026

*NEW JOB* - COMMUNITY LIBRARY MANAGER

APPLY HERE --> https://www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/275508/community-library-manager/

Part time – 31 hours per week

Do you have a passion for delivering excellent customer service and creating welcoming community spaces? Are you an inspiring leader who can motivate teams, build strong partnerships, and make a real difference to local residents?

Solihull Council is seeking an enthusiastic and customer-focused Community Library Manager to lead the delivery of library services across Hobs Moat and Olton Libraries. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting vibrant community hubs that provide far more than books, helping residents access information, learning opportunities, digital services, and community activities.

In this role, you will:
• Lead and develop a dedicated library team
• Deliver an excellent customer experience
• Build strong relationships with community organisations and partners
• Plan and support events, activities and initiatives
• Use performance information to drive service improvements
• Help shape innovative and inclusive library services

We're looking for someone with leadership experience, excellent communication skills and a genuine commitment to serving their community.

In return, Solihull Council offers a range of benefits including generous annual leave, flexitime, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, employee discounts and wellbeing support.

Closing date: 30 September 2026
Interviews: Week commencing 12 October 2026

Find out more and apply via WM Jobs by following the link above.

An Enhanced DBS check required.

Our new events leaflet covering October, November and December is now available. We publicise our activities online here...
17/09/2026

Our new events leaflet covering October, November and December is now available. We publicise our activities online here on Facebook and www.solihull.gov.uk/library-events, but if you are able to help us spread the word to those in our community not online, we’d be very grateful. Please pick up a leaflet next time you're in the library.

Monday 31 August is a Bank Holiday, and so we will be closed for the day. Don't forget, with your library membership, yo...
27/08/2026

Monday 31 August is a Bank Holiday, and so we will be closed for the day. Don't forget, with your library membership, you can always access our digital library on BorrowBox for a range of eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines and eNewspapers. The link is in the top comment 🔗

27/08/2026

Longer opening hours will soon be available at three of our libraries 📚

Between the end of this year and early next year, we're introducing Open Plus technology at Dickens Heath Library, Hobs Moat Library and Balsall Common Library, making them more accessible and flexible community spaces.

Cabinet Member for Communities, Cllr Wazma Qais (pictured) said 💬: “Open Plus will extend opening hours and give people choice of how and when they use their local library, fitting visits in around work, school, families and other commitments."

Staff will continue to be available during normal opening hours to provide advice and support! 🙌

The project is grant funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority.

Read more online: https://loom.ly/T25MCwk

🦋📚 Remembering Dolly Parton 📚🦋We were so sad to hear about the passing of the magnificent Dolly Parton. 💔Dolly’s love of...
26/08/2026

🦋📚 Remembering Dolly Parton 📚🦋

We were so sad to hear about the passing of the magnificent Dolly Parton. 💔

Dolly’s love of books inspired her to create Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, providing free books to children from birth to age five and helping to spark a lifelong love of reading. The programme was extended to the UK in 2007 ❤️📖

Why not celebrate Dolly’s incredible legacy by borrowing her music, or one of our books about her, or written by her?

🔎 Find them on our catalogue; the link is in the top comment.

A truly wonderful legacy — bringing the joy of books to children everywhere. 📚🦋

Photo: Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library of Congress Great Hall in 2018. (Wikimedia Commons)

21/08/2026

We're delighted to share a new national prize opportunity as part of Summer Reading Challenge 2026: Read to the Beat!
Visit your local Solihull Library to find out more.

Address

Balsall Common Library, 283 Kenilworth Road, Balsall Common
Coventry
CV77EL

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 1pm
2pm - 5pm
Tuesday 10am - 1pm
2pm - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 1pm
2pm - 6pm
Friday 2pm - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 1pm

Telephone

+441676532590

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