Library Lovers News Southern Downs Regional Libraries
January 2013
Volume 2, Issue 1
Library Lovers Day Valentine‘s Day, 14 February has been re-named library lovers day. We are taking this day to celebrate libraries and those who love and support them. Keep an eye out in your local branch for blind date mystery reads and library lovers displays.
2013 is the year for movies made from books Inside this issue: Unusual Libraries
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Vale Bryce Courtenay
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E-book readers
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New Books
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Changes for SDRC 4 libraries Public Holidays
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Competition
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Book Review
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On average, Hollywood releases over two dozen movies based on books per year. 2013 is shaping up to be a year of movies which have been eagerly awaited including several based on classics such as Les Miserables, The Hobbit, On the Road, Life of Pi, The Great Gatsby and Cloud Atlas. We can also look forward to a rerelease of Carrie by Stephen King, Ender’s Game, Beautiful Creatures, The Host, The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society, Jack Reacher and Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, just to name a few.
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Unusual Libraries Libraries in phone boxes have been cropping up all over Britain since 2009. Community members are able to take a book or leave a book at no cost. If you have any ideas of what could be included in this newsletter please let us know; we would love your opinions.
In the USA there is a similar thing happening with the Little Free Library movement where libraries are being set up in small boxes all over the country.
Vale Bryce Courtenay Bryce Courtenay was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1933. After marrying his first wife, Benita, he emigrated to Australia and his novels are primarily set in Australia or South Africa. Bryce wrote 21 books in 23 years including a non-fiction memoir April Fools Day which is about his son‘s struggle with hemophilia and AIDS. In 2001 Bryce was named as the bestselling Australian novelist of the decade. He was also made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2005 and also featured in the 2010 Australia Post Legends stamp series. Bryce once commented ―In the end, if someone said: ‗Here lies Bryce Courtenay, a storyteller‘, my life will have been worthwhile.‖ He certainly achieved that.
Would you like to try using an e-book reader? Southern Downs Libraries are please to announce that we now have Kindles for loan. Each e-reader comes preloaded with around thirty books for you to look at covering a wide range of genres. The e-reader loan period is four weeks, the same as our book loans. If you are thinking of purchasing an e-reader this is an excellent opportunity to try one out . Library staff are also happy to help you with your e-reader. If you need some assistance, contact your local branch to find out when it would be convenient to have a chat with someone.
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New Books
Army Special Agent John Puller is the best there is. A combat veteran, Puller is the man the U.S. Army relies on to investigate the toughest crimes facing the nation. Now he has a new case—but this time, the crime is personal: his aunt has been found dead in Paradise, Florida
When tragedy strikes close to home, Mickey and his loyal new friends—sharp-witted Ema and the adorably charming Spoon—find themselves at the centre of a terrifying mystery involving the shooting of their classmate Rachel. Now, not only does Mickey need to keep himself and his friends safe from the Butcher of Lodz, but he needs to figure out who shot Rachel—no matter what it takes.
Agatha has fallen in love again. This time it's the local gardener, George Marston, she has her eye on. But competition for his attention abounds. With her shameless determination Agatha will do anything to get her man.
Home is where the heart is – but what happens to your heart when the people you love are scattered around the world?
Bram Deagan dreams of bringing his family from Ireland to join him in Australia, where he now runs a successful trading business. But when a typhus epidemic strikes Ireland, it leaves the Deagan family decimated. And, with other members of the family scattered round the world, there is only Maura Deagain left to look after her orphaned nieces and nephew.
David Ash, detective of the paranormal, is sent to the mysterious Comraich Castle, secluded deep in the Scottish countryside, to investigate a strange, high-profile case: a man has been found crucified in a room that was locked.
In this story of three women's search for a place to call home, Maggie Alderson crosses continents and generations to explore how we find Featuring one of Herbert's best happiness – and whether love -loved characters, first encouncan survive betrayal. tered in The Ghosts of Sleath and Haunted, Ash is a ghost story like no other, that will chill you to the core.
The decidedly raven-haired Miss Phryne Fisher returns to delve deep into the dark underbelly of Melbourne 1929. Pretty little golden-haired girls are going missing in Melbourne. But they're not just pretty. Three of them are pregnant, poor girls from the harsh confines of the Magdalen Laundry and people are getting nervous......
