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Art series
The book Adrian has chosen to talk about is Art & Photography by Aaron Scharf available from our library collection. Transcript (
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The title Peta Joy chose was the work Of Bronwyn Bancroft, as shown in titles like Stradbroke Dreamtime (not currently held by the library), Clever Crow and Kangaroo and Crocodile. Transcript (
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The book that Margaret Roberts chose for the podcast is called The Avant-Garde in Exhibition New Art in the 20th Century by Bruce Altshuler. Transcript (
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Author talks
Author Sandie Docker discusses her latest book The Wattle Island Book Club, a story about new beginnings, the power of literature and community and that it’s never too late to rewrite your story. Spanning over seventy years, we follow the lives of Anne and Grace in a small island community, while also unravelling the mystery behind the town’s historic book club. Why did the book club suddenly end?
Sandie Docker grew up in Coffs Harbour, and first fell in love with reading when her father introduced her to fantasy books as a teenager. Her love of fiction began when she first read Jane Austen at school, but it wasn't until she was taking a translation course at university that a lecturer suggested she might have a knack for writing – a seed of an idea that sat quietly in the back of her mind while she lived overseas and travelled the world. Sandie first decided to put pen to paper (yes, she writes everything the old-fashioned way before hitting a keyboard) when living in London. Now back in Sydney with her husband and daughter, she writes every day. Transcript (PDF 294KB)Transcript. (DOCX 254.9KB)
Harry and Bryony Lancaster, owners of much loved inner west yoga studio Egg of the Universe, talk about their new cookbook Egg of the Universe, which explores and studies whole food cooking.
The book and ebook is available at Inner West Council Libraries. Transcript (PDF 2.3MB)Transcript (DOCX 254.5KB)
Twelve Rules for Living a Better Life is available in eBook or book formats.
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The Man Behind the Prize by Paul J Greguric is available in the library collection.
Image credit:
Archibald Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park, Elizabeth Street Sydney, 1930’s – City of Sydney Archives – Source System ID: 035\035723 Alternative ID: SRC9320.
J.F. Archibald between 1910—1919 image courtesy of Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.
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Financially Literate Youth by Marlies Hobbs and Jai Hobbs is available from our library collection in eAudio and book formats. Transcript (PDF 166.2KB)Transcript (DOCX 38.3KB)
A Repurposed Life is available from our library collection in Book and eAudio formats. Transcript (
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The Time of Our Lives is available in our library collection.Transcript (
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Shiver is available in our library collection. Transcript (
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Borrow the book from our library catalogue, also available as an eBook. Transcript (
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The Hating Game and 99 Percent Mine is available in our library collection. Transcript (
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A Room Made of Leaves is available at Inner West Library in these formats: Book, eBook, eAudiobook or Talking Book MP3 CD. Transcript (
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Sticks and Stones is available in our library collection in eBook, eAudio and Book formats. Transcript (
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Sarah Brill's Symphony for the Man and Glory are both available at Inner West Library. Transcript (
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The Ways of the Bushwalker is available in our library collection. Transcript (
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Law in War is available in our library collection. Transcript (
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Anxiety is available in our library collection. Transcript (
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Presented in partnership with the Greek Festival of Sydney.
This video is presented with closed captions.
Why Marrickville is 'Little Athens' with Vasilis Vasilas descriptive transcript (DOCX 667.5KB)
Why Marrickville is 'Little Athens' with Vasilis Vasilas descriptive transcript (PDF 530.6KB)
Glide is available in our library collection in eBook and Book formats.
See What You Made Me Do is the 2020 winner of the Stella prize and available in our library collection in eBook, CD and Book formats.
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Borrow the book from our library catalogue or Listen to eAudiobook on RBdigital.
Borrow the book from our library catalogue or in eBook format on BorrowBox. Transcript (
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Fighting for our lives is available at Inner West Library as a book and large print version. Transcript (
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Friday On My Mind: The life of George Young is available at Inner West Library. Transcript (
PDF 137.7KB)Transcript (DOCX 22.7KB)Image credit: Friday on Mine by Jeff Apter, Allen and Unwin.
Song of the Crocodile is available from our library collection.
Nardi Simpson is a Yuwaalaraay writer, musician, composer and educator from North West NSW freshwater plains. Song of the Crocodile was a 2018 winner of a black&write! Writing Fellowship. The novel was penned in bedrooms, cafes and libraries of Gadigal land. Photo credit Lucy Simpson.
The Golden Maze is available at Inner West Library in these formats: Book, eBook, eAudiobook. Transcript (
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A Gay Guy's Guide to Life Love Food is available at Inner West Library. Transcript (
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Community series
Inner West Pollinators and Gardens
Explore the diversity of Inner West pollinators in your garden.
Join expert Caitlyn Forster and Pilar Angon, Environment Officer, Urban Ecology, (Inner West Council) as they discuss Inner West pollinators including native bee species like blue banded bees, and teddy bear bees and other pollinators like hoverflies, butterflies and night pollinators such as moths and bats. Learn more about which native plants you should grow in your garden in order to attract these pollinators.
Caitlyn Forster is a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney. Her research focus is on combining work from behavioural economics and behavioural ecology to understand how insects pick flowers.
Pilar Angon is the Environment Officer, Urban Ecology, Planning and Policy from Inner West Council.
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Coughing Again with Chrys Meader descriptive transcript (DOCX 674.9KB)
Coughing Again with Chrys Meader descriptive transcript (PDF 545.3KB)
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Music library demo series
As part of our new Musical Instrument Collection at Ashfield Library, we are building a digital music demo series to inspire the community to connect with making music.