Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Libraries

NGH Seed Library

2025-11-06T11:56:00.000+00:00

The NGH Sustainability Team have launched the Seed Library which can be found at the Richmond Library, NGH (located in the William Kerr Building, Area J).

There are a selection of seeds available - flowers, vegetables and herbs. You can take a packet of seeds away (sign it out in the log book) then, when you harvest what you have grown, donate some seeds back to the library for other staff to use.

Visit the library during our staffed hours, 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday to access the Seed Library or access 24/7 by registering for Library Services membership. Please contact us for more information:

richmondlibrary@nhft.nhs.uk 01604 545929

Out of hours access at NGH Library 23-26 May 2025

2025-05-23T16:27:00.001+01:00

We are very sorry but due to an issue with our swipe access system there will be no out of hours access at Richmond Library, Northampton General Hospital over the Bank Holiday weekend (23-26 May 2025). The library will close at 5.00pm on Friday 23rd May and re-open at 9.00am on Tuesday 27th May.

Library Resources for Nutrition & Hydration Week 2025

2025-03-17T13:50:00.000+00:00

Library Services have put together a list of all our nutrition, dietetics and hydration resources to support Nutrition & Hydration week, 17th - 23rd March 2025!

Check out the full list here.

All resources are free to borrow, you just need to sign up as a library member, which is free for all Trust staff and placement students. To find out more please contact your local library team:

Berrywood Library: 03000 271585 berrywoodlibrary@nhft.nhs.uk

Isebrook Library: 03000 272095 isebrooklibrary@nhft.nhs.uk

NGH Library: 01604 545929 richmondlibrary@nhft.nhs.uk

All I want for Christmas is…. a whole library of e-books!!

2024-12-09T13:22:00.000+00:00

Are you looking to catch up on some reading but don’t have time to get into the library?

Do you like the idea of having information at your fingertips but don’t want to carry heavy textbooks around?

Photo by Zoe on Unsplash

Then look no further! Did you know that we have access to over 1,800 e-books and the collection is being updated every month? This fantastic collection includes:

- The Oxford Medical and Nursing Handbooks and the Oxford Specialist Handbooks – check out the full list here.

- A huge range of textbooks from the publisher Elsevier, made available to you through the library’s subscription to ClinicalKey. You can see what is available here.

- Certain key titles including the Royal Marsden Manual and the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines.

- In addition to clinical titles, we have e-books on topical issues such as wellbeing and resilience, sustainability, and a range of diversity topics.

We think there really is something here for everyone! And it’s all free for you to access, you just need to set up an OpenAthens account, which you can do from this page in just a few short steps: https://openathens.nice.org.uk/

Once your account is set up, you can browse our full e-books collection here. Just click on the “Click here to access this book” link under book details and enter your OpenAthens username and password when prompted.

If you have any questions please contact one of our libraries:

berrywoodlibrary@nhft.nhs.uk 03000 271585

isebrooklibrary@nhft.nhs.uk 03000 272095

richmondlibrary@nhft.nhs.uk 01604 545929

Merry Christmas from the Library team!

NHFT Virtual book club meeting #42 – The Chemistry of Death

2024-12-06T14:07:00.001+00:00

Following our visit to the remote mountainous range, the Appalachians where a father and daughter lived with no electricity, no family or connection to the outside world whilst reckoning with ghosts of their past in These Silent Woods

by Kimi Cunningham Grant; we move on to our next read - 'the skin crawlingly frightening David Hunter thriller' The Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett.

Dr David Hunter hoped he might at last have put the past behind him. But then they found what was left of Sally Palmer . . .

It isn't just that she was a friend that disturbs him. Once he'd been a high-profile forensic anthropologist and all too familiar with the many faces of death, before tragedy made him abandon this previous life.

Now the police want his help.

But to become involved will stir up memories he's long tried to forget. Then a second woman disappears, plunging the close-knit community into a maelstrom of fear and paranoia. And no one, not even Hunter, is exempt from suspicion.

Gruesome and gripping, this startling new British crime thriller has an unnerving and original twist.

"A classy debut." The Times

"Best thriller I've read all year." Tess Gerritsen

We’ll be meeting on Thursday 9 January 2025 via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the events calendar on the Staff Room.

