Category Archives: Awards & Prize Lists

2012 Nobel Literature Prize

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Mo Yan, a Chinese writer, who has written ‘Red sorghum’, ‘Big breats and wide hips’ , ‘Life and death are wearing me out’, and many more other titles, wins this years Nobel Literature Prize for his merging of “folk tales,  History and contemporary with hallucinatory realism.”

Parramatta City Library has some Mo Yan’s title available for loan.

Second Tuesday Reading Group read The happiest refugee by Anh Do

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A memoir of a young family that escapes from Vietnam, the book tracks their journey to Australia and their experiences “settling in” to Australia.

The group knew Anh Do as a comedian and knew parts of his story so were keen to read the “full story”. The book was as funny as expected and extremely easy to read. We all wanted to keep reading and got absorbed by the storylines.

Anh Do’s most admirable quality is his positivity and ability to be thankful or see value in all his experiences.

Some readers thought that the negative and difficult experiences may have been glossed over, but as he is a comedian, the writer wanted to keep the book funny and “happy”.

Readers were surprised at the lack of racism that Anh says he wasn’t exposed to. All readers thoroughly enjoyed the book and highly recommend it.

2012 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards

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Dr. Anita Heiss has won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards,  Prize for Indigenous Writing, 2012 for her memoir Am I Black Enough for You?

Just as she wrote in her blog Anita Heiss talks again about her identity and why she wrote a memoir in a young age. Continue reading →