Book Blog
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Book Awards for Children & Young Adults - Picture Book nominees
Date:Categories:Book BlogNominees in the picture book category highlights the richness and diversity of books for our youngest readers
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What we read in May
Date:Categories:Book BlogOccupation, borders, coming of age and those on the fringes are themes in our Reader Services Librarian Lucy's round up of her favourite May reads.
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Celebrate Pride with our digital library
Date:Categories:Book BlogDownload the Borrowbox and celebrate pride across the spectrum with these rainbow reads.
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Read around the world - recent arrivals from diverse voices
Date:Categories:Book BlogFrom Shakespeare in Palestine, Hades and Persephone in Nigeria, fairytales in Georgia, this month's round up of international fiction showcases how stories transcend boundaries and unite people.
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Reader Review - Limitarianism The Case Against Extreme Wealth
Date:Categories:Book BlogIngrid Robeyns. Reviewed by Andrew Divett
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A day in the life... our favourite workplace memoirs
Date:Categories:Book BlogCleaners, midwives, doctors and chefs tell us about their work lives in this roundup of our favourite working memoirs.
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Recently arrived memoirs and biographies
Date:Categories:Book BlogFrom war journalists to politicians, surgeons to drag queens, our round up of newly arrived memoirs and biographies will educate and captivate.
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May thriller roundup
Date:Categories:Book BlogThe hottest and newest thrillers and crime novels on our shelves this month.
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Recently arrived historical fiction
Date:Categories:Book BlogHunt murderers with the late Queen Elizabeth, travel to Burma with George Orwell and explore the history of Korea with these newly arrived works of historical fiction.
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Winter cooking inspiration
Date:Categories:Book BlogPies and pancakes, pizzas and soups, give your winter cooking inspiration a boost with these warming titles.
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Stoke Book Chat May
Date:Categories:Book BlogA small grouped braved a rainy evening for a lively discussion on a range of books.
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Elma Turner Book Chat May
Date:Categories:Book BlogA selection of books read by our book chat readers this month!
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Our favourite books about sisters
Date:Categories:Book BlogFor better or for worse, sisters are part of our lives forever. These are some of our favourite books that celebrate this unique bond.
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Reader Review - Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
Date:Categories:Book BlogA searing, poignant and poetic memoir and history by one of the greatest Australian writers of recent times.
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What We Read in April
Date:Categories:Book BlogOur Reader Services Librarian Lucy highlights some of her favourite April reads.
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Read around the world - new arrivals from diverse voices
Date:Categories:Book BlogFrom South Korea and Japan to Zimbabwe and Burkina Faso, our newly arrived international fiction is a diverse delight.
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Reader Review - Resurrection by Roger Simpson
Date:Categories:Book BlogJane might finally be making headway with a twenty-year-old case, when an accident sends her spinning into a strange world.
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Stoke Book Chat April
Date:Categories:Book BlogStoke Book chat meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month at Stoke Library from 5:30pm and chat about books we've been reading. All welcome!
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Recently arrived fiction from Aotearoa New Zealand
Date:Categories:Book BlogNew titles from across the genre spectrum highlight our roundup of books from Aotearoa New Zealand this month.
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What we Read in March
Date:Categories:Book BlogOur Reader Services Librarian Lucy's favourite reads from March covered the horrors of two world wars, magical realism and Nathaniel Hawthorne, family drama, and essays on all things.
