The number of Get Into Reading groups running across Merseyside and other parts of the UK is growing fast. This map shows all of the current GIR group hotspots, with the days and times of open groups listed below.

Plans are underway to develop more Get Into Reading groups in more areas in the near future. Contact us by email (or call 0151 207 7207) if you’d like to come along to a group near you.

LONDON:

Mondays
Canada Water Library, Southwark, 10am-12pm
Make Friends With A Book, Cheshir Hall, Hendon, Barnet, NW4 2AA: 1.30-3.00pm
St Hilda’s East Community Centre, 18 Club Row, Tower Hamlets, E2 7EY, 1.30-3pm
Hornsey Library, Haringey: 2.00-4.00pm
New Horizons (50+ group) Sloane Sq, Kensington & Chelsea: 2.00-4.00pm
Chelsea Library, Kensington & Chelsea: 6.15–7.45pm

Tuesdays
Grahame Park Library, Barnet, NW9 5XL: 10.30am-12pm
Brompton Library, Kensington & Chelsea: 10:30am–12.30pm
Praxis, Pott Street, Tower Hamlets, E2 0EF: 11am-12.30pm
Peckham Library, Peckham Hill Street, SE15 5JR: 11am-1pm
Idea Store, Canary Wharf, Tower Hamlets, 1.00-2.00pm
Chipping Barnet Library, Barnet, EN5 4QT: 2.00-3.30pm
Idea Store Chrisp Street, Tower Hamlets, 2.00-3.30pm
Camberwell Library, Camberwell, SE5 8TR, 2.00-4.00pm
Idea Store Bow, Tower Hamlets: 3.00-5.00pm
Bethnal Green Library, Tower Hamlets, 3.00-5.00pm

Wednesdays
Wellbeing Centre, St Charles Hospital, Exmoor Street Kensington & Chelsea, W10 6DZ 10.00-11.30am
Unwind with a Book, Carnegie Library, 188 Herne Hill Road, 10.30am-12.00pm
Make Friends With A Book, The Eversfield Centre,, Mill Hill, Barnet, NW7 2AE: 1.30-3.00pm
Southwark Resource Centre, SE17 2QB: 1-2.30pm
Vida Walsh Centre, Saltoun Road, Windrush Square, Brixton: 2.30-4.30pm
PCT Rooms, 15 Gertrude Street Chelsea/Worlds End: 3.15–5.00pm
Feel Better With a Book, Blackfriars Settlement, 90-94 Great Suffolk Street, SE1 0BE, 3.30-5pm

Thursdays
Book Break, St Charles Wellbeing Centre, Exmoor Street, W10 6DZ, 10am-12pm
Idea Store Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets: 10.15am–12.00pm
Victoria Library, Westminster: 10.30am–12.30pm
Lambeth Walk GP Surgery, Lambeth: 10:30am–12.00pm
Book Break, Southbank Centre, outside the Poetry Library, Level 5, Royal Festival Hall, SE1 8XX, 12.30-2.30pm
Latymer Centre, 116 Bramley Road, Kensington & Chelsea: 1.30-3.00pm

MERSEYSIDE

Liverpool:

Mondays
Book at Breakfast, Calderstones Mansion House, Calderstones Park, L18 3JD, 10-11.30am (starts 13th May 2013)
Blackburne House Reading Group, Blackburne House, Blackburne Place, off Hope Street, L8 7PE, 11am-12.30pm (women only group)
Unwind with a Book, Toxteth Library, Windsor Street, L8 1XF, 4pm-6pm

Tuesdays
Magical Storytime, Everton Children’s Centre, Spencer Street, L6 2WF, 10-11am (in partnership with Thrive at 5, for children under 5 and their parents and carers)
Book at Breakfast, Toxteth Library, Windsor Street, L8 1XF, 10-11.45am
Feel Better with a Book, Upstairs@83 Mental Health Drop-In Centre, 83 Stanley Rd, Bootle, L20 7DA , 12.45-2.15pm
Book a Break, Toxteth Library, Windsor Street, L8 1XF,  1-3pm (group for unpaid carers)
The Great Escape, BNENC, Breckfield Road North, 2.30-3.30pm (men only group)
Time for Me, TESCO Cafe, Litherland Store, L21 8NZ, 6.30-7.30pm

Wednesdays
Feel Better with a Book, Childwall Library, Fiveways Health Centre, 2.30-4pm
After-School Storytime, Toxteth Library, Windsor Street, 3.30-4.45pm (for children under 8 and their parents or carers – older siblings welcome too!)
Time for Me, Calderstones Mansion House, Calderstones Park, L18 3JD, 6-7.30pm (starts 8th May 2013)

Thursdays
Time for a Cuppa, Whitefield Primary School, Boundary Lane, L6 5JG, 9.30-10.30am (in partnership with Thrive at 5)
Unwind with a Book, Granby Care Home, Selborne Street, L8 1YG 1-3pm (group for parents/carers – you need to register with Granby Children’s Centre to attend this group)

Fridays

Magical Storytime, Whitefield Primary School, Boundary Lane, L6 5JG, 9.00-10.00am (in partnership with Thrive at 5, for children under 5 and their parents or carers)
Time for a Cuppa, Breck Road Library, L5 6SP, 10.30am-12.00pm (in partnership with LCVS and Thrive at 5)
Family Storytime, Breck Road Library, L5 6SP,  3.30-4.30pm (for children of all ages and their parents or carers)