We look forward to seeing you…

NHFT virtual book club meeting #41 – These Silent Woods

2024-11-05T13:16:00.003+00:00

After our Halloween spooky read of the most chilling and compelling ghost story of the year, Thin Air by Michelle Paver we are heading to another mountainous range, the remote Appalachians where a father and daughter live and must reckon with ghosts of their past in These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant.

No electricity, no family, no connection to the outside world.

For eight years, Cooper and his young daughter, Finch, have lived in isolation in a remote cabin in the northern Appalachian woods. And that's exactly the way Cooper wants it, because he's got a lot to hide. Finch has been raised on the books filling the cabin's shelves and the beautiful but brutal code of life in the wilderness. But she's starting to push back against the sheltered life Cooper has created for her-and he's still haunted by the painful truth of what it took to get them there.

The only people who know they exist are a mysterious local hermit named Scotland, and Cooper's old friend, Jake, who visits each winter to bring them food and supplies. But this year, Jake doesn't show up, setting off an irreversible chain of events that reveals just how precarious their situation really is. Suddenly, the boundaries of their safe haven have blurred-and when a stranger wanders into their woods, Finch's growing obsession with her could put them all in danger. After a shocking disappearance threatens to upend the only life Finch has ever known, Cooper is forced to decide whether to keep hiding-or finally face the sins of his past.

Vividly atmospheric and masterfully tense, These Silent Woods is a poignant story of survival, sacrifice, and how far a father will go when faced with losing it all.

"Your next must read". --Country Living

"Gorgeously written, taut and compelling". --John Hart, bestselling author of The Hush

We’ll be meeting on Thursday 28 November via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the events calendar on the Staff Room.

We look forward to seeing you…

NHFT virtual book club meeting #39 - Dear Mrs Bird

2024-08-29T20:00:00.025+01:00

Following our visit to Georgian London in the excellent historical crime thriller, Daughters of Night, we are (unusually for us) staying put, but moving forward in time in the shape of A.J. Pearce's Blitz set novel, Dear Mrs Bird.

London 1940, bombs are falling. Emmy Lake is Doing Her Bit for the war effort as a telephone operator with the Auxiliary Fire Services. When Emmy sees an advertisement for a job at the London Evening Chronicle, her dreams of becoming a Lady War Correspondent seem suddenly achievable. But the job turns out to be typist to the fierce and renowned advice columnist, Henrietta Bird. Emmy is disappointed, but gamely bucks up and buckles down.

Mrs Bird is very clear: Any letters containing Unpleasantness and definitely not those from the lovelorn, grief-stricken or morally conflicted,—must go straight in the bin. But when Emmy reads poignant letters from women who are lonely, may have Gone Too Far with the wrong men and found themselves in trouble, or who can’t bear to let their children be evacuated, she is unable to resist responding. As the German planes make their nightly raids, and London picks up the smouldering pieces each morning, Emmy secretly begins to write letters back to the women of all ages who have spilled out their troubles. After all, what harm could that possibly do?

‘Imagine Bridget Jones running amok in the wartime world of Mrs Miniver. AJ Pearce’s hoot of a debut … is a comic confection that is sweetly uplifting.' - The Sunday Times

‘Stiff upper lips all round: a comic novel about an agony aunt in wartime London proves hilarious as it is moving.' - The Guardian

We'll be meeting on Thursday 26th of September via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

Hope to see you there...

NHFT virtual book club meeting #38 - Daughters of Night

2024-07-25T20:00:00.004+01:00

Returning from contemporary Japan via Durian Sukegawa's touching Sweet Bean Paste, we have arrived in Georgian London courtesy of Laura Shepherd-Robinson's Daughters of Night.

London, 1782. Desperate for her politician husband to return home from France, Caroline 'Caro' Corsham is already in a state of anxiety when she finds a well-dressed woman mortally wounded in the bowers of the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens.

The Bow Street constables are swift to act, until they discover that the deceased woman was a highly-paid prostitute, at which point they cease to care entirely. But Caro has motives of her own for wanting to see justice done, and so sets out to solve the crime herself.

Enlisting the help of thieftaker, Peregrine Child, their inquiry delves into the hidden corners of Georgian society, a world of artifice, deception and secret lives.

But with many gentlemen refusing to speak about their dealings with the dead woman, and Caro's own reputation under threat, finding the killer will be harder, and more treacherous than she can know . . .

‘Daughters of Night has everything a historical crime thriller needs – intrigue, attention to detail, suspense, colourful characters and heroines a plenty. A triumph in its field.’ – The Wee Review

‘I would gamble what’s left of my virtue on Daughters of Night being the best historical crime novel I will read this year.’ - Antonia Senior, The Times

We'll be meeting on Thursday 29th of August via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

Hope to see you there...

NHFT virtual book club meeting #37 - Sweet Bean Paste

2024-07-02T10:08:00.001+01:00

After our visit to Charon County, Virgina, via S.A. Cosby's searing mix of crime, religion and race in the superb gritty thriller All the Sinners Bleed, we are off to Japan for a rather different tale of friendship and social stigma in Durian Sukegawa's Sweet Bean Paste.

Sentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. With only the blossoming of the cherry trees to mark the passing of time, he spends his days in a tiny confectionery shop selling dorayaki, a type of pancake filled with sweet bean paste.

But everything is about to change.

Into his life comes Tokue, an elderly woman with disfigured hands and a troubled past. Tokue makes the best sweet bean paste Sentaro has ever tasted. She begins to teach him her craft, but as their friendship flourishes, social pressures become impossible to escape and Tokue’s dark secret is revealed, with devastating consequences.

‘Simply delicious.’ – The Guardian

‘An endearing, thoughtful tale about relationships and the everyday meaning of life....’ – Library Journal

‘A subtle, moving exploration of redemption in an unforgiving society... A book with deceptive heft and lingering resonance.’ - Japan Times

We'll be meeting on Thursday 25th of July via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

Hope to see you there...

NHFT virtual book club meeting #36 - All the Sinners Bleed

2024-05-30T20:00:00.002+01:00

Following on from the mind-expanding visit to the multiverse in Blake Crouch's excellent ode to the many worlds interpretation of quantum physics, Dark Matter, we are off to southeast Virginia with S.A Cosby's gritty thriller, All the Sinners Bleed.

Titus Crown is the first Black sheriff in the history of Charon County, Virginia. In recent decades, Charon has had only two murders. After years of working as an FBI agent, no one knows better than Titus that while his hometown might seem like a land of moonshine, cornbread, and honeysuckle, secrets always fester under the surface.

But a year to the day after Titus's election, a schoolteacher is killed by a former student. The student is then fatally shot by Titus's deputies.

As Titus investigates the shootings, he unearths terrible crimes, and a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon. With the killer's possible connections to a local church and the town's harrowing history weighing on him, Titus tries to project confidence about closing the case while concealing a painful secret from his own past. At the same time, he also has to contend with a far-right group that wants to hold a parade in celebration of the town's Confederate history.

Charon is Titus's home and his heart. But where faith and violence meet, there will be a reckoning.

“One of the most muscular, distinctive, grab-you-by-both-ears voices in American crime fiction” The Washington Post

'A crackling good police procedural....fresh and exhilarating' Stephen King

"To read a book like this is to learn about lives that may be outside of our own—and to discover something(s) about ourselves in the process. This one comes with my highest recommendation." Criminal Element

We'll be meeting on Thursday 27th of June via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

Hope to see you there...

NHFT virtual book club meeting #35 - Dark Matter

2024-04-30T09:52:00.000+01:00

Following on from time spent in Wales in Orla Owen's excellent dark, twisty story of envy, materialism and toxicity, Christ on a Bike, we are boldly going into the multiverse in our first science fiction read (picked by the group), Blake Crouch's Dark Matter.

Jason Dessen is walking home through the chilly Chicago streets one night, looking forward to a quiet evening in front of the fireplace with his wife, Daniela, and their son, Charlie—when his reality shatters.

"Are you happy with your life?"

Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious.

Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits.

Before a man Jason's never met smiles down at him and says, "Welcome back, my friend."

In this world he's woken up to, Jason's life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college physics professor, but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible.

Is it this world or the other that's the dream?

And even if the home he remembers is real, how can Jason possibly make it back to the family he loves? The answers lie in a journey more wondrous and horrifying than anything he could've imagined—one that will force him to confront the darkest parts of himself even as he battles a terrifying, seemingly unbeatable foe.

'It's been a long time since a novel sucked me in and kept me turning pages the way this one did. Exceptional' - Andy Weir (author of The Martian)

'A mind-blowing sci-fi/suspense/love-story mash-up' - Entertainment Weekly

We'll be meeting on Thursday 30th of May via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

Hope to see you there...

NHFT virtual book club meeting #34 - Christ on a Bike

2024-03-28T20:00:00.023+00:00

After our visit to Warwickshire and the company of an AI detective in the excellent In the Blink of an Eye, we are off to Wales with Orla Owen's off-beat, twisty psychological story of envy, materialism and toxicity, Christ on a Bike.

When Cerys Jones, a middle-aged office-worker, comes into an unexpected inheritance, her life is appears to be getting an upgrade. Leaving the drudgery of her London life behind for a designer place on the Welsh coast, with nothing to do but relax and enjoy a luxury lifestyle.

Of course it isn't that simple and there are rules. Three simple rules that have to be followed at all times.

She cannot share her wealth with anyone and visitors may stay for no longer than three days at a time. All financial aspects of her life will be scrutinised by the inheritance lawyers.

Her younger sister is jealous, Cerys is starting to feel pretty uncomfortable in her rural luxury, and just who is the bearded figure in a red cagoule that seems to be peering at her from behind every tree?

‘Black Mirror meets Tales of The Unexpected with shades of Shirley Jackson.’ - Nina Pottell

‘So fresh and quirky and unlike anything I’ve read before. I really urge you to give it a try.’ Laura Pearson

We'll be meeting on Thursday 25th of April via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

Hope to see you there...

Isebrook Library late opening 13th March

2024-03-11T14:36:00.001+00:00

Isebrook Library will be opening a bit later than normal on Wednesday 13th March at 11.30am due to staffing constraints.

We apologise for any inconvenience if you were looking to use the library during this time. If you need any help email us or contact one of our other libraries:

berrywoodlibrary@nhft.nhs.uk 03000 271585

Isebrooklibrary@nhft.nhs.uk 03000 272095

richmondlibrary@nhft.nhs.uk 01604 545929

Isebrook Library - late opening

2024-03-01T15:22:00.002+00:00

On Monday 4th March Isebrook Library will not be opening until 11.30 a.m. We apologise if you were hoping to use the library that morning.

NHFT virtual book club meeting #33 - In the Blink of an Eye

2024-02-22T20:00:00.025+00:00

After our visit to the Sowell Bay Aquarium with Tova, Cameron, and Marcellus, the giant Pacific octopus in Remarkably Bright Creatures, we are off to Warwickshire with Jo Callaghan's up to the minute/just over the horizon crime novel, In the Blink of an Eye.

In the UK, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds.

Just gone. Vanished. In the blink of an eye.

DCS Kat Frank knows all about loss. A widowed single mother, Kat is a cop who trusts her instincts. Picked to lead a pilot programme that has her paired with AIDE (Artificially Intelligent Detective Entity) Lock, Kat's instincts come up against Lock's logic. But when the two missing person's cold cases they are reviewing suddenly become active, Lock is the only one who can help Kat when the case gets personal.

AI versus human experience.

Logic versus instinct.

With lives on the line can the pair work together before someone else becomes another statistic?

‘Terrifyingly timely and provocative' Val McDermid

‘The moral dilemmas created by artificial intelligence are brilliantly explored in this altogether very human novel’ Sunday Times

‘In the Blink of an Eye is fresh, innovative and very, very clever. Flawlessly paced, plotted and researched, it’s laugh out loud, heart-achingly sad and doesn’t have a dull moment. I raced through it. Simply sensational’ M.W. Craven

Jo Callaghan works full time as a senior strategist, carrying out research into the future impact of AI and genomics on the workforce.

We'll be meeting on Thursday 28th of March via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

Hope to see you there...

Tuesday 13th Feb - libraries closed in morning

2024-02-12T16:08:00.002+00:00

Due to staff training on Tuesday 13th February Berrywood and Isebrook libraries will be closed until 1.00pm. Richmond Library at NGH will be unstaffed but members will be able to swipe in to use.

We are sorry for any inconvenience.

NHFT virtual book club meeting #32 - Remarkably Bright Creatures

2024-01-18T20:00:00.001+00:00

After our visit to Pine Cove, California in our Christmas book The Stupidest Angel, we are embarking on a rather different read, Shelby Van Pelt's debut novel, Remarkably Bright Creatures.

After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night cleaner shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium. Ever since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat over thirty years ago keeping busy has helped her cope.

One night she meets Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium who sees everything but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors – until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.

Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova's son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it's too late...

'Humans. For the most part, you are dull and blundering. But occasionally, you can be remarkably bright creatures.'

‘Filled with a quirky unconventional charm, I’ll be smiling every time I think of this story. A story that embraces the idea of love and connection across borders in every sense, and a story of family lost and found.’ Goodreads Reviewer

We'll be meeting on Thursday 22nd of February via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

Hope to see you there...

Integrated Care System staff - help us to help you.

2024-01-16T08:56:00.001+00:00

As part of an NHS England funded project we are looking at the possibility of extending access to NHS library services in the county to all staff who work within the Northamptonshire Integrated Care System. This would include staff in:

Primary care
Integrated care board
Social care
Care homes
Third / voluntary sector care staff

NHS libraries can support you by:

Searching the evidence for you
Training you in information skills
Providing access to books and journals, in print and online, databases and other online resources
Offering a place to work or study with 24/7 access
And much more...

To understand what the problems are staff in the county are facing with finding information, and what you already have access to, we have created a short survey that we are asking anyone who works in the integrated care system (not NHFT, NGH or KGH staff) to complete.

It should only take a few minutes and would help us to collect evidence to support a business case to the Integrated Care Board.

You can find the survey here: https://forms.office.com/e/uSaZf91h60

Many thanks for your help.

Christmas opening

2023-12-20T11:54:00.001+00:00

Christmas opening at the libraries

Berrywood and Richmond Library, NGH are both open up to Dec 22nd. Isebrook Library is currently closed because of staff shortages and we will post again when it re-opens.

Over Christmas and New Year:

Richmond Library, NGH is unstaffed on Dec. 25th - 26th and Jan 1st but library members have 24/7 access and can swipe in at any time.

Berrywood Library will be closed on the Bank Holidays but open Dec. 27th - 29th, and from Jan. 2nd on.

Isebrook Library will be closed between Christmas and the New Year and re-open on Jan 2nd.

We wish you a happy and peaceful Christmas and look forward to seeing you in 2024.

Isebrook Library closed

2023-12-15T10:17:00.002+00:00

Isebrook Library will still be closed today and tomorrow (Mon/Tues 18th/19th Dec). We apologise for any inconvenience. Please contact us on 01604 545929 / richmondlibrary@nhft.nhs.uk if you need any help.

Isebrook Library will be closed today (Friday 15th December) due to staff shortages. We apologise if you have made the trip there and found it closed. You can contact us on 01604 545929 / richmondlibrary@nhft.nhs.uk if you need any help

NHFT virtual book club meeting #31 - The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas terror

2023-12-14T20:00:00.007+00:00

After our heart stopping last read, the creepy No Good Deed, we are moving on to a California-set festive read in Christopher Moore's comic fantasy, The Stupidest Angel. However, this is no Christmas Carol...

T’was the night (okay, more like the week) before Christmas and little Joshua Barker is in desperate need of a Christmas miracle. No, he's not on his deathbed; no, his dog hasn't run away from home. But Josh is sure that he saw Santa take a shovel to the head, and now the seven-year-old has only one prayer: Please, Santa, come back from the dead.

But coming to Earth, seeking a small child whose wish needs granting, is none other than Archangel Raziel. Unfortunately, he's not sporting the brightest halo in the bunch and before you can say 'Kris Kringle,' he's botched his sacred mission and sent the residents of Pine Cove headlong into Christmas chaos, culminating in the most hilarious and horrifying holiday party the town has ever seen.

