A-Z of Services

Book Links

Book Browser

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Adults and Children

Adults & Children

www.amazon.co.uk
Not sure what to read? Then try this website - it has all of the latest books with book reviews and star ratings. If you can’t afford to buy them, then why not borrow them from your local library?

National Library of Wales
The National Library is one of the great libraries of the world. Its home is in the seaside town of Aberystwyth in Ceredigion. Since 1911 it has enjoyed the right to collect, free of charge, a copy of every printed work published in Britain and Ireland. In addition we have a huge collection of works about Wales and the other Celtic countries: books and pamphlets, magazines and newspapers, microforms, ephemera, and a wealth of electronic material.

GaLW (Gateway to Libraries in Wrexham)
GaLW stands for Gateway to Libraries in Wrexham, this is a co-operative between all the libraries listed on the member libraries page, which aims to share expertise and resources with anybody who works, lives or studies in Wrexham. Through this service, we aim to provide enhanced opportunities for lifelong learning and leisure activities.

Adults

www.whichbook.net
Try this completely new way of choosing what to read. You can select books by choosing certain criteria such as how funny do you want the book to be or are you in a gentle and safe mood? There’s lots to choose from.

www.sfsite.com
A mixture of book reviews, opinion pieces, author interviews, fiction excerpts, author and publisher reading lists and a variety of other features with its main focus on Science Fiction.

www.fantasticfiction.co.uk
Everything on one website. Search for your favorite authors, publication year, electronic texts and much more.

www.thebookplace.com
This site has all the news such as who’s been nominated for what award, the Editor’s choice, author of the month movie tie-in and much more.

www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts
A comprehensive look at all of the arts including Book at Bedtime, Book of the Week and The Saturday Play

www.harpercollins.co.uk
A great all round website which includes information on new books, authors and a subject search.

Children

www.kidsatrandomhouse.co.uk
A children’s website about children’s books and authors published by Random House. Featuring Book of the Month, reading for certain age groups and Fun Stuff.

www.puffin.co.uk
This website features web chats with authors, new book releases, author of the month, games and competitions and much more.

www.bloomsbury.com
Click on the box that says Children’s Books and choose from browsing the children’s catalogue to finding information on your favourite author.

www.ladybird.co.uk
Aimed at pre-school this website is full of information on what’s new including on line story times!

www.penguin.co.uk
Click on the tab ‘for children’ at the top of the page to see what’s new this month.

www.scholastic.com
This website is there to help you learn, with lists of educational books plus details of the most popular books.

www.4ureaders.net
If you're aged between 10-16 then there are three different sections for you to try, also look out for the Book Brother section and see if you can decide which book to evict!

www.andersenpress.co.uk
Children's Book Publisher

www.readingzone.com
For up to date news and information about the best children's books - plus games, competitions and a chance to win tomorrow's bestsellers

www.cool-reads.co.uk
Books for 10-15 year olds readers by 10-15 year old reviewers

www.mrsmad.com
Mrs Mad's Book-a-Rama - all the best books for children and young adults, parents, teachers and librarians, with reviews and ratings, games, stories and jokes

www.achuka.co.uk
Keep in touch with the latest children's books. find out more about how your favourite authors and illustrators work. get the latest lowdown on award winners and publishers scoop. an independent children's book site that has something for everyone

www.kidsreview.org.uk
children's book reviews, written by children for children, for use at school and at home

www.readtogether.co.uk
The site aims to encourage parents and carers to share books with their children form a young age. the initiative is initially targeting children aged 0-8 years.

www.booktrustchildrensbooks.org.uk
Are you a bookhead? Then this is your chance to tell the world about yourself and the books you enjoy

www.youngwriters.co.uk
So what is young writers all about? You. Your stories. Your poems. Your talent.

www.bookswelove.co.uk
Books We Love's aim is to provide parents with ideas on books to read to their children aged 0 to 7.

Reading Groups

www.readinggroupguides.com
This website has many special features, recommended reading and a newsletter full of tips and advice.

www.penguin.co.uk/readers
Information about Penguin books plus advice and tips on how to start a reading group, how to choose books and where to meet.

Welsh

www.gwales.com
A bilingual website which provides details of new books from Wales written in Welsh and English.

www.academi.org
A bilingual website, which provides details of Welsh literature, Welsh writers and literary events throughout Wales.

www.gomer.co.uk
This is the bilingual website for Gomer Press, Wales's largest independent publisher. Here you will find books from Wales, about Wales, in Welsh and in English. Gomer publish over 120 new titles every year, for children and adults, in both languages.

www.ylolfa.com
Celtic and Welsh Book Publishers and Printers. Bilingual, academic diaries and books of Welsh interest.

www.carreg-gwalch.co.uk
A Welsh language site which publishes a variety of books in Welsh and English by Welsh authors and books about Wales.

www.seren-books.com
Seren Independent literary publisher, specialising in English language writing
from Wales.

Reference

www.authorlink.com
A website offering information about writing and publishing for editors, writers and readers.

www.booktrust.org.uk
Provides listings and factsheets on publishing and getting published, plus book news.

www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm
This handbook contains definitions and examples of more than sixty traditional of Rhetorical Devices.

www.mslexia.co.uk
This is a website for women writers, which includes inspiration, news, reviews, interviews, competitions and grants.

www.phrases.org.uk
This site searches for phrases from any given word and includes over 2,000 English sayings, phrases and idioms.

www.thesaurus.com
An online thesaurus which includes dictionary, tools, translator, puzzles and much more.

www.xrefer.com
This site has reference books from the world's leading publishers.

www.oxfordreference.com
This website offers you a over a hundred dictionaries and works of reference of the highest standard, just use your library card number to access the site.