1st Wednesday Book Group

For the first meeting of the year, the 1st Wednesday Group discussed ‘Silence of the Grave’ by Arnaldur Indriason.

silence of the graveAbout the Author

Arnaldur Indriðason was born in Reykjavík January 28, 1961 and writes crime fiction. He is the son of writer Indriði G. Þorsteinsson. Arnaldur graduated with a degree in history from the University of Iceland in 1996. Arnaldur’s first published book, Sons of Dust (Synir duftsins) in 1997, is the first in the Detective Erlendur series. Arnaldur’s books have been published in twenty-six countries and have been translated into Russian, Polish, German, Greek, Danish, Catalan, English, Italian, Czech, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Chinese, Croatian, Romanian and French. He won the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger Award in 2005 for the novel Silence of the Grave. Arnaldur lives in Reykjavík with his wife and three children. (Bowker Author Biography)

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A Year of Reading 2013

marinaIt’s summer time and it’s always my reading time – I could have a break during the festive season and a lot time to read.

At the end of 2013, as usual, I’ve borrowed a lot books from Parramatta City Library and a big chuck of them are crime fiction. Continue reading

January Reading Theme

Happy New Year with reading!

January 2014 we continue our monthly reading theme thanks ‘Read, watch, play’ ideas. This month the reading theme is #questread. When Read Watch Play provides many reading suggestions, Parramatta City Library also has this following reading recommendations.

You can borrow books from us and also join our Reading challenge program.

January QuestRead