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It's 20 years since, ultra showman, Freddie Mercury died. However as the old adage goes his music lives on. We celebrate his life with a couple of biographies and appropriately through Queen's music available from our braille music collection.
Calling all giant print readers, we are now looking for people to join our bookchain for 2012. The aim of the bookchain is to get people reading books that they may otherwise not have tried.
Julian Barnes hit the headlines on 18 October when he won the Man Booker prize 2011. You can read his book "The Sense of an Ending" in braille, giant print and as a Talking Book if you are a member of the National Library Service.
October is Black History Month, its aim is to recognise the contributions of African, Asian and Caribbean people to the economic, cultural and political life in the UK.
6 October is National Poetry Day, so we thought we'd share a few titles we have in the library. This is only the tip of the iceberg, so if you love poetry, give reader services a call for more suggestions.
Library closures and cutbacks are a serious threat in many parts of the country. The Women's Institute has launched a 'Love Libraries' petition to as part of its campaign to save local libraries from closure.
Ebooks offer a new way to access thousands of new books every year at the same time as sighted readers. This summer, we asked members of the National Library Service focus group to help us with a survey of ebook services from public libraries.
It's a hundred years since the birth of William Golding (19 September 1911 - 19 June 1993). Golding, probably best known for his novel Lord of the Flies, was also a poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate. He was also awarded the Booker Prize for literature in 1980 for his novel Rites of Passage and knighted in 1988.
To promote freedom of expression libraries have got together to celebrate 'banned books' during 24 September - 1 October.
If you've encountered problems trying to read ebooks in the past, you might like to know about two recent developments which have removed some of the common problems and frustrations.
Last updated: 20 September 2012