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Author Talk with Hugh Mackay

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Hugh Mackay will be visiting Parramatta City Library on Tuesday 30th July 2013 for our LUNCH HOUR AUTHOR TALK.

Hugh will be talking about his latest book ‘The Good Life’ – Argued with all the passion and intelligence we have come to expect from one of Australia’s most prolific and insightful authors. ‘The Good Life’ is a book that will start conversations, ignite arguments and possibly even change the way we live our lives.

Location: Parramatta Library Darug Room

Time: 1pm – 2pm

When: Tuesday 30 July 2013

Cost: FREE Bookings essential: please call 9806 5159 to make a booking.

Author Talk – Derek & Julia Parker

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EVER WONDERED WHAT THE SUN-SIGNS TELL YOU ABOUT LOVE AND LIFE?

Then come along to PARRAMATTA LIBRARY’S Author Talk on Wednesday 5th June  @ 1pm with Derek & Julia Parker.

The Parkers are recognised as the world’s most knowledgeable couple on all things astrology and have produced countless works on a range of topics from the arts, life, love and the messages of the universe. Their latest adventure is Poems of Love and Life – twelve unique anthologies of poems directly relating the to Sun-signs.

Come along to Parramatta Library and hear Derek & Julia talk.

Where: Parramatta Library – The Darug Room (top floor)

When: Wednesday 5th June 2013

Time: 1pm-2pm

Bookings Essential please call 9806 5159.

Lunch Hour Author Talk – March 2013 with Boyd Anderson

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Boyd  spent several years as a creative director in advertising, winning many awards in New York, Cannes, London, Los Angeles and Sydney. Boyd now writes historical fiction. Amber Road is his fourth novel, following Children of the Dust, Ludo and Errol, Fidel and the Cuban Rebel Girls. He lives in Sydney.

Boyd is Parramatta Library’s Author of the Month for March 2013.

Come and see Boyd talk about his new book Amber Road on Thursday 28th March 2013 at 1.00pm in the Darug Room on the top floor of Parramatta Library.

The talk is FREE Bookings are essential please call 9806 5159 to make a booking.

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Amber Road

It’s 1941 and as an empire is swept away, a young woman’s world is ripped apart….. Continue reading →

Julie Braithwaite featured in Good Reading Magazine Blog November 2012

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Visit the Good Reading Magazine Blog to read a Q&A page featuring our upcoming lunch hour author talk Julie Brathwaite.

Have you ever had an adventure in your own backyard? In this candid interview Julie speaks about her debut novel Switching Suits, her crazy adventure as a poker shark and what she hopes readers will take away from her book.

Read the full Q& A here: http://www.goodreadingmagazine.com.au/blog/index.cfm

Upcoming free Julie Braithwaite talk Thursday 15th November 2012, 1-2pm @Parramatta City Library. Bookings essential. Phone: 9806 5159

 

Julie Braithwaite – Author of the month

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To finish off a great program of interesting and diverse author talks for 2012, our last one for the year promises to be very entertaining.

Don’t miss it! 

Thursday 15th November 2012 @ 1-2pm

Parramatta City Library

1B Civic Place, Parramatta

FREE – Bookings. Ph: 9806 5159

 

 

ARE YOU BORED AND LOOKING FOR AN ADVENTURE?

Switching Suits – The Year I became a Poker Shark might be just what you need.

 Julie Braithwaite is a respected clinical psychologist and a single mum of two. Her life was safe, conventional and dull. Until one night she inadvertently tuned into Celebrity Poker on TV and her life was dramatically changed.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT PROBLEM GAMBLING!

It’s about revitalising your life. You’re never too old to take up a new hobby to venture outside your comfort zone.