Reading, Events and Promotions...

Enjoy a range of learning opportunities, explore exciting activities and discover a whole new wonderland in Leicester libraries...

Go to What's On for details of events and activities in Leicester Libraries.

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Holiday with a good book! 

For the best summer reads, drop in at your local library or check out our booklist.

Not a member? Join for free online or at your local library.

Dr Annabel Gallop, Head of South & Southeast Asia section at the British Library and Dr Venetia Porter, Head of Islamic Collections, British Museum.  
will present a curatorial talk followed by a Q&A session on Wednesday 15th September 2010, 5.00pm to 6.30pm at Highfields Library. 

If you have any old Islamic seals or documents with a seal in an Arabic script, you can bring it along to the event to be identified. (Pre-booking required for having seals read.)

What was the best writing for children in the last year? You read, you decide!  E-mail your comments to libraries@leicester.gov.uk marked Carnegie 2011.  

The Carnegie Medal is awarded annually by UK library staff to the writer of an outstanding book for children.

Also awarded is a Kate Greenaway Medal which was established in 1955 for distinguished illustration in a book for children.

All titles nominated for 2011 can be reserved or borrowed from Leicester Libraries. A full listing of the nominations can be found here.   

At Beaumont Leys Library on Tuesday 28th September 2.00pm – 4.00pm

Born and raised in Leicester, Lynda is the eldest of four sisters. At the age of seventeen, she left home and held down a variety of office jobs and continued her career in office work after marriage and while raising her two children. In 1985 the family moved back to Leicester and in 1987, Lynda who had no previous asirations to be a writer, began writing her first novel during her lunch break. 

Lynda will be talking about her life and latest book –

'Secrets to Keep'

Free event, booking essential. Refreshments available.

T: 0116 229 5460 E: beaumontleys@leicester.gov.uk

Stuck in a rut with your reading choice? Don't know what to read next? Ask the Book Doctor!

Poet, writer and avid reader Alison Dunne will be taking the floor in Leicester Libraries to talk to library users about their reading.

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The Man Booker Prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year. The Long List has just been announced. The Man Booker Longlist is available to view here.

All titles can be reserved online or at your local library.

A Reading Group is an exciting opportunity to get together with others to try authors and titles you might not have otherwise considered, find out what other readers thought of a book and let them know what you thought.

Do you belong to a reading group?

Would you like to set one up or join one?

Find out how Leicester Libraries can help...