1st Wednesday book group

The next meeting of the 1st Wednesday book group will be on 4 November 2009 at 10.30 am. The group will be discussing Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick. If you have read this book please come along and join in the discussion.

The last meeting for 2009 is
2 December 2009 - Miss Ambar Regrets - Jon Cleary

The group will start again in March 2010.

If you are interested in joining the book group in 2010 please call Natalie on 9562 1821.

Man Booker Prize 2009

The winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize is

Hilary Mantel for her novel Wolf Hall

For more information please visit the Man Booker Prize website

Rockdale Readers book group

The next meeting of the Rockdale Readers book group will be on 23rd of October 2009. The group will be discussing Breaking the Bank by Carol Baxter. If you have read this book please come and join the discussion.

The last meeting for 2009 will be on 20 November 2009 and we will be discussing The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton.

The Rockdale Readers meet on the 3rd Friday of the month at 5.30pm, except for the next meeting. If you are interested in joining, please call Natalie on 9562 1821.

Prime Minister's Literary Award Shortlist

The shortlist for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards was announced on 18 September.

The Fiction List is
Murray Bail - The Pages
Geraldine Brooks - The People of the Book
Richard Flanagan - Wanting
Peter Goldsworthy - Everything I Knew
Sofie Laguna - One Foot Wrong
Nam Le - The Boat
Joan London - The Good Parents

The Non-Fiction List is
James Boyle - Van Diemen's Land
Brian Dribble - Doing Life: a Biography of Elizabeth Jolley
Jenny Hocking - Gough Whitlam: a Moment in History
Chloe Hooper - The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island
Evelyn Juers - House of Exile: the Life and Times of Heinrich Mann & Nelly Kroeger-Mann
Marilyn Lake & Henry Reynolds - Drawing the Global Colour Line
David Marr - The Henson Case
Don Watson - American Journeys

For more information please visit the Prime Minister's Literary Awards website.

Grandparents Mornings at the Libraries

Calling all grandpas and grandmas to join us for
special Storytimes, celebrating grandparents.

We will be reading stories about grandparents and
grandchildren, enjoying a morning tea and doing a
wonderful craft. A facepainter will be visiting as well, so
be sure to mark these special occasions in your calendar.

Grandparents Mornings are being held on the following dates:

Tuesday 20 October 2009, Rockdale City Library
448 Princes Highway, 11am

Wednesday 21 October 2009, Rockdale City Library
448 Princes Highway, 11am

Thursday 29 October 2009, Bexley North Library
24 Shaw Street, Bexley North, 11am

Friday 6 November 2009, Arncliffe Library
11 Firth Street, Arncliffe, 11am

Friday 13 November 2009, Sans Souci Library
Cnr Clareville and Russell Avenues, Sans Souci, 11am

Wednesday 18 November 2009, Bexley Library
499 Forest Road Bexley, 11am

Annual Chinese Book Fair

Rockdale City Library

invites you to our

Annual Chinese Book Fair

to help us select Chinese books, CDs, DVDs and talking books for children and adults

Thursday 8 October 2009

11am - 5pm

Rockdale Town Hall

448 Princes Highway, Rockdale

If you would like more information please call Stephanie on 9562 1824