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Featured library books

Jam and Jeopardy

Doris Davidson

89-year-old spinster, Janet Stouter, takes pleasure in raking up scandals,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Road to the Dales: T...

Gervase Phinn

A unique look into the childhood experiences of Gervase Phinn in Road to...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Spitfire Girls

Carol Gould

Top-class pilots were crucial to the survival of Great Britain during the...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Inés of My Soul

Isabel Allende

The vibrant new novel from Isabel Allende takes her back to her homeland of...

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From: Aylesbury, GB

The Unfortunates

Laurie Graham

What hope is there for Poppy Minkel? She has kinky hair,out sticking ears,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Whose Body?

Dorothy l Sayers

Wimsey's mother, the Dowager Duchess of Denver, telephones to say that...

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From: Dunstable, GB

A Voyage For Madmen

Peter Nichols

The true story of the 1968 oceanic adventure of nine sailors who set off in...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Story of My Life...

Helen Keller

An American classic rediscovered by each generation, The Story of My Life...

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From: Ludlow, GB

Blood Rush

Helen Black

The UK is gripped by the threat of gang violence - the media is building on...

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From: Bourne, GB

The Fifth Woman: Kur...

Henning Mankell

Four nuns and a fifth woman, a visitor to Africa, are killed in a savage...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Riddle of the Sa...

Erskine Childers

One of the first and still one of the finest spy stories ever written,...

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From: Broxbourne, GB

Matters Of Life & De...

Bernard MacLaverty

A new book of stories from Bernard MacLaverty is a cause for celebration,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

She's Come Undo...

Wally Lamb

Meet Dolores Price. She's thirteen, wise-mouthed but wounded. Beached...

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From: Broxbourne, GB

The Pirate's Da...

Margaret Cezair Thompson

THE PIRATE'S DAUGHTER by Margaret Cezair-Thompson is an unforgettable...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Amateur Marriage

Anne Tyler

Anne Tyler's The Amateur Marriage is not so much a novel as a really...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

Michael Harvey

Michael Harvey is author of The Chicago Way, The Fifth Floor and The Third Rail (to be published by Knopf in April, 2010). In addition to writing crime novels, Michael is a journalist and documentary...

Carol Smith

Librarian's Note: There is more than one author with this name.

Donna Tartt

Donna Tartt (born 23 December 1963) is an American writer who received critical acclaim for her two novels, The Secret History (1992) and The Little Friend (2002). Tartt was the 2003 winner of the WH...

Featured book drops

The Spinnaker Cafe

United Kingdom - Broad Street

Book Drop

In place of The Old Slipway Cafe on Broad Street, Old Portsmouth, The Spinnaker Cafe was renovated, re-decorated and brought back to life. Since refurbishment, the cafe has been...

Cocoa Black Chocolate Shop & Cafe

United Kingdom - Peebles

Book Drop

Home to UK World Chocolate Master, Ruth Hinks, Cocoa Black is located near the banks of the River Tweed in the Royal Burgh of Peebles, near Edinburgh. The Cocoa Black building...

Cafe Cream

United Kingdom - Crown Walk

Book Drop

We offer a deliciously tempting menu of hot drinks, cold drinks, snacks and ice cream, all within the Bo-Jangles salon! Treat yourself to coffee, high quality ice cream, paninis,...

Featured book shops

Bluebird Books

United States - Hutchinson

Book Shop

Bluebird Books is primarily an internet-based bookshop run by Eric Mayer in Littleton, on the south end of metropolitan Denver, Colorado. Bluebird is a one-man operation, but I...

Bookbound ann arbour

United States - Ann Arbor

Book Shop

Hey everyone! We are Peter and Megan Blackshear, the owners of Bookbound - An Independent Community Bookstore. After the closing of Borders, where Peter worked for many years, it...

Waterstones - Dublin

Ireland - Dublin 2

Book Shop

Featured libraries

Madeley Library

United Kingdom - Russell Road

Library

Monday ? 10am - 4pm
Tuesday ? 10am - 5pm
Wednesday ? 10am - 6pm
Thursday ? Closed
Friday ? 9.30am - 5pm
Saturday ? 9.30am - 4pm

Manchester Central Library

United Kingdom - Manchester

Library

Central Library opening times:
Monday: 9am-8pm
Tuesday: 9am-8pm
Wednesday: 9am-8pm
Thursday: 9am-8pm
Friday: 9am-5pm
Saturday: 9am-5pm
Sunday: closed

The beautifully refurbished...

The British Library

United Kingdom - Euston Road

Library

OPENING TIMES:
9:30 am – 17.45 Monday - Saturday
Closed on Sundays

Featured book news

Canada: ‘Inconvenient Indian’ author Thomas King says he is not Indigenous

King has announced a genealogist working with the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds found no evidence of Cherokee ancestry ...

Ncuti Gatwa leads star winners at first Speakies awards for audio storytelling

The actor won best performance for BBC drama Gatsby in Harlem at the inaugural British Audio awards, while Nicola Coughl...

Superman No 1 sells for $9.12m, becoming most expensive comic ever sold

The pristine copy of Superman No 1, the character’s first solo title from 1939, was discovered in an attic in California...

More than half of UK novelists believe AI will replace their work

A new study by the University of Cambridge found many authors’ work has already been used – without their permission – t...

Angoulême comics festival in crisis as creators and publishers declare boycott

French government withdraws funding after claims of toxic management and dismissal of staff member who lodged rape compl...

Rabih Alameddine wins National book award for fiction with darkly comic epic spanning six decades

True to his irreverent style, author of The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) thanks his psychiatris...

Daniel Radcliffe writes supportive letter to Harry Potter successor in new TV series

The actor said he wrote wishing 11-year-old Dominic McLaughlin ‘an even better time’ growing up in the role than he had ...

Authors dumped from New Zealand’s top book prize after AI used in cover designs

Ockham Book Awards dropped two titles from contention after new guidelines introduced on artificial intelligence use Con...

David Nicholls to adapt The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ for BBC

One Day author leading writing team bringing one of the best-known literary creations of the 1980s to life Continue read...