SPRING 2012
ISSUE 64
Recapping The National Year of Reading 2012
Literary Trivia Night
The National Year of Reading 2012 is all about encouraging Australians both young and old to discover and rediscover the joy of reading. Here at Mosman we’ve been celebrating our love of books and literature since February’s successful National Year of Reading launch on Library Lovers Day with numerous events and activities to support this worthwhile campaign.
Fancy yourself a bit of a trivia buff with a penchant for literature? To celebrate the end of the National Year of Reading 2012 Mosman Library is inviting you to a night of literary trivia where you can flaunt your knowledge of books and authors and be in with a chance to win some great prizes. Join a group on the night or gather your friends or book club to form tables of 5 to10. When: Wednesday 28 November 2012 at 6.30pm Where: Mosman Library RSVP: 99784091 Drinks and nibbles will be provided.
So far this year we’ve seen some of our largest author events ever such as Qantas pilot Richard De Crespigny and Australia’s favourite female journalist Ita Buttrose talk to sold out audiences about their personal stories of courage and determination. We’ve run workshops such as ‘The Joy of Story’ which taught parents the importance of reading to children from an early age and seen our Monday Matters lecture program flourish with sessions like ‘Write your own life story’ completely booked out. To raise funds to address growing illiteracy levels in our indigenous community we invited an indigenous storyteller to come along and entertain families with engaging stories of the dreamtime. Patrons donated a gold coin and we managed to raise some much needed money to go towards bridging the literacy gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. Our children’s librarians have also been busy with great school holiday programs such as ‘Seusmania’ two weeks of fun filled Dr Seuss activities followed by an entire program dedicated to the equally loved Roald Dahl. And more recently we saw the entire reference library overtaken with Derek Landy enthusiasts from far and wide who gathered to hear the popular author talk about his bestselling ‘Skulduggery Pleasant’ series. Other big names included Morris Gleitzman and Andy Griffiths who were also received by a full house of eager young readers. This is just a snap shot of what has been happening in the library so far this year. The popularity of our events confirms to us that reading is alive and well in Mosman and that despite our busy lives we are still taking time out to enjoy reading for pleasure and encouraging our children to do so as well. 2012 is not over just yet so look out for more great literary events to come…..
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Book Club News Book Group Members Wanted The 4th Tuesday Evening Book Group are a lively bunch who meet at 7pm in the Library every fourth Tuesday from February to November. We are seeking three new members to join us. If you can commit to attending our meetings we would love to hear from you. Please email Jane Broadbere j.broadbere@mosman.nsw.gov.au if you are interested. Book Club kits Are you looking to start a book club with a couple of friends? Or are you already in a book club and looking for fresh titles? If so why not take a look at the Mosman Library book club kits we have available for loan. Each kit contains 10 copies of the book plus discussion questions to kick start the meeting. The kits are available free of charge to Mosman Library members and can be lent for one month until your next book club meeting. A full list of titles is available on the Mosman Library website including these recent additions. All that I am by Anna Funder, The sense of an ending by Julian Barnes, Past the shallows by Favel Parrett, Hare with the amber eyes by Edmund De Waal, The marriage plot by Jeffrey Eugenides, The Paris wife by Paula McLain For further enquires phone Mosman Library on 99784091
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SPRING 2012
NEWS & VIEWS
Local Studies News-Events & Exhibitions
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More Mosman Faces
Members of the order of the Star of the East, in their regalia, laying the foundation stone for The Amphitheatre, Balmoral 1923 .
8- 21 September Mosman Dresses Up: at work, rest and play. An exhibition of historic photographs from the Mosman Local Studies Collection depicting the ways in which locals dressed for an occasion or an event. Included are rarely seen photographs of the Mosman family dating from the 1860s. 8 – 19 October Dalton “Jack” Carroll. Without “Jack’s’’ dedication to the local community and his interest in its history Mosman would not such a wonderful Local Studies Collection. The collection has grown since he donated his personal historical collection to the council in the 1950s. In this exhibition we will revisit “Jack’s contribution to the history of Mosman looking at his original books, photographs and his own history. 6 - 16 November Festival of Mosman@Mosman Faces. Following the launch of Mosman Faces phase II there will be an exhibition of related ephemera, photographs and articles.
