The Eastern Regional Library Show 4th August 2010

Library staff members Lesley Conway and Pia Butcher run a radio show each Wednesday 12:05pm-12:45pm on Eastern FM 98.1 called The Eastern Regional Library Show. Tune in next Wednesday for a great show.

On 4th August's show

Some great comfort reads for the wintery afternoon, appealing heroes and heroines and happy endings were in Lyn's bundle today. The tapestry of love by Rosy Thornton is the story of Catherine, a middle aged Englishwoman who is seeking a fresh startwhen she sells her house in England and moves to a tiny hamlet in the Cevenne. This is not the standard romance with quaint locals as light relief, but a lovingly detailed description of life in rural France, where the villages are being deserted by the younger generations, and local traditions are threatened. Catherine slowly grows into her community.

Katie Fforde is a perennial favourite of those of us who like our romance light hearted, and with lots of twists and turns on the path to true love. In A perfect proposal we throw a film crew into the mix with a lord of the manor trying to keep the family home going, "philandering husbands and a floozy of a florist" and you have a real page turner.

The summer house by Marcia Willett is a more mysterious story. "In the small inlaid wooden box, Matt's mother had kept all his childhood memories. Amongst them are many photos of Matt as a child, growing up. But something about the photos has always puzzled Matt - was that really him? Why did he not remember those clothes? The toys? And where, in the photos, was his sister Imogen?" This is the story of Matt and his sister Imogen, and the secrets they are lead to by the box.

---- Lesley

ChiliFresh reviews added to the catalogue

We've just added a new feature to our catalogue - ChiliFresh reviews from around the world. You can even register to provide reviews of your own favourite books you've read, or perhaps a few turkeys too. :-D

You need to be logged into the e-library catalogue.

1. Go to www.erl.vic.gov.au
2. Login with your userID & PIN
3. Type in your search
4. In the list of brief results a link to the reviews will appear if there are any for that title.

5.  If there are reviews for that title, click on the link to the number of reviews.

6. Scroll to read all of the reviews. If you want to add a review yourself click on the link Add a review for this.
7. You can either login with your chilifresh account, or if iyou haven't set one up you can register with ChiliFresh for free. Alternatively you can post an anonymous review.

All reviews are moderated by the Web Administrator before they are uploaded. I also fix up any typos or mispellings before accepting the reviews.

Cheers, Maryanne

Literary Lunch – Meet Chris Flynn

Chris Flynn is the Belfast-born Melbourne-based editor of Torpedo fiction quarterly. He has worked on magazines in Paris, London, Los Angeles and New York. He writes reviews for the ABC Book Show on Radio National and The Australian Book Review. He is currently working on a short story collection, a novel and is translating a Jules Verne novel.

This lunch will interest both readers and writers alike.

When: Thursday 24th September 12:30pm
Where: Belgrave Library, Reynolds Lane, Belgrave
Cost: $10
Bookings essential phone 97547266

Cheers, Maryanne