Celebrating Pride through books!
We have selected some of our favourite inspiring LGBTQIA+ titles to read including fiction, nonfiction, memoirs and some awesome young adult titles.
Read on and checkout some of the amazing titles we have selected and let us know your favourites in the comments.
Happy reading.
Fiction
Take a look at what newly published, popular & old favourites are in demand at the library this month, then reserve your copy now!
We’ll send you an email when it’s ready to collect, then all you need to do is find a nice sunny spot outside to enjoy your book.
P.S Visit our new Library at PHIVE, borrow your book then explore Parramatta Square; where you’ll find lots of lovely spots to sit and read in the sun or shade.
Fiction
Nonfiction
Young Adult
Children
What’s trending in the library this month!
Checkout some of the great titles that were popular with our library members in April.
Includes, titles held by the library, on order & arriving soon!
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the shortlists for the 2022 Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards. The Booksellers’ Choice Book of the Year Awards recognise the Australian books that booksellers most enjoyed reading and hand-selling during the previous year. The winners will be announced on Sunday, 12 June at the ABA conference gala dinner and awards night in Sydney.
Can you predict the winner(s) before then?
UPDATE – Winners have been announced!
Book of the Year & Multicultural NSW award – Still alive – Safdar Ahmed with other winners below.
People’s Choice winner –The shut ins – Katherine Brabon.
The NSW Premier’s Literary Awards are held annually. They are the richest and longest running state-based literary awards in Australia and cover all genres of writing. The shortlisted titles for the 2022 Awards have been released with the winners being announced on 16 May during the Sydney Writers’ Festival.
People’s Choice Award – Select your favourite from the books shortlisted for the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction to enter the draw to win one of two prize packs of all six books. Click on the image above or here to enter the competition. Voting closes Sunday 1st May.
Christina Stead Prize for Fiction – Shortlist
The award may be made for a novel or a collection of stories. Works of creative non-fiction, including fictionalised memoirs, are eligible for consideration under this category. The award commemorates Christina Ellen Stead (1902–1983), Australian novelist and short story writer.
