Read It 2011 Online Discussion

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Tonight there will be real time Twitter discussion for #readit2011.

At 8pm (AEST) come online to talk about this month’s #goreads. What titles did you enjoy reading for this category?

To participate you will need a twitter account. Don’t forget to use #goreads in your tweet.

If you don’t have a twitter account you can still watch the discussion by going to Twitter search and searching on #goreads.

For more information about #readit2011 go to the Read It 2011 blog

>New Book Club on Twitter

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1book140 is a new Twitter reading club launched on 1 June. It is based on the One Book, One City programmes which have been successful in many parts of the world in bringing readers together.

The ins and outs of 1book140 are all explained here. The first book up for discussion is Margaret Atwood’s The Blind Assassin and Ms Atwood herself is participating.

Sound intriguing? Get along to Twitter and use the hashtag #1book140.

>Read It 2011

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The theme for June is Go Reads.

In June how about reading about journeys, adventures and experiences of new places. Read about things that make you dream of far off destinations and help you imagine or remember particular senses of place from all over the world.

Discover travel writing, fiction and non fiction that reminds us of all those special places in your life, encouraging feelings of nostalgia and gentle homesickness that feed into your longing to go out into the world and experience it to the fullest.

You can join in and tweet about what you are reading in June using the twitter hashtag #goreads. You can also use this tag on other social media sites such as flickr or when you post about your reading on your blog.

So as winter sets in we hope you will join us in exploring the world from armchairs everywhere – fueling your own wanderlust as you read and share your travel titles during #goreads.

>Read It 2011 Online Discussion

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On Tuesday there will be real time twitter discussion for #readit2011.

At 8pm (AEST) on Tuesday 31st May come online to talk about this month’s #grrlpower – reading books about and by women.

What titles did you enjoy reading for this category? To participate you will need a twitter account. Don’t forget to use #grrlpower in your tweet. If you don’t have a twitter account you can still watch the discussion by going to twitter search http://search.twitter.com/ and searching on #grrlpower.

>Privacy Awareness Week

>The focus of this year’s Privacy Awareness Week is “protect your privacy” and is directed at all individuals who use social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter.

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner in conjunction with the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) has produced a short animation focusing on “protecting your privacy”.

The short animation and an on-line survey (open 1-31 may 2011) are available on the Privacy Awareness Week website. Also on the Privacy Awareness Week website is an ‘ID Theft Toolkit’, an online test to assess how exposed you are to identity theft.

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner website has also provided new resources including fact sheets, a ‘Guide to protecting your privacy in NSW’ and a ‘Cyber safe and savvy’ information sheet containing tips to protect your childs safety online.

This information has been provided by Michael Alchin, Privacy Contact Officer at the State Library of NSW

>Read It 2011

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And so here we are in a new month so it’s time for a new topic in the Read It 2011 challenge.

The 8th of May is Mother’s Day (don’t forget!) and in our reading this month we will be celebrating women – authors, artists and musicians; spokeswomen, adventurers, scientists, politicians and sportswomen; characters, relationships and imagery, and of course mothers, daughters, aunts and nieces. Join the Twitter conversation by using #grrlpower and don’t forget the end-of-month Tweet-up on May 31st at 8pm.

Consider authors such as Virginia Woolf, Janet Frame, Kate Forsyth, Sandy Fussell, Cecelia Dart Thornton, Anita Heiss.

Take a look at the Orange Prize shortlist or the longlist.

Musicians like Amanda Palmer, Cyndi Lauper, Annie Lennox, Sara Storer, Madonna, Katy Perry, Lily Allen

Women such as Sorrel Wilby, Jessica Watson, Kay Cottee, Cathy Freeman, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Quentin Bryce, Marie Bashir, Caroline Chisholm, the late Jane McGrath, Skye Bortoli, or perhaps a famous Australian scientist

Or characters like Mrs Dalloway, Cinderella, Lara Croft, Emma Grey, Elizabeth Bennett, Thursday Next,

What titles did you enjoy reading for this category? To participate you will need a twitter account. Don’t forget to use #grrlpower in your tweet. If you don’t have a twitter account you can still watch the discussion by going to twitter search http://search.twitter.com/ and searching on #grrlpower.