1. The hare with amber eyes : a family’s century of art and loss by Edmund De Waal
2. All that I am : a novel by Anna Funder
3. The affair by Lee Child
4. The help by Kathryn Stockett
5. The happiest refugee : the extraordinary true story of a boy’s journey from starvation at sea to becoming one of Australia’s best-loved comedians by Anh Do
6. The impossible dead by Ian Rankin
7. The cat’s table by Michael Ondaatje
8. On Shakespeare by John Bell
9. Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson
10. The sense of an ending by Julian Barnes

To place a hold, contact the information desk on 9936 8400 or library@northsydney.nsw.gov.au ($2 hold fee applies).

Stanton Library specialises in architecture. There are a huge number of architecture books, journals and an online database. As part of the 2011 Sydney Architecture Festival, Stanton Library hosted three lunchtime talks.

Renovate or rebuild? An architect’s viewpoint
Alex Kibble of Tanner Architects spoke about his work adapting and reusing buildings in Sydney to retain their historical, social and aesthetic cultural contribution.

North Sydney Olympic Pool: 75 years as a local landmark and a national treasure
North Sydney Olympic Pool was one of the most technically advanced and stylish municipal pools when it opened in 1936. North Sydney ‘Writer in Residence’ P.M. Newton talked about the local community’s intense relationship with this local landmark.

‘To give an air of restfulness’: The legacy of Edward Jeaffreson Jackson.
Sydney heritage architect, Ian Stapleton, and the great grandson of Edward Jeaffreson Jackson, Michael Brothers, talked about the English-born and trained architect who made an important contribution to the development of Australia’s ‘Federation-style’ architecture.

Stanton Library welcomed local and international authors to speak during October as part of our Writers@Stanton programme.

Alice Pung - ‘Her Father’s Daughter’
Elliot Perlman - ‘The street sweeper’
John Bell - ‘On Shakespeare’
Peter Corris - ‘Mad dog : William Cyril Moxley and the Moorebank killings’
Frank Sartor - ‘The fog on the hill’
Caroline Overington - ‘Matilda is missing’
Paul Ham - ‘Hiroshima Nagasaki’

John Bell’s talk, pictured below, was particularly popular with over 150 people in the audience.

Mental Health Week fell in October this year. Stanton Library celebrated by showing a movie “Cosi” and local meditation teacher, counsellor and psychotherapist Dr Malcolm Pearce ran a meditation class for the community.  

1. All that I am : a novel by Anna Funder
2. The help by Kathryn Stockett
3. The hare with amber eyes by Edmund De Waal
4. Before the poison by Peter Robinson
5. Caleb’s crossing by Geraldine Brooks
6. A game of thrones by George Martin
7. Sarah Thornhill by Kate Grenville
8. Downton Abbey Season one [digital videorecording]
9. The cat’s table by Michael Ondaatje
10. Fair cop by Christine Nixon
Place a hold online or at the Information Desk ($2 hold fee applies)

Stanton Library was pleased to offer ten Writers@Stanton author talks in September: Ann Patchett; Anna Funder; John Howard; S. J. Watson; Karen Middleton; Fiona Harari; Diana Armstrong; Susan Duncan; Kate Grenville; and Robert Manne. Below are a few photos.

International Talk Like a Pirate Day was celebrated at Stanton Library with a fascinating talk by historian Dr Stephen Gapps. “Buccaneers, Mutineers & Slave Traders: Australian Pirate Tales” was the subject of the presentation. We found out about many instances of piracy, successful and unsuccessful, in Australia’s past. Dr Gapps is from the Australian National Martime Museum. He has a particular research interest in the impacts of colonisation on early Sydney, and its various forms of remembrance over time. 

1. Caleb’s crossing by Geraldine Brooks
2. The hare with amber eyes by Edmund De Waal
3. The help by Kathryn Stockett
4. Franklin & Eleanor : an extraordinary marriage by Hazel Rowley
5. Before the poison by Peter Robinson
6. State of wonder by Ann Patchett
7. All that I am : a novel by Anna Funder
8. Downton Abbey Season one [digital videorecording]
9. A game of thrones by George Martin
10. Harry Curry : counsel of choice by Stuart Littlemore

Place a hold online or at the Information Desk ($2 hold fee applies)

During August, Stanton Library hosted several author talks, including:

Christopher Kremmer
Christine Nixon
Gerald Stone
Stuart Littlemore
Paul Daley & Michael Bowers
Andrew Robb

If you missed coming to the library for the talks, you can catch up here.

1. Caleb’s crossing by Geraldine Brooks
2. The hare with amber eyes by Edmund De Waal
3. Franklin & Eleanor : an extraordinary marriage by Hazel Rowley
4. The happiest refugee by Anh Do
5. Only time will tell by Jeffrey Archer
6. The help by Kathryn Stockett
7. State of wonder by Ann Patchett
8. Smokin’ seventeen by Janet Evanovich
9. The stranger’s child by Alan Hollinghurst
10. Bossypants by Tina Fey