Judith Dunn is a local historican and has written a very interesting book ‘
The book is very well researched with its vivid discriptions of women characters and their stories. Judith came to Parramatta City Library and had a fascinating author talk which perfectly concluded the author talk for the year.
The link is a slideshow that highlights the event.
http://picasaweb.google.com/parracitylib/JudithDunnAuthorTalk##
In Oct, Parramatta City Library held a Read Aloud day. The Journalist and presenter Caroline Jones and some local authors all came to the library. They read their own works and shared their thoughts with the community.
Here is a slideshow that highlights the event.
http://picasaweb.google.com/parracitylib/ReadAloud#slideshow/5416069699630825170
Ber Carroll has written several fiction titles. In october, Carroll came to Parramatta City Library and talked about her latest book ‘The better woman’.
From ‘Fantastic Fiction’ website comes this comment on the book –
‘This is a novel of love, loss and the overwhelming ambition to succeed set in London and Sydney. Sarah Ryan, orphaned from a young age, grew up in a remote village in Cork. Since she was knee high, she demonstrated her phenomenal business brain when helping out in her grandmother’s shop. John Delaney, the boy next door, was her best friend, her first love and the one who broke her heart. Jodi Tyler grew up on Sydney’s Northern Beaches amidst a close and loving family. But a terrible secret shadowed her teenage years. Jodi survived by focusing on her sport and studies to get her away – but on her eighteenth birthday her world came crashing down…Two girls from opposite ends of the world both learning to overcome personal tragedy and both with a burning ambition to succeed. But which one will win the ultimate prize?’ slideshow link
http://www.mosmanreaders.net/profiles/blogs/mosmans-most-borrowed-books-of
What kind of books people have read in 2009 ? Well, you might want to try one of those non fiction titles that mark the top ten at Parramatta City Library.
Mao’s last dancer by Cunxin Li
Dreams from my father by Barack Obama
Making the most of MYOB by Veechi Curtis
How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie
Trinny and Susannah by Trinny Woodall
The audacity of hope by Barack Obama
Never say die by Chris O’Brien
Eat, pray, love by Elizabeth Gilbert
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What we’ve read in 2009 at Parramatta City Library?
Here is the list top ten list adult fiction read by you our borrowers. You can see various reading tastes from this list. Also that popular films have influenced readers to go back to the books they were adopted from.
A thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini
The kite runner by Khaled Hosseini
The book thief by Markus Zusak
My sister’s keeper by Jodi Picoult
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
People of the book by Geraldine Brooks
Breath by Tim Winton
Currently popular titles
The girl with the dragon tattoo by Stieg Larsson
