Daily Archives: 20 August 2012

Discussion notes from Literacy Reading Group August 2012

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The National Year of Reading Theme for August is Question, so this month we read and discussed two articles relating this theme.

Article 1: Profit and Loss– Angela Mollard in Sunday magazine from the Sunday Telegraph Feb 26-Mar 3 2012 p3

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/sunday-magazine/angela-mollard-profit-and-loss/story-e6frf039-1226281475594

In this Article “Angela counts the cost of putting work ahead of family” an interesting article about trying to juggle the commitments of life, and working out what’s important in the long run.

Article 2:  Questions that make you think from Buzzle.com

 http://www.buzzle.com/articles/questions-that-make-you-think.html

 A very funny article with many interesting questions to make you think.

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Fiona McCallum – Author of the month

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You are invited to Parramatta Library on  Monday 10th September 2012 1pm – 2pm to hear Fiona McCallum talk about her latest book, Wattle Creek, one of the Get Reading books you can’t put down.

Fiona writes “heart-warming journey of self-discovery stories”. Her first novel Paycheque was released on April 1 2011 and became an ‘instant bestseller’. Her second novel Nowhere Else (released on Dec 1 2011) was an even bigger hit, outselling Paycheque by early January 2012. Fiona’s third novel, Wattle Creek, was released April 1 2012.

The bestselling Australian author of Paycheque and Nowhere Else returns with a story of dreams, expectations and endurance. Continue reading →