Staff recommendations from the Balwyn booktalk

Hannah

ADAMS Guy.

The rain-soaked bride

ROSEN, Michael.

Alphabetical: how every letter tells astory

DONALD, Graeme.

The accidental scientist: the role of chance and luck in scientific discovery

Sharni

O’DONNELL, Lisa.

The death of bees

HEALEY, Emma.

Elizabethis missing

WRIGHT, June.

Murderin the telephone exchange

ZEVIN, Gabrielle.

Thecollected works of A. J. Fikry

RAINE, Adrian.

The anatomy of violence

Lisa

EARLS, Nick.

Analogue men    

SESKIS, Tina.

One step too far    

RICHARDS, Kate.

Is there no place for me?     

RONSON, Jon.

The psychopath test

           

Booktalk at Kew Library

Our final booktalk for the year will be at Kew Library at 2pm on 30th November.
If you need some holiday reading or maybe even some suggestions for books to buy as Christmas presents, come along to our booktalk and listen to staff talk about what their reading!

Join our mailing list to make sure you know when the booktalks for next year will be.

Booktalk highlighted some great books!

At Ashburton Library last week three fabulous staff members recommended the books they have been reading lately.  Here are their books if you missed the talk.

Myra

BYRSKI, LIZ. Last chance cafe

DRAYSON, NICHOLAS A guide to the birds of East Africa: a novel

DASHNER, JAMES The maze runner

EVANS, TESS Book of lost threads

ST LEON, MARK Circus: the Australian story

Clare

TRUMBO, DALTON  Johnny got his gun

Edgar, JIM Bad cat

Katz, BARRY Practical green remodeling : down-to-earth solutions for everyday homes

SAMBROOK, Clare Hide & Seek

Liz

GRENVILLE, Kate Sarah Thornhill

Donoghue, EMMA Life Mask

DUNANT, Sarah Sacred Hearts

GOODMAN, Alison Eon

 

Ashburton booktalk - 10 February.

If you missed the first booktalk for 2010 here is a list of the books we talked about...

Jane

WOODSWORTH, Nicholas.
Seeking Provence : old myths, new paths.
944.9 WOO

MALOUF, David.
Ransom.
FIC MALOU

ATWOOD, Margaret.
Penelopiad.
FIC ATWOO
LP FIC ATWOO

GREENWOOD, Kerry.
Forbidden fruit.
FIC GREEN


Jo

NIFFENEGGER, Audrey.
Her fearful symmetry.
FIC NIFFE

McGIRR, Michael.
The lost art of sleep.
154.6 MACG

SEBESTYEN, Victor.
Revolution 1989 : the fall of the Soviet empire.
947.0854 SEB


Ros

KENNEDY, Cate.
The world beneath.
FIC KENNE.

RUIZ, Carlos Zafon.
The angel's game.
FIC RUIZ

THEORIN, Johan.
The darkest room.
FIC THEOR

WILKINSON, Giselle.
The conscious cook : sustainable cooking and living.
641.563 WIL

Balwyn Booktalk 18 May 2009

Due to illness there was one less speaker than usual but as always a good range of books.

Lisa

LANGLEY-HAWTHORNE, Claire.
Consequences of sin
FIC LANGL

EGAN, Ted.
Due inheritance
305.89915 EGA

SMITH, Ali.
The first person
FIC SMITH

BOWEN, Rhys.
A royal pain
FIC BOWEN

Hugh

DAVIS, Mark.
The land of plenty
324.29405 DAV

REICH, Robert.
Supercapitalism
320.97301 REI

HARTCHER, Peter.
To the bitter end
324.99407 HAR

DOWNIE, R. S.
Ruso and the demented doctor
FIC DOWNI

Next booktalk will be at Hawthorn Library on Thursday 4 June @ 2pm.

Ashburton Booktalk 29 April, 2009.

Here's a list of the books talked about at today's Ashburton Booktalk.

JANE

FALCONES, Ildefonso.

Cathedral of the sea.

St. JOHN, Madeleine.

Women in black.

WELLS, Kim & Malcolm.

Camino footsteps

CASHMAN, Maureen.

Charlie and me in Val-Paradis.

JO

MITCHARD, Jacquelyn.

Cage of stars.

ELLIS, Deborah.

Off to war: soldiers’ children speak out.

ELLIS, Deborah.

Parvana.

LISTER, Tracey.

KOTO: a culinary journey through Vietnam.

FIONA

SHEEHAN, James.

The Mayor of Lexington Avenue.

WALKER, Martin.

Bruno, Chief of Police.

BOX, C.J.

Blue heaven.

KING, William Davies.

Collections of nothing.

Please contact the library or click here if you would like to reserve any of these titles.