Category Archives: Books and reading

2023 Longlist for Miles Franklin Literary Award announced

The 11 authors longlisted for the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award are: Kgshak Akec, Hopeless Kingdom (UWA Publishing)Robbie Arnott, Limberlost (Text Publishing)Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow (Giramondo Publishing) ReviewShankari Chandran, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens (Ultimo Press) ReviewClaire G Coleman, Enclave (Hachette Australia) ReviewGeorge Haddad, Losing Face (University of Queensland Press)Pirooz … Continue reading

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If you liked this then you may like one of these equally haunting and magical Australian novels available at the Blue Mountains Library…

If you are a fan of Holly Ringland’s award-winning debut, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart – now a tv series adaption, then the following novels are for you… Seven skins of Esther Wilding by Holly Ringland Mr Carver’s Whale … Continue reading

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Good Reading Magazine – April

The April issue of Good Reading magazine is ready for you to enjoy through Blue Mountains Library! Meet Pip Williams, the best-selling author of The Bookbinder of Jericho. With 50 independent reviews, interviews with exciting authors explore the archive on the Good … Continue reading

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Haynes Manuals AllAccess – a library of online repair manuals at your fingertips in an instant

Use this online resource anytime via Blue Mountains eLibrary for Manuals and video tutorials for many of the most popular car and motorcycles. Go to Haynes Car and Motorcycle Manuals or click on the Haynes icon on our eLibrary page. … Continue reading

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Carolyn’s Books of the Summer

Best Reads eBooks eAudio Books Best Reads Exiles by Jane Harper The Gosling Girl by Jacqueline Roy We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz Trapped by Lackberg and Fexeus Keep Her Sweet by Helen Fitzgerald Someone Else’s Child by Kylie … Continue reading

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BORROWBOX January 2023 Best Reads

Borrow these titles via Blue Mountains Library’s BorrowBox collection or search on the BMCC Library Catalogue and follow the link

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