Wrexham Library service: hundreds of magazines and comics at your fingertips

Did you know Wrexham Libraries offer a service where you can download 10 eBooks for free for 21 days via the BorrowBox App? The Welsh Books Council have teamed up with BorrowBox to supply all of the Welsh language eBooks via this app. Borrowing digital content has never been simpler, smarter or more convenient. BorrowBox digital content is available any time from work, home or anywhere 24/7. Browse their library of the world's best authors and titles as well as enjoying newsletters, bonus interviews and author profiles. How and where you enjoy your favourite titles is your choice in just a few easy steps, all you need is a valid library card. For more details visit www.wrexham.gov.uk/libraries and follow the online service link.

Dewis Cymru

Dewis Cymru is the place to go if you want information or advice about your wellbeing - or want to know how you can help somebody else. When we talk about your wellbeing, it means more than just your health. It includes things like where you live, how safe and secure you feel, getting out and about, and keeping in touch with family and friends. No two people are the same and wellbeing means different things to different people. So Dewis Cymru is designed to help you find out more about what matters to you.

It consists of a series of national information pages, along with information about local organisations, groups and services that can help. The website aims to provide quality information about social care and well-being. If you want to know more about how to use Dewis Cymru, you can access the website by following the Dewis Cymru link for Online Services from our website www.wrexham.gov.uk/libraries. Simply enter your postcode to find out about services in your area, and work out what matters to you.

Free e-magazines and e-comics

Do you enjoy reading magazines or comics? Did you know that you can download free magazines and free comics via Wrexham Library's website? All you need is a valid library card to access over 250 magazines including best sellers such as Hello!, Good Housekeeping, Ideal Homes, National Geographic, New Scientist and Radio Times; plus more specialist titles such as Outdoor Photographer, Papercrafts, and PC World. Your library card will also give you access to hundreds of free comics such as Disney Frozen, My Little Pony, Guardians of the Galaxy, Dungeons and Dragons and much more. You can download these and many more to your pc, tablet or phone via the RB Digital app. For more details and to see the full list of available titles visit www.wrexham.gov.uk/libraries and follow the Online Services link.

Wrexham's Carnival of Words

Sir Michael Morpurgo's moving story, The Mozart Question, has now been adapted for the stage by award-winning playwright, Vicki Berwick. Join us for this exclusive Carnival of Words conversation between Vicki and Michael, about the adaptation and the background to the novel itself - a moving tale of secrets and survival bound together by the power of music. And maybe their conversation might just stray into one or two other revelations, as well. Sir Michael's book The Mozart Question is the tale of Lesley who is sent to Venice to interview world-renowned violinist Paolo Levi on his 50th birthday. She is told that she can ask him anything at all - except The Mozart Question. But it is Paolo himself who decides that the time has come for the truth to be told. And so follows the story of his parents in a Jewish concentration camp, forced to play Mozart violin concerti for the enemy; how they watched fellow Jews being led off to their deaths and knew that they were playing for their lives. As the story unfolds, the journalist begins to understand the full horror of war - and how one group of musicians survived using the only weapon they had. This online event forms part of a highly entertaining programme which has been put together for one of Wales' premier literary festivals. To book your tickets and for more details please visit www.wrexhamcarnivalofwords.com

Don't forget...

All of our library buildings are open for an Order and Collect service. You can call your local library with your reading list or complete the online form via our website. Contact details and the order forms can be found on www.wrexham.gov.uk/libraries.

Book review

House of Correction by Nicci French

House of Correction by Nicci French

This is a beautifully written novel by Nicci French, the pseudonym for the writing partnership of journalists Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. It deals with prejudice, loneliness and fighting spirit. Everyone knows Tabitha killed Stuart Rees - why else would his dead body be found in her shed? So now she is in prison, awaiting trial. Coming back to the remote coastal village where she grew up was a mistake. She didn't fit in then, and she doesn't fit in now. That day is such a blur, she can't remember clearly what happened. There is something she is missing, something important. She only knows one thing; she is not capable of murder and the only one she can trust to help her out of this situation is herself. So she must fight against the odds. This novel is a fascinating combination of an against-the-odds legal thriller, and a Miss Marple whodunnit. Tabitha becomes the amateur sleuth who is, herself, the prime suspect and has to conduct her investigation from jail. This clever courtroom drama is shocking, twisty and utterly compelling.