When I was a boy in the 1970s, the local library was a haven, and it was where I first encountered comics. My earliest favourites were Asterix, Tintin and the Disney comics of Carl Banks and Floyd Gottfredson.

I have been “married” to comics for over 25 years and have produced 5 “children” so far. If I had to choose a favourite “child”, my qualified answer would be The Silence. It’s my purest comic and the best-realised work I’ve done. It’s where I’ve truly utilised the graphic novel medium for storytelling: the pictures do the work. The Sacrifice is my best-known work and creates a vivid sense of time and place in 1940s Australia.

The Ashfield Library graphic novel collection is astonishing. Unlike 25 years ago, there’s such a variety of graphic novels out there now; there’s something for everyone.

Bruce Mutard is a Melbourne-based author and artist who has been involved with Ashfield Library’s annual Comic Con-versation since 2014. The Silence, The Sacrifice and all of Mutard’s novels can be found in Ashfield’s extensive collection. See here for details on the library’s exciting new offering, Comics Plus.

A message from Bruce MutardAshfield Library GazetteAUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2016 z VOLUME 22/4 22ND YEAR OF PUBLICATION

IN THIS ISSUE

WHAT’S ONLIBRARY HOURSCONTACT US

z COMICS PLUS

z HISTORY WEEK

z AUTHORS AT ASHFIELD

z CHINESE MAGAZINES ONLINE

z YOUR LIBRARY ONLINE

No nation can be really free where this financial oligarchy is permitted to hold dominion, and no ‘democracy’ can be aught but a name that does not shake it from its throne.Frank Anstey The Money Power, 1921

MARRICKVILLE LIBRARY

LEICHHARDT LIBRARY

Jo Henwood workshop

Historical Stories: time tunnels for writers.

Wednesday 7 September 10am to 12pm.

Geoff Bartlett workshop

Family History. Saturday 10 September 10am to 12pm

LIBRARY BOOK BITES

STAFF REVIEWS

KATHY’S COOKBOOKS

GINA’S CRAFT CORNER

YOUNG READERS

CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS

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Comics Plus: Library Edition

To tie in with our fantastic graphic novel collections and our Comic Con-versation events, Ashfield Library has introduced a new online comic book and graphic novel resource. Comics Plus Library Edition brings unlimited access to thousands of digital graphic novels and comics to you, on any web-connected device.

93 publishers, with over 16,000 comics, 281 series including graphic novels for all ages.

View titles through your web browser on any computer, table or smartphone with internet connection.

Read titles through the iOS Mobile App for iPad or iPhone. Browse by genre, publisher and comic – then instantly check out your favourites.

Access comics whenever you want them – no holds or waiting.

There’s Bleach, Naruto, 24 Underground, Doctor Who, ZMD, Transformers, Ghostbusters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Garfield, My Little Pony, Dexter’s Laboratory, Star Trek, X-Files, G.I. Joe and Godzilla – and that’s just to name a few!

HISTORY WEEK ‘NEIGHBOURS’3-11 September, 2016

History Week Local History Talk‘DEATHLY NEIGHBOURS: THE EVOLUTION OF SYDNEY’S CEMETERIES.’ Dr Lisa Murray, City Historian at the City of Sydney.

From burial ground, to churchyard, to church cemetery and then general cemetery: Sydney’s cemeteries demonstrate the implementation of a 19th century novelty in the colony. The planning and design of Sydney’s cemeteries is an under-appreciated aspect of Sydney’s urban history. Health, landscape, moral and religious values all contributed to their design and how we treated our friends and neighbours in death. This is an official event of History Week 2016, supported by the History Council of NSW.

Friday 9 September 11:00am. Level 6 Council Chambers Ashfield Civic Centre. Free, bookings via Eventbrite.

LEICHHARDT: Neighbours Past and PresentThis exhibition will explore the neighbouring suburbs of Marrickville, Leichhardt and Ashfield. We invite the community to come and view our exhibition of photographs from the three areas and share their memories of Leichhardt and its neighbours Marrickville and Ashfield as we embark on a journey as one council area. Pin your memories to the History Pin Map at the Library.

Leichhardt Library, September 1-30 Email Website

HISTORY WEEK WRITING WORKSHOPS FOR ADULTS

Bookings essential for Writing Workshops2

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I can borrow via my iPad the latest issue of magazines as soon as they hit the newsstands. I regularly read Rolling Stone, catch up with the news with The Week, adventure travel in my armchair with Wild, and when I feel like some self-nurturing and de-stressing, I download a copy of WellBeing. It’s about living naturally and healthily: beauty, food and health, body, mind and spirit. Stories on how to eat ethically, mindfulness and positive thinking, with practical advice and intelligently written. Gorgeously photographed as well, this is the perfect read to take me away from my busy work life and help me achieve balance and serenity.

DRAGONSOURCE CHINESE EMAGAZINESAshfield Library is happy to announce a new Chinese eMagazine service. To see a wide range of Chinese text magazines please click the link and add your library card number to access at home. While in the library you can simply follow the link and start viewing. Please enjoy!

