ACT Libraries - Read Around Canberra

Read Around Canberra

All sessions of this program are fully booked for 2008. If you wish to be notified of next year's program please contact us.

Canberra writer and creative-writing teacher Emma Hardman will lead three reading groups in a fascinating series of in-depth literary discussions over 10 sessions in 2008. Emma has selected an interesting collection of books that represent a variety of themes, times, characters, nationalities, styles and genre which are likely to interest participants and trigger stimulating discussions.

Books for 2008

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
The Broken Shore by Peter Temple
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey
True Story by Michael Finkel
If This is a Man by Primo Levi
Not Meeting Mr Right by Anita Heiss
Surrender by Sonya Hartnett
Runaway by Alice Munro
A Life's Work by Rachel Cusk

Cost & Details

Three evening groups have been organised.

Belconnen Library community room on the 2nd Tuesday of the month commencing 11 March 2008

Civic Library community room on the 1st Thursday of the month commencing 6 March 2008

Dickson Library community room on the 3rd Wednesday of the month commencing 20 February 2008

The groups meet from 7.30pm to 9.30pm.

Please find an application form here.

The 10 sessions cost $120. This is payable in advance. The books will be supplied by ACT Public Library and will be sent to the library where your group meets four weeks before a session date. Early booking is essential to gain a place in the group of your choice.

For more information, please contact our Customer Information Centre.

About the Author

Emma Hardman accompanied her husband to Canberra and works at Parliament House on Hansard. She published her first book Nine Parts Water this year. It was runner up in the ABC Fiction Award. Emma belongs to the ACT Writer's Centre and teaches creative-writing. To find out more about her visit her website at http://www.emmahardman.com