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Helen Cadbury
This is a short blog to say how sad I was to hear that Helen Cadbury died last week. I was lucky enough to meet Helen several times, when she was talking about her books in our libraries. Helen was the...
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Librarian’s Choice: Holiday Reads
This blog comes from Rose, Central Library Manager. Whatever type of holiday you are planning this year, at home or abroad, it is always a great time to relax and enjoy some wonderful books. If you’re...
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Librarian’s Bookshelf
This blog is from Stu, a community librarian in the east of the city. If you ask most people who work in libraries what they love most about the job, or why they came to it in the first place, they can...
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‘Must Reads’ for A-Level Students
This blog comes from Lauren, a student who was with us recently for work experience. A-Levels are hard. On top of the abundance of essays, exams and coursework deadlines, there is also the expectation...
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Man Booker Award 2017 – Shortlist announced
The Man Booker Prize is the most well known literary award in the English speaking world, and has brought recognition and reward to outstanding fiction for over four decades. Each year, the prize is...
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Librarian’s Choice: Fiction for foodies
This blog post comes from Maddie, a Community Librarian based in the east of Leeds. I enjoy baking and love books which have food at the heart of them. I particularly like the idea of books which...
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Librarian’s Choice: Sci Fi
This blog comes from Liam, an assistant community librarian based in the east of Leeds. Sci-fi has been unfairly maligned within the literary community for many decades, mainly by folk who believe...
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#LeedsReadsBookClub April/May Title: The Lake House by Kate Morton
Our recommended read and this month’s book club book is The Lake House by Kate Morton. It is June, 1933. The Edevane family’s country house, Loeanneth, is polished and gleaming, ready for the...
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#LeedsReadsBookclub May/June – The Wife Between Us
Our recommended read and this month’s book club book is The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. It’s about a jealous wife,...
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#LeedsReadsBookclub – The Art of Dying by Ambrose Parry
Our recommended read and this month’s book club book is The Art of Dying by Ambrose Parry. Edinburgh, 1850. Despite being at the forefront of modern medicine, hordes of patients are dying all across...
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