Meet Jetmalew and Friends!

We're all looking forward to meeting Jetmalew and friends with local author and illustrator Vicki Orwin at The Harvey Briggs Onchan Library on Saturday 10th Oct from 10.30 - 12.30. Vicki will be reading from her new book, signing copies, and there will be Jetmalew themed activities to make and do. There's also a hunt around the library with a signed copy of Jetmalew's Island Adventures as a prize! 

Manx Litfest 2015 is nearly here!

 Island book lovers look forward to this event each year, which will run from 22nd - 27th September. 

As usual, you will be spoiled for choice - take a look at their full programme on manxlitfest.com and keep up with the latest news on their facebook page.

A highlight of special interest for book groups is Andy Miller - READ Y’SELF FITTER, which aims to cure you of your bad reading habits and asks the audience to think about whether it's better to spend time at the gym or the library? And is Moby-Dick really a better book than The Da Vinci Code? Andy Miller is the author of 'The Year of Reading Dangerously'. Places are limited to 30 for this event at The Bath and Bottle on Sat 26th Sept at 1.30 p.m. and tickets can be booked from The Villa &Gaiety Box Office.

Book Fanatics Quiz Night

The Book Fanatics Quiz Night will be on Thurs 24th September at The Noa Bakehouse at 8 p.m. We're looking to put together an Onchan Bookgroup or library team, so please contact us if you're interested. It's a fun evening and all welcome! Once again, tickets can be booked at The Villa & Gaiety Box Office.

Me Before You by Jo Jo Moyes

Penguin Books

Louisa Clark is wandering aimlessly in and out of the job centre when she's offered a six-month contract as a companion to quadriplegic Will Traynor, a former adrenaline junkie and City worker whose life has been intractably changed by a run-in with a motorcycle. They make an unusual pair, throwing each other completely off-balance.

Although it may seem as if this novel will be a straightforward love story, it is anything but, facing head on the difficult subjects of living with disability and voluntary euthanasia with poignancy, sensitivity and a good deal of humour.

A sequel, ‘After You’ is due to be published later this month, and a film of the book will be released in 2016. 

Cath