JK Rowling has just announced the title of her new work. It will be called The Casual Vacancy and it will be her first adult book. For more details click on the link: http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/rowlings-new-book-a-blackly-comic-tale-for-adults-20120413-1wxjz.html
FullyBooked- “Like a lamb to the slaughter” May 17, 2012
Hunger Games: The Quiz
Today the library held a Hunger Games Quiz Comp (a massive thanks to Mrs Laycock for finding the software that we used). Teams of four people were locked in a jeopardy style battle, where questions were worth different points and getting it wrong meant lowering your score. We had a room full of Hunger Games [...]
Sir Pratchett is in the house.
The glorious genius that is Terry Pratchett is at the Sydney Opera House on the 17th April. Tix are $20 for concession and $30 for adults. He’ll be talking to author Garth Nix and be taking questions from the audience. http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/whatson/sir_terry_pratchett.aspx Terry is both funny and intelligent. For a sample click on the link.
We’re back
Yep, the blog is back. After a period of hibernation Fully Booked has risen like a phoenix from the ashes. So don’t be shy. Sign up and get on.
Trying something new…
It’s been difficult to get some interaction on this blog, so we’re trying something new. In the meantime, this blog is on holiday. You”ll now find our book reviews at BarkerBooks.
For frustrated writers!
The NSW branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia has announced details of its Frustrated Writers’ Mentoring Program. This program offers budding authors of children’s and young adult literature a unique opportunity to be mentored by a professional and published author. Applications close on Friday, May 29th. More details can be obtained from the [...]
We’ve been Christmas shopping…
As Christmas in July has just passed, we thought we should buy you all some presents and so rushed off to the bookshop with a long list of your requests. Thanks to Paul McDonald’s (Children’s Bookshop at Beecroft) swift work, the books have arrived and been processed and can now be found on the ‘new [...]
The loss of a dear friend
John Free, teacher librarian extraordinaire, died peacefully on June 3rd after a short illness. Those of you who knew John knew of his passion for teacher librarianship. He nurtured amazing relationships with all those he came in contact with. He developed Barker College’s “Boys and Books” program with the teacher librarian team. He was joint winner of [...]
MS Readathon (June 1-30)
“The MS Readathon is all about having fun and earning reading rewards while you read to raise money to help Australians who are living with the MS disease” (MS Australia, 2007). Let’s uphold Barker’s outstanding track record of participation in this very worthy fundraising program. Pick up your entry form from Level 4 of the Library [...]
Fully Booked goes international…
When Mrs Hartley and I checked our cluster map and saw those red dots in NZ and the United States we were excited (it doesn’t take much does it). This is what blogging is all about… sharing interests and knowledge on a global scale whilst forgetting that those you’re sharing with could be thousands of kilometres [...]
