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Featured library books

Pretty Little Things

Jilliane Hoffman

A terrifying new standalone psycholgical thriller from the bestselling...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Jam and Jeopardy

Doris Davidson

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

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From: Birmingham, 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

Lost Angel

Mandasue Heller

It's a world where crime is almost respectable - until passion ignites...

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From: Ludlow, GB

Coastliners

Joanne Harris

On the tiny Breton island of Le Devin, life has remained almost unchanged...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Ancient Light

John Banville

John Banville's Ancient Light is a story of obsessive young love and...

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From: Ludlow, GB

A Killing Kindness: ...

Reginald Hill

When Mary Dinwoodie is found choked in a ditch following a night out...

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From: Dunstable, GB

Breakfast with the N...

Rumer Godden

For Emily Pool, India is a magical place where she has the freedom to...

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From: Maidenhead, GB

The Behaviour Of Mot...

Poppy Adams

From her lookout on the first floor, Ginny watches and waits for her...

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From: Aylesbury, GB

Settled Blood

Mari Hannah

When a young girl is found dead at the base of Hadrian’s Wall, it’s not...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Breaking Dawn: Twili...

Stephenie Meyer

Twilight tempted the imagination . . . New Moon made readers thirsty for...

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From: Maidenhead, GB

Mendel's Dwarf

Simon Mawer

Hailed by the "New Yorker" as a "furious, tender, and wittily erudite...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Plague Ship

Clive Cussler

Oregon Files: In a Norwegian glacier during the Second World War, a Nazi...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Obsession

Debra Webb

The first novel in Debra Webb's internationally bestselling FACES OF...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Diamond Dust & Other...

Anita Desai

Whole lives come into focus in this rich and diverse collection, as...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

Mandasue Heller

Mandasue was born in Cheshire and moved to Manchester in 1982. She spent ten years living in the notorious Hulme Crescents which have since become the background to her novels. Not only is she a...

Patrick Gale

Patrick was born on 31 January 1962 on the Isle of Wight, where his father was prison governor at Camp Hill, as his grandfather had been at nearby Parkhurst. He was the youngest of four; one sister,...

John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill, British philosopher, political economist, civil servant and Member of Parliament, was an influential liberal thinker of the 19th century. He was an exponent of utilitarianism, an...

Featured book drops

The Bell

United Kingdom - Welford Upon Avon

Book Drop

Deep in the heart of the Warwickshire countryside, The Bell Inn is an outstanding 17th century inn, complete with exposed beams, flagstone floors, oak furniture, open...

Red Lion

United Kingdom - Newport

Book Drop

The Red lion is located down a peaceful lane in the quiet hamlet of Great Chatwell. Set in beautiful countryside on the Staffordshire/Shropshire border this 17th century pub has...

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

Drawn and Quarterly

Canada - Montréal

Book Shop

Publisher of the world's best comics; proprietor of the world's best books

Hillerød Boghandel

Denmark - Hillerød

Book Shop

We specialize in used books

Bildungsbuch

Germany - Berlin

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

The British Library

United Kingdom - Euston Road

Library

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

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...

Featured book news

NSW spending $1.5m on literary hub to rival Melbourne’s Wheeler Centre and boost Sydney writers’ festival

Funding will mean 75 Sydney writers’ festival events will take place over next 12 monthsFollow our Australia news live b...

‘A novel to be swept away by’: Lucy Steeds wins Waterstones debut fiction prize for The Artist

Judges praised the novel, set in 1920s Provence, for its ‘atmospheric, sensory prose’ and described Steeds as ‘an exciti...

Siang Lu wins Miles Franklin award for Ghost Cities, ‘a genuine landmark in Australian literature’

Author, who takes home $60,000, says finding out he won Australia’s most esteemed literary prize left him ‘in such shock...

Nick Cave fans swarm charity bookshop in UK after musician donates thousands of books

‘It’s an incredibly varied donation. He clearly held on to his books, some of them are quite old,’ says bookshop worker ...

Taika Waititi to take on new Judge Dredd movie

Oscar-winning writer-director, known for Jojo Rabbit and Thor sequels, attached to new take on comic book character Cont...

Woody Allen to publish his first novel

The controversial film-maker has previously written short stories and essays but this story about a middle-aged Jewish a...

Andrea Gibson, poet and subject of documentary Come See Me in the Good Light, dies aged 49

Gibson, who was Colorado’s poet laureate and diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer, died at their home on Monday Contin...

First look at HBO’s Harry Potter TV series released

HBO releases first glimpse of new Boy Who Lived as cameras roll on small screen adaptation of JK Rowling’s books Continu...

Ana Maria Gonçalves becomes first Black woman in Brazil’s literary academy

Author of Um defeito de cor wins seat in 128-year-old institution long dominated by white men Continue reading.........