Bexley's Book of the Year 2022

Calling all book lovers in Bexley! Once again, we’re looking for nominations for our book of the year.

Nominations are now open! Tell us about the best book you’ve read this year -

Fiction, non-fiction, children’s … highbrow, lowbrow, old or new, we don’t mind as long as you enjoyed it!

Nominations close on Saturday 12 November.

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Bexley Libraries Book of the Year 2021 Winner

Hamnet by Maggie O' Farrell

Hamnet book jacket

"On a summer’s day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a sudden fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home? Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London." Neither parent knows the tragedy that will unfold.

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