Attention all readers! Pick up your pens and get ready to start reviewing because Mosman Library is once again running its successful Summer Reading Program over the holiday season. We are looking for willing and able book reviewers to write a short review and go into the draw to win some great prizes. Enter your review online when you join the library’s own social…

Winning team The Miss Marples

Mosman Library’s Literary Trivia Night turned out to be loads of book loving fun and the perfect finale to the National Year of Reading 2012. What better way to celebrate reading than to hold a literary trivia night formulated to challenge even the most well read book buffs. 

Six rounds of questions including general fiction, classic and children’s fiction, Dickens, books to…

They've been a long time coming but the NSW Premier's Literary Awards shortlists have now been announced with Anna Funder's All that I am once again in the running for a literary prize. She is up against 5 other prominent Australian authors including 2011 Miles Franklin winner Kim Scott. Overall there are 72 authors and illustrators competing for a share of $360,000 in the 14 categories including the 2012 NSW Premier's History Awards.

The Christina…

This book promised a lot.  And I had heard great reviews, so was really looking forward to getting started with it.  But, I’m afraid to say that I was left feeling a little underwhelmed.

That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy the book.  I did, and I’m currently now reading William Nicholson’s next novel, “All the Hopeless Lovers”.

However, I felt that the book spread the story too thin.  Across too many characters, and at times I found myself wondering where the…

The new novel by JK Rowling has nothing to do with wizards or witches or evil magic and the author and publishers are quite clear in saying that the book is not for children but is her first written for adults. So before you read it you might want to check out this review from the Guardian newspaper. Just click on the link:…

This year's shortlist has just been announced. Hilary Mantel is up again this year.Can she win again for Bring Up the Bodies which continues the story of her previous Booker winner Wolf Hall?

For full details follow this link:…

Sometimes in the demanding chaos of our daily lives we forget to dedicate some time…

The writing world lost one of its greatest contributors on July 30 2012 with the death of Irish queen of fiction Maeve Binchy. Undoubtedly one of the world’s most successful novelists Binchy has sold over 40 million copies worldwide translated into 30 different languages. Born in Dalkey in Co Dublin Binchy…

Reading aloud to children is one of the most rewarding aspects of parenting in the early years and you only have to see a child's rapt little face to know that this is a much-loved activity for them also. Reading aloud is not always possible every night but if…

"Read, Review & Win" this…

Mosman Library’s Big Day In 2012 turned out to be a big day out for the many Mosman residents who joined in the celebrations on Saturday. The resounding success of last year’s Library and Information Week’s Big Day In gave us good reason for a repeat performance…

Is it Cloudstreet or My Brilliant Career, The Slap or maybe Jasper Jones? Any one of these could be voted in the top 10 Australian novels of all time. What’s your favourite? To celebrate the National Year of Reading 2012 the ABC Tuesday Evening Book Club is throwing it out there to Aussie readers to tell them their top 3 Aussie reads.

You can vote from…

The National Year of Reading and the Right Honourable Minister Simon Crean announced the winners of Our Story…

The Shortlists for the Miles Franklin and National Biography Award have just been announced. Perhaps you will find something to tempt and add to your " Must Read" List for National Year of Reading 2012.

Miles Franklin Award Shortlist

• Tony Birch, Blood
• Anna Funder, All That I Am
• Gillian Mears, Foal's…

Undoubtedly Australia’s richest and most prestigious literary award, the Miles Franklin, has recently announced the longlist for 2012. Now over 50 year old the award remains as influential today as it was in 1957 when Patrick White became the very first recipient for his epic tale Voss. This year for the first time the longlist is dominated by women which is fantastic…

There are many accounts of the First World War. Ahead of the 96th remembrance of Anzac Day, we select some that spoke to us: http://blogs.mosman.nsw.gov.au/library/article/196/great-war-stories

To commemorate this very special year for vampire literature, a century since the death of the creator of Dracula, Bram Stoker, Richard Matheson's 'I am Legend' has been named - Vampire Novel of the Century. Read this article from the Guardian newspaper in the UK to find out why:

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Books that make you ‘think’!

The National…

There’s nothing like a good laugh to make you forget your troubles. Whilst jokes may be fleeting (and often in bad taste) a humorous book can keep you laughing for days. The National Year of Reading’s…