Best selling author Bryce Courtenay, 79, has been diagnosed with terminal gastric cancer and expects to have only some months left to live.
His next forthcoming book Jack of Diamonds will be his last and is due out this November.
NYR Spetember Reading ‘Grow’ – 九月份读书小结
九月份，Dundas 阅读小组针就成长(Grow)这个主题，进行了讨论和交流。是读书使他们增长了知识和才干。
2012 Man Booker Shortlist
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng (Myrmidon Books)
Swimming Home by Deborah Levy (And Other Stories/Faber & Faber)
Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (Fourth Estate)
The Lighthouse by Alison Moore (Salt)
Umbrella by Will Self (Bloomsbury)
Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil (Faber & Faber)
Paul Horner
What heppens when the job you love ultimately becomes a living nightmare?
Paul, 38, is an ex-senior constable who served 11 years with the NSW Police Force in Mount Druitt, Cabramatta, Bourke and Byron Bay. Paul said. “It is about trusting others with your life and others trusting you with theirs.” Continue reading
Spring Reading 2012
Wondering what to read or what’s new, what’s popular? Here is our Spring Reading at Parramatta City Library.