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June 2010 Blog Posts (12)

Give people 140 characters and they'll take a mile

Like any other kind of literature, Twitter lit — or Twitterature, to borrow the title of a recent book that condensed literary classics into tweet form — has its strengths, rules and tropes. Twitter is pure voice, an exercise in implying character through detail and tone. Halpern's…

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Added by Bern on June 29, 2010 at 22:07 — 2 Comments

#rugame2010 - NSW State Library Seminar 23rd June

Gary Hayes was one of the guest speakers at the RU game : games and public libraries. He is a Coordinator and Lecturer of Multi Platform Content at the Australian Film TV and Radio School. I had a post on Gary's Social Media Counter in my Wallerawang Library Blog. Here is the web link - Counter

Gary Hayes presentation was fantastic! He previously has worked as a senior development producer with the…

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Added by Artemis on June 25, 2010 at 21:48 — No Comments

Peter Temple wins the Miles Franklin Award 2010

Peter Temple has been awarded the highly acclaimed 2010 Miles Franklin Literary Award for his novel Truth.

Temple had to fight off stiff competition from five other authors, including Deborah Forster, Sonya Hartnett and Alex Miller, to win the $42,000 prize, presented at an award dinner on Tuesday 22 June in Sydney.

The Miles Franklin literary award is recognised as…

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Added by Lindach on June 23, 2010 at 17:33 — No Comments

New books at the Library: recommended reading for July 2010

RECOMMENDED READING LIST JULY 2010
Dee, Jonathan.	The privileges.	F /DEE
Dunne, Dominick.	Too much money.	F /DUNN
Khadivi, Laleh.	The age of orphans.	F /KHAD
Min, Anchee.	Pearl of China.	F…

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Added by Mosman Library on June 23, 2010 at 11:20 — No Comments

Free eBooks from the National Library of Australia

A selection of the National Library's out-of-print publications are now available as PDF for free download & reading.

Titles on offer include:

Cook & Omai: The Cult of the South Seas
Gold Fever! Life…

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Added by Mosman Library on June 23, 2010 at 10:36 — No Comments

Constance Kent and the Road Hill House Murder

Constance Kent, the murderess. [Mark Joseph Allan ca. 1866] Pictures Collection, State Library of Victoria

Next month, Noeline Kyle will talk about Constance Emilie Kent and The Road Murder at Mosman…

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Added by Mosman Library on June 17, 2010 at 17:55 — 2 Comments

Monday Matters at Mosman Library

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Added by Mosman Library on June 17, 2010 at 12:00 — No Comments

Win a Kindle eBook BLOODY HAM.

Win a Kindle eBook BLOODY HAM.
From Mysteries in Paradise.
http://paradise-mysteries.blogspot.com/

Added by Brian Kavanagh on June 16, 2010 at 17:14 — No Comments

Article by John Birmingham

John Birmingham who is visiting Mosman Library on 5 July to discuss his latest book " After America" has written an interesting article about female action heroes in literature. Here's the link:…

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Added by Lindach on June 11, 2010 at 15:04 — No Comments

New Review.

New Review.

'Bloody Ham offers an entertaining combination of an old-fashioned whodunit with characters who are fun to meet. It seems everyone on the film set has something to hide and the side threads are as entertaining as the main, twist-filled plot. In short, the book is delightful and recommended to fans of cosies and traditional mysteries'

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Added by Brian Kavanagh on June 10, 2010 at 14:50 — No Comments