欢迎！欢迎！我们很高兴地宣布，中国语文杂志的一个新的集合。这些都是免费使用和在线杂志。您将在此在线杂志集合中找到各种游戏和主题。

Chinese Magazines Online

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Venue Level 6

Council Chambers Civic Centre

(unless indicated otherwise)

All events free

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Authors at Ashfield

is now in its 14th year of presenting fabulous, entertaining and educational, free book talks and lectures. Come along and meet the authors. You need to book only for the evening events.

Books available for sale and signing at all events except lectures. The bookseller is Better Read Than Dead, Newtown.

Walter Mason illustrated lecture: The Mystery of Edwin Drood Charles Dickens and his final, unfinished novel.

Thursday 4 August 11am

John Blay with his new book On Track: searching out the Bundian Way. Bookings essential.

Tuesday 9 August 6.00pm for 6.30pm start. Local Studies Room Level 2 Civic Centre.

Tony Hill, ABC 24 editor and journalist, with his new book Voices from the air: The ABC war correspondents who told the stories of Australians in the Second World War.Monday 19 September 11am.

Susannah Fullerton illustrated lecture on Robert Louis Stevenson.Monday 5 September 11am Local Studies Room Level 2.

From August 2016 all daytime talks will start at

11am. Morning tea will be served 10.30am-11.00am, then the

lecture or book talk will commence. It will conclude 12.00pm.

Vasudha Chandra illustrated lecture: Medical mishaps and maladies in the Brontës’ lives and novels.Thursday 18 August 1am.

Jane Eales with her new memoir Secrets, Spies and Spotted Dogs:  Unravelling Mysterious Family Connections Behind a Secret Adoption.

Wednesday 24 August 11am

Walter Mason illustrated lecture: Cecil Beaton, beauty and My Fair Lady – a look at the life of the world’s most glamorous photographer.Saturday 3 September 11am Local Studies Room Level 2.

Patti Miller will talk about and sign copies of her book Ransacking Paris. Bookings essential.Thursday 8 September 6.00pm for 6.30pm start Local Studies Room Level 2.

David Lewis illustrated lecture: ‘Nothing to declare but genius’: the non-fiction and poetry of Oscar Wilde.  Monday 15 August 11am

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WEBSITE WATCH 10 tricks for book nerds who want

to fit in reading at work

Escaping poverty through the library

Two Australian libraries nominated for the award as the world’s best new public library

The Millions Sharing books, culture and the arts with

the literary world since 2003.

Page-Turner The New Yorker’s book blog, complete

with podcasts, news and essays.

3:AM Magazine A site devoted to modernist and

postmodernist literature with the clever tagline: “Whatever it is, we’re against it.”

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Management were keen for bank staff to think about different ways of doings things, thinking creatively and outside the square. What better way to get some inspiration happening on a Friday morning than to go back to childhood and  hear the Dr Seuss classic, Green Eggs and Ham?

AMONG their various mild collisions none was more defined than the dinner at Wellesley College

when W.B. Yeats, seated next to T.S. Eliot but oblivious of him, conversed with the guest on

the other side until late in the meal. He then turned and said, ‘My friend here and I have been

discussing the defects of T. S. Eliot’s poetry. What do you think of that poetry?’

Eliot held up his place card to excuse himself from the jury.

Richard Ellmann, Eminent Domain, New York, 1967, p. 89.

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Man Booker long list The longlist, or ‘Man Booker Dozen’, for the £50,000 Man Booker Prize has been announced.

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, first awarded in 1969, is open to writers of any nationality, writing originally in English and published in the UK.

The list includes J.M. Coetzee, who is the first person to win the Man Booker twice, and well known writers such as Deborah Levy, A.L. Kennedy and Elizabeth Strout.

Chair of the 2016 judges, Amanda Foreman, comments:

‘This is a very exciting year. The range of books is broad and the quality extremely high. Each novel provoked intense discussion and, at times, passionate debate, challenging our expectations of what a novel is and can be...From the historical to the contemporary, the satirical to the polemical, the novels in this list come from both established writers and new voices. The writing is uniformly fresh, energetic and important. It is a longlist to be relished.’

Former double winner J.M. Coetzee makes the list with The Schooldays of Jesus. He won the then Booker Prize in 1983 with Life & Times of Michael K and then again with Disgrace in 1999, making him the first writer to win the prize twice. Deborah Levy was shortlisted for the prize in 2012 for Swimming Home. A.L. Kennedy was a judge for the prize in 1996, the year Graham Swift won with Last Orders.

Four debut novels make the longlist: Hystopia by David Means; The Many by Wyl Menmuir; Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh and Work Like Any Other by Virginia Reeves.

2016 Man Booker DozenPaul Beatty (US), The Sellout

J.M. Coetzee (South African-Australian), The Schooldays of Jesus

A.L. Kennedy (UK), Serious Sweet

Deborah Levy (UK), Hot Milk

Graeme Macrae Burnet (UK), His Bloody Project

Ian McGuire (UK), The North Water

David Means (US), Hystopia

Wyl Menmuir (UK), The Many

Ottessa Moshfegh (US), Eileen

Virginia Reeves (US), Work Like Any Other

Elizabeth Strout (US),  My Name Is Lucy Barton

David Szalay (Canada-UK),  All That Man Is

Madeleine Thien (Canada),  Do Not Say We Have Nothing

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Man Booker prize judges reveal 2016 longlist

Leading lights and fresh stars shine in Man Booker prize 2016 longlist

Man Booker Prize 2016 longlist announced: Five UK authors to compete against double winner JM Coetzee

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Top 10 books about middle ageFinding work that confronts this difficult stage of life with honesty and wisdom is not easy – but these writers show it can be done. guardian

Margaret Atwood wins 2016 PEN Pinter prizeCanadian author says she is humbled to accept reward and is praised by judges for championing environmental and human rights causes. guardian

After Agatha Christie … female crime writers delve deep into women’s worst fearsAs Hollywood brings out two biopics of Agatha Christie, we examine the rise of ‘domestic suspense’ thrillers. guardian

Hope springs eternal: project to save Alexander Pope’s secret grottoA 300-year-old underground folly built by the Georgian poet is to be restored to its old glory. guardian

Into the woods: Margaret Atwood reveals her Future Library book, Scribbler MoonWe follow Atwood through a wet forest in Norway as she hands over the manuscript for a book that won’t be read for 100 years. guardian

Refugee Tales: Modern reboot of The Canterbury Tales to tell harrowing refugee storiesWriters Ali Smith and Patience Agbabi among contributors to the short story collection. independent

Donald Trump is now a Marvel supervillainLess presidential nominee, more “Mental Organism Designed As America’s King”. independent

The Bestseller Code: The words that make a successful book‘Need’, ‘want’ and ‘do’ are twice as likely to appear in bestselling books than others. independent

Big Friendly Film Critic’s 15 best movies based on kids’ booksA short list of excellent big-screen interpretations of kid-lit classics abounding with

magic, adventure, danger and delight. smh

Asylum review: John Hughes tough-minded fantasy based in reality of displacement

Asylum compares itself to Kafka and does make reference to the idea of metamorphosis. But its kindred spirit is just as much Dostoyevsky. smh

Rajith Savanadasa: How asylum seeker stories helped him find his way in fictionIn Rajith Savanadasa’s first novel, Ruins, effects of the Sri Lankan civil war intrude on a middle-class family in Colombo. smh

For generous parental leave and great schools, move to FinlandIn The Nordic Theory of Everything Finnish journalist Anu Partanen maintains that life is better in her native land. nyt books

NYWF announces first author line-up for 2016 programThe National Young Writers’ Festival has announced its first line-up of artists for its 2016 program, which runs in

Newcastle from 29 September to 2 October. nywf

PEN America Announces Two New AwardsPEN America has announced the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and the PEN/Jean Stein Grant for Oral History. publishers weekly

Quidditch World Cup Fever GrowsTeams from Uganda to Pakistan are preparing for the international competition of J.K. Rowling’s fictional sport in Germany in July. guardian books

‘Try and be a Dinketysnipsy girl’: Ian McKellen reads two letters by Roald DahlVIDEO In 1967, a girl wrote to Roald Dahl to tell him she was having trouble settling at her new school sparking a correspondence between the two. guardian

Unpublished Charlotte Brontë writings return to Haworth in mother’s bookBrontë Society secures treasured heirloom belonging to the sisters’ mother, with letters, poems and short stories by family members tucked inside. guardian

Harry Potter script the most preordered book of 2016The release of “Cursed Child” will make for a happy birthday present for the now-grown wizard and author. cnet

Saddam Hussein’s ‘Game of Thrones meets House of Cards’ novella getting English translationThe 2003 book has already been published in multiple languages under numerous titles. independent

From Jane Austen to George RR Martin: the novella is backSmall but perfectly formed: the novella is back. The slim little sister of your regular novel, a novella is usually defined as coming in under 50,000 words.independent

Le Carre is our greatest living author because he gets humansHe has never been taken as seriously as many “literary writers” with a fraction of his talent partly because his genre is thrillers, but also because there is a crusading anger about some of his later work that can make it read more as polemic than fiction. uk telegraph

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Writing Workshop for Adults Lifelong Learning

Historical Stories : time tunnels for writers

A writing workshop hosted by professional

storyteller Jo Henwood

Jo specialises in historical storytelling. Her background as an education officer at several heritage sites in Sydney gives her the interesting raw materials for her craft. When: Wednesday September 7, 2016 Time: 10am - 12:00pm Venue: Local Studies Room, Level 2 Civic Centre Places are limited, bookings are essential www.ashfieldlibrary.eventbrite.com.au

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Jason Prior : Pioneering Stroke Therapy : what it teaches all of us

When: Thursday September 15 2016 Time: 1pm Venue: Local Studies Room, Level 2 Ashfield Civic Centre. Learn about new brain-based approaches for stroke rehabilitation. Whether you have had a stroke or not the principles behind these approaches can help you to be better able to do the things we love to do. Jason Prior is a chiropractor, university educator and former nurse. He is also a presenter on Triple H 100.1 FM, the Hornsby community radio station, for the show Body, Brain & Mind each Tuesday at 10am. In his spare time he runs The Anatomy Club, a hands-on class for children to learn more about how their body works.

