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Read Around Canberra
Bookings are now open for 2012. Sessions will start in March.
Read Around Canberra is a special book club hosted by the library, which began in 2002. Each year, a Canberra writer leads groups in a fascinating series of ten in-depth literary discussions.
An interesting collection of books representing a variety of themes, times, characters, nationalities, styles and genres is selected to interest participants and trigger stimulating discussions. Books are supplied by Libraries ACT.
Bookings open before Christmas each year and early booking is recommended to gain a place in the group of your choice. A fee of $130 is payable in advance.
In 2012, the Read Around Canberra facilitator is Susan Hampton, an award-winning Canberra author, poet and teacher.
The books for discussion are:
- Craft for a Dry Lake by Kim Mahood
- On Writing by Stephen King
- Quicksands by Sybille Bedford
- The Feel of Steel by Helen Garner
- The Weathermakers by Tim Flannery
- The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
- Selected Poems by Emily Dickinson
- Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville
- Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: Paul Keating PM by Don Watson
- Watkin Tench's 1788 by Watkin Tench
Venues for Read Around Canberra in 2012 are:
- Dickson Library on the 1st Monday of each month 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm (A couple of places left)
- Kippax Library on the 1st Wednesday of each month 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm
- Kingston Library on the 1st Thursday of each month 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm (Fully booked)
- Civic Library on the 1st Thursday of each month 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm
- Woden Library on the 1st Saturday of each month 1.30 pm - 3.30 pm
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