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June 01, 2012

Books you recommended

Ever wanted to know what everyone else was reading? The books below were recommended in Camden Reads program.

Chill Factor by Sandra Brown
The Indigo Sky by Alison Booth
Poppy by Gregor Salmon
Enduring Love by Ian McEwan
The Briny Cafe by Susan Duncan
The Excursion Train by Edward Marsten
Shelter by Francis Greendale
Surviving Maggie by John Fingleton

May 29, 2012

Travel Booklist: The Beach

Our final trip on the travelbooklist is not to a particular continent, but to an Australian favourite: the beach. Whether its the pure white of the Whitsundays or the earthy, shell-laden shored of Vincentia, beaches are at the heart and soul of the Australian identity. Why not escape to one of these glorious hideaways through these great book recommendations below?

The Beach by Alex Garland
Birds of Paradise by Diana Abu-Jaber
The Festival by the Sea by June Loves

South of Broad by Pat Conroy
Stolen by Lesley Pearse
That Summer in Ischia by Penny Feeny
The Shelly Beach Writers Group by June Love
A Gift for my Sister by Ann Pearlman
The Beach hut by Veronica Henry
The Beach house by Jane Green

May 25, 2012

Travel Booklist: Africa



Stop 3 on our travelling booklist: Africa. A favourite reading sojourn for many, this distant, mysterious continent has thousands of stories to tell. Here's ten we've found, but why not tell us your own in the comment box under this post?










May 21, 2012

Travel Booklist: Europe


This is No.2 in our series of travel themed booklist for Escape: the theme of May for the National year of Reading. This time it's Europe, pulling up great novels spanning Europe's rich and exciting history, from the modern day back to the renaissance. Why not click one that takes your fancy?

1. Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada
2. The Conquest by Elizabeth Chadwick
3. The Coral Thief by Rachel Stott
4. The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachamm
5. The Medici Secret by Michael White
6. The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco
7. A Visible Darkness by Michael Gregorio
8. Armada by John Stack
9. The Book of the Alchemist by Adam Williams
10. Death in Siberia by Alex Dryden

May 18, 2012

Travel Booklist- Asia





As this month is 'Escape' for the National Year of Reading, the next series of blog posts will explore all sorts of travelling destinations, highlighting novels that take you to amazing places all over the world. Our first stop: Asia! From the cherry blossoms of Japan to the delicate heat of the Chinese summer, these reads are all about escapes to the Orient.