Aimee works part-time in our distribution area, unpacking returned books and reshelving them. She convenes a book group of 8 women and often have extreme differences of opinion!  Books from the scheme that she has recently enjoyed are: 1. Second Chances 2. Gathering of Waters 3. The Rosie Project Read More

Megan is our promotions person. She enjoys books that are inspiring or in which people or characters grow and develop. Some of her 'most enjoyable' picks include: 1. Where the Rekohu Bone Sings 2. The Good Doctor 3. The Brighter Side of My Condition "Witty and insightful; a little bit dark. Loved the characters' idioms and ways of speaking."  4. The President's Hat Read More

Jane is one of our dispatch team. As a busy mum of three, a book needs to be an absorbing and enjoyable distraction! Her reading highlights include: 1. Second Chances "A great story by Charity Norman." 2. Our Souls At Night 3. The Light Between Oceans 4. A Man called Ove "I felt sorry for him" she says of the main character.  Read More

Trisha, an ex-staff member of BDS, comes in once a week to cover books as a volunteer. She prefers non-fiction but also enjoys thought-provoking 'easy to read' fiction. "I like to think about different things," she says. Trisha's top reads include: 1. An Ordinary Man: The True Story Behind Hotel Rwanda 2. The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window  3. Thousand Hills to Heaven 4. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 5. The Worst Hard Time 6. A Long Way Home [film version is 'The Lion'] "I also watched the '60 Minutes' story about this Indian boy whose mother never moved in case he came back." Read More

Robyn volunteers a day a week and comes in to help cover new books. She enjoys reading "anything you can get absorbed in and forget everything else". Her top picks are: 1. Just Mercy "Sad and inspiring" 2. Our Souls At Night 3. The Industry of Souls She's also enjoyed: 4. The Birth House 5. St Agnes' Stand 6. Gweilo 7. Every Last One  Read More

Cherie repairs damaged books and is our administrator. She reads a range of genres but likes suspense "that is well done". "I have eclectic taste but lean towards a darker book."  Her favourite recent reads are: 1. Our Souls At Night "Not dark but a sweet story tinged with sadness." 2. The Thirteenth Tale 3. Elegance of the Hedgehog Read More

Pat is a volunteer who regularly comes into the BDS office to help cover new books. She's an ex-librarian and admits to reading lots of autobiographies and non-fiction during her working life. "I'm going through an African phase at the moment," she says.  Pat has recently enjoyed: 1. The Last Rhinos 2. A Thousand Hills to Heaven Read More