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Book and Reading Links
The web provides an excellent way to find out about new books, read reviews, and see who the latest award winning authors are.
General book and reading sites
- Read - about UK public libraries and reading activities
- The BBC Books page is a site all about authors, learning to write, and literary fun and games.
- Whichbook? is created and maintained by UK public librarians and provides a modern way to choose your next read.
- a.k.a. - a site containing a detailed set of author pseduonyms - does your favourite author have one?
- Fantastic Fiction has a range of information on books, and lists of published works by popular authors.
- The Bookseller provides information on forthcoming titles, as well as book industry news.
- Guardian Unlimited Books provides news and reviews.
- You can find reviews in The Good Book Guide.
- The Times Literary Supplement provides weekly book reviews and literary analysis.
- The London Review of Books is an established magazine for those with literary tastes.
- Tangled Web provides information for those who like crime and mystery titles.
- Remember you can search our online newspapers for book reviews, with an archive stretching back several years.
- The Poetry Society
- The Wiltshire Virtual Library offers information about a range of titles, and allows you to read/write book reviews
Book awards and prizes
- The Man Booker Prize
- The Costa Book Awards (formerly Whitbread Book Awards)
- America's Pulitzer Prize
- The Orange Prize for Fiction
- The Arthur C Clarke Awards - a British award for Science Fiction
- The Crime Writer's Association Dagger Awards
Online Book Groups
- Read - about reading groups in UK public libraries
- The Richard and Judy Book Club
- The Oprah Winfrey Book Club
- Radio 4 Book Club
- Book Group Online
- Don't forget you can search the Merlin Community Information Database for information about book groups in Wiltshire.
Have a story read to you
- Naxos Spoken Word library - listen to a story on your PC, courtesy of the library service
Contact Details
By Post
Wiltshire Libraries & Heritage HQ
Bythesea Road
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 8BS
By Email
libraryenquiries@wiltshire.gov.uk
By Telephone
01225 713727
By Fax
01225 713993
By Hand
Your Local Library
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm
