If you and a group of friends would like to start enjoying books together, starting a reading group is a fun and social way of doing that. Visit your local library and talk to a member of staff about setting up a Reading Group. Click here for details of your local library.
To save time and prepare in advance follow the steps below:
- Contact your local library and talk to a member of staff.
If you visit a Bedford Borough Library then you can fill out the Reading Group Registration form below and give to a member of staff. - The member of staff will register you as a Reading Group, and whoever filled in the form will be the contact between your new group and the library.
- Reading Groups get free requests for books published over one year ago and
for which there is no waiting list. You can request up to 10 copies of a title
(if obtainable) free of charge.
Please note that individual requests by paying customers will always take priority over Reading Group requests.
There is a request form attached to the registration form so you can put down your first few books you would like for the group. Plus a separate request form for future book requests. You can get these forms from the library, or you can download one here: - Return the Reading Group Request Form to the library when you have decided what books your group wants to read in the future, and the staff there will order those books for you, free of charge. If you need some ideas on what to read, have a look at Choosing and Discussing Books
- Sit back and wait to be informed of the arrival of your books
- Collect the books and keep them for six weeks, and don't worry about paying any fines, as reading groups aren't charged for fines
- Have a lively and fun discussion with the other members of your reading group!
Those
few points should be all you need to get your Reading Group started. If you have
any other queries, or if you can't see the information you were looking for, go
to Reading Group FAQs.
