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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 →

1st Wednesday book club – The idea of home by John Hughes

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The idea of home is the title for NSW voted by many people for National Year of Reading.

When the First Wednesday book club meet this month they discussed “The idea of home by John Hughes”.

In ‘The Idea of Home’ John Hughes writes about growing up in the HunterValley coal-mining town of Cessnock, in a household dominated by memories of the Ukraine, which his mother and grandparents were forced to flee during the Second World War. (excerpt from NoveList Plus) Continue reading →

Discussion notes from Literacy Reading Group July 2012

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National Year of Reading Theme for July is Discover, we discussed two articles relating to discover. 

Article 1: Legacy of a lifetime- Megan Johnston in The Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum April 14-15 p 19

 http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life/legacy-of-a-lifetime-20120412-1wssv.html

 Members took part in an interesting discussion about “Can objects represent a person’s life?” Some thought it impossible for objects to represent a person’s life as life is so diverse, with many aspects, while objects only give insight into a small part of their life. Others felt that objects left behind can give an impression of what their life was like.The group also spoke about personal special heirlooms passed on from generation to generation that are mementos of the person they belonged to.

 Article 2: Safari Park is elephant Eden- Kris Madden

Traveltalk, March 2012 p40 

Group found this article very enjoyable with lots to discover about an exotic place. Most agreed they would love to travel to Safari Park for an interesting, fun holiday, image riding on and swimming with elephants. We discussed the use and meaning of many words and phrases from both articles, for example – tacitly, acquisitive, detritus, bevelled, patina, meandering and how travelling by elephant “sure beats waiting for a Sydney taxi”.