Discover a new love when you cuddle up with a book & ignite your passion for reading. Parramatta City Library will be encouraging readers to find romance in the written word when we celebrate Library Lovers Day on 15 February.
Enjoy a festival day packed with music, guest speakers at the end of the day and take home a mystery date with a book. Love your library and it will love you right back, we promise!
Parramatta City Library has launched a new type of talking book collection - Playaway.
Half the size of a deck of cards, Playaway is the simplest way to listen to a book on the go and – with no tapes or CDs - it can hold up to eighty hours of content on each unit.
The Best Australian Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror 2009
Categories: Suggested Reads, Sci-Fi, Awards and prizes list, Fantasy, Australian writers, Popular Reads
The best Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror of 2009 have been announced from Aurealis Awards. For those who are fans of these genres will be able to find some titles that are available from Parramatta City Library.
ABR Top Twenty Favourite Australian Novels
Categories: Suggested Reads, Awards and prizes list, Classic literature, Australian writers, Popular Reads
It's quite interesting to see what Australian novels that our Australians would like to read. Here is the top ten among 290 titles nominated from 'Australian Book Review Fan Poll' along with some comments. All titles are available at Parramatta City Library.
The Last Thursday Reading Group had its first meeting of 2010. Members discussed the book 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society' by Mary Ann Shaffer.
It's a book set in WWII in Guernsey Islands. During German Occupation, the islanders established a literary group to support each other in the most difficult time. When popular author Juliet makes friendship and frequent correspondence with the islanders, the stories are told.
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