Books and reading
West Lothian Libraries offer a huge selection of books for all ages for leisure, study or information.
Book Groups
If you enjoy reading and talking about books, then you might like to join one of our Library Book Groups. Blackburn , Broxburn , East Calder , Fauldhouse , Lanthorn , West Calder and Whitburn Libraries hold monthly Book Group meetings and new members are always welcome.
Man Booker Prize Winner 2008
Aravind Adiga has won the year's Man Booker prize for his debut novel "The white tiger", an angry and darkly humorous tale of one man's journey from poverty in rural India to entrepreneurial success. This is available from libraries and can be requested throught the online catalogue. (new window)
For more information on this and the other novels that were shortlisted, visit the Man Booker (new window) website.
Best of the Booker Prize
Salman Rushdie has won the Best of the Booker prize for his novel "Midnight's Children". The one-off prize was awarded to celebrate 40 years of the Booker Prize and was chosen by a public vote from a short-list of six. To find out more about any of the short-listed titles, visit the Booker Prize (new window) site.
Orange Broadband Prize 2008
The winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction 2008 is Rose Tremain for "The road home". To see the video of the awards ceremony, visit the Orange Prize (new window) website.
The winner for the Orange Broadband Award for New Writers 2008 is: "Inglorious" by Joanna Kavenna.
