Category Archives: Australian Authors

Read Watch Play June 2013 – Faraway

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Join Parramatta Library as we participate in the Read Watch Play reading theme for June

FARAWAY

What do you think of when you read far far away?

Does it take you back to reading fairy stories or does it make you think of other stories/histories which take place far far away?

Does it make you think of travel to places #faraway?

Or of science fiction, space travel and exploration?

Or is it of fantasy with creatures and ideas from #faraway?

What places seem #faraway to you? They may be countries or worlds away, or only a few blocks, suburbs or towns away? Continue reading →

2nd Tuesday Evening Book Group – Great Pioneer Women of the Outback

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At the May meeting the group discussed:

Great Pioneer Women of the Outback by Susanna DeVries

In the 1800s, the first white farmers and graziers making their homes in the outback were joined by their wives, many of whom had no idea what lay in store. Expecting a tropical paradise, these female pioneers encountered instead conditions which would test, and often defeat them; relentless heat and dust, isolation, hostile wildlife, the threat of rape and violence, no medical facilities and never ending, backbreaking work. Continue reading →

Miles Franklin Award – Shortlist Annouced

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Its a all female shortlist for the 2013 Miles Franklin Literary Award.

Regarded as Australia’s oldest and most prestigious literary prize, the 2013 Miles Franklin Award shortlist, features five of Australia’s most talented female authors – including three first time novelists.

The Miles Franklin Literary Award was established with proceeds from the estate of My Brilliant Career author, Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin, to support and encourage authors of Australian literature. Continue reading →

Autumn Reads 2013

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Are you looking for something new to read? Would you like to know what’s popular and what’s top on some prizes/awards lists? And also do you wonder who’s coming to visit Parramatta Library to talk about their books? Well, you’ll find out from this year’s Autumn Reads.

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Last Thursday Book Group

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 The Story of Danny Dunn by Bryce Courtenay

 A beautiful novel by the prolific Mr Courtenay.

A descriptive account of Balmain and Sydney during the 1930’s, 1940’s, right through to the seventies.

The characters are wonderfully depicted and true to the era of the Depression. Many readers shed a tear as memories of the past came back to them.

Danny Dunn’s character is that of many a young man who willingly went to war and after came back broken and found it hard to relate to a ‘normal’ world again.

Comments from the group: Continue reading →