The end of year Christmas Book Club meeting will be held at the HJ Daley Library Campbelltown from 10.30am to 12.00pm. As in previous years book clubbers from across the Library service will be attending, so come along and have a chat and a feed with some new faces.
The Library will be providing tea and coffee but anyone attending is more than welcome to bring a plate of nibblies to share.
Look forward to seeing you all there!
Dave
27 November 2012
3 October 2012
Hi All,
The titles we are looking at this month are The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pulman and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. The feedback so far on both of these titles has so far been excellent and a few people have commented that they are looking forward to the discussions on these books.
The previous months title, Perfume: Story of a Murderer, certainly created a bit of a stir, with some not liking the dark subject matter and others commenting that it was one of the best books they had read although most agreed it was one of the better discussions had concerning a title we have read so far.
In the coming months there will be work commencing on the new cafeteria in the Library. This could have some impact on what room the meetings are held in. Any changes and I will let you know but at this stage I am anticipating that the upcoming meeting will be held in usual spot on the 31st of October.
We also have an upcoming author visit by Ken Hillman. Ken will be discussing his current book Vital Signs: Stories from Intesive Care. Ken is Professor of Intesive Care at the SWS Clinical School, University of New South Wales and is an actively practising clinician in Intesive Care at Liverpool Hospital.
This we held at Campbelltown Library on 17 October at 7.00pm. For bookings please contact the Library front desk.
Cheers
Dave
The titles we are looking at this month are The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pulman and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. The feedback so far on both of these titles has so far been excellent and a few people have commented that they are looking forward to the discussions on these books.
The previous months title, Perfume: Story of a Murderer, certainly created a bit of a stir, with some not liking the dark subject matter and others commenting that it was one of the best books they had read although most agreed it was one of the better discussions had concerning a title we have read so far.
In the coming months there will be work commencing on the new cafeteria in the Library. This could have some impact on what room the meetings are held in. Any changes and I will let you know but at this stage I am anticipating that the upcoming meeting will be held in usual spot on the 31st of October.
We also have an upcoming author visit by Ken Hillman. Ken will be discussing his current book Vital Signs: Stories from Intesive Care. Ken is Professor of Intesive Care at the SWS Clinical School, University of New South Wales and is an actively practising clinician in Intesive Care at Liverpool Hospital.
This we held at Campbelltown Library on 17 October at 7.00pm. For bookings please contact the Library front desk.
Cheers
Dave
31 July 2012
This Month the Book Club is reading Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind and The Second-Last Woman in England byMaggie Joel.
Some upcoming titles are Animal farm By George Orwell, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield.
It's also getting toward that time of year again to start thinking about titles for next year, so please forward any suggestions to me here at the library or leave your list on the blog.
We have an Upcoming author visit by the poet Sheila Myers on the 8th of August (7.00pm), so if you would like to book please give the library front desk a ring. Also if you would like to go on our mailing list you can contact me at the library.
Cheers
Dave
Some upcoming titles are Animal farm By George Orwell, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield.
It's also getting toward that time of year again to start thinking about titles for next year, so please forward any suggestions to me here at the library or leave your list on the blog.
We have an Upcoming author visit by the poet Sheila Myers on the 8th of August (7.00pm), so if you would like to book please give the library front desk a ring. Also if you would like to go on our mailing list you can contact me at the library.
Cheers
Dave
30 May 2012
This month Book Club is reading The Waterboys by Peter Docker (evening) and The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do (morning).
The Waterboys is a reimagining of Australian history about a divided Australia, those who have embraced the country and learnt blackfulla ways and those who cling to the imperialist whitefulla imperative of destruction and annihilation.
The Happiest Refugee tells the story of one of Australias favourite comdeians. From his arrival in Australia from Vietnam on a leaky boat with nothing but the clothes on his back, to his families struggles to come to grips with a new country, language and culture, and to his sold out comedy tours and television appearences.
Upcoming titles we will be looking at are Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by patrick Suskind, The Second-Last Woman in England by Maggie Joel and the classics The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and Animal Farm by George Orwell.
We also have an Upcoming author visit by Donna Mulhearn. For details you can contact me for details on 46454415 or book at the front desk.
Cheers
David
The Waterboys is a reimagining of Australian history about a divided Australia, those who have embraced the country and learnt blackfulla ways and those who cling to the imperialist whitefulla imperative of destruction and annihilation.
The Happiest Refugee tells the story of one of Australias favourite comdeians. From his arrival in Australia from Vietnam on a leaky boat with nothing but the clothes on his back, to his families struggles to come to grips with a new country, language and culture, and to his sold out comedy tours and television appearences.
Upcoming titles we will be looking at are Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by patrick Suskind, The Second-Last Woman in England by Maggie Joel and the classics The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck and Animal Farm by George Orwell.
We also have an Upcoming author visit by Donna Mulhearn. For details you can contact me for details on 46454415 or book at the front desk.
Cheers
David
13 March 2012
This month the book club will be looking at the works of Bill Bryson (morning) and Alexander McCall Smith (evening). If you would like any further information on either authors please click on the links above.
Also on the 21st March Campbelltown Library will be hosting author Fiona Harari. Spaces are limited so if you would like to attend get in quick.
Currently there are no spaces available at Campbelltown Library for the Book Club but we do have spaces available at Ingleburn, Minto and Eaglevale Libraries. So if you are interested in joining please contact either of these Libraries.
Cheers
David
Also on the 21st March Campbelltown Library will be hosting author Fiona Harari. Spaces are limited so if you would like to attend get in quick.
Currently there are no spaces available at Campbelltown Library for the Book Club but we do have spaces available at Ingleburn, Minto and Eaglevale Libraries. So if you are interested in joining please contact either of these Libraries.
Cheers
David
17 February 2012
EAGLEVALE BOOK CLUB
A big welcome to Eagle Vale Book Club patrons, for 2012 the "National Year of Reading".
We have already had our first meeting and are looking forward to an exciting year of reading.
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 28th of February at 10.30 am and we will be discussing the book "Gone" by Margaret Wilcox,
hope to see you there,
Thanks Wendy
We have already had our first meeting and are looking forward to an exciting year of reading.
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 28th of February at 10.30 am and we will be discussing the book "Gone" by Margaret Wilcox,
hope to see you there,
Thanks Wendy
31 January 2012
BOOK CLUB 2012
Welcome back to another year of book club!
We will be having our first meeting for the year on the 29th of February, at the usual place and time for both groups.
Titles for this month are The Plantation by Di Morrissey (morning) and Voss by Patrick White (evening). You can now start collecting these titles from the front desk of the library.
Later in the month I will be posting some photos from our Christmas meeting, so keep an eye out.
Cheers
David
We will be having our first meeting for the year on the 29th of February, at the usual place and time for both groups.
Titles for this month are The Plantation by Di Morrissey (morning) and Voss by Patrick White (evening). You can now start collecting these titles from the front desk of the library.
Later in the month I will be posting some photos from our Christmas meeting, so keep an eye out.
Cheers
David
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