RESEARCHING WW1 SOLDIERS & NURSES: online resources for family history Tuesday 18 September 2012, 7pm–9pm Genealogist and author Kerry Farmer will share her extensive knowledge of family history research to help you get the most out of online records. RSVP www.mosman1914-1918.net or 9978 4091 MORE THAN BOMBS AND BANDAGES: Australian Army nurses at work in World War I Wednesday 19 September 2012, 7pm–9pm Dr Kirsty Harris highlights the role of our military nurses in a special presentation for the Mosman Great War project. RSVP www.mosman1914-1918.net or 9978 4091
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In the first series of Mosman Faces ten people told their stories, stories that have shaped the Mosman community. We in Local Studies filmed these stories and launched them as a series of filmed interviews last year complementing them with images from Mosman Library’s Local Studies Collection. This year we added two more ‘Faces’ with stories from Kenneth Dryland and Diane Wachman. Kenneth was director of the inaugural Festival of Mosman in 1981 and continued to direct this major event until 1997 and Diane, too, was an integral and active member of the Festival of Mosman Committee from its beginnings. Their stories go ‘live’ from November 5 so relive the1980’s as the Festival of Mosman put Mosman on the map for arts and entertainment and share your memories of a time that seems just like yesterday.
Read, Review & Win
Steve Sailah won with his review of Hilary Mantel’s Bring up the bodies
Winter’s the perfect season for reading and this year our adult reading program has proved as popular as ever with many a winner taking home bags of goodies for their great reviews. Congratulations to all our winners and thank you to everyone who entered reviews. We love hearing about the books you love (and also what you don’t) so keep those reviews coming and don’t forget you can enter at any time or post your review online at Mosman Readers. http://www.mosmanreaders.net/
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SPRING 2012
NEWS & VIEWS
Monday Matters—Mondays Do Matter
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Browsing the EBL eBook collection The EBL fiction collection is growing all the time. There are now 7316 adult and children’s titles in this category – most published in 2011/2012. Although most are in English , there are some in Spanish, French, German and even Afrikaans.
Monday Matters with Speaker Anjel O’Bryant
Back in 2010, a new program of events started in a small way, and has since grown to be a popular and very wellreceived Library innovation. “Monday Matters” is held on the first Monday of each month at 10.30am. It is a presentation by an expert speaker, or speakers, on a wide range of topics.
Some of the best sellers available include Lionel Shriver’s We need to talk about Kevin, Sara Gruen’s Water for elephants and many more. The non-fiction collection, has titles on everything from ‘weddings’ to ‘genomes’, cloud computing’ to ‘global warming’, ’knitting’ to ‘Greek mythology’. The subjects are endless. All of these books can be read on-line or downloaded. Simply request an account via the link on the Library’s website; www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/library
We have had a travel agent who specializes in adventure travel for over 55’s, a colour consultant advising on colours to lift your mood, a feng-shui expert guiding you through home design, even a most inspiring ex Paralympian. The talks are free and attract a small intimate crowd, usually around twenty. So there is plenty of opportunity for questions and informal discussion. The speakers are always happy to stay back and talk to you. The October morning should be a fun event with a number of ‘performance poets’ reciting their favourite pieces. Audience members may even be able to join in the ‘poetry jam’ if they wish. “Monday Matters” finishes for the year in November with a talk by Kate Shayler, author of Burnished : Burnside Life Stories, a unique collection of life stories of kids from homes. Even though the sessions are free, bookings are required. You can book at the Library or online at www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/events.
