Ilkley Library

05/08/2026

Don't you love a brand new book? 📚

18/07/2026

Fact or fiction? Either way we have new books for you! 📚

10/07/2026

New books for your TBR list at Ilkley Library! 📚

09/07/2026

Writer Catherine Dent, who comes to creative writing sessions in the library was winner of our Murder in the Library short story competition.

You can read her brilliant entry here... and find out all about her writing journey in the post below.

An old poison book sits on a rustic wooden table surrounded by quills, a candle, and ink bottles (Winner of the Short Story Competition) by Catherine Dent. Research Takes Time Shortly after her mar…

22/06/2026

Ready to wrestle with your next read? Bob over to Keighley Library next month for a Fun-packed FREE event from Kingdom Wrestling.
They will be wrestling LIVE in the library - yes, the library! Sat July 11, 10am-3pm. They will be acting out children's stories, such as Jack and the Beanstalk. This will be great fun and you can choose a book using your library card while you are there!
Click this link for tickets but hurry! https://www.ticketsource.com/bradfordlibraries/t-ejlmkgx

08/06/2026

Libraries are SUCH happy places. Our temporary library here at Ilkley Town Hall is no different. I feel like the shadows of the flowers in the little garden at the back are waving at me. They are like alien hands...Come on in, if you haven't already...explore our books on aliens and let me know if I should be worried...

05/06/2026

How do you like our fun signage? Our staff are ready and waiting for you in the Town's Hall and making the most of a new space. We just LOVE this window - don't you?

05/06/2026

We have a brilliant event coming up in our sister library over in . Any authors out there, looking for some advice, do come along! Author, Lucy Brighton will take you through the 'business' of being a writer. From social media to building a brand. She's the expert! So join her, Sat 13 June at 2pm, Shipley Library.
https://www.ticketsource.com/bradfordlibraries/t-oeeneyy

01/06/2026

Library is operating from the Town Hall while the refurbishment starts. That doesn't stop us ordering in brilliant books for our customers. Take a look at this...The Truth About Ruby Cooper, by Liz Nugent. The Truth About Ruby Cooper follows two sisters whose seemingly perfect Boston upbringing shatters after sixteen-year-old Ruby’s encounter with Erin’s boyfriend sparks a scandal. Ruby flees to Dublin while Erin stays behind, their lives twisting separately over decades until the long-buried truth threatens to surface.

26/05/2026

library has a new temporary home! Here we are in the Town Hall ready and waiting for you.
Our opening times are Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm, Saturday 9.30am-4pm. We will close for lunch every day from 12.30pm-1pm.