Aura Libraries: Step into bygone eras with Borrowbox

Borrowbox is an e-book and audiobook app which allows library users to access hundreds of titles: all for free.

Discover magnificent and utterly captivating history via Borrowbox's vast selection of the very best titles about the past. From fascinating true stories to incredible insights into worlds lost in time, there are many titles to choose from and enjoy including the following:

Fiction titles available with Borrowbox.

Fiction:

Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

The Magician by Colm Tóibín

The Emperor's Babe by Bernardine Evaristo

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

The Foundling by Stacey Halls

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Still Life by Sarah Winman

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Wolf Hall, Bring up the Bodies and the Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel

Non fiction titles available with Borrowbox.

Non fiction:

Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries by Kate Mosse

The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight

Stories of Hope by Heather Morris

The Five by Hallie Rubenhold

In Defence of Witches by Mona Chollet

Tutankhamun's Trumpet by Toby Wilkinson

Yn Gymraeg (Welsh language titles):

I Botany Bay by Bethan Gwanas

Ingrid by Rhiannon Ifans

Elena by Geraint V Jones

Pwyth by Haf Llewelyn

Fflur by Lloyd Jones

Perl by Bet Jones

These titles are available to borrow from Aura libraries as either books, e-books or audiobooks. Remember: you can browse these titles and hundreds more on our online library catalogue!

Aura Library members can download e-books and audiobooks free of charge from Borrowbox and Libby to a PC, laptop or Mac. Alternatively, you can download the Borrowbox and Libby apps directly to a smartphone or tablet.

To access most online library resources you will need to enter your library membership number and pin. If you do not have this then you can join up as a member online via the Aura website for instant access. All links and further details about our digital library resources can be found on our website: www.aura.wales/libraries

Reading Well collections

Aura Libraries is delighted to offer Reading Well collections at our libraries. The collections, created by the Reading Agency, support people to understand and manage their health and wellbeing. Reading is a great way to relax and feel better and it can help people deal with some of life's pressures.

The books are available in English and Welsh and are all recommended by health experts, as well as people with lived experience of the conditions covered. You can be recommended a title by a health professional, or you can visit your local library and take a book out yourself.

The Reading Agency recently launched a brand new booklist: Reading Well for Teens. This list of titles provides recommended reading to help teenagers understand and talk about their mental health and wellbeing, and is targeted at teenagers aged 13-18 years. The list includes 27 titles and a range of supporting digital resources that provide quality-assured information, advice and support to help teens better understand their feelings, handle difficult experiences and boost confidence.

Some of the recommended books suggest useful self-help techniques; there are also personal stories, graphic books, and fiction. The list includes a range of topics including managing feelings, neurodiversity, body image, bereavement, social anxiety, learning about life, boosting confidence, surviving online, and sexuality, gender identity and mental health.

The Reading Well for Teens titles are available for anyone to borrow from libraries and can also be recommended by health and social care professionals, teachers and anyone else working to support teens.

For more information about the Reading Well for Teens collection contact your local library. Library phone numbers and email addresses can be found via the Aura Wales website, here: www.aura.wales/contact

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From everyone here at Aura Libraries, thank you for reading, stay safe and we hope to hear from you or see you soon!

Aura is a charitable, not-for-profit, organisation responsible for managing the majority of leisure, libraries and heritage services in Flintshire. Aura is owned by its employees and operates for the benefit of local communities.