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Stories in the street
Put your ideas here for how you are already using places out side the library for reading (such as story times in parks or reading groups in pubs)
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Feb 17 2011, 9:59 PM EST by
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Toilet door reading
How are you using the toilet doors in your library to promote or encourage reading? How could you be using them? Share your ideas and any pictures here (there is also a Flickr group to add your pictures to )
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Feb 17 2011, 10:08 PM EST by
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Picturebooks celebrating reading
Biblioburro: a true story from Columbia by Jeanette Winter, illustrated by Jeanette Winter (Simon & Schuster) Book Fiesta!: Celebrate Children's Day/Book Day; Celebremos El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros by Pat Mora, illustrated by
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Jan 17 2011, 12:40 AM EST by
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My Book Binge last year
I did a book binge following the rules at It's Not all Mary Poppins blog http://daycaredaze.wordpress.com/ last year. It was a month of sandwiches and salads for my kids and they were egging me on to read more and more! It was fun, inspiring, sleepless and a total binge. Oh - and I predominately binged on my favourite reading genres - Romance and Humour. Let's see how I go this year!
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Mar 30 2010, 2:11 AM EDT by
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Australian Book Binge
1 month of mega-reading in April 2010! We ask that you try and pack as much reading into April as you possibly can. Post your reading choices to this page and remember that for this particular challenge, it's not so much about quality as it is abo
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Apr 21 2010, 3:01 AM EDT by
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Authors to glom
You glom when you discover a new author and want to read the entire backlist of that author, kind of binge reading the long tail. This is a long way of saying you find an author you like and want to read everything they have written.
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Dec 3 2009, 5:56 PM EST by
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Books you can't put down
What books have kept you on the train or bus longer than intended, or have kept you driving longer than you planned so you hear just a bit more of the action? As well as providing the author and title please explain a little about the book so that ot
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Mar 17 2009, 6:32 PM EDT by
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Non-fiction readers advisory
This is the program for Reality check – non-fiction readers advisory to be held at the State Library of New South Wales 3 March 2009. After the seminar this page will become a resource guide for non-fiction readers advisory work. Reality check –
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Nov 7 2010, 10:19 PM EST by
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Bushfires, floods, droughts and other catastrophes
Doorways or appeals: Language, Setting, Character, Story Title/Author Doorway Comments Ash Road / Ivan Southall Bushfires: Three boys camping in the bush inadvertently start a bush fire The R
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Mar 15 2012, 9:05 PM EDT by martread
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Programs
Book Clubs Port Stephens Library hosts a First Friday of the Month Book Club which is sponsered by the local Brumbys Bakery , a very popular feature! (and stress free for library staff).
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Nov 24 2008, 6:56 PM EST by
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Themed Lists
Sometimes a list of books will range beyond simply genre or fiction or non fiction. This is where themed lists can help capture a particular time, place or concept that people may like to explore by reading a wide range of materials. They are also
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Mar 15 2012, 9:14 PM EDT by
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Promotion
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Nov 24 2008, 6:36 PM EST by
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Modern conflicts and wars : a suggested reading list
Title/Author Doorway Comments Emergency sex (and other desperate measures) : Kenneth Cain et.al. Another bloody love letter : Anthony Loyd Carry me home : the lif
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Mar 15 2012, 8:53 PM EDT by martread
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Escape @ your library
Fiction The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon The Book of Lost Things byJohn Connolly The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Jan 26 2008, 2:07 AM EST by
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Books to make you smile
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Aug 10 2008, 8:08 PM EDT by
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Non Fiction Suggestions for Blokes
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Mar 3 2008, 6:30 PM EST by
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Books to read while drinking tea
Tea The Waterlily: A Blue Mountains Journal by Kate Llewellyn. This is a poet's memoir of one year living in Leura. It is full of beauty, heartbreak, hope, gardening, food and tea. SETTING and LANGUAGE. Jane Austen Sense and
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Feb 19 2009, 4:41 PM EST by
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Books to read while drinking coffee
Matthew Reilly (story) The Various Flavours of Coffee by Anthony Capella (all four Appeals) With really strong coffee Chopper Reid Underbelly Latte Kerry Greenwood - Phryne Fisher series Books with CHARACTER as the major appeal Books with S
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Feb 23 2009, 9:04 PM EST by
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Books to read while drinking wine
This list has some suggestions for matching wines with reading Dessert Red Nigella Lawson How to be a domestica godess or any titles Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide Leo Tolstoy Charles Dickens Pickwick Papers Rose Barbara Cartland S
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Feb 23 2009, 9:53 PM EST by
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Seminars
Every year the NSW Readers' Advisory committee, with the support of the SLNSW, organises a seminar to bring resources, information and tools to public library staff. The events are held at the SLNSW and attract over 100 people each year. Keep wat
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Mar 4 2013, 6:03 PM EST by
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