Bridgend County Borough Council, Civic Offices, Angel Street, Bridgend, CF31 4WB

Tel: 01656 643643
Text: 01656 643644
Fax: 01656 668126
Email: talktous@bridgend.gov.uk

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Monday - Friday 8.00am - 5.30pm

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Aberkenfig Group

Bridgend Group

Maesteg Wednesday Group

Maesteg Friday Group

Ogmore Vale Group

Pencoed Tuesday Group

Pencoed Friday Group

Pontycymer Group

Porthcawl Group

Pyle Group

Y Llynfi Group

Ty'r Ardd Group

Hooked on Books Timetable 2011-2012

DATES GIVEN ARE THE DATES THE BOOKS WILL BE DISCUSSED

THE BOOKS WILL BE ISSUED IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING

Aberkenfig Library

The group meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 11.30am

4 Hydref

 

1 Tachwedd

Hiwmor y Cymoedd
gan Cennard Davies

 

Lladd Duw
gan Dewi Prysor

Hiwmor y Cymoedd

gan Cennard Davies

 

Lladd Duw

gan Dewi Prysor

     

6 Rhagfyr

 

3 Ionawr

Llanw Bwlch
gan John Albert Evans

 

Awr y locustiaid
gan Fflur Dafydd

Llanw Bwlch

gan John Albert Evans

 

Awr y locustiaid

gan Fflur Dafydd

     

7 Chwefror

 

6 Mawrth

Yn ôl I Gbara
gan Bethan Gwanas

 

Gwenddydd
gan Jerry Hunter

Yn ôl I Gbara

gan Bethan Gwanas

 

Gwenddydd

gan Jerry Hunter

     

3 Ebrill

 

1 Mai

Si Bei
gan Geraint V.Jones

 

Hoff Gerddi Cymru

Si Bei

gan Geraint V.Jones

 

Hoff Gerddi Cymru

     

5 Mehefin

 

3 Gorffenaf

Bydoedd
gan Ned Thomas

 

Dyddiadur Dyn Dwad
gan Goronwy Jones

Bydoedd

gan Ned Thomas

 

Dyddiadur Dyn Dwad

gan Goronwy Jones

Bridgend Library

The group meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 2pm

November 2nd

 

December 7th

Hothouse Flower
by Lucinda Riley

 

Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini

Hothouse Flower

by Lucinda Riley

 
  • Runner
  • Khaled Hosseini
     

January 4th

 

February 1st

The Uncommon Reader
by Alan Bennett

 

The Book Thief
by Marcus Zusak

The Uncommon Reader

by Alan Bennett

 

The Book Thief

by Marcus Zusak

     

March 7th

 

April 4th

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
by Mark Haddon

 

Half of a Yellow Sun
by C . N. Adichie

The curious incident of the dog in the night

by Mark Haddon

 
  • of a Yellow Sun
  • C . N. Adichie
     

May 2nd

 

June 6th

Death in Holy Orders
by P. D. James

 

The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde

Death in Holy Orders

by P. D. James

 
  • Eyre Affair
  • Jasper Fforde
     

July 4th

   

The Sister
by Rosamund Lipton

   
  • Sister

by Rosamund Lipton

   

Maesteg Library

The Wednesday group meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 1.30pm

October 5th

 

November 2nd

Major Pettigrew's last stand
by Helen Simonson

 

The Road Home
by Rose Tremain

Major Pettigrew's last stand

by Helen Simonson

 

The Road Home

by Rose Tremain

     

December 7th

 

January 4th

Alone in Berlin
By Hans Fallada

 

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson

Alone in Berlin

By Hans Fallada

 

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

     

February 1st

 

March 7th

The Help
by Kathryn Stockett

 

The Beach Hut
by Veronica Henry

The Help

by Kathryn Stockett

 
  • Beach Hut

by Veronica Henry

     

April 4th

 

May 2nd

 

The Silver Linings Playbook
By Matthew Quick

The Room

by Emma Donoghue

 

The Silver Linings Playbook

By Matthew Quick

     

June 6th

 

July 4th

The Earth Hums In B Flat
by Mari Strachan

 

Deaf Sentence
by David Lodge

The Earth hums in B Flat

by Mari Strachan

 

Deaf Sentence

by David Lodge

The Friday group meets on the third Friday of the month at 6.00pm

October 21st

 

November 18th

Alone in Berlin
By Hans Fallada

 

