Weston Village Library

20/12/2019

The Weston Village Library has now closed and left the Red Lion.

Thanks to Sarah and all the volunteers who helped setup and run the library service.

16/12/2019

14/12/2019

Important news about Weston Village Library which will close on 20th December

12/12/2019

SUGGESTED READING
U is for Nicola UPSON
Nicola Upson was born in Suffolk and read English at Cambridge. She has worked in theatre and as a freelance journalist, and is an author of two non-fiction works and the recipient of an Escalator Award from the Arts Council England.
Her debut novel, “An Expert in Murder”, is the first in a series of crime novels whose main character is Josephine Tey – one of the leading authors of British Golden Age of crime writing.
Nicola lives in Cambridge and Cornwell.

More information about Nicola can be found on her Wikipedia web page with other links to her published books and other works.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_Upson

24/11/2019

SUGGESTED READING
S is for Dodie SMITH
Dorothy Gladys “Dodie” Smith (1896-1990) was an English novelist and playwright. She is best known for her novel “The Hundred and One Dalmatians”, which was made into a Disney film and her literary masterpiece “I Capture the Castle”

More information about Dodie Smith can be found on her Wikipedia web page with other links to her published books and other works.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodie_Smith

16/11/2019

SUGGESTED READING
R is for Stella RIMINGTON
Dame Stella Rimington joined the Secret Service (MI5) in 1968. During her career she worked in all main fields of the Service: counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism. She was appointed Director General in 1992, the first woman to hold the post.

She has written her autobiography “Open Secret” and eight novels in the Liz Carlyle series.

More information at about Stella Rimington can be found on her Wikipedia web page with other links to her published books.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Rimington

24/10/2019

SUGGESTED READING
Q is for Karen Quinn
After losing her big corporate job, Karen Quinn co-founded
Smart City Kids, a New York City-based company dedicated to
helping families survive the application process to Manhattan's
most competitive public and private schools. Now a full-time
writer, she recently moved from New York City to Miami
Beach. “The Sister Diaries” is her fourth novel. Other books are “The Ivy Chronicles”, “Wife in the Fast Lane” and “Holly Would Dream”

Visit his website pages for more information at:
https://www.karenquinn.net/

24/10/2019

PLEASE NOTE
The Library will be closed this Friday (25th Oct..) due to circumstances beyond our control.

17/10/2019

SUGGESTED READING
P is for Orphan PAMUK
Orphan Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature, is the
author of many books, including The Castle and The New Life.
In 2003 he won the International IMPAC Award for My Name is Red,
And 2004 Faber published the translation of his novel Snow, which
Margaret Atwood called 'essential reading for our times' Other
Colours, a collection of his essays and a short story, was published in
2007.

Visit his website pages for more information at:
https://www.orhanpamuk.net/

10/10/2019

SUGGESTED READING
O is for Jussi Adler-OLSEN
Jussi Adler-Olsen was born in Copenhagen and worked as a magazine editor and publisher before starting to write fiction.
“Disgrace” is the second novel in the Department Q series, following on from “Mercy”. (To date there are currently 8 novels in this series).
Jussi Adler-Olsen holds the prestigious Glass Key Award given annually for a crime novel by a Scandinavian author, and is also winner of the Golden Laurels, Denmark’s highest literary accolade.

Visit his website pages for more information at:
http://jussiadlerolsen.com/fact-sheet/