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Monday, May 7, 2012

Ashburton Booktalk

If you couldn't make it to the Ashburton Library Booktalk here are the titles that Glenn, Lee and Ros have read and want to recommend to you!


Glenn


A strange eventful history : the dramatic lives of Ellen Terry, Henry irving and their remarkable families - Michael Holrolyd

Sea of Poppies - Amitav Ghosh

The river king - Alice Hoffman

American journeys - Don Watson


Lee
A golden age - Tahmima Anam.


The pleasure seekers - Tishani Doshi


The island - Alistair Macleod


Alzheimer's : a love story - Vivienne Ulman


Ros
Sweet old world - Deborah Robertson

Mr Chartwell - Rebecca Hunt


Death and the Spanish lady : an Eleanor Jones mystery - Carolyn Morwood


Not drowning, reading - Andrew Relph


Posted by Roslyn Irons at 6:09 PM

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