Monthly Archives: March 2019

All About Books – Autumn 2019

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Our latest edition of our reading suggestions guide, All About Books is now here! It is full of a selection of some of the best books being published in the next three months.
There is a little something for everyone from adults to teens to children, for those who like their fiction to those that prefer non fiction. Don’t forget to check out our upcoming Author Talk events in April & May.
Pick up your FREE copy at any of the City Of Parramatta Libraries or download it now (just click on the cover).

Girls Night Out with Paige Toon

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Tuesday 30 April
6.30pm

Parramatta Town Hall
Book online | $15

Parramatta Library, in association with Penguin Random House Australia, is hosting an In Conversation author talk with bestselling author Paige Toon.
She will be touring Australia for the very first time to talk about her new book
– If You Could Go Anywhere.
Enjoy our special Girls Night Out High Tea with (sneaky) Bubbles! Why not have a meet and greet with Paige to have your books signed and pick up her newest release from our on site bookseller.
Don’t miss your chance with Paige before she goes back to the UK!

ABIA Longlist 2019

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The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) celebrate the achievements of authors and publishers in bringing Australian books to readers.

The Awards salute success across a range of categories within the Book Awards, Audiobook Awards and Business Awards. Check City of Parramatta Libraries online catalogue for the books.

General fiction book of the year

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Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2019

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In the eve of International Women’s Day we’re happily to see the announcement of the longlist of Women’s Prize for Fiction . The Women’s Prize for Fiction is the UK’s most prestigious annual book award celebrating & honouring women’s fiction.

The 2019 longlist is:

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
Remembered by Yvonne Battle-Felton
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Pisces by  Melissa Broder
Milkman by Anna Burns
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Ordinary People by Diana Evans
Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li
Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Praise Song for the Butterflies by Bernice L. McFadden
Circe by Madeline Miller
Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
Normal People by Sally Rooney

Helen Garner: Celebrate Lifelong Achievement

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Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature has ‘acknowledges the achievements of eminent literary writers over the age of 60 who have made an outstanding and lifelong contribution to Australian literature’ and it awarded Helen Garner for her dedication to literature this year.

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