Interview with local author, Fleur Smithwick
Fleur recently appeared in conversation at Hampton Hill Library talking about how she wrote and published her debut novel, which is a psychological thriller called How to make a friend.…
Teenage reading group at Whitton Library
The brilliant teenage reading group at Whitton Library has been running for over a year and oh my gosh we’ve read and done so much. From WWII fighter pilots to…
Anatomy of a book [Part 2]: the inside
Fiona Campbell continues her Anatomy of a book .... The inside of a book is made up pages which are called leaves. The front of a leaf, which is the…
Record Breakers – Summer Reading Challenge 2015
The Summer Reading Challenge is the UK’s biggest children’s reading initiative for 4 -11 year-olds and is produced by The Reading Agency and delivered by libraries. Record Breakers was the 17th…
Anatomy of a book [Part 1]: the outside
Ever wondered what the numbers above the barcode on a book are? Or why hardbacks are sometimes called cloth? Or what the loose cover that wraps around a hardback is…
Author, Tom Palmer, visits Twickenham
Ahead of the author, Tom Palmer, visiting us at Twickenham Library at on Monday, 10 August, we are lucky enough to have him write a piece for our blog which…
Cityread London: coming soon…
Saturday the 11th of April will see the author Ben Aaronovitch visit Twickenham Library to kick off three weeks of events in Richmond Libraries focused around his book Rivers of…
How do I love thee? Let me count the 10 amazing ways
It’s National Libraries Day today, so here is the top 10 countdown of awesomeness that is Richmond upon Thames Library Service. Free books We lent over 1 million books last year*…
Stephen King, you’d be surprised
As authors go Stephen King is well known among readers, and due to the many cinematic adaptations of his books movie goers and the general public as well. Unfortunately…
Like a chance to influence a national book prize?
The People's Book Prize aims to promote new and undiscovered writers. Publishers submit titles every quarter which anyone can then vote on by logging on to the People’s Book Prize…