For the Love of Books

As part of our For the Love of Books initiative, you can take part in our Digital Book Club and listen to our podcast.

Follow our social media accounts for updates on our books and reading initiatives, and join in the Digital Book Club discussion.

Digital Book Club: January 2025

This month’s Digital Book Club title is The Illuminations by Andrew O’Hagan.

How much do we keep from the people we love? Why is the truth so often buried in secrets? Can we learn from the past or must we forget it?

Standing one evening at the window of her house by the sea, Anne Quirk sees a rabbit disappearing in the snow. Nobody remembers her now, but this elderly woman was in her youth a pioneer of British documentary photography.

Her beloved grandson, Luke, now a captain with the Royal Western Fusiliers, is on a tour of duty in Afghanistan, part of a convoy taking equipment to the electricity plant at Kajaki.

Only when Luke returns home to Scotland does Anne's secret story begin to emerge, along with his, and they set out for an old guest house in Blackpool where she once kept a room.

The Illuminations is available on BorrowBox as an eBook and eAudiobook with no waiting.

Previous titles

December 2024 - The Twelve Days of Murder by Andreina Cordani
November 2024 - The Library of Heartbeats by Laura Imai Messina
October 2024 - A House of Ghosts by W.C. Ryan
September 2024 - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
August 2024 - Bad Men by Julie Mae Cohen
July 2024 - Another Life by Kristin Hannah
June 2024 - Big Swiss by Jean Beagin
May 2024 – The Colony by Audrey Magee
April 2024 - Happy Head by Josh Silver
March 2024 - Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
February 2024 – The Witches of Vardo by Anya Bergman
January 2024 - The Vanishing of Margaret Small by Neil Alexander
December 2023 – The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict

For the Love of Books - The LibraryPlus podcast

There are 2 series of the podcast. We spoke to a variety of guests about the importance of books and celebrated books and reading.

This podcast is available on all major podcast platforms. Subscribe so you don't miss future series.

For the Love of Books - The LibraryPlus Podcast

Post book reviews

Share your opinion on books you read on the library catalogue.

log into the library catalogue using your library card number and pin
search for the book that you would like to review
select the book and then select "Add your review"

Write your review and then select save. Your review will be live on the catalogue once it has been verified.

Last updated 01 January 2025