Ashfield Library National Stroke Week

September 12 –18, 2016 Lifelong Learning

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Ashfield Home Library ServiceThis service is available free of charge for any person living in Ashfield Council’s municipality, who is unable to come to the library for medical reasons. A medical certificate is required to join the service.

All services offered to library patrons are available through the Home Library Service. This includes large print books, regular print books, magazines, CDs and DVDs.

If you are interested in this service, or know someone who could benefit from it, please phone Angelina on 9716 1000 for further details.

WE both lived on the north side of the city, and we were going up Rutland Square, I think it was a horse-drawn tram in those days. I happened to mention that thing that the newspapers were full of – that it was Yeats’s fortieth birthday and that Lady Gregory had collected from his friends forty pounds with which she bought a Kelmscott edition of Chaucer by William Morris. Everybody knew it was Yeats’s birthday. But when I made an epiphany, so to speak, and told Joyce this, at the first tram stop he got out. Yeats was lodging in the Cavendish Hotel, in Rutland Square, and he solemnly walked in and knocked at Yeats’s door. When Yeats opened the door of the sitting-room he said, ‘What age are you, sir?’ and Yeats said, ‘I’m forty.’ – ‘You are too old for me to help. I bid you good-bye.’ And Yeats was greatly impressed at the impertinence of the thing.

Irish Literary Portraits, p. 24.

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高龄者福利金讲座为帮助社区华裔人士进一步了解老年福利金的新政策。多元文化健康服务 （悉尼地区健康部) 将联同华人服务社及艾士菲图书馆举办讲座。

讲座包括以下内容:• 老年福利金• 福利金的新政策• 海外旅行，是否会影响福利金？• 特别津贴

欢迎您和亲友一起来参加这次活动。

日期：2016年8月25日 （星期四）时间：上午10时至上午11时30分地点: 艾士菲市政府会议室 260 Liverpool Rd, Ashfield NSW 语言：普通话 讲者： Rabia Charouk女士， 财务信息主任

日期：2016年9月6日 （星期二）时间：上午10时至上午11时30分地点: 华人服务社活动中心 44-50 Sixth Avenue, Campsie 语言：普通话 讲者：Rabia Charouk女士， 财务信息主任

报名及查询：请预先登记华人服务社：9789 4587（按「2 键与接待处联络）艾士菲图书馆: 97161832 （Vanessa）多元文化健康服务部：9562 0515

華人服務社定居服務協助華裔新移民定居澳洲，該項服務得到澳洲政府的撥款資助。

Information session on Centrelink Payments for Mandarin-speaking peopleThe Sydney Local Health District Multicultural Health Service is working in collaboration with the Chinese Australian Services Society (CASS) and Ashfield library to organise an information session on Centrelink Payments for Mandarin-speaking people.

The information sessions will cover:• Age pension payments• The new changes to Centrelink payments• Overseas pension• Special benefit

Date: 25 August 2016 (Thursday)Time: 10.00am – 11.30amVenue: Ashfield Council, Meeting Room 1 & 2, 260 Liverpool Rd, Ashfield Language: English with Mandarin interpretationSpeaker: Ms Rabia Charouk, Financial Information Officer

Date: 6 September 2016 (Tuesday)Time: 10.00am – 11.30amVenue: CASS Activity Centre, 44-50 Sixth Avenue, Campsie Language: English with Mandarin interpretation Speaker: Ms Rabia Charouk, Financial Information Officer

Registration and enquiries:Chinese Australian Services Society (CASS): 9789 4587 (press “2” for reception)

Ashfield Library: 97161832 (Vanessa)

SLHD Multicultural Health Service: 9562 0515

CASS settlement Services assist recently-arrived Chinese-speaking migrants during their early settlement period

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Audio recordings of selected Authors at Ashfield events are now available as podcasts.

LISTEN HERE

Public Voting OnlineHave a look and vote for as many new books as you’d like to see in the Library collection. There is no limit on the number of votes you can make. You just need to login with your Library Card number and email.

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eMagazines We have a collection of online magazines that you can download HERE. Once you download a magazine it is yours to keep. Access the latest issues of around 140 titles. You’ll find craft, science, music, history, sports, arts, health, technology and gossip (and more). Use your Ashfield

Library membership number to register with Zinio for access to the free magazine service and you will need to download some soft ware the first time you use Zinio.

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are easily read on mobile devices such as iPhones and iPads as well as many MP3 players. CHECK OUT E-BOOKS NOW!

