Wrexham Carnival of Words

Lucy Diamond and Erica James - not one but two Sunday Times best-selling authors in one event! Erica James won the Sunday Times bestseller in 1996 with Gardens of Delight winning romantic novel of the year award in 2006. Since then Erica has written 24 more novels and sold five million copies worldwide. Any Way You Want Me was Lucy Diamond's first novel. Lucy has written 17 more novels and three novellas, selling over two million copies worldwide. The Best of Our Days is Lucy's latest release with a big heart, hope, family, love and loss. Get yourself a ticket and join us at Wrexham Library for this one off event on Saturday, April 29, 7pm, at Wrexham Library. Tickets cost £10 and can be obtained from Wrexham Library or online at www.wrexhamcarnivalofwords.com

Top 10 Books

Did you know Wrexham's Libraries receive copies of the top 10 best-selling books for adults in hardback and paperback, plus the top 20 best-selling books for children? They also receive multiple copies of the adult hardback fiction books for their Rapid Reads collection (books you have to read within a week), meaning you have easy and quick access to the very latest books by your favourite authors. Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes, The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman and Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus are in this week's original fiction charts. Spare by Prince Harry, The Ultimate Air Fryer by Clare Andrews and Manopausing by Davina McCall are in this week's adult non-fiction charts. Why not call in and discover your new favourite book?

Autism Acceptance Week

World Autism Acceptance Week aims to draw attention to the 700,000 people living with autism in the UK both to educate those unaware of the condition, and to help make the world friendlier to those who are affected by it. Wrexham Libraries are stepping up to the challenge by creating a quiet space in each library where people with Autism can sit if they are feeling overwhelmed. They will also be initiating Quiet Hours where there will be no group activities taking place or school visits. Each library will operate different Quiet Hours enabling people to access them should they need to. For more details contact your local library. Contact details can be found at www.wrexham.gov.uk/libraries

Welsh books on BorrowBox

Did you know Wrexham Libraries offer a service where you can download 10 eBooks for free for 21 days via the BorrowBox App? The Welsh Books Council have teamed up with BorrowBox to supply all of the Welsh language eBooks via this app. Borrowing digital content has never been simpler, smarter or more convenient. BorrowBox digital content is available any time from work, home or anywhere 24/7. Browse their library of the world's best authors and titles as well as enjoying newsletters, bonus interviews and author profiles. How and where you enjoy your favourite titles is your choice in just a few easy steps, all you need is a valid library card. For more details visit www.wrexham.gov.uk/libraries and follow the online service link.

Shared Reading

Reading aloud creates a bond. It's a bond of physical closeness, of sharing thoughts, of being engaged in the same story at the same time. One expert acknowledges that we see the importance of this with children, but we ignore its importance for adults. Shared Reading (Read Aloud) for adults takes place at Wrexham Library every Tuesday 2.30pm-4pm. A group of people, one of them a trained Reader Leader, reads a short story or poem aloud. We stop and talk about what we have read. There is no need for group members to read aloud or speak - it's fine to just listen. The idea is to create a space where people feel at ease. Reading the literature aloud in real-time, means that everyone is involved in a shared, live experience. Group members are encouraged by the Reader Leader to respond personally, sharing feelings, thoughts and memories provoked by the reading.

Everyone experiences the text in their own way, but the literature provides a shared language that can help us to understand ourselves - and others -better. These sessions are free to attend and there is no need to book. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Book Review

The Minority Rule by Alexia Muelle-Rushbrook

The Minority Rule by Alexia Muelle-Rushbrook

The Minority Rule by Alexia Muelle-Rushbrook

Years of greed and war devastated most of Earth. Now largely infertile, people have been united under one strict, unwavering power focused on Earth's guardianship and humanity's prosperity.

Maia believes in the established order, yet as a budding young scientist, she wants more than the decreed roles of housewife to a stranger, egg donor, and mother. Maia resigns herself to a life of compliance until she meets two vastly different women with secrets. Through them, Maia questions if she can keep silent, even if revealing the truth threatens to irrevocably challenge the foundations of her existence. Alexia brings something engaging but challenging to the dystopian genre. Her broken world explores the realities characters face with humour and tenderness as well as creative futuristic developments and challenging environmental questions. The Minority Rule is a great debut novel but leaves you looking forward to the rest of the trilogy. Anna