Lancaster library's directory

• LIBRARY_Most Wanted - the top 20 most requested books and videos in the county - These are the most requested items in our catalogue last month. If you've been lucky enough to get a copy, why not tell us what you thought about it by sending in a review. Click the Review It button to send a review. Click the title to check availability in the catalogue.
• CHILDREN Stories from the Web - Three sites in one for,readers aged 0-7, for readers aged 7-11, for readers aged 11-14.
• INSPIRATION_Lovereading UK - You loved your last book... but what are you going to read next? Using our unique guidance tools, Lovereading will help you find new books to keep you inspired and entertained. And it's all free! Online book reviews, books and free opening extracts.
• LIBRARY_Reading Groups in Lancashire Libraries - Interested in reading? Need somewhere to discuss books? Reading Groups are held in the following libraries. They are all informal and friendly and would welcome new members.
• REVIEWS_Book Reviews at Lancashire Libraries - If you've read a book recently and enjoyed it, why not share it with others? You can write a review yourself and e-mail it to the library. Or perhaps join one of our Reading Groups around the county.

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• LIBRARY_Lancashire Libraries Homepage - Your gateway to all our services. JOIN online now!
• LIBRARY_Browse the Catalogue at Lancashire Libraries - Search our libraries for items you're interested in and reserve them at the click of a mouse.
• LIBRARY_Most Wanted - the top 20 most requested books and videos in the county - These are the most requested items in our catalogue last month. If you've been lucky enough to get a copy, why not tell us what you thought about it by sending in a review. Click the Review It button to send a review. Click the title to check availability in the catalogue.
• LIBRARY_Reading Groups in Lancashire Libraries - Interested in reading? Need somewhere to discuss books? Reading Groups are held in the following libraries. They are all informal and friendly and would welcome new members.
• LIBRARY_Reading lists at Lancashire Libraries - Lots of lists, including NEW additions - Browse new authors added - Browse new titles added - Browse by category - Browse by branch
• BBC - Arts - Books Index Page - All about books and writing at the BBC.
• BBC - Radio 4 - Bookclub
• BBC - The Big Read - Whilst no longer being updated, this site has links to lots of interesting resources, including a list of the nation's favorite books.
• BookGlutton - An experience that is simultaneously a book group, a computer, and a book. We believe firmly that people want to read, annotate and discuss, right there, immersed in the text. That’s the best time to talk about a book.
• Books Talk at Guardian Unlimited
• BooksFairy.com - BooksFairy.com
• CHICKLIT_ChickLit.co.uk - Chicklit is the online women's magazine that celebrates 21st century woman's contemporary fiction and lifestyle. Come on in...
• CHILDREN Achuka Children's Books UK - ACHUKA - Children's Books UK -the chock-full, eyes-peeled, independent children's books site with reviews, notices, author interviews, author database, and much more!
• CHILDREN Childrens Book Sequels - Have you ever wondered "What comes next?" when you're reading a really good book? Children's Book Sequels is here to help you discover the right order of any series from Harry Potter to A Series of Unfortunate Events, from Alex Rider to Vampirates
• CHILDREN Stories from the Web - Three sites in one for,readers aged 0-7, for readers aged 7-11, for readers aged 11-14.
• CHILDREN_Enjoying Reading - Enjoying Reading is a coordinated approach to supporting young readers through a partnership between schools, school libraries, school library services and public libraries.
• CHILDREN_National Literacy Trust - The National Literacy Trust is an independent charity that changes lives through literacy. Includes a Resource section useful for finding books and promoting Childrens' reading.
• CRIME_Crime Fiction, Psycho-Thrillers, Murder Mysteries - This Web Site provides short reviews of crime fiction novels. The site has a selection of relatively uncommon crime novels from Australia, Russia, Africa, Latin America, and various European countries. All books are classified into one or more categories.
• CRIME_Crime Squad - Hello and welcome to CRIMESQUAD.COM - your #1 crime fansite for 2008.
• CRIME_Crime Writers' Association - Judging is now well under way for the 2008 Daggers, the prestigious awards that celebrate the very best in crime and thriller writing.
