About

Desert Island Books at Your Library.

Which books would you take to a desert island??

Meet our wonderful Reader in Residence, Lisa Blower, and let’s get chatting about our very favourite books.

Pick-up a postcard, in advance or on the day, from one of the participating libraries and join us for some great book chat!

Please book in advance!

Lisa Blower is an award-winning writer and academic hailed by Kit De Waal as the “natural heir to Arnold Bennett”. She is a champion of working-class literature and regional voices, often paying homage to The Potteries where she grew up. She's the author of two novels, Sitting Ducks (Fair Acre Press, 2016) - shortlisted for The Rubery Award, the Arnold Bennett Prize and The Guardian's Not the Booker - and Pondweed (Myriad Editions, 2020).