NextReads
Sometimes we just don’t have the time to spend hours browsing for a good book in the library. To make the job of finding a great read easier Mosman Library offers a newsletter service where you’ll receive a monthly enewsletter containing a selection of recommended reads in the genre you most enjoy? We have newsletters to satisfy all reading tastes from mystery and suspense to romance. We even have non-fiction newsletters for those who prefer biographies or armchair travel. After signing up each newsletter will be delivered monthly or bi-monthly to your in-box and from there you can browse the list, search the catalogue and place a hold on any titles that take your fancy. To register visit: http://www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/library/lounge/nextreads
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5 Questions with Merilyn Porter 1.What is your role in the Library? I am the Readers’ Advisory Librarian 2.What are you working on right now? I am part of a team organising a Literary Trivia night which we are holding on 28 November as part of the wind up celebrations for the National Year of Reading Writing book reviews Updating Mosman Library’s Twitter and Facebook page Organising the weekly staff roster Assisting library customers find their next great read 3.What kind of books do you like to read? General Fiction especially Australian literature with the odd well written thriller thrown in 4.What was your first job? Delivering Manly Dailys 5.What do you get up to outside of work? Keeping fit, walking, going to the beach in summer and reading with a cat in my lap and a glass of red in my hand
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HSC—Lock Ins
Mosman Youth Awards in Literature 2012
Why not make the most of your study time leading up to the HSC exams and come along to our HSC Lock Ins? Held out of normal library hours we will be open exclusively for HSC students. We will provide you with a place to study, WiFi access, resources and a few snacks. HSC Lock Ins will be held on Wednesday 26 September and Wednesday 10 October from 5.30pm – 9pm.
Mosman Youth Awards in Literature Prize Winners and Mayor, Cr Anne Connon
2012 Combined Schools Art Exhibition
The annual Combined Schools’ Art Exhibition showcasing the artistic talents of students from both primary and secondary schools in Mosman is on show at Mosman Library from 19 October to 11 November 2012. This year is the 38th year that Mosman Council has sponsored the exhibition. All participating schools receive books to the value of $150 for participating in the exhibition.
This was a very special year for the Mosman Youth Awards in Literature as it marked the competitions twentieth anniversary Three hundred entries were received, and the Presentation Evening was held recently at Mosman Library. Short-listed entrants and their families, teachers, sponsors, competition judges and the Mayor of Mosman, Councillor Anne Connon, were among the 120 people who attended. The judges commented favourably on the standard of this year’s entries and congratulated all the short-listed writers, saying that the quality of entries made it particularly difficult to choose the winners. In fact it was decided to award two extra prizes in the Primary Prose category. This year’s awards were sponsored by Rotary Club of Mosman, Mosman Lions Club, Liley and Liley @Willoughby, Ferry to Mosman Committee and Mosman Community College. The total amount awarded for prizes was $2,125. The winners are as follows: Primary Prose 1st Prize – Vanessa Lai, Covenant Christian School 2nd Prize – Charlie Shelley Jones, Shore Prep Highly Commended – Will Richardson, Shore Prep Commended – Finn Blake, Shore Prep Commended – Jason Djafar, St Aloysius College Junior Secondary Prose 1st Prize – Jack Sexton, Mosman High School 2nd Prize – Matilda Gould, Stella Maris College Highly Commended – Anna Ryan, Covenant Christian School Senior Secondary Prose 1st Prize – Jordan Shaw, Bradfield Senior College 2nd Prize – Callum Flitcroft, St Josephs College, Hunter’s Hill Highly Commended – Xavier Walker, Mosman High School Junior Secondary Poetry 1st Prize – Kari Mikkelsen, Mosman High School 2nd Prize – Miraal Khan, Willoughy Girls High School Highly Commended – Nicola Hughson, Queenwood School Girls Senior Secondary Poetry 1st Prize – Sophia Hatzis, Mosman High School 2nd Prize – Gabi Eisenger, Killara High School Highly Commended – Harry Williams, Knox Grammar
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