An Afternoon of Suspense with Michael Robotham

Enjoy an afternoon of suspense with Australia’s leading crime author Michael Robotham at Orange City Library on Thursday 26 September at 12.30pm, supported by Collins Booksellers and the team from Get Reading!.Michael Robotham has twice won Australia’s Ned Kelly Award for best crime novel, for Lost (2005) and Shatter (2008). He was shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger in 2007 and 2008. His bestsellers have been translated into twenty-two languages, and have been praised by David Baldacci, Val McDermid and Stephen King.  Please book your place by calling the Library on 6393 8132.

It's Get Reading! Month With Michael Robotham

Get Reading!
This September the Get Reading! team are giving readers the chance to WIN every one of the Top 50 Books You Can’t Put Down for 2013. That’s enough to keep you reading for months! Simply subscribe to the Get Reading! newsletter for your chance to win.

And the Get Reading team are hosting best selling crime author Michael Robotham’s visit to Orange on Thursday 26 September at 12.30pm, supported by Collins Booksellers. Michael Robotham has twice won Australia’s Ned Kelly Award for best crime novel, for Lost (2005) and Shatter (2008). He was shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger in 2007 and 2008. His bestsellers have been translated into twenty-two languages, and have been praised by David Baldacci, Val McDermid and Stephen King.  Please book your place by calling the Library on 6393 8132.

Bestselling Crime Author Michael Robotham Author Talk

Michael Robotham launches his latest book Watching You at Orange City Library on Thursday 26 September at 12.30pm supported by Collins Booksellers and part of September’s Get Reading! month. Watching You is Robotham’s ninth internationally successful novel. It has been described as ‘exceptional suspense’ by Stephen King. Bring along your lunch to enjoy in the Library and please RSVP by calling the Library on 6393 8132.

 

Find Legal Answers at Your Local Library

Find answers to your law questions at your local library:

Example Questions:

1.            I’m going to court in a few weeks – I’ve been charged with stealing a car.  Someone said I should get a character reference. How do I do that?

2.            Are children allowed to visit a prison?

3.            My husband and I are separating and trying to sort out who is going to look after our daughter. I’ve heard that the court decides based on best interests of the child. I think she would be better off with me. How does the court decide what is in the child’s best interest?

4.            My neighbour and I have agreed that we need a new fence, but she wants a really expensive one and I’m happy with something more basic. Do I have to pay half of the most expensive one?

5.            I’m the executor of my father’s will.  What exactly does and executor do?

Find the answers to your legal questions with summaries, practical guides, brochures, hot topics, and printed fact sheets written in simple, plain language on hand at local libraries.

 

Reading Hour 10/10: Behind the Beautiful Forevers

From Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo, Behind The Beautiful Forevers received a top rating of ten out of ten during The Reading Hour.

In this brilliantly written, fast-paced book, based on three years of uncompromising reporting, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human.   Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. With intelligence, humor, and deep insight into what connects human beings to one another in an era of tumultuous change, Behind the Beautiful Forevers carries the reader headlong into one of the twenty-first century’s hidden worlds, and into the lives of people impossible to forget……