Share your love of reading
Don't forget it's free to Join the library.
Start a book club or reading group
Reading is a great way to meet people and share your love of books and reading. There are several websites that can give you practical advice and support:
Set up a reading group account
Contact your local library to set up a reading group account and receive your 'group' borrower card.
Reading group library members benefit from:
- Free reservations on book titles published more than 12 months ago or from our reading group collections.
- Longer loans - you can borrow books for up to 6 weeks.
- A place to meet - with the agreement of the Library Manager.
- Books available in other formats - e.g. large print or talking book.
- A place to advertise for group members.
Our current list of book collections for reading groups - best for printing out. [138kb] Reading group booklist (with cover illustrations) [1Mb]
- Why not write a book review? Tell us what you think about a book in any format and we may publish it in our monthly Friday Book Club column in local papers! Adult Book Review [107kb]
Ideas of what to read
There are a wealth of websites set up to give you and your group inspiration for what to read next:
- Reading Agency - find a read. Offers help finding your next read.. The Reading Agency also has a calendar of reading/literature events in the UK
- reader2reader - the readers' section of the People's Network, a site for sharing opinions on books
- Cyprus Well - Literature for everyone in the South West
- Reading Group support from lovereading.co.uk