The Beach Hut
by Veronica Henry

Alone in Berlin

By Hans Fallada

 
  • Beach Hut

by Veronica Henry

     

December 16th

 

January 20th

Pied Piper
by Nevil Shute

 

Death in Holy Orders
by P. D. James

The Pied Piper

by Neville Shute

 

Death in Holy Orders

by P. D. James

     

February 17th

 

March 16th

Border Country
by Raymond Williams

 

The Sister
by Rosamund Lupton

Border Country

by Raymond Williams

 

Sister

by Rosamund Lupton

     

April 20th

 

May 18th

The Dig
By John Preston

 

Toast
by Nigel Slater

The Dig

By John Preston

 

Toast

by Nigel Slater

     

June 15th

 

July 20th

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
by John Boyne

 

One Day
by David Nicholls

The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas

by John Boyne

 

One Day

by David Nicholls

Ogmore Vale Library

The group meets on the last Thursday of the month at 11.00am

October 27th

 

November 24th

The 1000 Autimns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell

 

Death in Holy Orders
by P. D. James

The 1000 Autimns of Jacob de Zoet

by David Mitchell

 

Death in Holy Orders

by P. D. James

     

December 29th

 

January 26th

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer

 

The Bolter
by Frances Osborne

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

by Mary Ann Shaffer

 

The Bolter

by Frances Osborne

     

February 23rd

 

March 29th

Galactic North
by Alastair Reynolds

 

The Black Book
by Orhan Pamuk

Galactic North

by Alastair Reynolds

 

The Black Book

by Orhan Pamuk

     

April 26th

 

May 31st

Deaf Sentence
by David Lodge

 

One Day
by David Nicholls

Deaf Sentence

by David Lodge

 

One Day

by David Nicholls

     

June 28th

 

July 26th

Border Country
by Raymond Williams

 

Talking About Jane Austen In Baghdad
by Bee Rowlatt

Border Country

by Raymond Williams

 

Talking About Jane Austen In Baghdad

by Bee Rowlatt

Pencoed Library

The group meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 10.00am

October 11th

 

November 8th

 

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson

The Room

by Emma Donoghue

 
  • Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
  • Stieg Larsson
     

December 13th

 

January 10th

The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot

 

Gold
by Dan Rhodes

The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

 

Gold

by Dan Rhodes

     

February 14th

 

March 13th

The hare with amber eyes
by Edmund de Waal

 

Guernica
by Dave Boling

The hare with amber eyes

by Edmund de Waal

 
  • Dave Boling
     

April 10th

 

May 8th

Hothouse Flower
by Lucinda Riley

 

The 1000 Autimns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell

Hothouse Flower

by Lucinda Riley

 
  • 1000 Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
  • David Mitchell
     

June 12th

 

July 10th

Major Pettigrew's last stand
by Helen Simonson

 

Major Pettigrew's last stand

by Helen Simonson

 

Sarah's Key

by Tatiana de Rosnay

The Friday group meets on the last Friday of the month at 10.30am

October 28th

 

November 25th

The Help
by Kathryn Stockett

 

Chocolat
by Joanne Harris

The Help

by Kathryn Stockett

 

Chocolat

by Joanne Harris

     

December 30th

 

January 27th

Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck

 

The Tenderness of Wolves
by Stef Penney

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

 

The Tenderness of Wolves

by Steph Penney

     

February 24th

 

March 30th

Eve Green
by Susan Fletcher

 

The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde

Eve Green

by Susan Fletcher

 

The Eyre Affair

by Jasper Fforde

     

April 27th

 

May 25th

The Book Thief
by Marcus Zusak

 

My Last Duchess
by Daisy Goodwin

The Book Thief

by Marcus Zusak

 

My Last Duchess

by Daisy Goodwin

     

June 29th

 

July 27th

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
by Mark Haddon

 

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night

by Mark Haddon

 

Shadow of the Wind

by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Pontycymer Library

The group meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 2.30pm

October 4th

 

November 1st

Pied Piper
by Nevil Shute

 

The Bolter
by Frances Osborne

The Pied Piper

by Neville Shute

 

The Bolter

by Frances Osborne

     

December 6th

 

January 3rd

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
by John Boyne

 

The Forgotten Garden
by Kate Morton

The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas

by John Boyne

 

The Forgotten Garden

by Kate Morton

     

February 7th

 

March 6th

Major Pettigrew's last stand
by Helen Simonson

 

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer

Major Pettigrew's last stand

by Helen Simonson

 

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

by Mary Ann Shaffer

     

