Audiobooks on tap
Many of you have been asking about how you can listen to audiobooks. Portsmouth Public Libraries offer an incredible collection of your favourite titles through their BorrowBox service.
Free trial: WWII Censorship Archive
Until 10 April 2024, you can explore our newest free trial to the WWII Censorship Archive! Censorship: Practice and Policy during the Second World War explores British postal and telegraph censorship throughout a pivotal era of modern history.
Thank you for your book suggestions!
We were thrilled with the way you engaged on World Book Day. Many of you are clearly well read and you made such interesting recommendations for things others should read. I’ve summarised the list of suggestions below so you can see what everyone else is recommending that you read! It’s certainly a varied and interesting list. What’s even better is that we have quite a few of these in the Library already that you can either read right now online or borrow in print!
Replacing one of our lifts
We are going to replace one of the lifts in the Library. The green lift near the IT Help Desk is reaching the end of its working life and needs to be replaced.
Promoting Black voices in science fiction
We are always looking for new ways to make learning more fun and interesting. To that end, one of our resident sci-fi enthusiasts has pulled together a reading list of science fiction books we have in stock that were all written by People of the Global Majority.
Five international books to read before you die
Happy World Book Day! Explore five books from around the world that will take you on a journey from the artworks of feudal Japan to the mysteries of philosophy and from the worldview of a man in self-imposed social exile to a fantastical parody of pre-war Soviet society and a poignant view of the arrival of British colonialism in Africa told from an African perspective.
Crime prevention update
Our local police force has shared their latest crime prevention update with us again. This time, the focus is on fraud in all its many forms.
Reading is good for you!
Losing yourself in a book can have a profound impact on body and mind, akin to entering an altered state of consciousness. The effect is rapid, too. After reading for just six minutes, the average person’s stress levels fall by two-thirds as the mind is taken away from its habitual thoughts and the body relaxes. Reading works can relax you even faster than listening to music.
New eBooks February 2024
The following is a list of new ebooks received by the Library during February. More complete listings for the year can be found on our website’s new books page
New Books February 2024
The following is a list of new books received by the Library during February. More complete listings for the year can be found on our website’s new books page
