Costa Book Awards Category Winners Announced
This year has proved to be good year for women writers in the Costas as women have written all five of the category winning books. Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel is again proving extremely...
View ArticleBook Review – The Thoughts and Happenings of Wilfred Price Purveyor of...
Our readers group at Wetherby Library recently read this interestingly titled book. Here are some of their comments:- “The book is written in a gentle way, it completely reflects the behaviours and...
View ArticleWriters in the Rafters ELFM Experience
Last week two of our members of our Writers group at Central Library were featured on East Leeds FM. They read their stories as part of the Word Salad feature. Below is what Janet made of the whole...
View ArticleNod by Adrian Barnes
One of our favourite publishers Bluemoose Books have had some exciting news recently. Nod by Adrian Barnes has been shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke Award 2013, which awards the best Science Fiction...
View ArticleBig Bookend
Our friends at the Big Bookend have been working really hard to get an excellent programme of events for this year’s festival. We are really pleased that several of the events are taking place at Leeds...
View ArticleLeeds Book Awards
The Leeds Book Awards are announced this week! Children have been reading and writing reviews of the shortlisted books in the categories since February, and have now voted for their favourite. These...
View ArticleChildren’s Events
Half term is rapidly approaching so I thought I would highlight some of the excellent activities and events that are happening in our libraries over the next few weeks. Breeze International Youth...
View ArticleCrime Scene Leeds
Crime books are hugely popular in our libraries. To celebrate this, and also the fact that it is National Crime Writing month we are holding a number of events in our libraries. To kick off we are...
View ArticleCrime Scene Leeds
We have been celebrating National Crime Writing month in Leeds Libraries and so far have enjoyed a number of author events in various different libraries. The month kicked off with the Theakston’s...
View ArticleBooker Prize Shortlist Announced
The shortlist for the Booker prize has been announced today. The Man Booker is recognised as the world’s most prestigious prize for fiction and winning the prize can change an author’s and their...
View ArticleTop 10 ‘Mills and Boon’ romances 2013
Rated by Leeds Libraries users – here’s the top 10 Mills and Boon type romances for 2013 and there’s a couple of Christmassy ones in the list Bride under the mistletoe by Jessica Hart Christmas miracle...
View ArticleThis is the new stuff – general fiction
Some new fiction titles this week that you will enjoy. 5* Campbell, Karen – This is where I am A Radio 4 book at bedtime –’So we walked in the freezing night air, my daughter weeping into my neck,...
View ArticleNew this week #Love #saga #grippingtales
Allen, Sarah - Lost Lake Kate finally wakes up from the slumber she’s been in since her husband’s death a year ago. Feeling a fresh sense of desire to take control of her life, she decides to visit...
View ArticleIcelandic crime? Tick. Find out what’s new in translated fiction this week
Adichie - Americanah - From the award-winning author of ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’, a powerful story of love, race and identity. As teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is...
View ArticleRecommended reads this week
Top Picks James, Erica Summer at the lake A wedding invitation changed everything for Floriana. If she hadn’t been so distracted at the thought of having to witness the one true love of her life get...
View ArticleBig Bookend is on its way!
We are really pleased here at Leeds Libraries to be supporting the Big Bookend again this year. The festival is in its third year and has previously hosted events with Tony Harrison, Peter James,...
View ArticleElizabeth is Missing
I was very lucky to go along to the Big Bookend event last night with Emma Healey. Emma’s debut novel, Elizabeth is Missing is a mystery story with a difference. Maud, the main character is 81 years...
View ArticleDon’t judge a book by its cover – Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Several people have told me in the past that this is a good book. I considered it, but then always put it off as it is classed as a Sci-fi novel. I know that shouldn’t influence me but I am not...
View ArticleWorld War 1 novels
World War 1 started a hundred years ago today 4th August 1914 The must-see exhibition “Aspects And Images Of Leeds During The Great War” is on in the Central Library from 28th Jul – 28th September...
View ArticleCheck out the new fiction
Leeds Reads is catching up with Fiction Hotlists after being on holiday. Here’s the September 10 Fiction Hotlist – some really good titles from all the range of genres! Will Self’s Shark, a Henning...
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