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February Reading Group Offer

Reading Groups!

Book Groups signing up with the Book Group Loan Scheme any time in February will be entered into our prize draw to win a set of 10 copies of a recent prize winning book!

For more information on the Book Group Loan Scheme and reading groups, please see our Book Groups page.

Stock donations

The Library Service is often asked to accept donations of materials from organisations and members of the public. We always welcome donations of stock on the basis that once such donations are accepted they become the property of the Library Service and may be used in the most appropriate manner, e.g. more specialised material may be donated to national collections and other libraries. Items may only be added to stock of the Library Service if they meet the standards of the normal selection criteria.

Please link to the Donate to the Library webpage for more information.

How are you feeling? Ask the Book Doctor for a read to suit every need

Faced with a sea of books and don't know where to start? Or are you looking for a book that will cheer you up, or make you think? Tell the Book Doctor a little about yourself and your reading needs, and we will provide a pain-free, personal reading prescription. Fill in your details at the link below and receive suggestions of up to six recommended reads to try.

Link to Book Doctor form

The Firestation Bookswap Windsor

The Firestation Bookswap has gone from strength to strength , with plaudits galore.

The format? You bring a book to swap and some cake (free entry with cake £5 otherwise). People pitch for books that they like the sound of and brilliant authors talk, answer audience questions and also pitch a book they like but want to swap - no one goes home emptyhanded.

Its a literary event but a lot more fun.

The Firestation Bookswap happens every month on a Thursday evening - see their website for details. Special guests for March include Robert McCrum Literary Editor of the Observer and author of Globish and Julia Williams author of the novels The Bridesmaid Pact and Pastures New.

Reading Groups

Would you like to join a reading group? Go to our reading group page for the contact details of our library based groups. Link to Reading groups page.