The Leisure Collection offers a wide range of fiction and poetry, along with books on wellbeing, emotions, and learning differences. It spans classic to contemporary authors and includes genres from everyday life to the supernatural, all available for free to all members of the University.
There are lots of ways you can switch-off and take a break from studying.
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Our Leisure Collection includes novels from Charles Dickens to Stephen King, Enid Blyton to Virginia Woolf, Philip Pullman to Roald Dahl. You can also find books on health and managing emotions, vampires, poetry collections and learning differences. All are available to check out and take home “at your leisure”.
The Leisure Collection can be found in the Reading Room on the first row of shelving facing the entrance. For a choice of Leisure Reading online, visit Libby.
You can browse the collection online.
Spotted a perfect leisure read? Let us know - we love suggestions! Just pick the right form for you and make sure you check the leisure option.
Every month the Library curates a small 'Spotlight On' collection. Previous topics include: the history of the NHS; Halloween; Black History Month; Mental Health Awareness, and many more. You can view current and previous 'Spotlight On' collections (expand the list to see them all). The Spotlight On collection is to the left of the Reading Room entrance, near the windows.
This small book and DVD collection covers mental health, wellbeing, and other related topics. The collection is available to all students and staff, and you can find the online reading list here. There are four themes to the collection:
If you'd like further support with any of these topics, you can find out more about the university's mental health and wellbeing team. The Reading Well Collection is to the left of the Reading Room entrance, near the windows.
Take a moment to enjoy the view from the Brynmor Jones Library’s seventh-floor observatory, offering a rare, peaceful vantage point over campus and the city
Grab a brew, and maybe something to eat at the library Cafe 'Whitsuns' on the ground floor
Explore the Brynmor Jones Art Collection - free and open to all, with rotating exhibitions year-round.
There are plenty of comfortable spaces to plug in your laptop, read or just enjoy the peace and quiet.