To celebrate National Year of Reading ABC’s 1st Tuesday Book Club sent 50 titles of Aussie books for people to vote. ABC has announced its top 10 titles last night. They are: Continue reading
Category Archives: Australian Authors
Julie Braithwaite featured in Good Reading Magazine Blog November 2012
Visit the Good Reading Magazine Blog to read a Q&A page featuring our upcoming lunch hour author talk Julie Brathwaite.
Have you ever had an adventure in your own backyard? In this candid interview Julie speaks about her debut novel Switching Suits, her crazy adventure as a poker shark and what she hopes readers will take away from her book.
Read the full Q& A here: http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm
Upcoming free Julie Braithwaite talk Thursday 15th November 2012, 1-2pm @Parramatta City Library. Bookings essential. Phone: 9806 5159
Book Club Discussion Notes: All That I Am by Anna Funder
In the recent Wednesday book club the group discussed Anna Funder’s award winning novel All That I Am. All members of the group really enjoyed the book and highly recommended it. Continue reading
Julie Braithwaite – Author of the month
To finish off a great program of interesting and diverse author talks for 2012, our last one for the year promises to be very entertaining.
Don’t miss it!
Thursday 15th November 2012 @ 1-2pm
Parramatta City Library
1B Civic Place, Parramatta
FREE – Bookings. Ph: 9806 5159
ARE YOU
BORED AND LOOKING FOR AN ADVENTURE?
Switching Suits – The Year I became a Poker Shark might be just what you need.
Julie Braithwaite is a respected clinical psychologist and a single mum of two. Her life was safe, conventional and dull. Until one night she inadvertently tuned into Celebrity Poker on TV and her life was dramatically changed.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT PROBLEM GAMBLING!
It’s about revitalising your life. You’re never too old to take up a new hobby to venture outside your comfort zone.
Dianne Loughnan
Dianne Loughnan is a former Queensland and NSW provincial newspaper journalist and now commercial beef producer. She has also worked for the Queensland Landcare movement and has consulted to rural industries as a public relations practitioner. She currently lives and works with her husband and two children on their cattle property near Roma in southern inland Queensland. Continue reading