If you’ve ever felt you were in a rut with your reading or just simply want to try something new, you need to find out about our Reader Development Programme. It will help you discover new authors and try new types of reading. It also gives you the opportunity to talk about books with other like-minded people.

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Central Library Reading Group

The Group meets once a month at the Central Library on the last Tuesday of the month at 2 pm. Usually we all read the same book but sometimes we each read a different book by the same writer. Then we get together to talk about it. The discussions are always lively, especially when opinion is divided.
Everyone is welcome to the meetings and they are free.

Reading Group dates for 2008:

Tuesday 30 September
Tuesday 28 October
Tuesday 25 November
Tuesday 23 December

Chaddesden Library Reading Group

The Chaddesden Library Reading Group meets at the library at 2pm and then goes over to the Church Pavillion for the meeting.

Reading Group dates for 2008:

Wednesday 3 September
Wednesday 1 October
Wednesday 5 November
Wednesday 3 December

Derwent Community Library Reading Group

The Derwent Community Library Reading Group meets on the second Thursday of every month, 1.30pm -2.30pm in the café at the Revive Healthy Living Centre, Roe Farm Lane. For more information call the library on 01332 288707 or Helen on 01332 600553.

Reading Group dates for 2008:

Thursday 11 September
Thursday 9 October
Thursday 13 November
Thursday 11 December

Pear Tree Library Urdu Reading Group

All Urdu readers are welcome to come along to a new reading group at Pear Tree Library.
This free group meets at 3pm and the dates for 2008 are: 

Wednesday 17 September
Wednesday 15 October
Wednesday 12 November
Wednesday 10 December

Members read one of the Library’s Urdu books and then discuss it in the meeting.

Any one wanting to join this group can just turn up or call Community Librarian, Mohammed Ahson Khan, on 01332 255392 or minicom 01332 380712 for more details. 
 

Chain Reaction

This is for people who don’t want to go to a regular meeting, but still want to try out new writers and compare notes. Everyone in the chain reads as many of the books as they can and writes a short review before passing them on to the next person. Four times a year all the members of the chains get together in the library one evening over a glass of wine to talk about what they’ve read and choose the next set of books. Chain Reaction is running in Allestree, Alvaston, Mickleover, Sinfin and Spondon Libraries.  Please contact any of the participating libraries for more information.

Click on the names of the libraries to view their contact details.

Chain Reaction dates for 2008:

Allestree 
Thursday 20 November 

Alvaston
Tuesday 28 October

Mickleover 
Wednesday 12 November

Sinfin 
Thursday 27 November

Spondon
Monday 3 November

Books Connect Reading Pack

The East Midlands Regional Reading Group Project has produced a reading pack for readers wanting to start their own book group.

The Reading Pack includes a total of 12 sheets:

These are downloadable PDFs for which you will require Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't already have the software, it can be downloaded here 

Books Connect reading pack  (pdf 420KB)

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