It’s Pumpkin carving time!

The perfect opportunity to dress up in suitably fiendish garb and go ‘trick or treating’.

Hallowe’en Crafts

For the children we have a treat in the form of a craft afternoon on Thursday 31st October from 2 – 3.30 pm.

Bring your trainee witches and wizards to join in the fun.

Chilling Tales

For those adults with a taste for the darker side of the afterlife, we’ve found some devilishly interesting books amongst our library stock. 

Local mysteries

Who knew Durham and Northumberland boast such ghoulish folklore?

Scary fiction

Then there are the many spooky fiction offerings available, ranging from the gentle ghostly inhabitants of local writer Jennifer C Wilson’s ‘Kindred Spirits’ series, to Charles Dickens’ classic ghost stories, through to Stephen King’s tales of horror.

We’ve plenty here to suit all tastes! Come and check them out – a suitably spooky selection are on the display table.