Member magazines
For your ears only is for adult members. Each issue lists what we have added to the library recently and gives reading suggestions on a specific theme. The links take you to a PDF version of the magazine (sorry, we can't offer a Word version at the moment).
Winter 2009 - 10 - features Cold War books and three American writers, Anne Tyler, Carol Shields and Alice Munro
Autumn 2009 - remarkable books about the Great War and 'back to' clubs, societies and hobbies, in fact and fiction (look here for Autumn 2009 audio). Please note, on page 5 All Quiet on the Western Front catalogue number should be 4582 - we apologise for this mistake
Summer 2009 - with books from authors who have switched genres to write in a new field (look here for Summer 2009 audio)
Spring 2009 - features our ghost stories and other creepy tales, plus books about women who have made their mark in a man's world
Winter 2008 - 2009 - with regional sagas and reflections on life in the USA
Autumn 2008 - features stories about treasure and books based in the ivory towers of our colleges and universities
Summer 2008 - books for sport enthusiasts and, with the Beijing Olympics in mind, non-fiction and fiction on China
Spring 2008 - crime fiction set in Victorian and Edwardian times and books about life in the countryside
Winter 2007 - 08 - winter chillers and books that were made into successful films
Autumn 2007 - who writes like C S Forester, author of the Hornblower books, and non-fiction and fiction about Resistance heroes
Summer 2007 - no themed articles but a bonanza of new books
Spring 2007 - books about the Tudor and Stuart periods, plus books featuring amateur detectives
Winter 2007 - the editor's favourites plus books about health, well-being and lifestyle
Autumn 2006 - who writes like Agatha Christie, books about civilians caught up in war and books on faith and religion.
Press Play, for Young Calibre members, is a web page that tells you what we have added to the library recently. It also has lots of super reading ideas under favourite themes, like adventure, time travel, family stories and so on.
Buzzword is an audio newsletter that we send to Young Calibre members - click here to listen to the latest one - you need to scroll to the bottom of that page.