Meet the Author
Meet Loani Prior @ Hornsby Library
Be drawn into a world of creative passion with the vibrant designs featured in How Tea Cosies Changed the World, Loani Prior's follow-up to Really Wild Tea Cosies. Loani's outrageous imagination has produced 24 new designs that transform the conventional tea cosy into a knitted piece of art.
Loani, also known as The Queen of the Tea Cosies, lives on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. As well as writing she exhibits her knitted objects d'art in galleries, blogs with the global community of knitters, gives Wild Knitting workshops and judges the odd tea cosy competition. Visit Loani's website to find out more.
Come along to an enjoyable and fun afternoon. Novella Fine Books from Wahroonga will be here selling Loani's book and she will be available to sign your copy.
This event is part of Library and Information Week, 20 to 26 May 2012.
When: Wednesday 23 May, 2 pm
Where: Meeting Room at Hornsby Central Library,
28-44 George Street, Hornsby
Cost: Free with light refreshments
Bookings: Call 9847 6614 or email library@hornsby.nsw.gov.au
Meet Sharyn Munro @ Hornsby Library
After two very successful talks at the library with The Woman on the Mountain and Mountain Tails, Sharyn will be talking about her new book Rich Land, Wasteland. Sharyn wants to inform the ordinary Australian of what is happening in rural areas. She is not anti-mining, but opposes inappropriate development of any sort. Sharyn is driven by the impact of mining which she has watched overwhelm parts of the Hunter Valley in New South Wales.
Sharyn is a freelance writer, author, essayist and award-winning short story writer. She lives in the Upper Hunter Valley in NSW. She has written and recorded many nonfiction pieces for broadcast on the ABC's Bush Telegraph program. Visit Sharon's website to find out more.
Novella Fine Books from Wahroonga will be here selling Sharyn's book and she will be available to sign your copy.
When: Friday 8 June, 10:30 am
Where: Meeting Room at Hornsby Central Library,
28-44 George Street, Hornsby
Cost: $5 with light refreshments
Bookings: Call 9847 6614 or email library@hornsby.nsw.gov.au
Meet Tom Keneally @ Hornsby Library
In 1915 sisters Naomi and Sally Durance answer a call for nurses to join the war effort. Inspired by journals of Australian nursing sisters who gave their all to the Great War effort and the men they nursed, The Daughters of Mars is vast in scope yet extraordinarily intimate. This is Keneally at the height of his storytelling powers; a stunning tour de force to join the best of First World War literature, and one that casts a fresh light on the challenges faced by the Australian men and women who voluntarily risked their lives for peace.
This is one author talk not to be missed. A colossus on the Australian and world literary scenes, Tom Keneally’s output of more than 40 published works has won numerous distinctions including the Booker and Miles Franklin awards. Tom has written both non-fiction and fiction works with Schindler's Ark made into the Academy Award-winning film Schindler's List by Steven Spielberg. He has also written and acted for television.
Novella Fine Books from Wahroonga will be here selling Tom's book and he will be available to sign your copy.
When: Thursday 21 June, 6 pm
Where: Meeting Room at Hornsby Central Library,
28-44 George Street, Hornsby
Cost: $5 with light refreshments
Bookings: Call 9847 6614 or email library@hornsby.nsw.gov.au
