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Book sales jump a third in first week of bookshops reopening in England and Wales Booksellers report giddy customers browsing and smelling books, with 3.7m print books shifted in first week after lockdown

Join author J. A. Mensah tomorrow at 6.30pm, for an online chat about her debut novel 'Castles from Cobwebs', which won the inaugural NorthBound Book Award. This is part of Time To Read's Digital Book Festival. Join the live stream in YouTube - sign up at http://cwac.co/t2HBN.
Come and be part of the last live event! Find out more about writing and publishing and hear from a magical debut novelist 😍📚✒️

The date for the next Manchester Libraries Online Book Club is Thursday 22 April. This month's book choice is ‘This Green and Pleasant Land’ by Ayisha Malik.
‘Tender, challenging and as warm as it was razor-sharp’ Beth O’Leary

Manchester Libraries Online Book Club. This Green and Pleasant Land by Ayisha Malik. The date for the next Online Book Club is Thursday 22nd April. This months book choice is ‘This Green and Pleasant Land’ by Ayisha Malik. ‘Tender, challenging and as warm as it wa…

"Castles from Cobwebs is a remarkable story of a young Black girl brought up in a religious community on a remote Northumbrian island." Published by Salford's Saraband Books. Meet the author J. A. Mensah this weekend - Fri 26 March 6.30pm. This is a free online event - part of the New Words Festival. Tickets available now https://bit.ly/3fj07F0

In a Veil of Mist is The Times historical book of the month! It's published today and you can meet the author tonight as Donald S Murray chats to Lancashire Libraries live from Shetland. Snap up a ticket! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-a-veil-of-mist-donald-s-murray-book-launch-tickets-139828764599

The best new historical fiction for March 2021 — top secret biological tests and warrior monks In 1952 an ugly grey ship, the Ben Lomond, anchors in the Minch, a strait near the Isle of Lewis. It soon becomes clear that top-secret biological weapons are being tested on animals on board. Jessie

Exciting news from Lancashire Libraries Book Chat Reading Group.

Libraries seems to be a perfect opportunity to launch our exciting new podcast project - ! Our first episode is all about our literary heroes, and you can listen now https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives/libraries/the-reading-ramble-podcast

seems to be a perfect opportunity to launch our exciting new podcast project - ! Our first episode is all about our literary heroes, and you can listen now https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives/libraries/the-reading-ramble-podcast

Looking to forge a career in Publicity & Marketing in the publishing industry? Comma Press are partnering with to recruit for a new paid internship! If you want to join their team, find out more here: http://ow.ly/QqnQ30rxSMC

We are thrilled to welcome Alan Baker for a live, online reading and Q&A on Tuesday 9 March at 7pm. Read more and book tickets at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-reading-and-q-a-on-creative-writing-with-alan-baker-tickets-141416814499
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Marketing the library: Invitation to tender | Libraries Connected Marketing the library is a new training and development programme to support two library networks to create a targeted marketing campaign.

An interview with Martina Evans about her collection Now We Can Talk Openly About Men, called ‘a remarkable document, a major work’. Hear Martina on Mar 8, live, online, in conversation with Carcanet publisher Michael Schmidt.

An Interview with Martina Evans / John Lavin Martina Evans grew up in County Cork and trained in Dublin as a radiographer before moving to London in 1988. She is the author of eleven books of poetry and prose. Bernard O’Donaghue has des…

"There is a garrulous humanity and humour in Evans’s writing" from The Guardian's review for Now We Can Talk Openly About Men, published by + NW librarian's choice for . Join Martina Evans on March 8 from

Now We Can Talk Openly About Men by Martina Evans – poetry review A pair of contrasting monologues set in 1920s Ireland are witty and humane to an outstanding degree

What if there were no independent publishers? There'd be no .
Join poet Martina Evans in conversation with Carcanet's Michael Schmidt on Monday 8 March at 7pm. Free + online, hosted by Oldham Libraries
Tickets here: ⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/Zx0ut5edyL