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Edition 27, October 2009
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Library eNews
Welcome to Library eNews, where we keep you up to date with all the latest news, events and happenings at Gold Coast Libraries.
Library happenings
For the latest information on what's happening at your local branch library, go to the current Calendar of Events.
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Time to update your bookmarks!
At the end of August a major Libraries' system upgrade took place. As part of this upgrade, the online library catalogue moved to a new home on the web. You'll now find the catalogue at gcccopac.sirsidynix.net.au. Why not take this opportunity to update your bookmarks?
While you're at it, go one step further and bookmark the library website, too. You'll find the library website at www.goldcoastcity.com.au/libraries. The library website is your gateway to Gold Coast Libraries' online services and collections, information about upcoming events, and the latest library news.
We've also implemented a new, more secure online catalogue service to protect your information. Now, when you log into the library catalogue, you can be certain your information is not visible to anyone else on the web. If you use Internet Explorer, you may find that your web browser no longer remembers your User ID and PIN. Other web browsers, including Firefox and Google Chrome, will allow you to store your User ID and PIN, so that you don't have to retype it each time you log in.
Do you have questions or feedback about our recent upgrade? Why not email us?
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Cultures on the Coast: Indonesia
In October, join us at Southport Branch Library to celebrate Indonesian culture. Explore traditional dance, music, costume, arts and more, as the International Indonesian Community shares its culture with you.
Bookings required for all sessions; please phone (07) 5581 7200 or email soulibrarya@goldcoast.qld.gov.au.
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Living green on the Gold Coast
Gold Coast Libraries hosts a regular seminar series on sustainable and eco-friendly lifestyle choices. Book in now for one of these forthcoming seminars.
For bookings please phone (07) 5581 7230 or email buhlibrary@goldcoast.qld.gov.au.
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Seasonal garden: where and what to plant in various seasons
Elanora Branch Library
Thursday 5 November
10am - 11am
For bookings please phone (07) 5581 1671 or email elalibrary@goldcoast.qld.gov.au.
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Author encounter with Sheryl McCorry
Join Sheryl McCorry, the 'million acre cattle queen', as she discusses her latest book, Stars Over Shiralee, which will be published on 1 November.
McCorry's memoir Diamonds and Dust was a runaway bestseller in 2007. Now, in Stars Over Shiralee, Sheryl brings her story up-to-date, picking up from the death of her husband Bob McCorry.
Places are limited! Please phone (07) 5581 1671 or email elalibrary@goldcoast.qld.gov.au to book.
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Teens - Reboot! with after school fun
Do you get really bored after school? Would you like something fun to do other than sitting around waiting for dinner? Why not come along to one of our awesome Reboot! after school sessions? You can challenge other kids in a gaming duel, try to better your highest scores and have great fun throwing your arms about with our Nintendo Wii.
You don't have to worry about booking. Just rock up to Nerang Branch Library to have some great fun! Go on, we dare you!
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Discover the delights of traditional 'koto' music
Go on a musical journey with Japanese Society of Gold Coast, featuring traditional Japanese music played on the Japanese national stringed instrument, the 'koto'.
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Prime Minister's Literary Award shortlist announced
Awarded annually to one fiction and one non-fiction published work Australia's richest literary award celebrates the contribution of Australian literature to the nation's cultural and intellectual life. The 2009 shortlist was announced on 18 September by the Minister for the Arts, Peter Garrett, who said this year's 'fiction and non-fiction shortlists are an impressive demonstration of the originality and talent of Australian writers'.
Why not pick up one of these selections from the 2009 shortlists at your local branch library?
Non-Fiction
Fiction
View the full shortlist on the Prime Minister's Literary Awards site.
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Palm Island book scoops the Premier's Literary Award pool
Chloe Hooper's book The Tall Man has won a Premier's Literary Award for non-fiction in NSW, Victoria and Queensland. Her work, about the brutal death of Cameron Doomadgee in the Palm Island police station, has also won the book industry's nonfiction prize, the inaugural John Button prize and a Ned Kelly for true crime writing. In addition, as already mentioned in this issue of eNews, Hooper's book has been shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award.
Other award winners , announced in early September were Richard Flanagan, who took the fiction award for his novel Wanting, and Emma Jones, who won the poetry title with her collection called The Striped World.
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Best books for language development
Each year, Speech Pathology Australia awards three Australian authors the Best Book for Language Development in three categories: Young Children, Lower Primary, and Upper Primary
Each award is based on the book's appeal to children, interactive quality and ability to assist speech pathologists in communication and literacy development.
If you're looking for books to share with your little ones to help build vocabulary and language skills, why not start with some of this year's shortlisted books, or previous year's winners?
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Hilary Mantel takes out Man Booker Prize for 2009
Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall has been awarded the 2009 Man Booker Prize. Wolf Hall is set in the 1520s and tells the story of Thomas Cromwell's rise to prominence in the Tudor court. On announcing the award, prize judge James Naughtie, commented that "Hilary Mantel has given us a thoroughly modern novel set in the 16th century. It has a vast narrative sweep that gleams on every page with luminous and mesmerising detail."
Read more about Mantel and Wolf Hall in an interview with her on the Booker website.
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Book review: House of Leaves
Each month, a library staff member will share a review of a book they've read recently. Our first review comes from Sharon, a librarian at Southport Branch Library
I was recommended House of Leaves by a fellow librarian and when it arrived, I was taken aback by its hefty size. It's not a shallow read - but I was surprised at the way the pages drew me in and pulled my eyes across the words. This debut novel by Mark Danielewski is unconventional and compelling, while also employing some interesting typographic tricks to increase the suspense at the critical parts of the story.
The plot is based around a manuscript found by tattoo parlour employee, Johnny Truant. The manuscript turns out to be an academic study into an arthouse documentary called The Navidson Record, a film created by Will Navidson about their new home in Virginia. The house quickly becomes the subject of mystery and then terror, and without giving too much away, it actually left me a little reluctant to turn off the light at night.
Johnny and Navidson's stories run parallel with each other in the form of footnotes, separated by the use of different fonts. When I reached the end of the novel, I began to delve deeper into the text and to create meanings and theories of my own. I can certainly understand why this novel has reached underground cult status, as the story lingers with you long after the end.
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