MusicFreegal is a legal MP3 download service which allows Ashfield Library members to download music from the Sony catalogue as well as independent labels. Freegal offers

thousands of artists, millions of songs and over 100 genres of music. The MP3s don’t have copy-protection, which means that you can listen to them on multiple devices.

MoviesStream independent films via the Ashfield Library website using any Internet-enabled computer, smartphone or tablet with a web browser.Use your Zinio login or register online with your Ashfield Library card. IndieFlix is a streaming movie service providing unlimited access to award-winning shorts, feature films and documentaries. The films are not rated,

but the viewing level is indicated by Family, Teen or Adult. A synopsis is provided for each film, and you can write your own review online.

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Rocket LanguagesAward-winning language learning coursesLearn conversational language at your own pace, either streaming online or by downloading MP3 files. Languages include English, French, Mandarin, Hindi, Italian, Japanese and Korean Lessons include culture and local etiquette.

Access this free service by logging on using your Ashfield Library Card on your computer or tablet. ABOUT ROCKET LANGUAGES LOGIN HERE

Comics Plus Library EditionComics Plus Library Edition brings unlimited access to thousands of digital graphic novels and comics on any web-connected device. 93 publishers, with over 16,000 comics, 281 series including graphic novels for all ages. There’s Bleach, Naruto, 24 Underground, Doctor Who, ZMD, Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Garfield, My Little Pony, Dexter’s

Laboratory, Star Trek, and Godzilla to name a few! Use your library card to access comics when you want them – no holds or waiting.

Chinese eMagazinesAshfield Library is happy to announce a new Chinese eMagazine service. To see a wide range of Chinese text magazines please click the link and add your library card number to access at home. While in the library you can simply follow the link and start viewing. Please enjoy!

欢迎！欢迎！我们很高兴地宣布，中国语文杂志的一个新的集合。这些都是免费使用和在线杂志。您将在此在线杂志集合中找到各种游戏和主题。

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renee’s PicksMy Name is Lucy BartonElizabeth StroutF STRO

When Lucy’s estranged mother arrives at

her hospital bedside, her presence stirs up

unexpected memories and feelings. A powerful

tale of the relationship between a mother and

daughter from the author of the Pulitzer Prize-

winning novel Olive Kitteridge.

Big Magic: creative living beyond fearElizabeth Gilbert153.35 GILB

Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the wildly

successful book-turned-movie Eat Pray Love, believes that all humans

are creative and that exploring

one’s creativity is the key to a

satisfying life. In its six sections –

Courage, Enchantment, Permission,

Persistence, Trust and Divinity – this

book coaches us on living up to our

creative potential, even if we are not a writer, actor or artist. A

good reminder that life should be lived with curiosity, not fear.

Last Night’s Reading: illustrated encounters with extraordinary authorsKate Gavino808.88 GAVI

If you love the Sydney Writers’ Festival or

Authors at Ashfield, this book is for you.

Since 2013, Gavino has been attending

book readings around New York City,

capturing the experience with a portrait

and quote from each author. Her hobby

and passion is now a successful blog

and a quirky graphic novel-like book of

drawings and musings.

Gayby Baby (DVD)

Whilst the rest of the world debates

marriage equality, this documentary

follows the lives of Gus, Ebony,

Matt and Graham, four ordinary yet

extraordinary teens and tweens of

same-sex parents, as they traverse the

ups and downs of growing up.

STAFF REVIEWS

Humans of New York Stories

Iris

The Man with the Axe in His Back

In Order to Live

Kathy’s Cookbooks

Gina’s Crafter’s Corner

Kathy’s Picture Books

Emma’s Junior Picks

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Humans of New York StoriesBrandon Stanton974.71 STAN

Humans of New York (HONY) began its life as a

photography project in 2010 with the ambitious

aim of capturing 10,000 people out and about on

the streets of New York. Accompanied by a short

quote or a lengthy story, Stanton’s subjects make

for compelling reading; it’s no wonder HONY

has racked up over twenty million social media

followers. I love the reminder that the strangers

I pass on the street and the people I meet in the

library all have a story to tell.

Iris (DVD)

Iris is a witty 93-year-old style icon who has

been a larger-than-life fixture on the New

York fashion scene for decades. At first

glance, Iris appears to be a documentary

of flamboyant fashion, but for me, the

overarching message is one of love: love

of fashion and art, love of life and love of a

lifelong partner. Why settle for drab clothing

and a boring life when you can be colourful

and fabulous?

THOUGH he liked having Samuel Beckett with him, Joyce at the same time kept him at a distance. Once he said directly, ‘I don’t love anyone except my family’ in a tone which suggested, ‘I don’t like anyone except my family either.’ But Beckett’s mind had a subtlety and strangeness that attracted Joyce as it attracted, in another way, his daughter. So he would ask the young man to read to him passages from Mauthner’s Beiträge zu Einer Kritik der Sprache [Reviews of A Critique of Language], in which the nominalistic view of language seemed something Joyce was looking for. Once or twice he dictated a bit of Finnegans Wake to Beckett, though dictation did not work very well for him; in the middle of one such session there was a knock at the door which Beckett didn’t hear. Joyce said, ‘Come in,’ and Beckett wrote it down. Afterwards he read back what he had written and Joyce said, ‘What’s that “Come in”?’ ‘Yes, you said that,’ said Beckett. Joyce thought for a moment, then said, ‘Let it stand.’ He was quite willing to accept coincidence as his collaborator.

