Tuesday, 20th March, has been set for the traditional Seniors Morning Tea so all those who qualify - or have a partner who does – should be marking that date in their calendar. With lots of yummy food, talented local entertainers and some attractive prizes it’s a great morning out. The fun begins at 10.00 am in the Uniting Church Hall. There is of course no charge …..
New stock on display this week includes Di Morrissey’s latest, “The Opal Desert”, and “A Darker Music” by Maris Morton, winner of the Scribe Fiction Prize for 2010. Also with Australian settings are “Currawalli Street” by Christopher Morgan, a fictional chronicle of one Australian street and its families during fifty years from 1914, and “The Idea of Home: autobiographical essays” by John Hughes, part memoir, part essay on migration and the experience of expatriates.
Junior members can enjoy another title in the very popular Selby the Talking Dog series, and for the very young there’s a delightful counting book, “Dinosaur Dig!”, which includes lots of sound words for young listeners to echo.
The library will be OPEN this coming Saturday afternoon, 25th February, for family history research and general use. The advertised opening last Saturday (18th) had to be cancelled late in the week - my apologies for any inconvenience.
NATIONAL YEAR OF READING
The NYR theme for February is LAUGH …
Twenty-four members went home with a ‘blind date’ from the Blind Date with a Book promotion held on Library Lovers’ Day, a.k.a. Valentines Day, and three days later none of the ‘dates’ have as yet been returned which seems a hopeful sign!! Many thanks to those who entered into the spirit of the day …
Did you listen to the extensive National Year of Reading coverage on the 2CR morning show on Library Lovers Day (which was also the official launch day for the National Year of Reading)? Jan Richards, Library Manager for Central West Libraries at Orange, spoke about NYR, its genesis and purpose, and a number of listeners rang in to share their experiences of reading and why it means so much to them.
One of the projects for the NYR involved people in each state voting on a website for the book which would best represent their state during the NYR and the eight winners have been announced. We have five of the books already and naturally will be getting the other three ASAP.
The books already available are: “Jasper Jones” by Craig Silvey (Western Australia), “The Idea of Home” by John Hughes (New South Wales), “Wanting” by Richard Flanagan (Tasmania), “Listening to Country” by Ros Moriarty (Northern Territory) and “The White Earth” by Andrew McGahan (Queensland).
The project continues with an invitation to everyone to join in an online book club and post a book review on the website www.love2read.org.au
Book recommendations from Summer Reading Club members:
Liz Scott recommends “Listening to Country” by Ros Moriarty because “it took you into the lives of Aboriginal women and let you understand what, how and why.
By this I mean their beliefs and how they live, the impact the white invasion has had, how the people feel (the elders), etc. Very enlightening. It’s a shame so much is lost or destroyed”.
92 MOR Ros MORIARTY “Listening to Country” Crows Nest : Allen & Unwin, 2011
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