Reading fun is not just for children this summer - Library service encourages adults to read too

Cheshire West and Chester’s Libraries want adults to celebrate their love of books and reading again this summer.

Following another successful summer reading challenge to encourage adults to read more, libraries are launching Adults Read Two again online and in libraries.

Entrants over 16 just need to read two books between 6 July and 8 September, 13 to 15-year-olds can also enter with parental permission.

Choose from a library book, eBook or eAudiobook, to be in with a chance to win £50 of book vouchers through a prize draw, there will also be a £50 book voucher prize for 13 to 17-year-olds.

Sign up at: 

www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/read 

...or pick up a flyer from your nearest library from 6 July.  Winners will be chosen at random.

Adult Read Two complements the highly successful Summer Reading Challenge which attracts thousands of school age children every summer. 

As well as the chance to win a prize, taking part in ‘Adults Read Two’ has potential health and wellbeing benefits.  Reading a book for just six minutes has been shown to be more relaxing than having a hot drink, listening to music or watching television and can have a direct and significant impact on stress levels.  Whether it be a gripping thriller or a cosy romance, reading can help improve an individual’s health and wellbeing.

The Borough’s libraries are making it as easy as possible to take part by saying that any book can be read in any format.  You can also join the library online and get instant access to free online resources including eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines and eNewspapers.

And just for fun from 1 August take part in the #BooketList.  The Council’s Libraries team have selected their 30 favourite reads from the last 12 months including ‘Tom Lake’ by Ann Patchett, ‘The Women’ by Kristin Hannah and ‘The Kellerby Code’ by Jonny Sweet.. The list can be used for ideas for your reading over the summer and will be available online.  Follow Cheshire Libraries on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and join in the conversation. How many will you have read?

They also have a murder mystery evening planned at Lache Library. 

‘The Glass Room’ written by Ann Cleeves on Tuesday 16 July, 7pm.  

Author Simon McCleave will be at:

Helsby Library Tuesday 23 July, 7pm

Great Boughton Library Thursday 15 August, 7pm

Sandiway Library Thursday 29 August, 7pm

Neston Library Thursday 5 September 7pm

Simon is a multi-million-selling crime novelist.  His first book, 'The Snowdonia Killings', was released in January 2020 and soon became an Amazon Bestseller, reaching No 1 in the UK Chart and selling over 400,000 copies. His eighteen subsequent novels in the DI Ruth Hunter Snowdonia Series including ‘The Chester Killings’ have all ranked in the Amazon Top 10. He has sold over 2 million books to date.

‘The Dark Tide’, Simon’s first book in an Anglesey based crime series for publishing giant Harper Collins (Avon), was a major hit in 2022. Reaching Amazon’s UK top five. His most recent ‘Dead in the Water’ was published in June.

The Snowdonia based DI Ruth Hunter books are now set to be filmed as a major new television series, with shooting to begin in North Wales in 2024.

Tickets for events will be available at: 

www.ticketsource.co.uk/cwaclibraries  

More information, including terms and conditions, on Adults Read Two can be found at: 

www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/read

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