After announcing their excellent longlist last month, The Booker Prize Foundation has just released the shortlist for the 2019 Booker Prize. We’re very excited to see the list of works that have made the cut, including the latest books by Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood. I wonder who will take out the ultimate title? Stay tuned… Nisa
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Out of the Box – July 2019
We are now officially half way through the year, hard to believe isn’t it? And the Library has already added thousands of new items to its collection.
Are you aware that if the library doesn’t have a book you want to read, there are two ways for you to request it –
For new material, (items published within the last 2 years) fill out the Suggestions for Purchase Form, or ask Library staff for help. If the book is available and fits in with our collection guidelines we will purchase a copy and place hold on it for you.
For material older than 2 years, City of Parramatta Libraries offers an Inter Library Loan Service. Where for a small non-refundable fee, (each item) we will search and see if we can locate the item and borrow it from another library service. for full guidelines and to fill in the online form click HERE.
Below is a small snapshot of what arrived on the Library’s shelves in July!
TALKING BOOKS
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion
Trails in the Trails in the Dust by Joy Dettman. We also purchased the, ebook, eAudio and hard copies. Book 7 in the Woody Creek series; which fans of Australian fiction will find hard to put down in any format. The Audio versions are particularly enjoyable!
FICTION
A Bond Undone by Jin Yong
Breathless by Helen Hardt
Devi’s Lair by Sarah Barrie
The October Man by Ben Aaronovitch
The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall
Fabulous Lives by Bindy Pritchard
Losing the Plot by Elizabeth Coleman
Paranoid by Lisa Jackson
Six Minutes by Petronella McGovern
The Ruthless by Peter Newman
The Roadhouse by Kerry McGinnis
Whisper Network by Chandler Baker
Trails in the Dust by Joy Dettman
The Yield by Tara June Winch
YOUNG ADULT
Beauty Sleep by Kathryn Evans
The Deceiver’s Heart by Jennifer Nielsen
No Place Like Here by Christina June
The Gifted, the Talented and Me by William Sutcliffe
Out of my Mind by Sharon M Draper
Starworld by Audrey Coulthurst
Symptoms of a Heartbreak by Sona Charaipotra
Teen Titans Raven by Kami Garcia (Graphic Novel)
The Beckoning Shadow by Katharyn Blair
The Virtue of Sin by Shannon Schuren
NON FICTION
The Courage to be Happy: true contentment is within your power by Ichiro Kishimi
Everyday Resilience by Michelle Mitchell
See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill
Mandatory Murder by Steven Schubert
The Last Unknowns by John Brockman
Before I Forget by Geoffrey Blainey
Blue Sky Mind by Ian Gawler
Jumping off the Hamster Wheel by Jamie Cunningham
The Fast 800 Recipe Book by Claire Bailey
Wabi Sabi Home by Mark Bailey
Lunch Box Express by George Georgievski
FOR KIDS!
Grandma Dangerous and the Toe of Treachery by Kita Mitchell (Junior Fiction)
You Won’t Believe This by Adam Baron (Junior Fiction)
Help! I Smell a Monster by Justin Davies (Junior Fiction)
Life Cycles. Egg to Butterfly by Rachel Tonkin (Non Fiction)
Investigating Magnets by Jacqui Bailey (Non Fiction)
The World’s Worst Teachers by David Walliams ( Junior Fiction)
Kids Can Code! Fun Ways to Learn Computer Programming by Ian Garland
Podcast – Young Adult Fiction
In Episode 17 of Parra Pods, Katherine & Nisa discuss some of the amazing Young Adult fiction books they have read over the last couple of weeks.
Reading Youth Adult fiction in all its diversity is great way to understand the issues facing the up and coming generation. The books that we review in this episode discuss diverse themes such as “Black lives matter”, growing up Muslim in Australia, body issues and being young and LGBTQ identified. What these wonderful books have in common is that they are all thought provoking, funny at times, often inspiring and always entertaining. I urge you to grab a YA book now and enjoy!
Some of the books discussed in this podcast include:
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, 2017.
How (Not) to Ask a Boy to the Prom by S.J. Goslee, 2019.
You Must Be Layla by Yassmin Abel-Magied, 2019
There’s Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon
Podcast Up Lit
Parra Pods – Episode 13 Up Lit in Review
Up Lit – What is it? & why do we love it!
‘Up Lit’ can be described as books with an emphasis on empathy, books that are uplifting and life-affirming and in our latest episode of Parra Pods Katherine, Nisa & Yi discuss and review four titles in this popular newish genre.
If you are tired of reading grim true crime and Scandi Noir, try some of these titles on for size:
Some of the books discussed in the Podcast include:
Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One – Raphaelle Giordano
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman
The Happiness Project Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun – Gretchen Rubin
My Squirrel Days – Ellie Kemper
Why not have a listen now?
Podcast Sydney Writers’ Festival
Parra Pods – Episode 12 Sydney Writer’s Festival
Join Katherine & Nisa as they discuss some amazing books and writers featured at this years Sydney Writers’ Festival.
All of the titles are the works of vibrant and diverse young voices. These works explore issues such as “black lives matter”, the experience of an elite athlete and addiction, the transgender experience set within re-imagined historical fiction, and the unique perspective of a member of a famous and tragic political family.
Happy Listening
Some of the books discussed Podcast include:
Godspeed: A Memoir by Casey Legler
Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei- Brenyah
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
The Runaways by Fatima Bhutto
