Books are for everyone
Quick Reads
The Library has a growing collection of material for less confident readers and is part of the BBC RAW campaign to promote reading.
As well as many new titles in stock and on order, like Captain Corellis Mandolin and Memoirs of a Geisha, our collection will soon get a great boost because, as part of the World Book Day partnership, twelve of the biggest names in fiction and non−fiction will be publishing short, fast-paced stories by Ruth Rendell, Maeve Binchy, Richard Branson, Matthew Reilly, Joanna Trollope, Minette Walters, Conn Iggulden, Rowan Coleman, Patrick Augustus, Tom Holt, John Bird, and Mick Dennis and the Premier League.
All suitable Merthyr Tydfil Library abridged books are being re-branded as quick reads, because while some titles are aimed at developing readers of any ages, all of the stories are readable and enjoyable.
Please don't worry about what a book looks like or who it was aimed at, if you like it read it. It is the story that matters.
If you have limited time and want to read a bestseller the length of a magazine story - Quick Reads are for you
If you know someone who would like to improve their English and grow in confidence while enjoying a good story - Quick Reads are for them.
Many people can enjoy and benefit from these exciting and ready accessible stories - look out for them, ask for them, at your local library.
If you know someone would would like to improve their English and that has young - pre-school children - you could help them by telling them that we can lend special collections of material to help them to learn with their child. Just ask them to contact the Customer Services Librarian on 01685 723057 - we will be happy to help.