• CRIME_Tangled Web UK Crime & Mystery New Books - Tangled Web UK is a massive site with thousands of pages at two different sites. Search our Author Profiles/Reviews/Interviews at twbooks.co.uk (2) AND Our New Book Digests - including Crime, Horror, Fantasy, Sci Fi etc. etc. at tangled-web.co.uk
• Get Into Reading - Get Into Reading groups meet weekly in libraries and community centres, giving people who might not normally think of joining a reading group a chance to enjoy stories and poems together.
• Green Metropolis - Recycling Used Books the best way...by finding NEW readers!
• Guardian - Books - Books news and reviews, poetry, authors and latest from the Hay festival at the Guardian.
• HISTORICAL _ History Direct for History Books - features both Fiction and Non-fiction arranged by historical period.
• HISTORICAL_Historical Fiction - Historical Fiction.org is dedicated to fans of historical fiction and other literature. Here, you can discuss books, pick up recommendations and chat to others who love to read. Come join our lively forums and take part in the debate!
• HISTORICAL_Historical Novel Society: - This is THE best place to find out about new historical fiction.
• INSPIRATION_enCompass - the Global Bookclub - EnCompassCulture is a worldwide reading group, the place to find your next book and talk about books with other readers from around the world. It has full details of over 10,000 books for all age ranges and is full of useful features.
• INSPIRATION_Fantastic Fiction - Bibliographies for over 10,000 authors. Use the browse menu on the left to find an author by surname, or use the search boxes on the right to search for an author or book. Information on over 200,000 books. Throughout the site, just click on a book to see its cover picture, description and publication details
• INSPIRATION_Lovereading UK - You loved your last book... but what are you going to read next? Using our unique guidance tools, Lovereading will help you find new books to keep you inspired and entertained. And it's all free! Online book reviews, books and free opening extracts.
• INSPIRATION_StoryCode.co.uk - Love what you read - StoryCode.co.uk is a unique source of inspiring book recommendations and a great way to find the next book to read. And its power comes from the collaborative passion of readers.
• INSPIRATION_Which Book? - A COMPLETELY NEW way of choosing what to read. Instead of starting from the overwhelming choice of books that are available, WHICHBOOK starts from the reader, and enables you to build the search for a 'Good Read'.
• Library Elf - Library ELF is a free on-line service which: notifies you by email or RSS feed when items you’ve borrowed from the library are due back soon – you can specify how many days in advance of the due date you’d like to be told lets you know immediately the items you’ve borrowed become overdue – you can choose to be reminded daily until you take them back tells you when an item you have requested from the library is ready for you to collect consolidate your library accounts or those of your entire family
• LibraryThing - Meet the world's largest book club. Find people with eerily similar tastes. Catalog with Amazon, the Library of Congress or 680 other world libraries (including LCLIS). Import from anywhere. Get recommendations. Tag your books and explore others' tags. Put your books on your blog.
• Literature-Map - The tourist map of literature - Type in your favorite author, and this site creates a map of other authors you may like to read. Be patient! this site is a 'work in progress', all the maps are created by YOU the user!
• Man Booker Prize - Welcome to the home of The Man Booker Prizes with exclusive news, interviews and articles about the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, Man Booker International and the 40th anniversary celebrations taking place this year. The Man Booker Prize for Fiction promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year.
• Murder Squad: seven northern writers - Murder Squad is virtual collective of seven crime writers from the North of England, comprising: Stuart Pawson, Martin Edwards, Margaret Murphy, Chaz Brenchley, Cath Staincliffe, Ann Cleeves and John Baker.
• National Year of Reading: Home - Everything STARTS WITH reading! 2008 is the National Year of Reading. Find out more...
• Online Reading Group at Guardian Books - The online reading group is a chance to read and discuss books with other book lovers. We discuss one book a month, choosing the next month's title when the discussion starts - so there's plenty of time to read up.
• Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction - Home Page
• Quick Reads :: Easy to pick up, hard to put down - Quick Reads are short, exciting books by bestselling authors and celebrities for adults who are new to reading, have lost the reading habit, or who prefer a quick read. On World Book Day, 6th March 2008 a brand new range of Quick Reads books was published.
• Read : People's Network - Welcome to Read, part of the MLA's People's Network. Helping turn everyone onto books and reading. You can discuss your reading online at reader2reader or Find a reading group near you. There are also some great websites for all kinds of readers on Reading links.
• reader 2 reader - a site for readers to share opinions about books - what you loved, what you hated and what you got stuck on. If you want to contribute just dive in. If you prefer to look around to see what other people have said, your perfect book might just be a click away.
• Readers United: - Swap the books you've read, for some you haven't!
• Reading Agency - We’re an independent charity which inspires more people to read more. Why? Because we believe that reading can transform people’s lives. The more you read, the more you know. The more you read, the more you imagine. The more you read, the better you understand other people, and the better you connect to them. We’ve got ideas and the energy to make great things happen. We’ll work with anybody who wants to get more people reading more. Much of our work is with public libraries, but we also team up with prisons, publishers, unions, businesses, broadcasters, and others.
• REVIEWS_All Readers,com - A US website, Allreaders.com features detailed book reviews from many different genres of books! You can also enter a book review
• REVIEWS_Book Reviews at Lancashire Libraries - If you've read a book recently and enjoyed it, why not share it with others? You can write a review yourself and e-mail it to the library. Or perhaps join one of our Reading Groups around the county.
• ROMANCE_All About Romance - The 'backfence' for lovers of Romantic fiction. You're about to enter the number one site on the Web for those who read and love romance novels.
• ROMANCE_Romance Writers of America - The voice of Romantic Fiction.
• ROMANCE_Romantic Novelists' Association - Home - Welcome to the Romantic Novelists' Association web site. We hope you enjoy clicking through the various pages of information about us and about the romantic fiction we love to read and write.
• SOCIAL_BookCrossing - The World's Biggest Free Book Club - Welcome to BookCrossing, where people in over 130 countries come to share their passion for books with the world. Help make the whole world a library and share the joy of literacy. Reading becomes an adventure when you BookCross!
• SOCIAL_BookMooch: a community for exchanging used books - BookMooch: a community for exchanging used books (book swap and book exchange and book trade)
• SOCIAL_ConnectViaBooks - the social network based on books :: - :: ConnectViaBooks - the social network based on books ::connect with others using your booklists - make new friends locally, globally - search for people with a particular expertise or interest - discuss your favourite books / topics online and in person - see who is reading what your reading, locally and globally - read and write book comments and reviews - get better book recomendations - publish your book lists
• The Green Story - The Green Story is a creative writing competition, where each month you can read the previous chapters and then write what you think the next chapter should be by submitting your own entry, or read and then vote on the latest entries.
• The Reading Club - Help and Advice about Starting and Running Your Own Reading and Book Club at thereadingclub.co.uk
• The YOU Reading Group Online - The Fiction Club for the 21st Century - Find out more about our online community of fiction lovers!
• Times Online Book section - Books | Book reviews, news and features | Times Online
• UK Public Libraries - Provides links to all UK Public Libraries and their online catalogues.
• Welcome to Oprah's Book Club! - WelRead along with Oprah and millions of others! Get in depth book summaries and discussion questions for your book clubs, learn about the authors.
• Welcome to the Richard & Judy Book Club. - Join us in The Green Room for some lively book club chat! - Download reading notes for all the Book Club titles. - Have your say about our books on our message board. - Find out how to set up your own reading group Submit your book reviews and win a signed copy of the Wine Guide! -
• What Should I Read Next? - Enter a book you like and the site will analyse our database of real readers' favourite books (over 47,000 and growing) to suggest what you could read next. (You can register on the results page and build your own favourites list)
• Which One Next? - Enter a book, CD or DVD that you enjoyed and the site will analyse our database of real users' preferences to suggest other books, CDs or DVDs that you might like. It's a bit like browsing the shelves of thousands of friends at once!