Home Delivery Service
Would you or anyone else you know in Pittenweem like to borrow books from the library without needing to leave home?
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The Summer Book, by Tove Jansson
Review: The Summer Book, by Tove Jansson
This book is available from the Library This is a story about an artist grandmother and her six-year-old granddaughter Sophia, spending their summer(s) on a tiny island in the Gulf of Finland. Sophia’s mother has died, but there is only one brief mention of this, even if it remains a shadow in the background of the story. It’s a short…
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The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz
Review: The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz, by Jeremy Dronfield
This book is available from the Library It is not a plot spoiler to say from the outset that both father and son survive the horrors of the death camps; we are told this in the Foreword. This true story is based on historical sources, on the very detailed research of all the archives available, and on the diary of…
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Review: The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins
One of my favourite books is The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins.
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The Penguin Book of Irish Comic Writing
The Penguin Book of Irish Comic Writing
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Review: To War with Whitaker: The Wartime Diaries of Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly 1939–1945
A diary featuring the lives of a countess and a valet during the Second World War
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Review: A Kiss Before Dying, by Ira Levin
Ira Levin wrote novels and plays, many of which have been made into very successful films. He combines mystery and intrigue with crime, horror and science fiction, and wrote his novels primarily in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. The first book of Levin’s that I read was Rosemary’s Baby (written in 1967 and widely thought to have been the inspiration…
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Bookbug Gallery
Bookbug – stories and songs for pre-school children and their families
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Halloween Crafts
Children's Halloween crafts session in the Library - October 2020
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English Pastoral: An Inheritance (James Rebanks)
English Pastoral: An Inheritance, by James Rebanks
Many people will know James Rebanks’ first book, The Shepherd’s Life. Now he has written a lyrical and passionate account of his life on a Lake District upland farm inherited from his grandfather and in the area where his family has lived for at least 600 years. The book is in three parts. First are memories of growing up in…
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