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Athletes from more than 200 countries are competing in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For the first time ever, the Opening Ceremony won't take place in a stadium, but will instead be held on the River Seine in the heart of the city.Celebrate…

So that was summer! It may not have been the best ever, but we're still clinging to hopes of some autumn warmth - and with the sea at its warmest, many of us are still donning our bathers and splashing in.Whether for exercise, wellbeing, or just…

Dearest Readers, This author has been reliably informed that the Guille-Allès Library possess an exciting collection of Regency novels, with the perfect balance of scandal and romance contained within. Read at your discretion.Yours with…

Library Assistant Hannah is passionate about books and reading. In the latest in her series of author interviews, Hannah chats to author Theresa Le Flem.A poet and fiction writer, Theresa has written four novels exploring social history, human…

Thinking of turning to crime? Reading crime novels, that is. June is National Crime Reading Month, so if you've not read much crime before, it’s a perfect time to give it a go.‘Crime’ is a catch-all term but can include stories about a…

Chaos on a bullet train racing across Japan. Murder on a 16th Century sailing ship. A romantic encounter over cocktails in a bright red campervan.You don't have to travel far to find a great novel set on a plane, train, or automobile - the Library…

This year the Guernsey Literary Festival was bigger and better than ever. Broadcaster Louise Minchin, chef Michel Roux, and cricket legend Mike Brearley were just some of the big-name authors who flocked to the island to celebrate great writing (and…

Library Assistant Hannah is passionate about books and reading. In the latest in her series of author interviews, Hannah chats to Guernsey author Rachel Le Mesurier.Loosely based on her own family history, her trilogy of novels are set in Mexico in…

World Autism Acceptance Week runs from 2-8 April. The week aims to raise awareness of how autism affects people in different ways, promote acceptance, and help make a society that works for all.Find out more about autism on the National Autistic…

There are so many reasons to love audiobooks.+ You can listen anytime, anywhere on your phone or tablet, making traffic jams much more bearable, or the bus journey go by in a flash.+ You can multi-task - listen while you cook dinner, load the…