Christopher Fairfax, a young priest, is trying to reach a remote Exmoor village before the strict night time curfew begins. Lost and uneasy amid the ruins of a fallen civilisation, he is about to face a series of events that Read More …
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Celebrating Green Libraries Week!
Last week (27th October – 2nd November) was Green Libraries Week. This is a time when libraries – public, health, and academic – focus on how they can be more sustainable, and how they can support green initiatives happening in Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
The year is 1665. In a remote Pennines village a tailor receives a bundle of infected cloth. Anna Frith, an 18 year old widow, watches the disease devastating her community as desperate, the villagers turn to sorcery, herb lore, and Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group review of And Away… by Bob Mortimer
‘The most life-affirming, joyful read of the year’ – Sunday Times Bob Mortimer’s funny, heartfelt and offbeat autobiography, shares stories from his life and career in his own particular style – but what did SWFT’s Wellbeing Reading Group make of it? Read More …
ICLC – International Clinical Librarians Conference
June saw two Clinical Librarians, and one Librarian visiting Leicester to present at the International Clinical Librarians Conference. Take two hot summer days, a large roomful of medical librarians, a wealth of information, e-posters, long talks and lightning talks, and Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group Reviews of May All Your Skies Be Blue by Fiona Scarlett and Under a Pink Sky by Esther Ghey
This month we went with a ‘skies’ theme, and had a choice of two books, the fictional May All Your Skies be Blue by best selling author Fiona Scarlett and the non fiction Under a Pink Sky by Esther Ghey. Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group Review of Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd
Nora Breen has spent 30 years in a convent, but when her penpal (and ex novice) friend Frieda vanishes, she leaves the convent in search of her and moves to the hotel where Frieda was last seen. This cosy crime Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group: What stories have you unwrapped this Christmas?
Over the Christmas and New Year break, SWFT’s Wellbeing Reading Group took a break from our monthly meetings and book selections to read some old favourites, catch up with our tbr (to be read) piles and get cosy with some Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group Review of The Templars: the Knights who made Britain
You may have heard of the Knights Templar – might even have seen them in films such as ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ or ‘The Da Vinci Code’ – but how accurate are these interpretations? There are many myths and legends about Read More …
SWFT Wellbeing Reading Group Review of The Woman on the Pier
Described as ‘a dark suspense thriller brimming with secrets and lies seeping across three generations’, The Woman on the Pier by BP Walter was October’s SWFT reading group choice, and the consensus was decidedly mixed! While a commendable number of Read More …