What we talked about at Kew

In case you missed the Kew booktalk here is the list of books talked about.

Elizabeth's books

BLABEY, Aaron

Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley.

J PIC BLA

LEVY, Andrea

Small island

FIC LEVY

WOODALL, Trinny

Trinny & Susannah: body shape bible

391.2 WOO

OSBORNE, Susan

Bloomsbury essential guide for reading groups

374.22 OSB

Fiona's books

BECKA, Elizabeth
Unknown means
FIC BECKA

NESSER, Hakan
Borkmanns Point
FIC NESSE

BROWNLEY, James
A picture of guilt
FIC BROWN

KELLERMAN, Jesse
A brutal art
FIC KELLE

LAURANCE, Robin
Just what I always wanted
394.2 LAU

Lisa's books

HALE, Shannon
Austenland
FIC HALE

ROBINSON, Peter
All the colours of darkness
FIC ROBIN

QUICK, Amanda
With this ring
FIC QUICK

WEBSTER, Jane
At my French table
944.84092 WEB

WILLETT, Jincy
The writing class
FIC WILLE

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The next booktalk is at Ashburton Library on Wednesday 29 April @ 11 am.

Orange Prize for fiction 2009- longlist

The longlist for the 2009 Orange Prize for Fiction has been announced:

* The Household Guide to Dying, Debra Adelaide
* Girl in a Blue Dress, Gaynor Arnold
* Their Finest Hour and a Half, Lissa Evans
* Blonde Roots, Bernardine Evaristo
* Scottsboro, Ellen Feldman
* Strange Music, Laura Fish
* Love Marriage, V. V. Ganeshananthan
* Intuition, Allegra Goodman
* The Wilderness, Samantha Harvey
* The Invention of Everything Else, Samantha Hunt
* The Lost Dog, Michelle de Kretser
* Molly Fox's Birthday, Deirdre Madden
* A Mercy, Toni Morrison
* The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Light, Gina Ochsner
* Home, Marilynne Robinson
* Evening is the Whole Day, Preeta Samarasan
* Burnt Shadows, Kamila Shamsie
* American Wife, Curtis Sittenfeld
* The Flying Troutmans, Miriam Toews
* The Personal History of Rachel DuPree, Ann Weisgarber

The short list will be announced on April 21, and the prize will be awarded on June 3.

The Man Booker International Prize 2009 - Finalists announced.

The Man Booker International Prize recognises one writer for their achievement in fiction.

14 authors from 12 different countries are contenders for the third Man Booker International Prize.

They are:

Peter Carey (Australia)

Evan S. Connell (USA)

Mahasweta Devi (India)

E.L. Doctorow (USA)

James Kelman (UK)

Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru)

Arnošt Lustig (Czechoslovakia)

Alice Munro (Canada)

V.S. Naipaul (Trinidad/India)

Joyce Carol Oates (USA)

Antonio Tabucchi (Italy)

Ngugi Wa Thiong’O (Kenya)

Dubravka Ugresic (Croatia)

Ludmila Ulitskaya (Russia)

Worth £60,000 to the winner, the prize is awarded every two years to a living author who has published fiction either originally in English or whose work is generally available in translation in the English language.

The winner is chosen solely at the discretion of the judging panel; there are no submissions from publishers. Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe won the 2007 prize and Albanian writer, Ismail Kadare won the inaugural prize in 2005 and went on to gain worldwide recognition for his work.

In addition, there is a separate prize for translation and, if applicable, the winner can choose a translator of his or her work into English to receive a prize of £15,000.

The Man Booker International Prize echos and reinforces the annual Man Booker Prize for Fiction in that literary excellence will be its sole focus.

The Man Booker International Prize is significantly different from the annual Man Booker Prize for Fiction in that it highlights one writer's overall contribution to fiction on the world stage.

In seeking out literary excellence the judges consider a writer's body of work rather than a single novel.

The winner will be announced in May.

Hawthorn Booktalk. 12 March 2009.

If you coudn't make it to the Hawthorn Booktalk here are the books we talked about.


FIONA


SHEEHAN, James. Mayor of Lexington Avenue. FIC SHEEH

SLAUGHTER, Karin. Martin misunderstood. PB SLA

KORYTA, Michael. Envy the night. FIC KORYT

KELLY, Jim. Death wore white. FIC KELLY

O’FLYNN, Catherine. What was lost. FIC OFLYN


ELLEN


MEHRAN, Marsha. Rosewater and soda bread. FIC MEHRA

FELLOWES, Julian. Past imperfect. FIC FELLO

USHER, L.E. Then came October. FIC USHER


CAROL


GHOSH, Amitav. Sea of poppies. FIC GHOSH

FORTEY, Richard. Dry store room No.1:the secret life of the Natural History Museum. 508.074 FOR

Little books on big themes. MUP series

See the right hand menu for forthcoming booktalk dates.

Meet the Author - Marina Larsson

Meet Marina Larsson - Author of Shattered Anzacs: Living with the scars of War
Award-winning Melbourne Historian, Dr Marina Larsson has written and researched extensively on war and repatriation history.

Her new book, Shattered Anzacs: Living with the scars of War explores the untold stories of the thousands of Australian families who welcomed home soldiers physically and psychologically disabled by the First World War, bringing to light the daily struggles of Australia’s 90,000 ‘changed men’ and revealing the significant burdens carried by their families.

Admission is free, however bookings are essential.

When: Tuesday 7 April at 7.30pm
Where: Kew Library, Cnr Cotham Road & Civic Drive, Kew
Phone: 9278 4666 or book online