’tis not so far away!

Animania Festival 2007 is on at Sydney Town Hall this Friday, Saturday and Sunday (28th, 29th, &30th September).

What is Animania?   “The festival is designed to create an environment for the general public to come face to face with Japanese pop-culture in an exciting and vibrant atmosphere. Animania is Australia’s leading Japanese & Asian animation, manga, games and popular culture event.”

Food, sword demonstrations, artists, workshops, dance comps, and the wonder that is the Cosplay costumes.

If you go along and see any manga that you think the Library should hold, be sure to drop us a line in the comments and let us know!

Spring is here, and as the weather warms up don’t forget about our three (yes, 3!) outdoor spaces.

Take a breather from study amongst the plants in our Lower Ground Floor Shadegarden:

Pick up a coffee from the cafe in the Ground Floor Courtyard:

     

Warm yourself in the afternoon sun on the Level 1 Balcony:

You liked Harry Potter but you don’t know where to go next?

Try The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper.

 

The movie based on the second book is coming out on October 5.

But read the series first – it’s definitely worth it.

The Dark is Rising was a 1974 Newbery Honour book, and The Grey King won the 1976 Newbery Medal.

The order of the series is:
Over Sea Under Stone
The Dark is Rising
Greenwitch
The Grey King
Silver on the Tree
Though if you just want to read one to see what the fuss is about – try Greenwitch.

 

And another reason to love the series… The surname of the hero in the movie The Seeker: The Dark is Rising is Stanton.

 

No, really!

 

 

(Image Copyright; Twentieth Century Fox & Walden Media, 2007)

The Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards are listed below.

You can place a free hold on any of these items by asking at the Info Desk or giving us a call on 9936 8400.

Hurrah for free holds!

Book of the Year: Older Readers

(NB: These books are for mature readers)

Don’t Call Me Ishmael! / Michael Gerard Bauer

One Whole and Perfect Day / Judith Clarke

Monster Blood Tattoo: Book One Foundling / D. M. Cornish

The Red Shoe / Ursula Dubosarsky

 Red Spikes / Margo Lanagan  (Winner!)

 My Big Birkett / Lisa Shanahan

Book of the Year: Younger Readers

Being Bee / Catherine Bateson (Winner!)

The Tuckshop Kid / Pat Flynn & Tom Jellett

Macbeth and Son / Jackie French

The Cat on the Mat is Flat / Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton

Bird & Sugar Boy / Sofie Laguna

Layla, Queen of Hearts / Glenda Millard & Stephen Michael King  

 

Book of the Year: Early Childhood

Grandpa and Thomas and theGreen Umbrella / Pamela Allen

Doodledum Dancing / Meredith Costain & Pamela Allen

Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush HerHair / Lee Fox & Cathy Wilcox

Amy & Louis / Libby Gleeson & Freya Blackwoood (Winner!)

Eight / Lyn Lee & Kim Gamble

Chatterbox / Margaret Wild & Deborah Niland

 

Picture Book of the Year

Some of these picture books may be for mature readers.

Brian Banana Duck Sunshine Yellow / Chris McKimmie

Home / Narelle Oliver

Water Witcher / Jan Ormerod

The Rainbirds / Sally Rippin & David Metzenthen

Woolvs in the Sitee / Anne Spudvilas & Margaret Wild

The Arrival / Shaun Tan (Winner!)

Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

Red Haze: Australians & New Zealanders in Vietnam / Leon Davidson

Queenie: One Elephant’s Story / Corinne Fenton & Peter Gouldthorpe

Amazing Facts about Australian Dinosaurs / Scott Hocknull & Alex Cook

All Cats have Asperger Syndrome / Kathy Hoopmann

The Penguin Book: Birds in Suits / Mark Norman (Winner!)

Leaf Litter / Rachel Tonkin 

 

Crichton Award for New Illustrators

When elephants lived in the sea / Vincent Agostino (Winner!)

Automaton / Aaron Hill & Jane Godwin

Clancy the Courageous Cow / Lachie Hume & Gary Crew

…and it’s free!

Stanton Library’s free wireless internet access has been going successfully on the Ground floor and Level 1 for a while.

It’s now also available throughout the Lower Ground Floor – including the group and quiet study areas.Bring in your wireless enabled laptop and grab a password from the Info Desk next time you’re in.