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Summer Book Giveaway

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Join our city-wide game of literacy hide and seek in Nottingham this summer.

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Summer Book Giveaway 2026

Throughout the summer holidays, Literacy Champions will be hiding special postcards in everyday places across the city - from bus stops and playgrounds to community centres and local landmarks. Each postcard is a golden ticket!

If your family finds one, take it to any participating Nottingham City library and choose a free book to take home and keep. It couldn't be simpler!

When children and young people enjoy reading, they read more often, helping to build vital reading skills and bringing wider benefits for wellbeing, confidence and learning.

We want to make sure every child in Nottingham has access to books and that a love for reading extends to every corner of the city.

And to celebrate the National Year of Reading, this year we'll have books for adults to take home too!

Participating libraries

  • Bulwell
  • Clifton
  • Dales
  • Hyson Green
  • Central
  • Radford-Lenton
  • Sherwood
  • Southglade
  • St Ann's
  • Strelley Road
  • Meadows
  • Wollaton

While you're there, why not sign up for the Summer Reading Challenge? And get a library card if you don't have one already - there are thousands of books to borrow, which means thousands of new adventures to get lost in!

Discover opening times and the range of books on offer at Nottingham City Libraries.

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Last summer...

  • Over 480 books were gifted to families across the city.
  • 47 Literacy Champions and six local schools helped hide more than 2,000 vouchers in their communities.
  • Many families joined the library for the first time and took part in the Summer Reading Challenge!