The Silkworm – New title by J K Rowling

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the-silkwormThe silkworm authored by Rober Galbraith, is J K Rowling‘s new crime fiction.

When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, she just thinks he has gone off by himself for a few days – as he has done before – and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home.
But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine’s disappearance than his wife realises. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were published it would ruin lives – so there are a lot of people who might want to silence him.
And when Quine is found brutally murdered in bizarre circumstances, it becomes
a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any he has encountered before.
Parramatta City Library has ordered some copies and waiting for its publishing. You can reserve it online.

2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Longlist

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The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize was inaugurated by British newspaper The Independent to honour contemporary fiction in translation in the United Kingdom. The award was first launched in 1990 and ran for five years before falling into abeyance. It was revived in 2001 with the financial support of Arts Council England. Beginning in 2011 the administration of the prize was taken over by Booktrust, but retaining the “Independent” in the name. The 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize longlist was announced. Continue reading →

Morning tea with Dr Mallett

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International womens dayIn celebrating International Women’s Day Parramatta City Library has invited Dr Xanthe Mallett, a forensic Anthropologist, coming to meet us all in Parramatta Library.

Dr Mallett worked on UK hit TV series History cold case & Australian TV series Wanted. She also developed her skills to criminology as she was becoming more interested in investigating the behaviours behind the crimes, rather than identifying the victims and offenders from physical evidence they leave behind. As a result, Dr Mallett decided to move from forensic science into criminology. When her career developed, Dr Mallett felt criminology is more developed in Australia than the UK, so she has moved to downunder and has become a senior lecturer at University of New England.

As a high achiever Dr Mallett will talk about her career development as well as the importance of education in women’s life.

Come and join us to have a nice cup of coffee/tea with Dr Mallett, at 11 am, 8th March, at Parramatta Library.