In the enthralling third volume of 'Empire‘ Anthony Riches takes the legions deep into north Britannia, where the survivors of the rebellion still hope for revenge. The Romans have vanquished the rebel alliance, leaving Calgus, Lord of the Northern Tribes, prisoner of the chieftains he once led. But the new Roman leader will not let them rest. He forms an audacious plan to capture Dinpaladyr, the Selgovaes' fortress of spears, and return it to the hands of a trusted ally.
Did you know that you can click on the Recently Available button on the top of the screen while using the OPAC to get a complete list of newly catalogued items?
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Changes for SDRC Libraries At the last Community Services Committee Meeting the new library opening hours were confirmed. There has been a trial of these new hours for six months and this has resulted in the Warwick library closing time changing to 6 pm on Thursday and Friday and returning to 5.30 on Tuesday. The Stanthorpe Library is opening from 9 - 12 on a Saturday morning. Other changes include now having Kindles for loan, introducing a Facebook page and the Warwick branch having a Wii console for use within the library. Photocopying and faxing charges have also been reduced.
The stories we love best live in us forever - J.K. Rowling
Public holidays The Warwick and Stanthorpe libraries will be open from 9 - 12 on Saturday January 26. The official Australia Day holiday is on Monday January 28 and all branches will be closed on this day. The Stanthorpe branch will be closed on Friday February 1 for the Stanthorpe Show holiday. The Allora branch will be closed on Friday February 8 for the Allora Show holiday. The Warwick branch will be closed on Friday April 5 for the Warwick Show holiday.
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Library Lovers Day Competition To go into the running for a bottle of wine and box of chocolates, complete our two Library Lovers Day quizzes. Draw a line to match up the couples, write your details on the entry form, which is only available through our Library Lovers Newsletter, and drop it into your local library. Alternatively you can email entries to bronwyn.pearce@southerndowns.qld.gov.au Author Amours, Writer Romances, Poetic Pairings, Journalistic Joinings … Can you match these well-known literary couples? Number 1.
Simone de Beauvoir
A.
Sean French
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Joy Davidman
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Ernest Hemingway
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Nicci Gerrard
C.
Ted Hughes
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Martha Gellhorn
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C.S. Lewis
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Kathy Lette
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Henry Miller
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Marcia Muller
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Darcy Niland
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Anais Nin
G.
Bill Pronzini
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Ruth Park
H.
Geoffrey Robertson
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Sylvia Plath
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Jean-Paul Sarte
J.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
10. Mary Wollstonecraft
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Literary Lovers… Can you match these famous romantic pairings from through the ages? And as an extra challenge—can you name the book or play they appear in? Number 1.
Elizabeth Bennet
A.
Rhett Butler
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Daisy Buchanan
B.
Edward Cullen
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Maggie Cleary
C.
FitzWilliam Darcy
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Cathy Earnshaw
D.
Mark Darcy
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Jane Eyre
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Father Ralph de Bricassart
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Bridget Jones
F.
Jamie Fraser
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Juliet
G.
Jay Gatsby
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Scarlett O‘Hara
H.
Heathcliff
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Claire Randall
I.
Edward Rochester
J.
Romeo
10. Bella Swan
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Volume 2, Issue 1
Staff Book Review Originally from South Africa, Bryce Courtenay was an accomplished writer who catered for a wide variety of audiences through the use of a vast array of styles and genres. Published in 1998, Jessica tells the story of a young girl over the course of several years living on a rural property in Australia in the early 20th century. Jessica‘s life takes an unexpected turn when a forbidden love is found with a man who was reserved for marriage by Jessica‘s sister Meg with the help of her mother. When a brutal murder occurs at a neighbouring farm, Jessica protects the killer from mob justice, an act of compassion which later results in Jessica being banished from her family, society and eventually from her child, who is born out of wedlock. I thought Bryce Courtenay gave a wonderful insight into the life of this young girl encountering life & love as she grew & developed into a young lady and eventually a mother. I found the book informative and entertaining and a very touching sad story. I would recommend this adult fiction book to readers from juvenile to mature aged readers. reviewed by Maxine
Philip
Solution to The Christmas Carol logic puzzle First Name
Last Name
Choir Section
Christmas Carol
Betty
Sawyer
Alto
Silent Night
Bruce
Short
Bass
Joy to the World
Sherry
Sanford
Soprano
O Holy Night
Tom
Smith
Tenor
The First Noel
Southern Downs Regional Libraries
Allora Library
4666 3742
Mobile Library
4661 0342
Stanthorpe Library
4681 2141
Warwick Library
4661 0342
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