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Read Watch Play September 2013 – History Reads

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Historyread

 History Reads movies non fictionHistory Reads FictionJoin the discussion this month about #historyread.  We will be focusing on all things historical in this discussion (and it will be great to see what ideas people sneak in).

 

 

 

 

 

 Do you like you #historyread to be real?  Do you like the stories around your #historyread or is it the people who make your #historyread come to life?

Is it local stories in your community, or even in your family, which make up your favourite #historyread?  Or do you like reading about other places and other times?

Does military history excite you?  Or is is social history with the stories of communities, and people living normal lives which are still exotic by being different to your life.  Is it recent history, or history from other places and other cultures?  Is it Indigenous history?

What is your favourite #historyread?  Does history have to be true, or do you enjoy imagined histories as well? Continue reading →

Get Reading! 2013 is here

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Australia’s largest celebration of books and reading, Get Reading! is back in 2013 with the ultimate guides to the best Australian reads. Along with the traditional Top 50 Books You Can’t Put Down, in 2013 Get Reading! has collated a list of Australia’s Top 100 Favourite Homegrown Reads, exclusively voted for by subscribers, fans and friends of Get Reading!
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Turia Pitt @ Parramatta City Library

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Turia Pitt – Everything to Live For: The Inspirational Story of Turia Pitt   

 

 Turia Pitt

In September 2011,Turia Pitt, a beautiful 25-year-old mining engineer working her dream job in the far north of Western Australia, entered an ultra-marathon race that would change her life forever.

 

Turia will be visiting Parramatta City Library to give a talk on:

Date: Monday 9 September

Location: Parramatta Library, Civic Place, Parramatta

Time: 6.00pm – 7.00pm

Cost: Free

Bookings: Required 9806 5159

 

 

 

2nd Tuesday Evening Book Group

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At their August meeting the 2nd Tuesday Evening Group discussed Kate Grenville’s

The Secret River

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Summary

After a childhood of poverty and petty crime in the slums of London, William Thornhill is sentenced in 1806 to be transported to New South Wales for the term of his natural life. With his wife Sal and children in tow, he arrives in a harsh land that feels at first like a death sentence. Continue reading →

1st Wednesday Book Group

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At their August the 1st Wednesday Group discussed Kathy Lette’s Book

 

The Boy Who Fell to Earth

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Summary

Meet Merlin. He’s Lucy’s bright, beautiful son — who just happens to be autistic. Since Merlin’s father left them in the lurch shortly after his diagnosis, Lucy has made Merlin the centre of her world. Struggling with the joys and tribulations of raising her eccentrically adorable yet challenging child, (if only Merlin came with operating instructions) Lucy doesn’t have room for any other man in her life. By the time Merlin turns ten, Lucy is seriously worried that the Pope might start ringing her up for tips on celibacy, so resolves to dip a poorly pedicured toe back into the world of dating. Continue reading →