Book News

Puffin’s Log: Sailing from Poole Harbour in the 1950s – an illustrated talk

Step back in time 50 years - take a 22ft. Hillyard sailing boat, a family of five and just the bare essentials. In Puffin’s Log, Jocelyn Greenway refreshingly recounts her family’s sailing expeditions from Poole Harbour to France and the canals of Belgium and the Netherlands.

Edited by her daughter, Cathy Woodhead, using her father’s illustrations and photographs, the book is a charming account of adventures in a bygone era.

Why not come along to Poole Central Library on 4th March at 6.30pm to hear Cathy’s illustrated talk about their trips from Poole to the Continent, besides solving a mystery - where is Puffin now?

Book your free places at the library or by ringing 01202 262421.

Six (or more!) ways to find a new author

Look out for our author list bookmarks coming out this winter. The series of six colourful bookmarks contain book titles and authors that you might like to try, on themes from war to humour and history mystery to codes and quests. Don't miss them!

Also now available: Fiction Guides are packed full of good reading ideas, including lists of authors by themes, award-winning titles, most borrowed writers, alternatives to your favourite authors and more. Ask for a free copy at your local library. 

New TV Book Club reveals its ten titles

Following in the highly successful footsteps of Richard and Judy, the TV channel More 4 has announced the ten books which will feature in its new book club . They are:

The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters 
Blacklands by Belinda Bauer 
Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant 
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby 
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese 
The Rapture by Liz Jensen 
Brixton Beach by Roma Tearne 
The Way Home by George Pelecanos 
Wedlock by Wendy Moore 
The Silver Linings Play Book by Matthew Quick

A series of 10 programmes introducing the ten paperbacks will start on January 17th, with celebrity presenters and guests, plus interviews with authors of some of the most popular Richard and Judy titles.
 

 Join the Six Book Challenge

Poole Libraries are once again issuing a challenge to local people - to read six books over six months. The Six Book Challenge is a free nationwide project which runs from January to June 2010. The scheme is aimed at less confident readers but everyone is eligible and all kinds of books can be chosen, fiction, non-fiction, Quick Reads, love stories, crime stories, books in English or any other language.

Challengers will each get a reading diary to record the books they read and make brief comments about them. There are various incentives along the way and everyone who reads six books will get a certificate to mark their achievement.

Register for the challenge and pick up your reading diary at any Poole Library after 1st January, (or contact Jenny Oliver  Tel: 01202 262434   E-mail: j.oliver@poole.gov.uk )