There are so many benefits to children reading or being read to.
Order and Collect Did you know all of Wrexham s libraries are still open for an Order and Collect service? We have taken all the security measures seriously and followed all of the guidelines, so you don t have to worry. To make an appointment to return, order and collect your books, visit www.wrexham.gov.uk/libraries where you can find the order and collect online form or contact details for your local library. We look forward to seeing you!
Reading for fun A love for reading can be hugely valuable for children. The benefits of leisure reading include increased general knowledge, a positive impact on academic achievement, enhanced reading ability and vocabulary growth. Research suggests that time spent reading for pleasure could be a key indicator for the future success of a child. Reading aloud too fosters a love of books in children, and helps children associate reading with pleasure. If you would like to sup
After the runaway success of Big Little Lies, it makes perfect sense that Nicole Kidman should bring the latest novel from Liane Moriarty to the small screen. The actress will produce and star in Nine Perfect Strangers, which follows a group of guests attempting to catch a breather at a dubious 10-day wellness retreat overseen by the elusive Masha (Kidman). Stranded in the middle of nowhere, checking out is not an option. The eight-part show marks Kidman’s latest collaboration with BLL and The Undoing scribe David E. Kelley; it’s set to debut on Hulu later this year, with details of a UK broadcaster hopefully following soon.
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One of the few benefits of living through a pandemic is that we suddenly had a lot more time to read books
– and though some publishing dates were delayed, in the end it was a treat to be able to lose ourselves in historical epics from Hilary Mantel and Maggie O’Farrell while rooting for Dubai author Avni Doshi at the Booker Prize. Pure page-turning, best-selling escapism came from the likes of former Dubai resident Stuart Turton, and the best non-fiction reflection of the year we’ve lived through was revealed in Yale’s
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Adventures with a capital A, and fantasies with a capital F
If you’re looking for reading material come Christmas holidays and are in the mood for riveting literary fiction, here are four weighty recommendations. From adventure on the high seas, to a zany comic-book world, to a current Drama/Mystery bestseller and the latest from
Susanna Clarke after 16 years of silence something for everyone with a yen for quality fiction.
The Devil & the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
After the success of his first novel,
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, which was a Costa Best First Novel award winning, genre-bending modern-day murder mystery, you have to doff your hat to Turton for gifting us with the unexpected for his second novel. It may be a mystery once again but, this time, it’s coupled with adventure on the high seas and is set aboard a merchant vessel sailing from Batavia to Amsterdam in 1634. It’s historical fiction, with an extreme