This service is open to all reading groups. It helps with the practical matters of getting multiple copies of a book, and offers advice on how to get the most out of your group.

Drama scripts may be borrowed by groups and societies for informal play reading sessions and when rehearsing productions. Vocal scores and orchestral works may also be hired by music groups for special performances.

Dorset Library Service provides a wealth of information about the lives and works of two of Dorset's important literary figures - T. E. Lawrence and Percy F. Westerman - through collections of their printed works held at Wareham Library. Other major collections covering famous Dorset authors including Hardy, Barnes and the Powys family are held at the Dorset History Centre.

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Work produced by the creative writing for health and well being group at Weymouth Library between November 2009 and March 2010. The group explored different ways of writing and then shared their work in a safe and encouraging environment.

Follow national events and awards with Dorset Libraries - vote for which book you think you win the Orange prize, find out the short list for the Carnegie and Greenaway Prizes and discover who has won the Lost Booker Prize for 2010!

Top stand-up poet Elvis McGonagall has signed up to spearhead a new poetry project in Dorset.