Read: How to Make Healthy Normal

Make Healthy Normal kicks off from today for an entire July at our library. It’s an initiative by four Western Sydney libraries in partnership with Western Sydney Local Health District. We’d like to promote healthy eating and active living. Small steps can make a big difference to your health, eg, choose smaller portions and less kilojoules, eat more fruit and veg, be active every day, make water your drink and sit less move more.

Health & Wellbeing subject zone is the most popular read in the Library, so is Cooking zone. Here is a list of those books that will help you to make healthy normal. Books that written for kids that will encourage them to eat fruit & veg. Continue reading

Most Popular Reads in the Library Last Month

The following titles are the most borrowed titles in City of Parramatta Libraries last month. You’d be surprised by its diversity, well probably not that surprised.

I’ve made some comments after each title just to let you know that reading is always fun and interesting.

Enjoy reading!

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2017 Dagger awards longlists

UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) has announced its outstanding longlists – Dagger awards longlists.

Diamond Dagger Winner

 Ann Cleeves is the CWA Diamond Dagger winner. The Dagger award recognises authors whose crime writing careers have been marked by sustained excellence, and who have made a significant contribution to the genre.


Ann Cleeves has written 30 novels and is translated into as many languages.  She holds a remarkable record: she is the only living author to have two major drama series on TV – Vera and Shedland. Continue reading