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Desmond Elliott Prize 2014

04 July 2014 • News

A Girl is a Half-formed Thing by Eimear McBride has been announced as the winner of the 2014 Desmond Elliott Prize, the "most prestigious award for first-time novelists"(Telegraph). Emerging triumphant from a shortlist of three, A Girl is a Half-formed Thing was described by author and Chair of judges, Chris Cleave as "the kind of novel that is written once in a generation and takes the art to an entirely new place."

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Reading Well Books on Prescription for dementia

03 July 2014 • News

We're working with the Society of Chief Librarians, with funding from Arts Council England, to look at the services and activities that public libraries provide for people with dementia and their carers. This includes the development of a Public Library Dementia Offer as part of the Universal Health Offer and the launch of a "Reading Well Books on Prescription Dementia scheme.

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08 October 2018 • Our blog

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