Monday, September 24, 2012
Caretaker period
In the lead up to the Victorian local government elections, Boroondara Council will enter the election period, also known as the caretaker period.
This commences at midnight on 25 September 2012 and ends at 6pm on 27 October 2012.
During this period, we will be posting a very limited range of certified announcements.
We have also disabled the ability for members of the community to post or comment on our social media sites.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Kew Booktalk 19 September.
This is what we talked about...
Claire
NOVOGRATZ, Robert & Cortney.
FOL 747 NOV
COLLINS, Suzanne.
#1 Hunger games
#2 Catching fire
#3 Mockingjay
TFIC COLLI
FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL, Hugh.
641.65 FEA
EGAN, Jennifer.
FIC EGAN
Elizabeth
OBAMA, Barack.
923.273 OBA
BARBERY, Muriel.
FIC BARBE
KWONG, Kylie.
FOL 641.5951 KWO
HOLDEN, Greg.
Fiona
BOLTON, S.J.
FIC BOLTO
HAUXWELL, Annie.
FIC HAUXW
HANNAH, Mari.
FIC HANNA
WALLACE, Leonie.
Horrible man: sinister secrets and truths untold: the Portland hair salon murders
364.1523 WAL
LEECH, Christine.
745.5 LEE
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Man Booker Prize 2012 shortlist
The shortlist for the Man Booker Prize 2012 has been announced.
The winner of the 2012 prize will be announced at a dinner at London’s Guildhall on Tuesday 16 October, in a ceremony covered by the BBC. Each of the six shortlisted writers is awarded £2,500 and a specially commissioned beautifully handbound edition of his/her book. The winner receives a further £50,000.
Tan Twan Eng
The Garden of Evening Mists
Deborah Levy
Hilary Mantel
Alison Moore
The Lighthouse
Will Self
Jeet Thayil
The 2012 shortlist includes two
debut novels, three small independent publishers, two former shortlisted
authors and one previous winner. Of the six writers, three are men and three
are women; four are British, one Indian and one Malaysian.
The winner of the 2012 prize will be announced at a dinner at London’s Guildhall on Tuesday 16 October, in a ceremony covered by the BBC. Each of the six shortlisted writers is awarded £2,500 and a specially commissioned beautifully handbound edition of his/her book. The winner receives a further £50,000.
Sunday, September 2, 2012
2012 Davitt Awards - the winners.
Sisters in Crime Australia named the Davitt awards in honour of Ellen Davitt (1812-1879) who wrote Australia’s first mystery novel, Force and Fraud in 1865.
Davitt Award: Adult Fiction
Jaye Ford, Beyond Fear
Sulari Gentill, A Decline in Prophets
Carolyn Morwood, Death and the Spanish Lady
Jennifer Rowe, Love Honour & O'Brien
Kim Westwood, The Courier’s New Bicycle
Helene Young, Shattered Sky
And the winner is:
A decline in prophets. Sulari Gentill
Davitt Award: Children’s/Young Adult
Ursula Dubosarsky, The Golden Day
Nansi Kunze, Dangerously Placed
Meg McKinlay, Surface Tension
And the winner is:
Surface tension. Meg McKinlay
Davitt Award: True Crime
Wendy Lewis, The Australian Book of Family Murders
Liz Porter, Cold Case Files: Past crimes solved by new forensic science
And the winner is:
Cold case files. Liz Porter
Davitt Award: Debut Crime
Eligible books in all categories compete for the Davitt Award for Debut Crime, the first time Sisters in Crime will present such an award.
And the winner is:
Beyond fear. Jaye Ford
Davitt Award: Reader's Choice Award
All members of Sisters in Crime are eligible to vote in this category.
The award was shared by
The brotherhood. Y.A. Erskine Beyond fear. Jaye Ford.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Spring Reading
Spring has finally arrived and we can look forward to reading in the sun!
There’s a lot happening at
Boroondara libraries to celebrate the National
Year of Reading over spring.
Firstly, we have two ‘DestinationReading’ sessions where our expert librarians will be available to chat
about reading. Find your new favourite author, learn about different genres and
try some different ereaders and devices. We can show you our extensive range of
literary eresources
or get started with ebooks
and eaudio.
Whatever you like to read in whatever format, you’ll love the destination.
There’s no need to book, just come in. September 6, 10:30am-12:30pm at Balwyn
and September 10, 7:30-9pm at Ashburton.
Come along to our ‘Read Any
Good Books Lately? ClickGoes the Library series’ to find or write book reviews, read ratings and
recommendations, learn about literary eresources and join fellow book lovers
online. Enhance your reading experiences with online resources, book now for
September 19, 6:30pm at Hawthorn.
Finally, join us to preview
the beautiful new Camberwell
Library! Take a library tour and enjoy drinks, nibbles and entertainment in
the forecourt, September 14 from 6pm.
We are also participating in
‘TheWrites of Spring’ a creative writing competition from the State Library of
Victoria. Come into any branch to collect a postcard. Be inspired by the
beautiful design and come up with a short story. Drop in your entry, winners
will be included in a book for all public libraries.
To find great spring
reads, we have many book lists in the library and in our Facebookalbums, also check out the just released GetReading list.
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