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Croydon Libraries are working in partnership with the BBC on the RaW - Read more and write better campaign. The RaW campaign will last for 3 years and it hopes to encourage people who have forgotten the joy of reading to start reading for pleasure again.

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Croydon Library staff can help people improve their reading and writing skills by showing them the BBC RaW online website. You can find this website by clicking on this link www.bbc.co.uk/raw.

Celebrities such as David Spinx who plays Keith Miller in EastEnders have recommended books that they have enjoyed and hope others will enjoy too!

Why not try reading a RaW Recommended Read?

Croydon Libraries have copies of the RaW Recommended Reads so visit your local Croydon Library, where membership is free and it is easy to join, and borrow a RaW Recommended Read.

RaW Recommended Reads

What you wear can change your life by Trinny Woodall

Change Your Life in 7 Days by Paul McKenna

A Child Called 'It' by Dave Pelzer

Hot Love by Tracey Cox

101 Poems to keep you sane edited by Daisy Goodwin

Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King

Not Just for Christmas by Roddy Doyle

The Big Bad Book of Bart Simpson by Matt Groening

The Brentford Triangle by Robert Rankin

East of Ealing by Robert Rankin

The Antipope by Robert Rankin

Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson

Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury

Hit 'Em Hard by Wensley Clarkson

Croydon Libraries also have a RaW EastEnders DVD and BBC RaW magazine which you can find in the Get On collections at every library.

The Get On collections also have Quick Reads which are exciting new titles by authors such as Maeve Binchy, Tom Holt, Joanna Trollope and Ruth Rendell. The Quick Reads were launched to celebrate the RaW campaign and World Book Day 2006 and can be found in the Get On collections at your local Croydon Library.

Quick Reads

The Thief by Ruth Rendell

Chickenfeed by Minette Walters

A woman walks into a bar by Rowan Coleman

Blackwater by Conn Iggulden

Star Sullivan by Maeve Binchy

Hell Island by Matthew Reilly

The Book Boy by Joanna Trollope

Don't Make me laugh by Patrick Augustus

Someone like me by Tom Holt

Screw It. Let's do it by Richard Branson

Seven steps to change your life by John Bird

The Team by Mick Dennis with the Premier League

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Printer Friendly Page Business Community Information History Learning and Skills Leisure Links Living Visiting Croydon Search About the Site			Learning and Skills Borough Map Child Care Education Schools and Colleges Tutors and Translators What's On Learning and Skills BBC RaW Croydon Libraries are working in partnership with the BBC on the RaW - Read more and write better campaign. The RaW campaign will last for 3 years and it hopes to encourage people who have forgotten the joy of reading to start reading for pleasure again. Croydon Library staff can help people improve their reading and writing skills by showing them the BBC RaW online website. You can find this website by clicking on this link www.bbc.co.uk/raw. Celebrities such as David Spinx who plays Keith Miller in EastEnders have recommended books that they have enjoyed and hope others will enjoy too! Why not try reading a RaW Recommended Read? Croydon Libraries have copies of the RaW Recommended Reads so visit your local Croydon Library, where membership is free and it is easy to join, and borrow a RaW Recommended Read. RaW Recommended Reads What you wear can change your life by Trinny Woodall Change Your Life in 7 Days by Paul McKenna A Child Called 'It' by Dave Pelzer Hot Love by Tracey Cox 101 Poems to keep you sane edited by Daisy Goodwin Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King Not Just for Christmas by Roddy Doyle The Big Bad Book of Bart Simpson by Matt Groening The Brentford Triangle by Robert Rankin East of Ealing by Robert Rankin The Antipope by Robert Rankin Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury Hit 'Em Hard by Wensley Clarkson Croydon Libraries also have a RaW EastEnders DVD and BBC RaW magazine which you can find in the Get On collections at every library. The Get On collections also have Quick Reads which are exciting new titles by authors such as Maeve Binchy, Tom Holt, Joanna Trollope and Ruth Rendell. The Quick Reads were launched to celebrate the RaW campaign and World Book Day 2006 and can be found in the Get On collections at your local Croydon Library. Quick Reads The Thief by Ruth Rendell Chickenfeed by Minette Walters A woman walks into a bar by Rowan Coleman Blackwater by Conn Iggulden Star Sullivan by Maeve Binchy Hell Island by Matthew Reilly The Book Boy by Joanna Trollope Don't Make me laugh by Patrick Augustus Someone like me by Tom Holt Screw It. Let's do it by Richard Branson Seven steps to change your life by John Bird The Team by Mick Dennis with the Premier League Find out more about Croydon Libraries - FAQs about libraries Find your local library - list of Croydon Libraries Back to Where to Learn


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