Richard Ellmann, James Joyce (New York, 1959), pp. 661-662.

I FIRST met T. S. Eliot in 1946, when I was an editor at Harcourt, Brace, under Frank Morley. I was just past thirty, and Eliot was in his late fifties …

We went across the street to the old Ritz-Carlton. It was a lovely spring day and the courtyard restaurant – I think it was called the Japanese Garden – had just been opened for the season. For some reason I was astonished at the sight of newly hatched ducklings swimming in the centre pond, perhaps because they seemed to embody the odd and improbable quality the occasion had for me.

Eliot could not have found a kinder, or more effective, way of putting me at my ease. As we sat down, he said, ‘Tell me, as one editor to another, do you have much author trouble?’ I could not help laughing, he laughed in return – he had a booming laugh – and that was the beginning of our friendship. His most memorable remark of the day occurred when I asked him if he agreed with the definition that most editors are failed writers, and he replied: ‘Perhaps, but so are most writers.’

T. S. Eliot: The Man and his Work (1967), pp. 338-339

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The Man with the Axe in His Back: Short Ghost StoriesQueenie ChanGN CHAN

One of our guests at Comic Con-

versation 2016, Queenie Chan is a

successful and highly regarded Manga

artist, and she also produces works that

combine both prose and graphic novel

styles. The Man with the Axe in His Back

is a book of short stories, including

many comic-style illustrations, so this

is a good introduction to those who find

reading books in comic format a challenge. Queenie calls this format of book

‘comics-prose’. There are four spine-tingling ghost stories in this collection:

my favourite was the first story and the one referred to in the title. The man

with an axe in his back was a man that was murdered and now appears in a

building elevator, to the horror of Jane, a temp working in the office.

In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to FreedomYeonmi ParkB PARK

Yeonmi Park was a guest at this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival, and more than a

few people cried hearing her harrowing story of escaping from North Korea. One

of Yeonmi’s famous quotes is that she is most grateful for two things, that she

was born in North Korea and that she escaped from North Korea. At the session I

had the privilege of hearing Yeonmi speak,

she said she wouldn’t have changed her

life if she could, as she wouldn’t be the

person that she is today. Yeonmi was born

in Hyesan, which is close to the border

of China, so comparable freedom was

not far away. But it was a long journey for

Yeonmi and her mother when they decided

to make the break when Yeonmi was just

13. They were a relatively well-off North

Korean family at times, but Yeonmi’s father

was arrested for being involved in illegal

business dealings. Even so, Yeomi grew

up facing constant starvation and fear of

the regime. After a treacherous journey

through China, and being victims of human

trafficking, Yeonmi landed in South Korea, dealt with tragedies involving both her

sister and father, and is now a well-known human rights activist. Yeonmi does not

tell her story in an overly emotional way, but it is a clear and thoughtful story of life

in North Korea, and of one young woman’s struggle from darkness to light.

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shade just as painting does, or music. If you

are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them.

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Chocolate in every form and shape, dark to light

depending on your taste and what mood you

happen to be in. Hardly anyone I know can resist

this delectable treat. Chocolate cures just about

everything, well that’s what they say.

Aimee’s Perfect Bakes: Over 50 beautiful bakes and cakes for friends and familyAimee Twigger641.815 TWIG

From sweet to savoury and everything else in

between. This is a lovely book with step-by-

step instructions. Stunningly photographed

and very enticing recipes. I love my oven

– do you?

Indian Made EasyAmandip Uppal641.5954 UPPA

Surprisingly refreshing Indian cookbook, the

recipes look simple enough and the best thing

is it doesn’t have a million and one ingredients

per recipe. I don’t know about you but I am

always hesitant about recipes that have a list of

ingredients longer than the method.

Food for the Soul: winter recipes to warm you in the cooler months The Australian Women’s Weekly641.5 FOOD

Yep! It is sure getting cold out there. We rug

up, stay in, eat and hibernate. It is definitely

not ‘the salad season’. What do we want? We

want hot food for comfort and warmth. A

great excuse to hide the salad bowl for a little

while anyway.

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Welcome to Crafter’s Corner!

Join me every third Wednesday of the month between 11am - 12:30pm Activity Room 4, Ashfield Civic Centre for Craft Making for adults. Have fun creating unique one-of-a-kind gifts for family, friends and yourself. 17 August – Woven jewellery making21 September – DecoupagePlaces limited, bookings essential on Eventbrite.

