Winners of The 2013 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards

Posted on May 20, 2013 by admin

mateship12 Prizes winners of the 2013 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced at the State Library of NSW recently. Parramatta City Library has most of books available for loan. Continue reading →

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Hugo Awards 2013

Posted on May 20, 2013 by admin

The Hugo Awards are a set of awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.

The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine ‘Amazing Stories’.

Nominations for the Best Novel of 2013 are: Continue reading →

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Chinese Reading Group April Discussion Notes

Posted on May 17, 2013 by admin

相对于其他阅读主题，大家似乎对推理/侦探类的题材较少接触。有读者发现图书馆内有著名的英国作家阿加莎. 克里斯蒂的推理小说系列中文版，他说年轻的时侯曾经看过她的很多作品。根据她的小说而拍成电影的尼罗河惨案,东方快车谋杀案 很多年前曾经在中国上影，大部分朋友都看过，现在还记忆尤新。

     从香港移民来的朋友则比较喜欢看与他们原居地有关的真人真事，如: 香港震撼案件传真，刑警最前线 – 重案狙击实录。这两本书都真实反映了重案组内的香港警察精英凭着对犯罪学的深入认识，敏锐的触觉及锲而不捨的精神，加上精密的分析头脑，抽丝剥繭地探索每宗案件，历年来屡破奇案，并在揭发隐藏在凶手的背后，发现原来还有不少人性的醜恶面以及许多不为人知的真相。

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新到的中文音响读物

Posted on May 16, 2013 by admin

如果你喜欢听书而不是阅读，你会对我们新进的音响读物感兴趣。这些基本上是MP3和CD格式。你可在图书馆的网上查找借阅情况，并预订借阅

海青天 MP3

皇帝内经养生智慧 CD

长篇评弹：暴风骤雨 MP3

现代流行新词语

周医体质养生 CD

大清重臣李鸿章 MP3

东汉演义

决战前

新概念英语 CD

铁伞怪侠 MP3

 

 

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Autumn Reads 2013

Posted on May 15, 2013 by admin

Are you looking for something new to read? Would you like to know what’s popular and what’s top on some prizes/awards lists? And also do you wonder who’s coming to visit Parramatta Library to talk about their books? Well, you’ll find out from this year’s Autumn Reads.

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Edgar Allan Poe Awards 2013

Posted on May 7, 2013 by admin

Mystery Writers of America has announced the winners of the 2013 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, which have selected from the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and television published or produced in 2012. Continue reading →

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Australian Women’s Weekly Great Reads for April 2013

Posted on April 30, 2013 by admin

Check out these great suggestions                    

                       

                      

  

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Pulitzer Prize Winners – 2013

Posted on April 23, 2013 by admin

The WINNER for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is:

Adam Johnson for his book  The Orphan Master’s Son, an exquisitely crafted novel that carries the reader on an adventuresome journey into the depths of totalitarian North Korea and into the most intimate spaces of the human heart.

Also nominated as finalists in this category were: Continue reading →

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Last Thursday Book Group

Posted on April 22, 2013 by admin

 

The Story of Danny Dunn by Bryce Courtenay

 

A beautiful novel by the prolific Mr Courtenay.

A descriptive account of Balmain and Sydney during the 1930’s, 1940’s, right through to the seventies.

The characters are wonderfully depicted and true to the era of the Depression. Many readers shed a tear as memories of the past came back to them.

Danny Dunn’s character is that of many a young man who willingly went to war and after came back broken and found it hard to relate to a ‘normal’ world again.

Comments from the group: Continue reading →

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The Commonwealth Book Prize 2013

Posted on April 18, 2013 by admin

Commonwealth Writers inspires writers, storytellers and a range of cultural practitioners to work for social change. It builds communities of less heard and emerging voices to influence, directly and indirectly, the decision making processes which affect their lives.

In line with this vision, the Commonwealth Book Prize and Short Story Prize unearth talented writers to take part in online residencies and on-the-ground activities. As well as inspiring others through their work. Continue reading →

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