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Featured library books

Ambition

Immodesty Blaize

Money. Fame. Love. Who says you can't have it all Being the daughter...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Garden of Burnin...

Corban Addison

In Zambia, American lawyer Zoe Fleming and policeman Joseph Kabuta have...

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From: Birmingham, GB

The Girl Under the O...

Leah Fleming

Back in 1941 the Greek island of Crete is captured by the Germans and the...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Pamela

Samuel Richardson

Fifteen-year-old Pamela Andrews, alone in the world, is pursued by her dead...

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From: Aylesbury, 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

Portrait in Sepia

Isabel Allende

After her mother dies in childbirth, Aurora del Valle is raised by her...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Call The Midwife: A ...

Jennifer Worth

A fascinating slice of social history - Jennifer Worth's tales of...

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From: Maidenhead, GB

Wild Swans: Three Da...

Jung Chang

Forfatteren, der voksede op som medlem af den priviligerede elite i Maos...

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From: Ludlow, GB

Kaspar Prince of Cat...

Michael Morpurgo

A heart-warming, colour-illustrated novel about Kaspar the Savoy cat,...

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From: Dunstable, 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

The Know

Martina Cole

Joanie Brewer loves the bones of her three children. She'd do anything...

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From: Beaumaris, GB

Shopaholic Abroad

Sophie Kinsella

For Rebecca Bloomwood, life is great. She has a job on morning TV, her bank...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Village by the Sea

Anita Desai

An award-winning story about a family's survival in a small fishing...

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From: Birmingham, GB

As Darkness Falls

Bronwyn Parry

An abducted child. A ruthless killer. A race against time. Haunted by her...

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From: Maidenhead, GB

The Tiger's Wif...

Tea Obreht

In April of 1941, the German bombs started falling over the city and did...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

Peter James

Peter James has been a screenwriter and film producer, and is now the author of best selling crime novels. James has written 25 books, the most recent of which feature Brighton-based Detective...

Iyanla Vanzant

In Peace From Broken Pieces New York Times best-selling author Iyanla Vanzant she recounts the last decade of her life and the spiritual lessons learnedfrom the price of success during her meteoric...

Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi (宮本武蔵, c. 1584 – June 13, 1645), also known as Shinmen Takezō, Miyamoto Bennosuke or, by his Buddhist name, Niten Dōraku, was an expert Japanese swordsman and rōnin. Musashi, as he...

Featured book drops

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...

Caffe Nero Chipping Norton

United Kingdom - Chipping Norton

Book Drop

Our story goes back around 20 years, to our founder Gerry Ford. Armed with a passion for coffee, he had a vision to create traditional Italian cafés across Europe; places that...

The Vintner

United Kingdom - Stratford Upon Avon

Book Drop

Situated in the heart of Stratford-upon-Avon, The Vintner is a natural meeting place, whether it be for a coffee or something a little stronger in the café / bar, a meal in our...

Featured book shops

Valmont Books Salon

Saint Lucia - Castries City

Book Shop

Book Seller

Cloister Bookstore

Barbados - Bridgetown

Book Shop

Book sellers

The Dormouse Bookshop

United Kingdom - Norwich

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...

Blackheath Library

United Kingdom - High Street

Library

OPENING TIMES:
Monday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Tuesday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Wednesday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Thursday: 9.30am - 5.30pm
Friday: 9.30am - 7pm
Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Sunday: Closed

The...

Featured book news

Caleb Azumah Nelson wins £20,000 Dylan Thomas prize for Small Worlds

Judges describe second novel set between south-east London and Ghana as ‘symphonic’ and ‘viscerally moving’ Continue rea...

Johann Hari apologises after falsely attributing Ozempic claim to food critic Jay Rayner

Publisher Bloomsbury has promised to correct the error made in Hari’s new book Magic Pill Continue reading.........

More than 200 authors renew call for Baillie Gifford to divest from fossil fuel

Fossil Free Books’ statement also demands that the book festival sponsor stops investing in ‘companies that profit from ...

Ian Penman’s ‘glittering’ book about Fassbinder wins Ondaatje prize

The veteran music journalist’s personal study of the German film-maker wins £10,000 honour for the year’s best literary ...

Alice Munro, Nobel winner and titan of the short story, dies aged 92

Acclaimed for her accounts of the darkness and desire found in everyday life, ‘the Canadian Chekhov’ has died, having su...

Pets that inspired Charles Dickens lionised in London exhibition

Raven that terrorised writer’s children and later caught attention of Edgar Allan Poe among animals celebrated Continue ...

Angela Merkel memoirs to be published in November

Freedom: Memories 1954-2021 will cover Merkel’s childhood, political rise and 16 years as German chancellor Continue rea...

Irish poetry publisher toasts new home in pub after crowdfunding campaign

Bookshop and arts centre run by Salmon Poetry is saved from closure after raising more than €60,000 from 700 individuals...

‘They made it look so easy’: traditional craft of bookbinding rejuvenated for the TikTok age

Enthusiasts are customising their favourite works and being rewarded with wide social media following Continue reading.....