Libraries NI (Northern Ireland)

Highlights

Highlight tile 1 - Latest Service Updates

Winter Library opening hours will be in operation across the network of libraries from Monday 1 September, with late nights available once again. Find out more

Highlight tile 1 - Libraries NI's Big Summer Read Events

Big Summer Read Events - they're fun and free! Keep the kids entertained. View the timetable

Highlight tile 3 - e-Magazines available from Libraries NI for your summer reading

Your Favourite eMagazines on your device! Stay entertained and informed. They're available anytime and anywhere!

Highlight tile 4 - join Libraries NI and get your summer reading sorted

Free Membership! Immediate access to eBooks/eAudio and eMags/eNews. Join now and collect a library card when you are in a library

Features

Feature tile 1 - Go Ons IT Sessions in libraries. Book a free session now

Go On sessions during August to help you with your IT needs. Find out more

Stay informed over the summer - borrow digital eNewspapers for free!

Feature tile 3 - the Bookcited podcast from Libraries NI

Thoughtful chats about reading, books and the literary world with guest authors! Listen to our Podcast

Your Perfect Summer Read - light fiction, thrillers, stories of romances and biographies [Feature tile 4]

📚🌞Summer Reads!🌞📚 Soak up the sun and a good book this summer. View our recommendations

Feature tile 5 - Just Jillian blog for lots of reading ideas

For people who love books - explore Jillian's books blog during the holidays!

eMag of the Week is British GQ - fashion, sport, health, music and more! Download now

Book Recommendations

Staff Picks, favourites and reviews!

The House Of Doors by Tan Twan Eng

Set primarily in colonial Penang in 1921, The House of Doors is a richly layered historical novel that interweaves personal memory, political upheaval, and literary inspiration. The story centres on Lesley Hamlyn, a British woman in a strained marriage to Robert, a war veteran and lawyer. Their lives are disrupted by the arrival of famed writer W. Somerset Maugham ("Willie") and his lover-secretary Gerald Haxton.

Lesley, drawn to Maugham’s empathetic listening, begins to recount her past, particularly her friendship with Ethel…
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The Frozen People By Elly Griffiths

In this gripping blend of crime fiction and speculative mystery, The Frozen People introduces Detective Sergeant Ali Dawson, a member of the covert Department of Logistics, which investigates cold cases using time travel. When Tory MP Isaac Templeton, a Prime Minister hopeful, asks Ali to clear his ancestor Cain Templeton of a series of 1850s murders, she embarks on the department’s most ambitious time leap yet.
Ali lands in Victorian London, where she must navigate the social norms of the era…