Costa Book Awards 2011

The Shortlist for the Costa Book Award 2011 was announced yesterday. The list of nominations can be found here.



The final prize will be announced in January.

The Hunger Games Movie!

The Hunger Games movie trailer has just been released and is available here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S9a5V9ODuY

The film is out on March 23, 2012 and more information can be found on the official website: http://www.thehungergamesmovie.com/index2.html

All of the Hunger Games books are available from the library - read them now before the rush!!!

Books of the Week

In honour of the release of Inheritance by Christopher Paolini on November 8th why not catch up with the story so far - all three previous books in the series (Eragon, Eldest and Brisingr) are available from the Library. Find out more about the books and the author at http://www.randomhousesites.co.uk/childrens/eragon/

Carnegie Medal Longlist Announced

The longlist for the 2012 Carnegie Medal has just been announced. Find out more at
http://tinyurl.com/3bqpm5

Halloween Reading

Today our Halloween Skeleton is reading 'The Fear' by Charlie Higson. This is the third book in Higson's series about children trying to survive when all the adults in the world have turned into Zombies! Perfect reading for Halloween- it's scary but brilliant!!

If you would like to borrow it, or would like any other scary book recommendations for Halloween, just ask at the library.