Poetry at Manly Library

WANTED - PEOPLE WHO LIKE POETRY

We are a small group of people who enjoy reading and listening to poetry.
Some of us write it, some do not. We read all kinds of poetry - old, new, rhymed, unrhymed, famous, infamous, good, bad - anything that sparks our interest!

Come and join us. Bring a favourite poem. Recite a poem you remember.
Share a poem you have written. Or just listen.

Our only rule is: "Do not apologise for your poetry".

Where: Manly Library Meeting Room. Market Place, Manly NSW.
When: 1st Tuesday of each month. 10.00am - 12.00noon


FREE.


Ann Skea
Website and Ted Hughes pages: http://ann.skea.com/

Book sculpture

If you're anywhere near Mandurah in Western Australia you should get along to the Falcon Library to check out Graham Hay's book sculpture.

Based on the idea of creating a shaped stack of the books a person could read in a lifetime, all the books are for sale, with proceeds going to the Save the Children fund.

Goodness knows what would happen if you wanted the one on the bottom.

http://www.grahamhay.com.au/200805Falcon.html

Camino de Santiago

What has prompted the interest in the Camino de Santiago also known as the Santiago de Compostela? Has modern man suddenly discovered pilgrimages or decided it is now time to repent? There certainly has been a rise in requests for books about the Camino, and Manly Library now has quite a selection to offer.

The Conde Nast traveler book of unforgettable journeys :great writers on great places.
NFPB /TRAVEL - MANLY

The way of a thousand arrows : an Australian family's journey on the Camino de Santiago by Jonathan Drane 914.6/DRA - MANLY

Walking the camino : a modern pilgrimage to Santiago by Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles, 914.6/KEV - MANLY

Spanish steps: travels with my donkey by Tim Moore, NFPB /TRAVEL - MANLY

Spanish steps: one man and his ass on the pilgrim way to Santiago by Tim Moore, 914.6/MOO - MANLY

Off the road : a modern-day walk down the Pilgrim's Route into Spain by Jack Hitt, . 914.6/HIT - MANLY

The Camino : a journey of the spirit by Shirley MacLaine, 920/MACL - MANLY

Last night Jon Drane spoke at the Library telling his experiences of walking the Camino with his family. The audience was rapt, and had so many questions. Two were already booked to go in October and others were still in the planning stages. You can even do an on-line tour at Jon’s website http://www.jondrane.net/ . We are now eagerly awaiting the reports from those booked to do the pilgrimage in October and hear how the inspiration from the Library books became an action to be carried out so far away.

- Fran

Books that changed the lives of scientists

New Scientist magazine recently interviewed a number of scientists about the books that changed their lives. Some interesting selections and most I have not read. Science fiction classic Do androids dream of electric sheep? by Philip K. Dick was selected by Chris Frith, a neuroscientist. One of the key themes of Dick's writing has influenced Frith throughout his work on schizophrenia: how can I be sure that you are hallucinating while what I experience is reality? Interesting thought.

- Anne