‘Pacy and engaging, this is a comic fantasy crammed with sharp and funny one-liners’ The Guardian

‘If you're buying this book as a gift for your grandma or a kid, you should be aware that it contains cuss words as well as tasteful descriptions of cannibalism... Don't blame me. I told you.’ The author

We'll be meeting on Thursday 18th of January via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

Hope to see you there...

NHFT virtual book club meeting #30 - No Good Deed

2023-11-16T20:00:00.026+00:00

After our visit to the Ashokan Reservoir, in upstate New York, with John Langan's delightfully scary The Fisherman, we are returning to more familiar territory for our 30th book club read, David Jackson's UK set thriller, One Good Deed.

Elliott has never thought of himself as a hero. Until one dark night he meets Rebecca, a scared and vulnerable young woman who needs his help. There's a man harassing her, following her; would he mind pretending to be her boyfriend, just while she walks home, to put him off?

And that is that - just a favour for a stranger - until there is a knock at Elliott's door. It's the man who was following Rebecca. He claims he's her ex-boyfriend, but it's clear that he's been stalking her. He's obsessed, dangerously so. He wants Rebecca, and he will do anything to have her.

When Elliott eventually tries to tell him the truth, the man doesn't believe him. The only way to save himself is to get Rebecca to explain. There's just one problem: Rebecca is nowhere to be found. And now it looks like one good deed will cost Elliott everything...

‘One Good Deed is an addictive, fast-paced and suspenseful thriller. If you like your thrillers action-packed and nail-bitingly tense and/or you love a cat-loving antihero to root for, One Good Deed should be at the top of your shopping list.’ Kelly Van Damme (Goodreads)

We'll be meeting on Thursday 14th of December via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

Hope to see you there...

Isebrook Library opening hours: 3rd November 2023

2023-10-30T10:38:00.002+00:00

Isebrook Library will not open until 11.30 am on Friday 3rd November.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this causes.

NHFT virtual book club meeting #29 - The Fisherman

2023-10-06T12:02:00.001+01:00

Following on from our visit to Japan and the world of the gig economy in Kikuko Tsumara's There's no such thing as an easy job, things are taking a darker turn in our creepy Halloween read (and Bram Stoker award winner), The Fisherman by John Langan.

In upstate New York, within the woods, Dutchman’s Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked and fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true.

When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace in each other’s company and a shared passion for fishing, hear rumours of the Creek and what might be found there, the remedy to both their losses, they dismiss them. Soon, though, the men find themselves drawn into a tale as deep and old as the Reservoir.

It’s a tale of dark pacts, of long-buried secrets, and of a mysterious figure known as Der Fisher: the Fisherman. It will bring Abe and Dan face to face with all that they have lost, and with the price they must pay to regain it.

‘What starts as a slow, melancholy tale gains momentum and drops you headfirst into a churning nightmare from which you might escape, but you’ll never forget” - Richard Kadrey (author)

‘The Fisherman is a treasure, the kind of book you just want to snuggle up and shiver through. I can’t say enough good things about the confidence, the patience, the satisfying cumulative power of this book. It was a pleasure to read from the first page to the last’ - Victor LaValle (author)

We'll be meeting on Thursday 16th of November via MS Teams where we will be discussing the novel. You can find the link via the Events Calendar on the Staff Room.

Hope to see you there...

We are recruiting - could you be our next Library Services Manager?

2023-08-31T08:54:00.001+01:00

Due to the retirement of the current post holder, we are looking to recruit a librarian to manage the library service for Northamptonshire Healthcare and Northampton General Hospital.

This is a great opportunity to shape services for community, mental health, and acute staff, across the county, ensuring knowledge and evidence are available and accessible to support clinical practice, management, education, research, continuing professional development and all decision making across the organisations we serve.

The service has a well-established team of experienced professional and para-professional staff across three sites, and you would be working for an outstanding trust that understands the value of what the library service offers, within a supportive management structure.

We are looking for a professionally qualified librarian with extensive experience in health to lead on the library service across both trusts. You will be proactive, adaptable and able to identify opportunities for further embedding service provision into the organisations we serve.

For more information about the role, contact details and to apply, please see the vacancies section of the Trust web site.