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CLIVE SMALL THURSDAY 1PM STANTON LIBRARY
Thursday, September 9 2010
Now retired, Clive Small was one of NSW's most successful detectives and an Assistant Commissioner of Police before becoming ICAC's chief investigator. He will introduce his new book BETRAYED - the riveting tale of two honest and courageous police officers whose lives were nearly destroyed by the pressure, the danger and terrible isolation of living life undercover.
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AUSTRALIAN WINE VINTAGE 2011 LAUNCH
Friday, September 10 2010
Constant Reader and the Burlington Bar & Dining will celebrate the launch of:
The 28th edition of the Australian Wine Vintages 2011 on Friday, September 10th at 7pm.
A 5 course dinner with matching wines and an autographed copy of the Wine Guide is included in the price of $130 per person.
Rob Geddes editor of the guide will discuss each of the wines presented throughout the dinner
BURLINGTON BAR & DINING: 6 Burlington Street, Crows Nest Bookings :
phone 9439 7888 / fax 9439 8601
email admin@burlingtonbardining.com.au
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LIZ DONALDSON – TUESDAY - 1PM STANTON LIBRARY
Tuesday, September 14 2010
Elizabeth will introduce WILLIAM DOBELL An Artists Life a book which is a celebration of the life and art of Willliam Dobell, who was considered to be one of Australia's greatest artists and the first to win both the Wynne Prize for landscapes and the Archibald Prize for portraiture in the same year. Lavishly illustrated with artworks, personal photographs and newspaper clippings it paints a compelling portrait of both the man and the artist.
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SERGE DANSEREAU –THURSDAY - 1PM STANTON LIBRARY
Thursday, September 23 2010
Leading Sydney chef Serge Dansereau, will speak about his beautifully photographed and designed cookbook FRENCH KITCHEN - 230 classic French recipes for the home kitchen, all carefully developed to make French food accessible to the everyday Australian cook.
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CAROLINE OVERINGTON –TUESDAY 1PM STANTON LIBRARY
Tuesday, September 28 2010
Caroline will introduce her new book - I CAME TO SAY GOODBYE? at 4 am a young woman pushed through the hospital doors. Staff would later say they thought the woman was a new mother, returning to her child - and in a way, she was. She walked into the nursery, where a baby girl lay sleeping. The infant didn't wake when the woman placed her gently in the shopping bag she had brought with her. There is CCTV footage of what happened next, and most Australians would have seen it, either on the internet or the news.
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TOM KENEALLY –THURSDAY - 1PM STANTON LIBRARY
Thursday, September 30 2010
Tom will introduce his new book THE THREE FAMINES - which is the story of three great famines. The first is an Gorta Mór, the great hunger of Ireland, which began in 1846 and whose end-date is a matter of debate. The second is the less well-known but more deadly famine that struck Bengal in 1943. The third is the Ethiopian famine, which first sprung up in lethal form in the 1970s under Emperor Haile Selassie and then again under the brutal dictator Mengistu in the 1980s. Keneally himself visited Eritrea in 1984 to see the effects of this grave event. |
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RICHARD GLOVER – THURSDAY - 1PM STANTON LIBRARY
Thursday, October 7 2010
Richard Glover will introduce his new book WHY MEN ARE NECESSARY, wickedly funny stories of everyday life as are heard on ABC radio′s THANK GOD IT′S FRIDAY. Meet the sexy and feisty Jocasta; confront teenage rebellion in the form of a fish called Wanda; do battle with magpies the size of small fighter jets; and try to work out which font you use when speaking the language of love. |
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HUGH MACKAY – TUESDAY - 1PM STANTON LIBRARY
Tuesday, October 12 2010
In WHAT MAKES US TICK? Hugh Mackay gives an account of the things he has learnt from the experience of listening to people talk about their dreams, their fears, their faith, their hopes, their disappointments, their frustrations and their fantasies.In his previous books Hugh has documented the trends that have been reshaping our society. Now the focus is on us as individuals, and Mackay s conclusions go to the heart of some of life s big questions.
