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National Year of Reading 2008National Year of Reading logo
http://www.yearofreading.org.uk

Everything starts with reading and the website is a great source of inspiration. November is the month to explore the diversity of reading and writing for films and TV. Lots of great books and comics have been made into films, Dan Brown's Angels and Demons is due out soon.

Fantastic Fiction
www.fantasticfiction.co.uk

This website can help you to find out which titles are in a series and gives details of over 10,000 authors.

Listening books
www.listening-books.org.uk

Postal audio book library service to people who cannot access printed books.

Encompassculture
www.encompassculture.com

This is a worldwide reading group - the place to find your next book and talk with other readers. It has full details of over 6,000 books for all age ranges and lots of useful features.

Lovelibraries
www.lovelibraries.co.uk

Love libraries is a campaign to get everyone excited about what public libraries can do for readers and how we can make them better.
Lancaster Library won the 2007 award for their project "Get it loud in libraries" which features live bands playing exclusive gigs in the library.

Lovereading
www.lovereading.co.uk

Thousands of books are listed, with reviews, free downloadable extracts and an e mail recommendation service.

Reader2Reader
www.reader2reader.net/

This is the readers' page of the People's Network, a site for readers to share opinions about books - what you loved, what you hated and what you got stuck on. If you want to contribute just dive in. If you prefer to look around to see what other people have said, your perfect book might just be a click away.

Amazon
www.amazon.co.uk

A very user friendly site with easy access to many features, including reviews of recent books, helpful links, a full list of book award winners and their books, and a good search facility.

Arcadia Books
www.arcadiabooks.co.uk

The definitive website for British and European Black and Asian writers.

Whichbook.net
www.whichbook.net

An innovative site designed to help readers to find a good read. A great site for anyone looking for something different but doesn't know where to start.

Bloomsbury
www.bloomsbury.com

A blend of literary magazine and bookselling information.

BBC Radio 4's book club
www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/bookclub/

Radio 4's book club site includes details of all books and writers featured in the radio programmes, transcripts of interviews, poetry feature and a quiz section.

Costa Coffee Awards
www.costabookawards.com/awards/index.aspx

Costa Coffee have taken over the Whitbread awards and the winner of best book of 2007 is  A.L. Kennedy for "Day", the story of a former RAF prisoner-of-war returning to Germany to confront his demons

Orange Prize
www.orangeprize.co.uk

The winner has been announced as "The road home" by Rose Tremain. Now in its thirteenth year, the Prize celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in international women’s writing

ManBooker prize
www.themanbookerprize.com

Aravind Ardiga has been named as the winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his debut novel "The white tiger". The judges felt that the book was both shocking and entertaining as the main character is a thorough villain.

Penguin
www.penguin.co.uk

Lots of information about new titles and a section for reading groups.

Librarything
www.librarything.com

List and arrange all your favourite books and connect with like-minded readers.


The links on these pages have been selected and reviewed by staff from Nottinghamshire Libraries, Archives and Information Service.
Nottinghamshire County Council is not responsible for the content of any external websites and does not endorse any product or organisation contained therein.


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 Inham Nook Closure

Inham Nook Library will be closed for work to be carried out on the heating system from Saturday 25th October until Saturday 1st November 2008. The library will re-open as normal on Tuesday 4th November.

 National Year of Reading

Nottinghamshire Libraries can help you get into the reading groove. Take a look at the events and activities happening in a library near you during the National Year of Reading.

 Mansfield Library plans unveiled

Plans have been announced for a new state of the art library facility for Mansfield residents. Read more information about the new plans for Mansfield Library.

 Warsop Library closure

Warsop library will close for refurbishment on November 19th 2008. It is due to re-open in March 2009. During the closed period the nearest libraries are the newly refurbished Clipstone Library and Mansfield Woodhouse Library


 Kimberley Library closure

Kimberley library has closed for a major refurbishment, and is due to re-open on Monday 20th October 2008. Your nearest library during the 16 week closure is Eastwood Library, whose opening times are: Mondays 9.00am-6.00pm, Tuesdays 9.00am-6.00pm, Thursdays 9.00am-6.00pm, Fridays 9.00-6.00pm and Saturdays 9.00am-4.00pm.

 Kimberley Library reopens

Kimberley Library reopens on Monday 20th October 2008 at 9.30 am after a major refurbishment. Come along and see your new look library. Join us for a celebratory Fun Day on Saturday 25th October 9.30am-2.00pm.

 Cotgrave Library closure

The library has closed for a major refurbishment and is due to re-open on Saturday 6th December 2008. Your nearest library during the closure is Radcliffe-on-Trent Library, whose opening times are: Mondays 9.00am-7.00pm, Tuesdays 9.00am-5.30pm, Thursdays 9.00am-5.30, Fridays 9.00-7.00pm and Saturdays 9.00am-1.00pm

 Clipstone Library closure

Clipstone library has closed for a major refurbishment, and is due to re-open on Monday 24th November 2008. Your nearest library during the closure is Forest Town Library, whose opening times are: Mondays 9.30am-1.00pm 2.00pm-5.30pm, Tuesdays 9.30am-1.00pm 2.00pm-7.00pm, Thursdays 9.30am-1.00pm 2.00pm-7.00pm, Fridays 9.30-1.00pm 2.00pm-5.30pm and Saturdays 9.00am-1.00pm

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Find out more about your family history. Ancestry is available to use in all libraries and at the Archives office.

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