Libraries
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Cambridgeshire Public Libraries
Where they are, opening times and services such as learning centres.
University of Cambridge Library
Information about this famous library, including how to use it.

Local bookshops
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Bodies in the Bookshop
Specialists in Murder! Two floors of crime fiction: new, secondhand and collectible. In Boltolph Lane.
Cambridge Amnesty Bookshop
Community bookshop stocks secondhand books covering most subjects, with particular strengths in fiction, art, and philosophy.
Cambridge University Press Bookshop
1 Trinity Street, on the oldest bookshop site in the UK, featuring the oldest publisher in the world.
David's Bookshop
Second hand books. In St. Edward's Passage.
Heffers
Cambridge's biggest book shop (now part of Blackwell). The Children's Bookshop is at the back of the shop.
Plurabelle Books
In Coldhams Road and online.
Sarah Key Books, The Haunted Bookshop
Specialising in collectable children's & illustrated books, but much more besides!
W H Smith
In Market Street. Books, music and stationery.
Waterstones
In Sidney Street.

Book groups and literary events
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Cambridge Literary Festival
Happens twice a year.
Library Live
Events at Cambridgeshire libraries.

Publishing and other services
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Askance Publishing
Social enterprise publishing house & writing services.
Cambridge University Press
The oldest printing and publishing house in the world.
Mr. Proofread
Proofreading and editing in British and US English to writers of all types. Based in Cambridge.
Oleander Press
Reprinted Nighclimbers of Cambridge. Other interesting books.
Polity
Social science and humanities publisher.
Salt Publishing
Independent literary publishing house with ground-breaking poetry series.

Local writers and books
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Anne Rooney
Writer of children's books and adult non-fiction.
Authors
Novelists, poets and other writers with a Cambridge connection.
Colin Greenland
British SF writer.
G.M. Malliet
Detective series features St. Just of the Cambridgeshire Constabulary.
Henry Benedict Tam
Books on democratic citizenship and inclusive community development, and a novel.
Jane Wilson-Howarth
Travel narrative and travel health books.
John Phelps
Written a thriller about Cambridge.
Katie Dale
Books ranging from bedtime stories, through early readers and middle grade, up to Young Adult.
Pippa Goodhart
Adult books and children's books.
Susanna Gregory
Medieval murder mysteries, Restoration whodunits, and other historical crime fiction.
WriteON
Forum for new dramatic writing in Cambridge.

Online texts
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Books via Cambridge Library Service
If you have a Cambridge library card, you can access many reference books from home.
Google Books
Information about books, and if the author has given permission, some of the text itself.
Gutenberg Project
Complete texts of classic books from the start of this century and previous centuries. Free e-books to download.
Internet Archive Text Archive
Download free books and texts. A wide range of fiction, popular books, children's books, historical texts and academic books.
ManyBooks.net
Ebooks which you can download for free in different formats.
Oxford English Dictionary
If you have a Cambridge library card, you can access the full Oxford English Dictionary from home.
Shakespeare Online
All the plays online. Search for that quote!
The Bible
Complete text of the King James Bible online, with search facilities.
The Quran (or Koran)
English translation. Also Arabic, and Arabic and English together.
Wikiquote
Quotes, including authenticity. Who said that?
Wikisource
The free library that anyone can improve. 526,649 texts in English

Online collections
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Cambridge Digital Library
View scanned in important books online, by Cambridge University Library.
Darwin Online
The complete works of Charles Darwin online.
Parker Library Books
View books from the Parker Library, Corpus Christi, online.
The Aberdeen Bestiary
The manuscript was written and illuminated in England around 1200.
Wren Digital Library
Online manuscripts from the Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge.

Online poetry
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Netpoets
Many poems.
Wondering Minstrels
Browse poems organised by title or poet, or choose a random poem.

Buy books online
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AbeBooks
Search for second-hand books covering many different shops.
Alibris
Used, rare and hard-to-find books.
Amazon
Buy books online, including second-hand books. Download music tracks. Buy e-books.
World of Books
Second hand books.