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  • Not Drowning, Reading eBook

    by Andrew Relph

    For the national year of reading, here is a book that, in Phillip Adams’s words, brings ‘a new perspective’ to the art of reading.

    As a child, Relph had a reading disability; now he is a psychoanalyst and professional conversationalist whose memoir explores why our relationships with authors and characters can be as vital as any we form in…Read more »

  • Women of Note: The Rise of Australian Women Composers eBook

    by Rosalind Appleby

    ‘This much-welcomed book profiles those women, largely unacknowledged, who stand as the major landmarks in the Australian musical landscape.’
    John Davis, CEO Australian Music Centre, President International Society for Contemporary Music

    In the early twentieth century being a female composer was a dangerous game; one composer was diagnosed as…Read more »

  • Have you seen Ally Queen? eBook

    by Deb Fitzpatrick

    Ally Queen, aged fifteen, is the new kid in a very small town. Uprooted from her comfortable city life and dumped in ‘hicksville’ she’s trying to find her place amongst the bogans, the surfies and the spinach-munching hippies.

    Life is tough when your closest friend is miles away and deep and meaningful conversations are restricted to the length…Read more »

  • The Waterboys eBook

    by Peter Docker

    ‘The Waterboys is a fist-clenching and nail-biting re-imagining of Australian history; what is, what could have been, or what really was.’ — Howard Pedersen, author of
    Jandamarra and the Bunuba Resistance.

    Conway inhabits an apocalyptic future in a continent caught up in a violent struggle for control of water. He is a whitefulla whose heart…Read more »

  • Brothers: Justice, Crime and the Mickelbergs eBook

    by Antonio Buti

    When somebody swindled the Perth Mint out of gold worth more than half a million dollars — local police thought they had the culprits. The Mickelberg brothers, Ray, Peter and Brian, were their prime suspects. Already accused of defrauding millionaire Alan Bond by manufacturing a phony gold nugget, the Mickelbergs were tried and convicted despite the…Read more »

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  • You Lose These + Other Stories eBook

    by Goldie Goldbloom

    ‘Prepare to encounter startling epiphanies, wonderfully eccentric conceits, and standout instances of wit and observation begging to be re-read. Among its well-pitched moments of vulnerability are further surprises: much that’s dark and sly, and – better still – twisted and bent.’ — Tom Cho

    Short stories from Goldie Goldbloom, award-winning…Read more »

  • Dress Rehearsal eBook

    by Zoe Thurner

    ‘This term we’ve had a bank robbery, an abduction and this crazy show. You kids are running wild, Lara. It’s too much.’

    Lara Pearlman has an appetite for life.

    She loves acting, vintage clothes and her best friend Oggy. She flirts with Nathan but really likes Blake. She devours muffins with cream and chocolates by the box. Lara’s…Read more »

  • The Kid on the Karaoke Stage & Other Stories eBook

    by Georgia Richter

    Acclaimed author Robert Drewe says; ‘These stories do more than just strike a chord: they resonate with the WOW! factor’. Brenda Walker says ‘This whole collection is brimming with original and vibrant writing’ while Bookseller+Publisher suggests you ‘Pick up this book if you appreciate home-grown literature, and marvel at the talent that resides…Read more »

  • Big Mobs: The Story of Australian Cattlemen eBook

    ‘In almost all respects I found Australian ranching customs and traditions far more intriguing, more dangerous, more “western” than those of North America’ — Professor Jim Hoy, Emporia State University, Kansas.

    Previously overshadowed in the public imagination by notions of American cowboys and the wild west, Big Mobs gives Australian stockmen…Read more »

  • Greater Expectations: Living with Down syndrome in the 21st century eBook

    by Jan Gothard

    Down syndrome is the most common cause of intellectual disability in Australia and renowned child health expert Professor Fiona Stanley calls Greater Expectations THE book to read if you have a child with Down syndromeRead more »

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Whose Hand is This?

by Rosalie Leaney

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Outdoor Reading in Freo

The National Year of Reading is about turning Australia into a nation of readers. Fremantle City Library invites you the launch of the National Year of Reading 2012 at their Outdoor Reading Room.

Indulge your love of reading this Valentine’s Day with a morning tea and talks by Susanna Juliano author of Fremantle Italians and Andrew Relph, author of Not Drowning, Reading

When: 10am, 14 February 2012
Where: Outdoor Reading Room, Kings Square, Fremantle
RSVP by 7 Feb: 08 9432 9766 or frelib@fremantle.wa.gov.au