Young adult book club

Falcon eLibrary and Community Centre is considering hosting a young adults book club for youths aged 12 and up.  We have a number of titles available with ten books in each collection.  You will have one month to read it and once a month you will meet up with the rest of the group to discuss the book and any others that you may be reading. 

We are asking for expressions of interest to decide which day and time will be most suitable.  To register your interest email your name, phone number, email address and preference for day and time to elibstaff@mandurah.wa.gov.au with Young Adult Book Club as the subject.

For more information phone Julie Larnach on 9550 3230.

Giveaway book - 3 stories to read Anytime Anywhere Anyhow

 

City of Mandurah staff and volunteers have been busy creating gift bags containing a giveaway book which we will distribute throughout Mandurah.  Pictured above are National Year of Reading volunteers Frances Hazelwood, Sally Webb and Peter Shiner with the gift bags.

The State Library of Western Australia produced the giveaway book as part of their READ! Anytime Anywhere Anyhow adult literacy program.  The book is called 3 Stories to read Anytime, Anywhere, Anyhow and is recommended for people aged 18 years and over.  The three short stories in the book reflect contemporary life in WA and were selected to appeal primarily to adults in the 18 - 30 age group to encourage them to rediscover the joy of reading.

The three stories are:

        The Kid on the Karaoke Stage by Sj Finch,

        The Man with the Moustache by Jon Doust, and

        My Scallywag Suit by Erin Pearce.

Staff and volunteers will be distributing gift bags at various locations throughout Mandurah over the coming weeks.  Look out for us wearing the distinctive National Year of Reading logo.

Find us at the following places and times:

• Centro Mandurah, Thursday 28th June, 9am - 2pm,
• Mandurah Aquatic and Recreation Centre, Thursday 28th June, 4 - 6pm,
• Outside the offices of the Peel Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the Mandurah Transit Station on the morning of Friday 29^th June,
• The Parents Place, Ormsby Terrace, Tuesday 3rd July, 9 - 11.30am, and
• Eastern Foreshore and central Mandurah shopping district, Friday 6th July, 11am - 3pm.

Please take a giveaway book for yourself or give one to someone else to encourage them to treat themselves to a reading break.

Pizza and Paperbacks

Pizza and Paperbacks is a Mandurah Libraries book club just for young adults (11 plus). Meetings are held at Falcon eLibrary and Community Centre and favourite books and their film tie-ins are dissected and discussed.  This month the group will be discussing Morris Gleitzman's trilogy Once, Then and Now.

Meetings are usually held on the on the last Friday of each school holidays, but this month's meeting is on Friday 13th April from 1-3pm. 

Pizza and soft drinks, trivia, what to read next and prizes are all part of the fun! To book your place contact Falcon eLibrary and Community Centre on 9550 3230.