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ERIC KNIGHT THURSDAY - 1PM STANTON LIBRARY
Thursday, February 9 2012
Economics consultant and Rhodes scholar Eric Knight will introduce REFRAME - How to solve the worlds trickiest problems. It explains how a change of focus can reveal a solution that was lying just outside your frame of vision. This is an optimistic, lucid, original book by a literary star in the making. A book by a young Australian thinker that turns conventional thinking on its head.
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LISA HEIDKE TUESDAY 1PM STANTON LIBRARY
Tuesday, February 14 2012
Lisa Heidke will discuss her new novel STELLA MAKES GOOD - Can mother-of-two, Stella forge a new life for herself after the end of her marriage? A funny and insightful novel about love, friendship and the quest for happiness. With a healthy dose of humour and romance this is about the games we play, the secrets we keep, the unpredictable nature of life and the importance of female friendship
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GEORGE MEGALOGENIS TUESDAY 1PM STANTON LIBRARY
Tuesday, February 21 2012
George Megalogenis will introduce his new book THE AUSTRALIAN MOMENT. There is no better place to be during economic turbulence than Australia. Although the Great Recession continues to rumble around the globe, we successfully negotiated the Asian financial crisis, the dotcom tech wreck and the GFC. This book demands we reconsider what we have achieved and our place in the global economy, and how we might purposefully approach the future.
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JO NESBO TUESDAY 9 10 AM STANTON LIBRARY
Tuesday, February 28 2012
PLEASE NOTE DIFFERENT TIME!!!
Jo Nesbo will introduce his latest thriller : PHANTOM - a boy is lying on the floor of an Oslo apartment. He is bleeding and will soon die. In order to place his life and death in some kind of context he begins to tell his story. What follows is the solitary investigation of what appears to be the first impossible case in Harry Hole's career. And while Harry is searching, the murdered boy continues his story. A man walks the dark streets of Oslo. The streets are his and he has always been there. He is a phantom.
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HALINA ROBINSON WEDNESDAY 1PM STANTON LIBRARY
Wednesday, March 21 2012
Halina Robinson will discuss her autobiography UPSTREAM. Polish-born Halina tells the story of her remarkable life. It begins with her arrival in Australia from Israel and describes the joys and sorrows which have marked her transformation from a migrant to a committed Australian citizen. Halina's indomitable spirit, resilience and compassion helped her rebuild her life and make an impact on her adopted country. |
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ROBERT DESSAIX TUESDAY 1PM STANTON LIBRARY
Tuesday, March 27 2012
Robert Dessaix will introduce - AS I WAS SAYING a book about everything from travel to dogs and cats, from sport and swearing to the pleasures of idleness. Punctuated at regular intervals by talks Dessaix has given on a wide range of subjects, as well as by some of his most incisive journalism, the conversation invites the reader to join a leisurely guided tour of his chamber of curiosities, featuring pieces collected all over the globe from across the centuries
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PAT FARMER MONDAY 1PM STANTON LIBRARY
Monday, April 2 2012
Pat Farmer will speak about his new book POLE TO POLE One Man, 20 Million Steps. A raw and honest chronicle of his run from Pole to Pole which is a deeply personal diary accompanied by stunning photography. In a feat that ranks with the brave and inspiring deeds of Scott of the Antarctic, Sir Edmund Hillary and Jessica Watson, famed Australian ultramarathon runner Pat Farmer did what no human has ever done: run from the North Pole to South Pole. His mission: to raise money for the Red Cross to fund water projects in the world's neediest regions.
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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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