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

Author Event

THE WEST OF SCOTLAND CHILDREN'S BOOK GROUP

An evening with two outstanding authors of teenage fiction: Gayle Forman and Carmen Reid.

When: Monday 11 May 2009 at 6.45 pm

Where: The Mitchell Library, The Blythswood Room (5th floor)

Adults and teenagers all welcome.

RSVP Teresa Lowe by email teresa.lowe1@btinternet.com or call Margaret Bell on 01698 384665

Our Book of the Week

The Return by Victoria Hislop

Beneath the majestic towers of the Alhambra, Granada’s cobbled streets resonate with music and secrets. Sonia Cameron knows nothing of the city’s shocking past; she is here to dance. But in a quiet café, a chance conversation and an intriguing collection of old photographs draw her into the extraordinary tale of Spain’s devastating civil war.

Seventy years earlier, the café is home to the close-knit Ramírez family. In 1936, an army coup led by Franco shatters the country’s fragile peace, and in the heart of Granada the family witnesses the worst atrocities of conflict. Divided by politics and tragedy, everyone must take a side, fighting a personal battle as Spain rips itself apart.