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SALLY DINGO – THURSDAY 1PM STANTON LIBRARY
Thursday, October 14 2010
Sally will introduce UNSUNG ORDINARY MEN - a very personal investigation into the ongoing effects of war, on the soldiers, their wives and children - when a soldier came home. Inspired by her own experiences when her father returned from World War II and who died when she was just 12 years old. Through the pages of this book Sally gives a voice to the sorrow she and many others still feel, for they were not aware of what their fathers and brothers and husbands (as well as the brave women who were POW nurses) had to go through.
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DAVID HILL – TUESDAY - 1PM STANTON LIBRARY
Tuesday, October 19 2010
David Hill introduces his new book GOLD the story of the monumental turning points in Australia's history using oroginal sources, parliamentary enquiries and newspaper reports of the time bring the past to life. It tracks the people and the huge gold discoveries that would forever change Australia.
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TIM FLANNERY – THURSDAY 1PM STANTON LIBRARY
Thursday, October 21 2010
Tim will introduce HERE ON EARTH: A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE his first major book since The Weather Makers which charts the history of life on our planet. It's an extraordinary exploration of evolution and sustainability. Our success as a species has had disastrous effects on many of the Earth's ecosystems and could lead to our downfall. But equally, Flannery argues, we are now equipped as never before to explore our true relationship with the planet on which our biological, economic and cultural futures depend.
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JENNIFER BYRNE – 1PM TUESDAY - STANTON LIBRARY
Tuesday, October 26 2010
Jennifer will introduce A BOOK TO LOVE: Favourite Guests of ABC TV's First Tuesday Book Club Share Their Most Loved Books. In this companion book to the ABC TV show, well-known authors share their passion for a particular book they love. The contributors include Ian Rankin, Augusten Burroughs, Christos Tsolkias, Michael Robotham, Peter Corris, Matthew Reilly, Di Morrisey and Peter FitzSimons as well as FIRST TUESDAY BOOK CLUB host Jennifer Byrne and regular panelists Marieke Hardy and Jason Steger.
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MAX CULLEN - THURSDAY - 1PM STANTON LIBRARY
Thursday, October 28 2010
TELL EM NOTHING TAKE EM NOWHERE is Max Cullen's motto and memoir about his life. Actor, artist, sometime journalist, erstwhile husband, Max Cullen is a legend of the Australian arts. Here, the man of famously few words tells the inside story of six decades of working in films and theatre that have shaped Australian culture and consorting with the likes of Patrick White, Brett Whiteley, David Williamson and Cate Blanchett.
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JOHN HOWARD – 1PM WEDNESDAY
Wednesday, November 3 2010
Former Australian Prime Minister and local North Shore resident and one of Australias most controversial prime ministers, John Howard will introduce his fascinating political autobiography LAZARUS RISING, a book which goes through his life, motivations and through the forces which have changed and shaped both him and the country he led for eleven years.
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DELIA FALCONER – FRIDAY - 1PM STANTON LIBRARY
Friday, November 5 2010
Delia Falconer will introduce her new book Sydney: biography of a city. Sydney has always been the sexiest and most gaudy of our cities. This book twines the stories of the people that have made Sydney the 21st century city it is today. Mad clergymen, amateur astronomers, Indigenous weather experts, crims and victims, photographers and artists: their stories are surprising, funny, and moving.
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TREVOR SYKES – TUESDAY - 1PM STANTON LIBRARY
Tuesday, November 23 2010
In SIX MONTHS OF PANIC Trevor Sykes takes the reader on a roller coaster ride through the boom and bust that led to the 'GFC'. Few Australian writers can match Trevors' understanding of the murkier waters of Australian business, as readers of his Pierpont column and his previous books The Bold Riders and Two Centuries of Panic have shown. He has now turned his eagle eye on what has become known as the GFC, and the waves of panic that began with the subprime crisis in America and flowed with tsunami-like force across Europe, Asia and Australia.
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Stanton Library
234 Miller Street, NORTH SYDNEY
Telephone (02) 9936 8400
Parking is available at the Council Car park - directly behind the
Library off Ridge Street.
Admission is free and light refreshments are provided.
This is your opportunity to have your book personalised by these authors. |
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