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A Tortilla is Like Life

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Added by Bern on February 6, 2010 at 7:30 — No Comments

"I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs, or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me."

Famous Literary Drunks & Addicts - Life Magazine

Added by Bern on January 27, 2010 at 22:26 — No Comments

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen

What's your favourite opening sentence to a book?

The editors of American Book Review have chosen their 100 Best First Lines from Novels.

You can also skip straight to the last page and read their 100 Best Last Lines from Novels… Continue

Added by Mosman Library on January 21, 2010 at 12:29 — No Comments

Mystery location.

This link is to Richmond, Surrey which is the location for the Belinda Lawrence mystery, BLOODY HAM. A wonderful location - for a murder!
http://www.visitlondon.com/maps/podcasts/richmond-kingston-video-podcast/
Cheers,
Brian
Bloody Ham. Read 50% free!
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/7965

Added by Brian Kavanagh on January 21, 2010 at 10:16 — No Comments

In Conversation with Sarah Waters at the Seymour Centre 26 February 6.30pm

If you've enjoyed reading Sarah Waters books: Tipping the Velvet, Fingersmith, Affinity and her latest The Little Stranger you might be interested in hearing her talking candidly about her books at the Seymour Centre in February.
For more information http://mardigras.org.au/mardi-gras-2010/events-calendar/in-conversation-with-sarah-waters/index.cfm

Added by Jane B on January 21, 2010 at 8:00 — No Comments

Zorba’s Guide to Free Ebooks

If you're curious about eBooks - what's available? how to find them? - check out Zorba’s Guide to Free Ebooks.

Reading eBooks is more difficult. The Kindle, BeBook and similar readers are available in… Continue

Added by Bern on January 20, 2010 at 20:30 — 2 Comments

Thursday Mens Book Club reading/discussion group..the story so far....

Just a reminder that the reading group will be meeting every 4th Thursday of the month in 2010.

Jan 28th : “The Corrections” by Franzen, J ; and /or “The Mud Brick House” by James Glover

Feb 25th: “The Curious incident of the Dog in the Nightime.” by Mark Haddon and/or “Stories of Manhood” by Steve Biddulph

Mar 25th: “Luck and leather” a Parisian Romance. (Also under the title of "The wild Ass's Skin" ) Honre de Balzac

April 22nd: “Tolkien and the… Continue

Added by Thursday Mens reading group on January 19, 2010 at 15:50 — No Comments

When authors attack

Entertaining post by Allison Flood on the Guardian's book blog.

Alain de Botton responded to a poor review of his new book Pleasures and Sorrows of Work with a very angry… Continue

Added by Bern on January 4, 2010 at 15:30 — 1 Comment

NEWS: ebooks for Kindle, Barnes&Noble Nook, Sony.

My books, Capable of Murder, The Embroidered Corpse and Bloody Ham are published now at Smashwords as ebooks for Kindle, Barnes&Noble Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo and on mobile phones and iPods PCs, laptops, palm-helds.

NEWS: ebooks for Kindle, Barnes&Noble Nook, Sony.

Books are available for immediate sampling and sale in multiple ebook formats, readable on virtually any ebook reading device.

I hope you'll take time to check it out at Smashwords, where you can sample the… Continue

Added by Brian Kavanagh on January 3, 2010 at 16:14 — No Comments

Mosman's most borrowed books of 2009

Over at Parra Reads, Parramatta City Libraries have listed their most borrowed adult fiction and non-fiction for 2009.

Here's our list of most borrowed books for the… Continue

Added by Mosman Library on December 21, 2009 at 8:30 — No Comments

Read, Review and Win in January!

The 'Read, Review and Win' Program for adults is back again this summer and encourages adult readers to review the books they have read.

January is the time for those long hot days relaxing with a good book, so why not share your latest read, and at the same time, go into the draw to win a weekly prize.

Reviews are posted on Mosman Readers and in the 'Read, Review and Win' folders in the Library.

The Program serves a… Continue

Added by Read, Review & Win on December 16, 2009 at 12:49 — No Comments

Wierd Book Room

From AbeBooks.co.uk - "a celebration of everything that's bizarre, odd and downright weird in books". And they're all for sale.

The Wierd Book Room, for your… Continue

Added by Bern on December 14, 2009 at 12:02 — 1 Comment

Google Fast Flip the next big thing

Have you seen Google Fast Flip? Its a great way to catch up on all the latest news and gossip. This is how Google describes it: "Fast Flip is a web application that lets users discover and share news articles. It combines qualities of print and the Web, with the ability to "flip" through pages online as quickly as flipping through a magazine. It also enables users to follow friends and topics, discover new content and create their… Continue

Added by Read, Review & Win on December 10, 2009 at 16:12 — No Comments

Xmas gift wishlist

For the reader who has everything??

The Bedside Booklight - "Never lose your page again"

I wouldn't mind the xkcd book based on the excellent web comic. "It features selections from the first 600 comics, including various author and fan favorites. It was lovingly assembled… Continue

Added by Bern on December 2, 2009 at 13:34 — 1 Comment

No membership, no walls!

Local residents pull together to create an Open air library in Magdeburg Germany. The idea is that you just walk up and take a book out of a hole in the wall and bring it back when you are finished. Sounds like Utopia.

Added by Tim on December 2, 2009 at 10:03 — No Comments

Unlimited Loans at Mosman Library

Over the December/January holiday season Mosman Library is allowing its patrons to borrow as any books, DVDs, CDs and audio books as they like.
Extended loans are also available for those going away on holidays.

Added by Lindach on December 1, 2009 at 11:00 — No Comments

Hello, I'm in the library

English villagers show us how.
Cheers,
Brian
http://tinyurl.com/yfga7et
http://beekayvic.tripod.com

Added by Brian Kavanagh on December 1, 2009 at 10:30 — 1 Comment

2009 Bad Sex in Literature Award Winner Announced

Jonathan Little's The Kindly Ones has won the Literary Review's Bad Sex in Fiction Award for 2009. You can read the winning passages here

Added by Jane B on December 1, 2009 at 9:57 — 1 Comment

Questions for a Bookworm

A series of questions relating to books and reading has been circulating arounds blogs lately. I saw this on Booktager you might want to answer them. Here are mine

Do you snack while you read? If so, favourite reading snack?

Not often but sometimes I like to nibble on Kettle chips.

Do you tend to mark books as you read them, or does the idea of writing on books horrify you?

I never mark books… Continue

Added by Jane B on November 30, 2009 at 15:29 — No Comments

Self-portrait with book

Karin Elizabeth is a Dutch reader with a unique approach to reviewing books. A freelance photographer, she composes a picture of herself with each book she reads. Take a look at her photo set (and reviews) on Flickr.

Karin calls it a 'self-portraiting book review series' and… Continue

Added by Mosman Library on November 26, 2009 at 8:00 — No Comments