April 3rd

 

May 1st

The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga

 

The Beach Hut
by Veronica Henry

White Tiger

by Aravind Adiga

 

The Beach Hut

by Veronica Henry

     

June 6th

 

July 3rd

The Help
by Kathryn Stockett

 

The Road Home
by Rose Tremain

The Help

by Kathryn Stockett

 

The Road Home

by Rose Tremain

Porthcawl Library

The group meets on the third Wednesday of the month at 2.00pm

October 19th

 

November 16th

The Sister
by Rosamund Lupton

 

The hare with amber eyes
by Edmund de Waal

The Sister

by Rosamund Lupton

 

The hare with amber eyes

by Edmund de Waal

     

December 14th

 

January 18th

My Last Duchess
by Daisy Goodwin

 

The Earth Hums In B Flat
by Mari Strachan

My Last Duchess

by Daisy Goodwin

 

The Earth hums in B Flat

by Mari Strachan

     

February 15th

 

March 21st

 

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson

Sarah's Key

by Tatiana de Rosnay

 

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

     

April 18th

 

May 16th

The Help
by Kathryn Stockett

 

The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood

The Help

by Kathryn Stockett

 

The Blind Assassin

by Margaret Atwood

     

June 20th

 

July 18th

Gold
by Dan Rhodes

 

The 1000 Autimns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell

Gold

by Dan Rhodes

 

The 1000 Autimns of Jacob de Zoet

by David Mitchell

Pyle Library

The group meets on the third Thursday of the month at 7.00pm

October 20th

 

November 17th

The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot

 

The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

 

Winter Queen

by Boris Akunin

     

December 15th

 

January 19th

 

One Day
by David Nicholls

Talking about Jane Austen in Baghdad

by Bee Rowlatt

 

One Day

by David Nicholls

     

February 16

 

March 15th

 

The Earth Hums In B Flat
by Mari Strachan

Resistance

by Owen Sheers

 

The Earth hums in B Flat

by Mari Strachan

     

April 19th

 

May 17th

 

The hare with amber eyes
by Edmund de Waal

Sarah's Key

by Tatiana de Rosnay

 

The hare with amber eyes

by Edmund de Waal

     

June 21st

 

July 19th

Call the midwife
by Jennifer Worth

 

Under the Greenwood Tree
by Thomas Hardy

Call the midwife

by Jennifer Worth

 

Under the Greenwood Tree

by Thomas Hardy

Y Llynfi Library

The group meets on the first Friday of the month at 10.30am

October 7th

 

November 4th

The Book Thief
by Marcus Zusak

 

Arthur and George
by Julian Barnes

The Book Thief

by Marcus Zusak

 

Arthur and George

by Julian Barnes

     

December 2nd

 

January 6th

The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde

 

The Black Book
by Orhan Pamuk

The Eyre Affair

by Jasper Fforde

 

The Black Book

by Orhan Pamuk

     

February 3rd

 

March 2nd

A Quiet Belief in Angels
by R.J. Ellory

 

Fingersmith
by Sarah Waters

A Quiet Belief in Angels

by R.J. Ellory

 

Fingersmith

by Sarah Waters

     

April 6th

 

May 4th

Major Pettigrew's last stand
by Helen Simonson

 

The Forgotten Garden
by Kate Morton

Major Pettigrew's last stand

by Helen Simonson

 

The Forgotten Garden

by Kate Morton

     

June 1st

 

July 6th

The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga

 

The hare with amber eyes
by Edmund de Waal

White Tiger

by Aravind Adiga

 

The Hare with amber eyes

by Edmund de Waal

Local and Family History Centre, Ty'r Ardd

The group meets on the third Wednesday of the month at 1.30pm

October 19th

 

November 16th

The Dig
By John Preston

 

One Day
by David Nicholls

The Dig

By John Preston

 

One Day

by David Nicholls

     

December 21st

 

January 18th

The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver

 

Toast
by Nigel Slater

The Poisonwood Bible

by Barbara Kingsolver

 

Toast

by Nigel Slater

     

February 15th

 

March 21st

 

The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot

Winter Queen

by Boris Akunin

 

The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

     

April 18th

 

May 16th

Galactic North
by Alastair Reynolds

 

The Road Home
by Rose Tremain

Galactic North

by Alastair Reynolds

 

The Road Home

by Rose Tremain

     

June 20th

 

July 18th

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer

 

To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

by Mary Ann Shaffer

 

To Kill A Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

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