Australian Reading Hour – Love2Read – Spring is Time 2 Start
The Australian Reading Hour takes place each spring, a time for rebirth, refreshment and renewal and this year it is scheduled for Thursday, September 14, 2017
Favourite Books
Jane Austen Celebration – 200 Years of an Extraordinary Life
18th July 1817 a 41 year old English countrywoman Jane Austen passed on, having published six novels 1811 – 1818 based on her observations of English rural life
Poldark: Season 3, Episode 2 – Life, Liberty and Truth
Ross Poldark’s smuggling network has news of the fate of the good ship Travail and Dr Dwight Enys telling Demelza he must go to France to explore the connection
Melbourne Rare Book Week: Antiquarian Fair & Fab Free Events
Fifty presentations, lectures, readings, tours and other print on paper related events, will be held in venues across the city for Melbourne Rare Book Week 2017
The Art of Discarding: How to Get Rid of Clutter & Find Joy
Guest author Derek Parker says ‘The Art of Discarding’ by Nagisa Tatsumi makes you think again about what your life needs by helping you to declutter your life
Children’s Picture Books for Christmas – Published in 2016
Rose Niland recommends Xmas children’s books that foster a love of reading and help inspire them to create their own memories and to share thoughts with others
[Untitled] Stonnington Literary Festival – Think, Talk, Read
[Untitled] – Stonnington Literary Festival, November 16 – 23, 2016, Melbourne, will expand people’s experiences of literacy, through a myriad of inventive ways
The Reading Hour – 6PM, August 16 – Reading A Book with Kids
Dependent on age, 6pm August 16, 2016, is one day this year you can pledge an hour to read a book to a child or with a child, reading aloud aids their literacy
Jeannie Baker: Circle – Comes to Life in Travelling Show
Acclaimed author, artist & film maker Jeannie Baker’s latest children’s book Circle, comes to life in an extraordinary exhibition travelling Australia 2016-2018
Penguin Bloom and Sam Bloom: A Tale that Melts the Heart
The recovery of Sam Bloom wife and mother is paralleled with that of a baby magpie, through inspirational narrative and sympathetic photography by Cameron Bloom
Hill of Content: Books, Art, Music, People – Enduring Currency
The Hill of Content a bookshop in Melbourne, Australia, conjures up all sorts of pleasurable images of a place where grace serenity and endless joy can be found
Give Kids the Gift of Books Xmas 2015 – Ideas by Rose Niland
Rose Niland with an expansive career in education has a passion for collecting children’s picture books and presents her ideas about gift books for kids at Xmas
Constant Reader Bookshop – Rose Talks to Owner Jay Lansdown
The Constant Reader Bookshop in Sydney offers a perfect setting for purchasing gifts that delight, motivate, inspire, enhance and challenge their recipients
Constant Reader – Rose Celebrates the Charms of a Bookshop
The joys of reading blurbs, perusing beautiful illustrations and photographs and finding forgotten gems awaits on a visit to the Constant Reader Bookshop Sydney
William Shakespeare – All The World’s a Stage, 400 Years On
The bard from England’s Stratford on Avon William Shakespeare helped shape England’s sense of national identity as he became the greatest dramatist of all time
Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei – A Very Cool Hot Summer Show at NGV
At the National Gallery of Victoria it will be a very cool, while very hot summer – an exhibition bringing together a dynamic duo in art Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei