2011 IMPAC International Dublin Literary Award goes to Colum McCann for his novel Let the great world spin. The book has beaten off competition from 161 other titles, nominated by 166 public libraries from 43 countries. Continue reading
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#readit2011 whodoneit – July reading
#readit2011 state wide (http://readit2011.wordpress.com/) reading challenge for July is ‘whodoneit’ – mysteries and crime reading. Parramatta City Library has come up with some interesting titles available from both fiction and non fiction collection. Those two bookmarks are for a start.
The garden party – a review
Title: The Garden Party
Author: Sarah Challis
London : Headline Review, 2011
Sarah P’s pick
The book is the story of the Baxter family- Alice, David and their four children. Alice is approaching her 60th birthday and 40th wedding anniversary and decides, uncharacteristically, to hold a party to celebrate the occasions and have her family together. Continue reading
John Aiken – coming author talk
John Aiken is coming to Parramatta City Library for the author talk on Tuesday 24 May. It’s one of the Programs for Men. Continue reading
Under the Influence – a review
Title – Under the influence
Author – Jacqueline Lunn
NSW, Vintage Books, 2011
Sarah’s Pick
Three girls meet at boarding school in Sydney’s North Shore. Meg is the daughter of a widowed sheep farmer from western NSW. Eve’s parents run the chemist shop in a country town. And Sarah can see the roof of her house from the boarding school but has been sent there by her busy professional parents. The story gives a good account of teenage girls and life in a boarding school. The girls share a secret about another girl from school- the popular and beautiful Rebecca. This secret changes the girls. Continue reading