Readiscovery contains links to
sites, which will help with your enjoyment of reading.
You can see shortlists and longlists for book prizes, television
and radio programmes as well as our online
catalogue.
Did you know that authors have the right to receive payment for
loans of their books from public libraries? It’s called
Public Lending Right (PLR) and this year marks its 30th
birthday. Public libraries are joining the PLR office in
celebrating 30 years of support for authors. Find out
more about PLR at
www.plr.uk.com/index.htm
and see the link to "Top 100 authors" in
the Most popular authors in libraries
section on this page.
Latest news
Services for emergent readers. Follow this link if
you’ve got out of the habit of reading and would like to start
again or if you need to boost your confidence.
BBC Read and Write campaign
part of our national library programme
Prizes
Best sellers
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans
We recommend the following booklists:
TV and radio programmes
What should I read next?
Book clubs
Most popular authors in libraries
-
Top 100 authors - Details of the current most borrowed
authors.
-
Vintage
Future Classics - Libraries around the UK have helped
select fifteen books that will still be read in 100 years time
- 15 'Modern
Classics'
Newspaper book pages
Poetry
-
Poetry
Archive - is an online collection of recordings of poets
reading their work
- The poetry
book society - was founded by T S Eliot in 1953
and provides information for anyone who enjoys
poetry, dedicated readers, occasional browsers and absolute
beginners.
- Poetry
Society - aims are to promote the study,use and enjoyment
of poetry
Find
out what books are available in Suffolk libraries by checking the
online catalogue