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Featured library books

The Sweetest Thing

Cathy Woodman

Jennie Copeland thought she knew the recipe for a happy life: marriage to...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Me Before You

Jojo Moyes

Lou Clark knows lots of things. She knows how many footsteps there are...

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From: Aylesbury, GB

Rescue

Anita Shreve

Peter Webster is a rookie paramedic when he pulls a young woman out of a...

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From: Birmingham, GB

A Life Less Ordinary

John Hodge

A Life Less Ordinary tells the story of a hapless young man who is fired...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Purple Hibiscus

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

When Nigeria is shaken by a political coup Kambilli's father, whose...

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From: Bourne, GB

All He Ever Wanted

Anita Shreve

A man escaping from a hotel fire sees a woman standing beneath a tree. He...

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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

Chocolat

Joanne Harris

When an exotic stranger, Vianne Rocher, arrives in the French village of...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Nadia Knows Best

Jill Mansell

Love is always just around the corner in a Jill Mansell novel - with a few...

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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

In a Far Country

Linda Holeman

Pree Fincastle, daughter of impoverished British missionaries in India, is...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Kiss of Evil

Richard Montanari

He's watching. He's waiting. He'll stop at nothing. The...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Working Wonders

Jenny Colgan

Laughs, love, office life.And a little touch of magic …From the bestselling...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Conversation in the ...

Mario Vargas Llosa

Under the rule of the unseen military dictator General Ordia, suspicion,...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Their Eyes Were Watc...

Zora Neale with an introductio...

Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel and the best known work by...

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From: Birmingham, GB

Featured authors

Sylvia Day

Sylvia Day (aka S. J. Day and Livia Dare) is the #1 New York Times and #1 international bestselling author of over 20 award-winning novels sold in more than 40 countries. She is a #1 bestselling...

Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti and moved to the United States when she was twelve. She is the author of several books, including Breath, Eyes, Memory, an Oprah Book Club selection; Krik? Krak!, a...

Mary Burton

MARY BURTON’s southern family has always enjoyed tall tales and a good yarns. Early on, MB realized that Story had tremendous power to inspire strong responses such fear, laughter, love and even...

Featured book drops

The Blue Boar

United Kingdom - Chipping Norton

Book Drop

The Blue Boar is a beautiful traditional Cotswold pub. A listed building that dates back to 1641, this old coach house is located right at the end of the high street. A real local...

The Chateaux Impney Hotel

United Kingdom - Droitwich

Book Drop

Located in the Worcestershire countryside, this unique venue offers a stylish setting for weddings and events, extensive conferencing and exhibition facilities, and the perfect...

The Golden Retriever

United Kingdom - Bracknell

Book Drop

The Golden Retriever in Bracknell is a country pub & restaurant oozing rural charm and rustic character. Our picturesque surroundings provide the perfect backdrop for savouring...

Featured book shops

Zouganeli-Cacoulidis

Greece - Psichiko

Book Shop

Specializes in travel books and maps of Greece

Book Ends

United States - Winchester

Book Shop

We hope you can join us for some or all of our events, which are free and open to all. If you are interested in a signed copy of an author's book but are not able to attend an...

Halewood and Sons

United Kingdom - Preston

Book Shop

Featured libraries

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...

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

Library of Birmingham

United Kingdom - Birmingham

Library

See website for hours of opening.

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The novelist says she couldn’t accept the award after being told it would entail ‘extensive promotion’ Continue reading....

The Housemaid author Freida McFadden reveals her true identity

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Gillian Anderson and Cara Delevingne to hit Cannes as auteur heavyweights dominate festival lineup

The 79th edition of the film festival will see work by Pedro Almodóvar, Hirokazu Kore-eda and László Nemes considered fo...

British novelist Gwendoline Riley wins $175k Windham-Campbell prize

Awarded to writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, other recipients include S Shakthidharan, Adam Ehrlich Sach...

Two for two? Stella prize winner Evelyn Araluen nominated again for second poetry collection

The Rot is nominated for the $60,000 prize for Australian women and non-binary writers, alongside books by Geraldine Bro...

Modern heroes and a ravaged Earth: reboot of 1950s space comic Dan Dare has liftoff

Beloved characters reinvented in graphic novel coming later this year – just as interest rockets in all things space Con...

JD Vance announces a new memoir about his conversion to Catholicism

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Tennessee library director fired after refusing to move LGBTQ+-themed kids’ books to adult section

Luanne James said as a librarian she had an obligation to protect the public’s right to access informationSign up for th...

Penguin to sue OpenAI over ChatGPT version of German children’s book

Publisher alleges AI research company’s chatbot violated its copyright over Coconut the Little Dragon series Continue re...