Orange Prize Winner

Marilynne Robinson wins the 2009 Orange Prize for Fiction for her book Home. Find out more at http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/home

Book of the Week

The Devil's Kiss by Sarwat Chadda

Fifteen-year-old Billi SanGreal never meant to make history. Dragged at the age of ten into the modern-day Knights Templar by her father, the Grandmaster, Billi's the first girl ever to be a Templar warrior. Her life is a rigorous and brutal round of weapons' practice, demon killing and occult lore – and a lot of bruises. But then temptation is placed in Billi's path – an alternative to her isolated life. But temptation brings consequences. In this case – the tenth plague – the death of all first borns and so Billi must choose her destiny. And as she soon discovers, death isn't even the worst . . .

Rick Riordan Interview

Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series, talks to ReadingZone about Percy’s latest and biggest adventure, Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian, and promises there will be more stories about Camp Half-Blood. You can also read an extract from the new book on the AuthorZone at

http://readingzone.com/?zone=cz&page=author_zone_feature

Library Book Fair

The Library will be hosting a book fair, beginning on Monday 1st June until Friday 5th June. The fair will be open throughout the day for you to browse and buy books. Pre-order your book or find out more about the titles available at: http://www.travellingbooks.co.uk/catalogue/range.asp?gid=390

Recommended Read

I've just finished Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior by Chris Bradford - a fantastic adventure where a young English boy, Jack, is the only survivor of a shipwreck in Japan. He finds a home with a Samurai and his family and soon begins training to become a Samurai himself, although not everyone welcomes him. Full of action, fight sequences and some great characters I'd thoroughly recommend this - the second in the series is due on July 2nd.

Find out more about the author and book at: http://www.youngsamurai.com/site/YOUN/Templates/Home.aspx?pageid=1&cc=GB