What's on at Newport libraries
Summer reading challenge 2024
Fire up your imagination this summer with the Marvellous Makers Summer Reading Challenge! Find free activities, reading challenges and more at Newport libraries. Children can sign up at their local library or the summer reading challenge website.
Summer reading challenge and summer holiday fun library events
August 2024
- Thursday 1 August 11am – 12pm: Terrie Chivers author of "The Mind Reading Sausage Dog", Central library
- Friday 2 August 11am – 12pm: Make your own flat rod puppets with Puppet Theatre Wales, Malpas library
- Friday 2 August 2pm -3pm: Summer holiday fun, Tredegar House Library
- Monday 5 August 11am – 12pm: Louby Lou’s Storytellers, Bettws library
- Wednesday 7 August 10:30am - 11:30am: Louby Lou’s Storytellers, Caerleon Library
- Thursday 8 August 11am - 12pm: Make your own flat rod puppets with Puppet Theatre Wales, Rogerstone library
- Thursday 8 August 11am - 12pm : Ziba Creative - concertina book - make your own book for your thoughts, journal, art, stories etc, Central library
- Friday 9 August 11am – 12pm: Summer holiday fun, Malpas library
- Friday 9 August 2pm - 3pm: Summer holiday fun, Tredegar House Library
- Monday 12 August 11am – 12pm: Summer Holiday fun, Bettws library
- Tuesday 13 August 2pm - 3pm: Summer holiday fun, Rogerstone library
- Wednesday 14 August 11am – 12pm: Summer holiday fun, Caerleon Library
- Thursday 15 August 11am – 12pm: Summer holiday fun Central library
- Friday 16 August 11am – 12pm: Louby Lou’s Storytellers, Malpas library
- Thursday 22 August 11am – 12pm: Louby Lou’s Storytellers, Central library
- Thursday 29 August 11am – 12pm: Summer holiday fun, Central library
Stori a chan – Story and rhyme time
Introduce your baby to Welsh with simple phrases and rhymes, bilingual books and more.
- Bettws library: Thursday, 2pm - 3pm (weekly)
Book crawl
Children up to four years old can collect a sticker every time they visit Newport libraries.
Once they have collected four stickers they will receive a certificate designed by a children’s book illustrator.
Story club
Story club provide an exciting way to help preschool aged children develop their reading skills.
At each weekly story club children and their carers join in with songs and rhymes, listen to stories and enjoy a craft activity relating to the theme of the week’s story, free of charge.
- Bettws library: Monday, 11am - 11.45am
- Caerleon library: Wednesday, 11am - 11.45am
- Central library: Thursday, 11am - 11.45am
- Malpas library: Friday, 11am - 11.45am
- Tredegar House library: Friday, 2pm - 4.45pm
Code club
A fun way to get kids involved in computing from an early age.
They will learn to create images, animations and even simple computer games.
These sessions run for 12 weeks and need to be booked in advance.
To find out further information for upcoming sessions email [email protected].
Reading Ahead
Newport libraries supports the Reading Ahead reading challenge for young people and adults.
People taking part are asked to pick six reads - these could be books, magazines and more.
After completing each read, participants share thoughts on what they’ve read by filling out a diary review.
Completed diaries can be entered into a national prize draw.
You can collect a Reading Ahead diary from any Newport library.
Read more about the scheme, share your reviews and enter competitions by visiting the Reading Ahead website.