By the Block: 18 surprisingly simple quiltsSiobhan Rogers746.46 ROGE

This book shows the time-poor quilter how to make

sophisticated, complex-looking quilts that are based

on easy-to-assemble quilt blocks. Patterns are fully

illustrated with step-by step illustrations that teach

you quick cutting and simple piecing, mixed with the right fabrics choices. It’s

also organised according to techniques and, best of all, it includes templates of

quilting patterns, making it the perfect book for quilters of all levels.

Craft Smart: knittingAdel KayJ746.432 KAY

Part of the Craft Smart series, not only for children to enjoy

but adults will also have fun making the projects in this

book. The projects included are carefully chosen to appeal

to readers of all abilities and graded according to difficulty

level. A special technique and materials section encourages young crafters to try

out their own ideas while learning valuable practical skills. You will be the envy of all

your friends as you whip up bags, hats, beaded scarfs and more.

Made by Yourself: 100% handmade designer DIY projects for the home, from furniture to accessoriesPeter Fehrentz746 FEHR

This book is not just for the girls but man friendly as well.

The projects presented come complete with a materials

list and directions which are clear and concise. Most

of the projects are super easy and even the worst DIY

challenged person can do them. Each chapter uses a

certain material and most often they can be found around

the house, such as glass, wood, fabrics, metals, ceramics,

etc., which are repurposed in a certain way so that

the completed projects don’t just look good, they are

practical as well, not just decorative.

The Maison Sajou: 20 projects from the famous French haberdashery sewing bookLucinda Ganderton646.21 GAND

Inspired by the French haberdashery Maison Sajou,

this book brings sophistication to projects for you to

make for yourself, your home and your family. The

traditional techniques have been designed with a

fresh twist to suit contemporary lives and interiors. There is something for every level

of ability in this book, so why not bring a little nostalgia back into your decor and

accessories.

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RHYMETIME

Haberfield Branch Wednesdays at 10.15am

Ashfield Library Fridays at 10am

Summer Hill Share Centre Smith Street on

Tuesdays at 10am. For babies and

children 0-2 years.

STORYTIME

Haberfield Branch Wednesdays at 11am

Ashfield Library Thursdays at 11am.

For children 3-5 years.

Saturday StorytimeAshfield Library are proud to present our Saturday Storytime program for preschool aged children and parents who may not be able to attend our week day sessions! No bookings required. Simply show up on the day, have fun, and tell all your friends! Our next Saturday Storytime will be held on 10 September. Jannawi – With Me, With YouA spellbinding program of traditional and contemporary dance, story, culture and artifacts. Held in the Ashfield Library kids room at 10.30am.

Book Week 2016 Competitions

Ashfield and Haberfield Libraries are proud to present two

competitions to celebrate the Book Week 2016 theme of:

Aust ralia ! St ory Count ry Children in grades K-2 are asked to draw a picture of their favourite Australian animal.

Children in grades 3-6 are asked to write a short story about their favourite place in Australia.

Pick up an entry form at Ashfield Library, Haberfield Library or on our website. Winners will be invited to a

special presentation on Friday 26 August 2016. This year, winning entries are going on tour! In partnership with Tulsa City Library, winning stories and pictures will be travelling

to Tulsa, Oklahoma in the United States of America to be displayed at the Tulsa Public Library for kids in Tulsa to learn all about Australia! Look out for more exciting upcoming projects

with Tulsa Library, including a pen pal program for kids!

Download entry forms here

Entries close 17 August 2016.

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We’ve had some fantastic author visits this term from Stephen Michael King and Randa Abdel-Fattah. We just love visits from our local schools!

1 The morning session saw 200+ students from Ashfield Public School and Canterbury Public School who were enthralled by author/illustrator Stephen Michael King.

2 Randa Abdel-Fattah entertained students from Ashfield Public School with her lively presentation.

3 Students from St Francis Xavier’s Primary School watched with great interest as Stephen Michael King demonstrated his creative process.

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The Snake Who Said ShhhJodie Parachini & Gill McLeanSeth the baby snake has

just been born. All the jungle

animals have gathered to greet

him. They can’t wait to hear his

first word. Poor Seth only manages a ‘shhh’ which is

not the noise a snakes usually makes.

Too Many SheepCristina BoothGrandpa Jack counts sheep when he tries to

sleep. How could this be? Surely a houseful

of sheep is a recipe for chaos not calm. They

shower and shave, and there’s one in the loo!

The TreeNeal LaytonThe tree is home for

so many animals. If

the tree was to be

cut down to make

a home for people,

what would happen

to the animals?

This is a powerful

story for the very young about

harmony and the natural world.

Mine!Jerome Keane & Susana De DiosSharing? What is this sharing? I don’t share. This is

mine. I saw it first. No I saw it first. No you didn’t. Yes

I did. I am sure

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CircleJeannie BakerIn true Jeannie

Baker style with

wonderfully

illustrated collages

complete with a

lovely story, Circle

tells the tale of a

remarkable flock of birds known as the godwit which

are able to fly so very far without stopping. For six

nights and for six days they fly straight until they

know they need to stop.

