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Winter reading

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Winter Reading at Parramatta City Library has come out. In this issue, we have new fiction titles, non fiction titles, and recent book awards titles. What I’m most interested in are the titles translated from other languages. Here is the list of translations. Continue reading →

Have a blooming good time with celebrity chef, Janelle Bloom

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One of Australia’s most-loved food writers, Janelle Bloom will visit Parramatta City Library on Friday 6 August at 1.00pm, to discuss her second cookbook – Fab Food for Family & Friends – and to showcase some of her fool-proof, easy-to-follow recipes.  Continue reading →

Review – At home: a short history of private life

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Title: At home: a short history of private life

Author:    Bill Bryson                                                                                                

                                                                      Sarah’s pick 

Bill Bryson looked around his house, an old rectory in Norfolk, and used it as the basis for his latest book- examining the everyday things in our lives.  Continue reading →