Learn how to overcome obstacles and solve problems around different themes using LEGO Spike Education kits and Scratch. This is a fun and creative way to develop practical and digital skills

Don’t worry if you’ve never used a LEGO Spike kit or Scratch before, we’ll provide everything you need to get started and our friendly Lab Technician will be on hand to help. Once you’re comfortable working with the tools you’ll be able to build and code your own creations!

Please note, spaces are limited so please book to confirm your place.

Suitable for people aged 7 - 14. Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

IMPORTANT. Please note: your booking will only be valid if you register as a guest, not through your library account. To confirm your booking, please ensure you are logged out of your library account and your payment is fully processed online before you exit the page. If you have booked using your library account, your reservation will be automatically cancelled and we will be unable to reserve your space.

TICKETS: £5 Please note, all sales for paid events are final. This includes ‘pay what you choose’. Refunds are only given in limited circumstances:

• If the event has been rescheduled, postponed, or moved, you can request a refund by cancelling your place online and emailing libraries.development@gloucestershire.gov.uk.

Gloucestershire Libraries are committed to creating an inclusive community and are working towards a place where everyone feels welcome, safe and valued for who they are. Our events are for everyone: We welcome you whatever your socio-economic background, ability, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, age, religious beliefs or sexual orientation. If you have any access requirements or if you need further information about the event, please contact lewis.fisher@gloucestershire.gov.uk ahead of the session.

Learn how to overcome obstacles and solve problems around different themes using LEGO Spike Education kits and Scratch. This is a fun and creative way to develop practical and digital skills

Don’t worry if you’ve never used a LEGO Spike kit or Scratch before, we’ll provide everything you need to get started and our friendly Lab Technician will be on hand to help. Once you’re comfortable working with the tools you’ll be able to build and code your own creations!

Please note, spaces are limited so please book to confirm your place.

Suitable for people aged 7 - 14. Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

IMPORTANT. Please note: your booking will only be valid if you register as a guest, not through your library account. To confirm your booking, please ensure you are logged out of your library account and your payment is fully processed online before you exit the page. If you have booked using your library account, your reservation will be automatically cancelled and we will be unable to reserve your space.

TICKETS: £5 Please note, all sales for paid events are final. This includes ‘pay what you choose’. Refunds are only given in limited circumstances:

• If the event has been rescheduled, postponed, or moved, you can request a refund by cancelling your place online and emailing libraries.development@gloucestershire.gov.uk.

Gloucestershire Libraries are committed to creating an inclusive community and are working towards a place where everyone feels welcome, safe and valued for who they are. Our events are for everyone: We welcome you whatever your socio-economic background, ability, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, age, religious beliefs or sexual orientation. If you have any access requirements or if you need further information about the event, please contact lewis.fisher@gloucestershire.gov.uk ahead of the session.

Join us this June for Crime Reading Month! Meet award winning authors in conversation with Alis Hawkins.

Is There Really So Much Crime in lovely West Wales? Alis Hawkins in conversation with Sarah Ward about their very different crime fiction series set in rural west Wales in both the 19th century and the present day.

Attend two or more events to be entered to win a signed copy of a book by each author!

Gloucestershire Libraries are committed to creating an inclusive community and are working towards a place where everyone feels welcome, safe and valued for who they are. Our events are for everyone: We welcome you whatever your socio-economic background, ability, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, age, religious beliefs or sexual orientation. If you have any access requirements or if you need further information about the event, please contact libraries.development@gloucestershire.gov.uk ahead of the session.

Join us this June for Crime Reading Month! Meet award winning authors in conversation with Alis Hawkins.

True Crime: A Sting in the Tale - Matt Johnson talks to Alis Hawkins about his own personal experience of the Libyan People’s Bureau siege, the murder of Yvonne Fletcher and the extraordinary facts he uncovered about those events forty years later.

Gloucestershire Libraries are committed to creating an inclusive community and are working towards a place where everyone feels welcome, safe and valued for who they are. Our events are for everyone: We welcome you whatever your socio-economic background, ability, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, age, religious beliefs or sexual orientation. If you have any access requirements or if you need further information about the event, please contact libraries.development@gloucestershire.gov.uk ahead of the session.

Join us this June for Crime Reading Month! Meet award winning authors in conversation with Alis Hawkins.

Otherworldly Crime - GB Williams, author of the Locked trilogy, talks to Alis Hawkins about her move to crime with a supernatural twist. 

As well as writing, Alis Hawkins is a founder of the Welsh crime writers’ collective Crime Cymru and was the inaugural chair of Wales’ only dedicated crime fiction festival, Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival. She is also a writing tutor for Literature Wales and mentor to emerging crime writers.

Gloucestershire Libraries are committed to creating an inclusive community and are working towards a place where everyone feels welcome, safe and valued for who they are. Our events are for everyone: We welcome you whatever your socio-economic background, ability, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, age, religious beliefs or sexual orientation. If you have any access requirements or if you need further information about the event, please contact libraries.development@gloucestershire.gov.uk ahead of the session.

Join us this June for Crime Reading Month! Meet award winning authors in conversation with Alis Hawkins.

The Sins of the Past - Award winning historical crime fiction authors Chris Lloyd and Alis Hawkins in conversation about how they bring the past to life in WWII Paris and 1880s Oxford and the influence of place and time on the crimes their characters investigate.

As well as writing, Alis Hawkins is a founder of the Welsh crime writers’ collective Crime Cymru and was the inaugural chair of Wales’ only dedicated crime fiction festival, Gwyl Crime Cymru Festival. She is also a writing tutor for Literature Wales and mentor to emerging crime writers.

Gloucestershire Libraries are committed to creating an inclusive community and are working towards a place where everyone feels welcome, safe and valued for who they are. Our events are for everyone: We welcome you whatever your socio-economic background, ability, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, age, religious beliefs or sexual orientation. If you have any access requirements or if you need further information about the event, please contact libraries.development@gloucestershire.gov.uk ahead of the session.