Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey
This book was selected because it won the Booker Prize and only one person in the group had read a Peter Carey book before. Continue reading
Category Archives: Australian Authors
ALS Gold Medal Long List
Association for the Study of Australian Literature
ALS Gold Medal Long List announced
Over eighty titles were submitted, a group that represents both the quality and diversity of Australian literary publishing.
Lola Bensky by Lily Brett
Montebello by Robert Drewe
Like a house on fire by Cate Kennedy
The engagement by Chloe Hooper
The light between oceans by M L Stedman
The fine colour of rust by P A O’Reilly
The history of books by Gerald Murnane
Lost voices by Christopher Koch
The mountain by Drusila Modieska
Questions of travel by Michelle De Kretser
The Darkness on the Edge of Town – by Jessie Cole
Cumulus: Collected Poems – Robert Gray
The Short List will be announced on March 18, 2013
The Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2013
The Women’s Prize for fiction, previously known as the Orange Prize, has announced the twenty titles on its longlist for 2013.
The Women’s Prize for fiction is awarded for the best novel of the year written by a woman.
Any woman writing in English – whatever her nationality, country of residence, age or subject matter – is eligible.
The shortlist will be announced on the 16 April 2013 and the winner who will receive a prize of £30, 000 will be announced on the 5 June 2013.
A great list of books; some are already really popular among Library members.
Any copies not held within the Library have been ordered and can be reserved online once they become available.
Click on the links below to reserve titles already part of Parramatta Library’s collection. Continue reading
1st Wednesday Book Club
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
All plot spoilers have been omitted from the comments.
Most of the group didn’t enjoy the book, especially the story line, e.g. contrived, too predictable, especially the ending. Even those who liked it thought it was lightweight, formulaic.
It was thought the author didn’t draw out the characters very well, especially their motives.
However, the story of the lighthouse lifestyle was extremely interesting.
The moral dilemma wasn’t drawn out well enough.
Lunch Hour Author Talk – March 2013 with Boyd Anderson
Boyd spent several years as a creative director in advertising, winning many awards in New York, Cannes, London, Los Angeles and Sydney. Boyd now writes historical fiction. Amber Road is his fourth novel, following Children of the Dust, Ludo and Errol, Fidel and the Cuban Rebel Girls. He lives in Sydney.
Boyd is Parramatta Library’s Author of the Month for March 2013.
Come and see Boyd talk about his new book Amber Road on Thursday 28th March 2013 at 1.00pm in the Darug Room on the top floor of Parramatta Library.
The talk is FREE Bookings are essential please call 9806 5159 to make a booking.
It’s 1941 and as an empire is swept away, a young woman’s world is ripped apart….. Continue reading