Wirral:

Mondays
Book at Breakfast, Woodchurch Library, 9.30-11am
Read and Relax, Ridgeway Library, Noctorum, Wirral, 2.30-3.30pm
Dames of the Round Table, Woodchurch Library, 2.30-3.30pm

Tuesdays
Get into Reading, Ridgeway Library, Noctorum, Wirral, 9.30-11am
Book at Breakfast, Brombrough Library, 10-11.30am
Book at Breakfast, Leasowe Library, Wirral,10.30am-12pm
Get Into Reading, Saughall Massie Parish Centre, Wirral, 10.30am-12pm
Feel Better with a Book, Birkenhead Central Library, 10.30am-12pm
Make Friends with a Book, *new location until April 2013 – Cambridge Day Centre* 1.30-3.30pm
Unwind with a Book, Birkenhead Central Library, 5.30-7.00pm

Wednesdays
Unwind with a Book, The Lauries Centre, Birkenhead, 10.30am-12pm
Mind Reading Group, Leasowe Library, Wirral, 12.30-1.30pm
Time For Me, The Lauries Centre, Birkenhead, 1-2.30pm
Afternoon Tea, Eastham Library, 1.30-3.15pm
Eastham Bookworms (for children), Eastham Library, 3.45-4.45pm

Thursdays
Book At Breakfast, Rock Ferry Library, 9.30-11am*
Book at Breakfast, Seacombe Library, 9.30-11am
Book at Breakfast, St James’ Library, Birkenhead, 10am-12pm.
Feel Better with a Book, The Lauries Centre, Birkenhead, 10.30am-12pm
The Book Break, The Lauries Centre, Birkenhead, 1-3pm (A reading group especially for carers)
Bite Club, Leasowe Library, Wirral, 2.30-3.30pm
After School Group for Children, Seacombe Library, 3.30-4.30pm

Fridays
Life Book, Beechwood Library, 11am-12pm
Feel Better with a Book, The Lauries Centre, Birkenhead, 11am-12.30pm
Feel Better with a Book, Prenton Library, 12-1.30pm
Beechwood Bookworms (for children), Beechwood Library, 3.15-4.30pm

SOUTH-WEST

Mondays
Feel Better with a Book, Sherborne Wellbeing Centre, Dorset, 2-3.30pm

Tuesdays
Books For Life, Re-Think, The Betty Fisher Centre, Wadebridge, Cornwall, 10.30am-12.30pm
Library Memory Group (for people with dementia and their carers), Barnstaple, North Devon, 10.30am-12pm
Feel Better With A Book, Hoskins Room, Exeter Central Library, 10.30am-12pm
Feel Better With A Book, Plymstock Library, Plymstock, 10am-11.30am
CARERS Feel Better With A Book, Plymstock Library, Plymstock, 11.30am-12.30pm (starts February 5th 2013)
Feel Better With A Book, Central Library, Plymouth, 2-3.30pm
Community Reading Group, Bodmin Library, Cornwall, 2-3.30pm
Library Memory Group (for people with dementia and their carers), Passmore Edwards, Newton Abbot, Devon, 2-3.30pm
Feel Better with a Book, Ilfracombe, North Devon, 2-3.30pm

Wednesdays
CARERS Feel Better With A Book, West Park Library, Plymouth, 10-11.30am (starts February 6th 2013)
Feel Better With A Book, Bideford, Devon, 10.30am-12pm
Library Memory Group (for people with dementia and their carers), Hoskins Room, Exeter Central Library, Devon, 10.30am-12pm
Library Memory Group (for people with dementia and their carers), Ivybridge Library, 10.30am-12pm
Library Memory Group, United Reformed Church, Blandford, Dorset, 11am-12.30pm
Community Reading Group, Newton Ferrers Reading Room, Plymouth, 2-3.30pm
CARERS Feel Better With A Book, Tavistock Library, East Devon, 2-3.30pm
Library Memory Group (for people with dementia and their carers), Exmouth Library, 3-4.30pm

Thursday
Feel Better With A Book, Yeovil Library, Somerset, 10.30am-12.30pm
Library Memory Group (for people with dementia and their carers), Yeovil Library, Somerset, 2-3.30pm
CARERS Feel Better With A Book, Plympton Harewood House, 2-3.30pm (starts February 7th 2013)

Fridays
Feel Better With A Book, Tiverton Library, Devon, 10.30am-12pm
Feel Better With A Book, The Hayridge, Cullompton, 2-3.30pm
Feel Better With A Book, Mansion House, Totnes, 2-3.30pm
CARERS Feel Better With A Book, Crownhill Methodist Hall, 2.-3.30pm (starts February 8th 2013)

WIGAN:

Mondays
Sunshine House, Scholes, 10am-12pm

Tuesdays
Compassion in Action, High St, Golborne, 10am-12pm
Leigh Library, 11:30am-1pm
Hindley Library, Hindley, 12.30-2pm
Formby Avenue GP Surgery, Atherton, 1.30-3pm

Wednesdays
Hindley Carers’ Centre, Frederick Street, Hindley, 10-11.30am

Thursdays
Marsh Green Library, Marsh Green, 10.30am-12pm