Elephant’s PyjamasMichelle RobinsonElephant logged into his

Zoogle mail and found that

he received an invitation to

a pyjama party! Only one problem: poor

Elephant can’t find any pyjamas to fit him.

Elephant RSVPed and said no. Elephants

sleep but Zoogle mail does not. His

friends come up with a massive surprise.

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In this non-fiction book set out like a

picture book, Maxwell cleverly explores

the concept that winning isn’t everything

in a way that’s engaging for kids. Maxwell

asks ‘When things don’t go well and a

loss comes your way, the question to ask

is, did I learn today?’ An important read.

Emma’s Junior picks

The Good Dinosaur (DVD Rated PG)I absolutely adored this movie when I

saw it at the movies and was impatiently

awaiting the DVD release. It’ll make you

laugh, it’ll make you cry, and it’ll make you

go NAWWWWWWW. If you loved Finding

Dory or Inside Out, this one’s for you.

Sarah Crossan wins the Carnegie medal with verse novel OneA novel written in free verse takes the Carnegie for the first time in the medal’s illustrious history

Sarah Crossan has won the most coveted children’s books prize in the UK, the CILIP Carnegie medal with her “poignant and perfectly crafted” verse novel about conjoined twins: One. The award is judged solely by the UK’s librarians and was set up in 1936.

Read on

Chris Riddell wins the Kate Greenaway medal with The Sleeper and the SpindleChris Riddell has become the first-ever illustrator to win the CILIP Kate Greenaway medal three times, for his illustrations of Neil Gaiman’s retelling of the

Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, The Sleeper and the Spindle. Riddell is also the first reigning children’s laureate to win either the Carnegie or Kate Greenaway medals; both awards are unique because they are judged solely by librarians. Read on

David Baddiel wins funniest book for middle-grade children The winners of the Laugh Out Loud Awards (“The Lollies”), a new prize to celebrate the funniest children’s books, have just been announced!

The winners were selected from a shortlist drawn up by a panel of judges. Schools were then encouraged to get involved, and hundreds of classes read and discussed the books and cast their vote for their favourites in each category to determine the winning titles. You can read all the funny books on the full shortlist here.

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This week in Emma’s Musings, Emma is surprised, a lot.

Let’s talk about surprise. I don’t handle surprises well. Even good surprises. One time, when travelling in America, my friend surprised me by having a limo pick us up to take us on a tour of The Strip before dropping us at our hotel. I had a freak out in the airport because a weird man was leading us into the basement and telling us to get in his car, and by the time it had all been explained to me I was still too freaked out to just chill and pretend I was Beyonce.

I also can’t handle surprises in movies.

Now I LOVE horror movies. But I can’t actually emotionally handle them. I’ll watch one and then not sleep for two nights because I’m up all night on the Wikipedia page for ‘demon possession’. They scare the pants off of me. And yet I’m a glutton for punishment and keep going back for more. But at least I know it’s not just me. My sister recently based a decision not to move to Japan on the fact that she didn’t want to be attacked by The Grudge.

I dragged my mum to the cinema with me to see The Conjuring 2 … and spent the whole movie hiding behind my scarf screaming every time something jumped out and surprised me. The only saving grace was that my mother screamed a little louder and therefore my scream wasn’t as embarrassing. Thanks mum.

Something else surprised me this week too. Totally out of the blue. I discovered a love for audio books. I’ve never really gotten it … I’ve always been like “Umm why? I can just read it”, but this week I rewatched my favourite movie (The Princess Bride) and thought to myself … I should reread the book too. I was too impatient to wait for a physical copy so I was just going to download the e-book when on a whim I downloaded the audio book and I adored it! Audio books immediately replaced music on my walk to work and are really great to listen to while cleaning the house or trying to fall asleep. Surprise surprise, I’m officially converted.

LIT TATS

I love literary tattoos, and these

The Little Prince inspired tattoos

are adorable!

Everyone who

knows and loves

Rory Gilmore knows

that she’s obsessed

with books*No one is more excited for the

Gilmore Girls revival than me, and

this clip of Rory nerding out over

books with Michelle Obama just

quadrupled my excitement again!

So good!

*Check out all 339 books referred to in “Gilmore Girls”

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The Girls Emma Cline

Takedown Twenty Janet Evanovich

A Hero in France Alan Furst

A Grave Concern Susanna Gregory

The Land of My Dreams Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

How to Find Love in a Bookshop Veronica Henry

Love You Dead Peter James

Private Investigations Quintin Jardine

The Lubetkin Legacy Marina Lewycka

This Must Be the Place Maggie O’Farrell

The Games James Patterson

Bay of Sighs Nora Roberts

The Death of an Owl Paul Torday

Vinegar Girl Anne Tyler

Hillary Rising James D. Boys

Love from Boy Roald Dahl

The View from the Cheap Seats Neil Gaiman

When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi

Faction Man David Marr

Chronicles Thomas Piketty

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