Summer Read 2020 is now on line

Go to: http://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk

A Click & Collect Scheme for books will be available from Monday 3rd August.

You will need to ring (01332 805009) or email (admin@castledoningtonlibrary.org) to request books.

Information you need to provide:

• your name & library card number
• telephone contact details
• type of book  – adult/child – genre e.g. crime/adventure/romance etc
• you can request up to 10 books

Requests can be made Monday & Tuesday for collection that week or anytime and leave an answer machine / email message.

You will be contacted on the Wednesday to confirm availability and to book a collection slot on the Friday (between 1 & 4pm)

Full social distancing rules apply

Books do not now need to be returned until 5th September

All Leicestershire Library books have been automatically renewed on our systems

No fines will be incurred – please feel free to hold on to your books until this time or further updates

No book orders or requests will be dealt with until we reopen

Thank you for your patience

The library is now up and running, come along and check us out. Café facilities are available in the main Hub in the mornings 10-12

We will be moving to out new premises within the Community Hub , 101 Bondgate, during the week of 29th October  –  4th November. The library will be closed during this time to allow for packing and reorganising.

Loan dates will be extended over this period, please ask any volunteer within the library if you have any queries.

We will be open for business on the 5th of November

Please make sure you have completed your ‘reads’ and you will receive a Certificate

You may be aware that Castle Donington Community Library is run solely by volunteers and we face the challenges of raising monies to help with the upkeep and purchase of books & equipment etc but also attracting helpers who can give their time and expertise on a regular or occasional basis. We are aware that not everyone has time or the capacity to help with the running of the library but would like to continue to support the service that is provided: this is where FRIENDS of CDCL can make a difference – can you make a regular monthly or annual donation to help the library continue to run events / exhibitions / purchase books etc. In return you will receive a regular newsletter detailing events and activities and invitations to key events such as book signings and the forthcoming opening of the new premises later this year.

How much you give is open to you – please feel free to opt for one of our prescribed packages or make your own gift (you can also Gift Aid if you are a tax payer).

You can pick up a form in the library or print one off below and send it in or drop it off at the library

Friend Membership form

Welcome All

Sue Grafton’s X: Perhaps her darkest and most chilling novel, it features a remorseless serial killer who leaves no trace of his crimes. Once again breaking the rules and establishing new paths, Grafton wastes little time identifying this sociopath. The test is whether Kinsey can prove her case against him before she becomes his next victim.

The alphabet novels feature feisty female private investigator Kinsey Millhone, who lives in the fictional California town of Santa Teresa.

X: The number ten. An unknown quantity. A mistake. A cross. A kiss.
X: The shortest entry in Webster’s Unabridged. Derived from Greek and Latin and commonly found in science, medicine, and religion. The most graphically dramatic letter. Notoriously tricky to pronounce: think xylophone.
X: The twenty-fourth letter in the English alphabet.

Su Grafton started writing her “alphabet” crime series in 1982 with A is for Alibi – she has continued producing these books for the last 35 years finishing with Y is for Yesterday shortly before her death on 28^th December 2017.  We are currently awaiting arrival of the latest book to our shelves but are pleased to promote the X book as our book of the week.  The Y novel is available to order from one of the other county libraries (subject to a £1 charge).  The entire series is also available as e-books FREE of charge through the Borrowbox platform – do ask us how to access this from your device or PC.