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).
See the Press Play page for the young members' online magazine.
Summer 2010 - a bumper issue with 'Euro-crime' books, prequels and sequels and a celebration of 70 years of Puffins
Spring 2010 - books about or set in Italy, accounts of working lives, from vets to gardeners, and Calibre's choice of 'books of the decade' (look here for Spring 2010 audio).
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.