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What's on for children 

Special events

Branksome Library 'Crime at Christmas' Party

On Thursday 11th December at 2.00 pm, Simon Hall (Crime writer and BBC Crime Correspondent for the South West) will be at Branksome Library talking about writing about crime, whether as a reporter or author.

Simon Hall is the author of 3 ingenious crime stories featuring TV crime correspondent, Dan Groves: A Popular Murder, The Death Pictures and Evil Valley.

Rossmore Library live music event - NOW SOLD OUT

Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip (with support from Indie folk poet George Pringle) will be including Rossmore Library in their Christmas Tour. They will appear on Thursday 11th December  - doors open 7pm.

Tickets are available from Rossmore Library or Poole Central Library, price £6 (£5 for library members).

With a Top 30 single and Top 40 album, Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip have garnered consistent support and continued interest from the UK's press. Providing intelligent, engaging pop music and endearing themselves to the mainstream media with their refreshingly lucid and entertaining approach onstage and in person.

More information can be found at: www.myspace.com/lesacvspip .

Regular events

Adult storytime

• Poole Central Library: Adult storytime/coffee morning last Thursday of the month, 10.00 - 11.00

Citizens' Advice surgery

• Rossmore Library: Fridays 1:30 - 3:30

Coffee mornings/days

• Canford Cliffs Library: Mondays 10:00 -12:00
• Canford Heath Library: Thursdays 10:00 -12:00 
• Hamworthy Library: Fridays, 10:00 - 6:00
• Rossmore Library:Fridays 10:00 - 12:00

Computer Taster sessions

Computer taster sessions

Councillor surgeries

• Broadstone Library: Lib Dems: 1st Saturday of the month 10.00 - 12.00; Conservatives: 3rd Saturday of the month 10.00 - 12.00
• Canford Cliffs Library: 1st Friday of the month, 3.00 - 4.00
• Canford Heath Library: 1st Friday of the month 5.00 - 6.00
• Creekmoor Library: 1st Monday of the month, 5.00 - 7.00
• Oakdale Library: last Friday of the month, 3.00 - 5.00
• Rossmore Library: Contact the library for details of the next surgery

Drugs and alcohol advice - young people

Rossmore Library: YADAS Parent Support Service. Last Thursday of every month 1.00 - 3.00pm. More information can be found on the EDDAAS website .

Money Advisor

• Hamworthy Library: Tuesdays, 10.00 - 12.00

Police surgeries

• Broadstone Library: last Saturday of the month, 10:00 - 12:00
• Canford Cliffs Library: first Friday of the month  10.30 - 12.00 
• Canford Heath Library: first Friday of the month 5.00 - 6.00pm
• Creekmoor Library: first Monday of the month 5.00 - 6.00pm
• Hamworthy: first Saturday of the month 10.00 - 11.00am
• Oakdale Library: second Saturday of the month 12.00 - 1.00pm (next meeting 14th June)
• Parkstone Library: last Friday in the month 10.00am - 12.00pm

For more details go to the Dorset Police website

Reading Groups

• Branksome Library Book Club
• Broadstone Library: "Make friends with a book" group. Meets every Thursday morning 11am - 12pm. Sit back and relax, listen to short stories and books and chat about what we read together.  Good conversation, good company and free tea and biscuits!
• Canford Heath Library: Adult Reading Group meets every six weeks - contact the library for details of the next meeting
• Hamworthy Library: Adult Reading Group monthly Weds 10.30 - contact the library for details of the next meeting  
• Rossmore Library: Adult Reading Group meets every 5 - 6 weeks. New members welcome.  Contact the library for more details.
• Rossmore Library: "Make friends with a book" group. Tuesday mornings 10.30 to 11.30 from 11th November. 
• Poole Central Library: Adult Reading Group  Contact the library for more details
     

Young Adults Drugs and Alcohol Advisory Service

Rossmore Library: various dates and times, please ask for details