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Reading in Liverpool Libraries

Reading Groups

Reading groups can be joined at Central, Allerton, Childwall, and Norris Green libraries.

Walton library works with the local Drop-in Study Centre to support reading groups and classes.

Private Groups are supported by Liverpool Libraries with a free collection of book sets for loan: this collection is held at Kensington Library.

Contemporary Poetry Reading Group
This group meets monthly and looks at recent poetry linked by a theme. Meetings are the second Saturday of each month from 2.00pm-4.00pm in the Hornby Library, Central Library. Free, all welcome, no previous knowledge expected.  For further information contact the Dead Good Poets Society on 0151 709 5221.

For information on Liverpool poets, novelists and playwrights: www.liverpool.gov.uk/libraries - see Literary Liverpool

Books for everyone

The Costa Six Book Challenge    Liverpool's libraries are working with the city's Adult Learning Service, and the Community College's Drop-In Study Centres (DISCs), to encourage adults who, for whatever reason, are not used to reading books, to take up the habit now.  This is a national scheme for 2008 and runs from January to May.  More information is available on the Six Book Challenge website.  New titles in the Quick Reads series are available for use with the Six Book Challenge.  They are launched on World Book Day, 6 March 2008, and include books by Chris Ryan, Josephine Cox and Gordon Ramsay.  First Choice books are also good for the Six Book Challenge, and for any adults who want to improve or develop their reading.  Selected First Choice titles can be found at the libraries that share buildings with DISCs: Dovecot, Fazakerley, Kensington, Lee Valley, Norris Green, Parklands, and Walton.

Liverpool Reads 2008    On World  Book Day (6 March) this year's Liverpool Reads will also be launched.   Click on the link to see full details of Mal Peet's appearances on their website. There is also information on the Liverpool08 site

Homotopia    Last year's Homotopia Festival had a new literary strand: Homotopia TV covered the Central Library Gala Day on 2 November 2007: you can view this on the Homotopia TV website.  Liverpool also has a book club for gay and bisexual women: you can find out more about this group on the Liverpool Book Club website.

Richard and Judy    Yes, they're back!  Their new Best Read of the Year series started on 9 January, and ends on 12 March.  This week's featured book is Blood River, by Tim Butcher.   Copies of all the books are available in all Liverpool libraries.

2008    2008 is Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture.  It is also National Year of Reading.  We will be announcing more exciting reading events in the city as the year progresses.

Well Read (all Liverpool Libraries) - a mental health collection. 

"Well Read" provides a range of books on mental health to borrow from your local library. It's open to everyone and aims to encourage people to help themselves to manage their mental health.

How do I access the Well Read books?

Every library in Liverpool has the same collection of Well Read  books. So if you want to know more about how best to cope with feeling down or stressed (maybe you've suffered a bereavement or are feeling angry), there might just be a book for you.

Can books help?

People can help themselves to understand their own mental health. The books included in Well Read  have been written to pass on this information. They can be useful because they:

  • provide information on particular topics:
  • can be read at your own pace:
  • suggest ideas on how to cope better through reading about other peoples experiences                                                                            

Who wrote the books? 

Some are by people who've experienced mental health problems, and others are by psychologists and therapists. While compiling this collection we asked local people for their recommendations.

The Well Read booklist can be viewed as a word document. (MS Word [67Kb] opens in new window)

All books can be reserved on the online catalogue or by visiting your local library.

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