Blind Date with a Book, Anyone?

Have you ever walked into your local library wanting a good read, but not knowing exactly what? Have you ever wanted to read something completely different to your usual favourites, but didn't know how to start? Have you ever asked three questions in a row? Well!

Camden Council Library Services invite you to go on a 'blind date with a book'. Pop into Narellan or Camden branches to find our blind date displays, laden with mystery titles. Just pick the one that takes your fancy, and we'll loan it out to you without delay. There are no hints as to what lies beneath! You'll have to wait until you get home to find out what you've loaned.

Sound like fun? Get into your local branch now!

Valentines Volley! Romantic Reads

For something a bit different this week, the booklist below features 10 books with the word 'heart' in them. Why not pick one at random and see how the word is used in the book? (Don't worry, no murder mysteries or anything like that below. The last thing we want is a surprise horror story on the week of Valentine's Day!)

1. The baby who stole the doctor's heart / Dianne Drake

2. Bonded heart / Jane Jackson

3. The captive heart / Jessica Stirling.

4. The devil's heart / Lynn Raye Harris

5. The heart of a hero / Barbara Wallace

6. Heart of the sea / Nora Roberts

7. His ruthless heart / Johanna Lindsay

8. Riches of the heart / June Tate

9. Second hand heart / Catherine Ryan Hyde

10. Secrets of our heart / Sheelagh Kelly

Camden Reads Winners

Congratulations to our Camden Reads Winners! For picking up a good book over the summer holidays, you have a bunch of prizes, from movie vouchers and museum passes to books, home decor sets and a Harbour Bridge Climb!

Winners

Bethaney
Nathan

Mayam
Bianca
Chloe
Samuel
Zoe
Blade
William
Chantelle
Caitlin
Olivia
Phillip
Connor
Zoe
Harrison
Jackson

Issac
Leigh
Anastasia
Angela
Kirralee
Domenica

Carole
Dawn
Robyn
Deirdre
Linda
Louise
Tania

Comedian Corollary: A Booklist

Everybody likes a comedia right (or at least, hecking one). Check out these ten reads about comedians.

(Suspiciously, the name Graham seems to be a popular one for comedians. Is this a conspiracy of Grahams?)

Bossypants by Tina Fey

Playing poker with the SAS by Tom Gleeson

The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do

Billy Connolly's Route 66

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin

Dear Fatty by Dawn French

King: The Life and Comedy of Graham Kennedy by Graeme Blundell

Bounder! The Biography of Terry-Thomas by Graham McCann

Charlie Chaplin by Jerome Larcher

Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy by Simon Louvish

Do you have a book about comedians not on the last? Share it with us in the comments below!

Camden Reads Wrap-Up

Well, today is the end of the Camden Reads summer reading program! We've been deluged in entries (I can't even tell you how many, we are still counting them) as kids, young people and adults all got stuck into their books. We're absolutely stoked at how many participated.

The variety of reading too, has been eye-opening. Some have poured over biographies of political figures, while others turned the pages of their favourite pirate-themed adventure novel. Some curled up with a warm romance, others relaxed in their favourite chair with a bristling mystery thriller. No matter the choice, thousands (yes, thousands) of books have been recommended- a list of which we will keep and share over the coming year with you on our blogs, social media, and promo material.

Reading continues to be the most important skill for a good life, and reading for pleasure promotes insightful, imaginative, confident, powerful individuals who in turn create vibrant communities that support one other. (Hey, you probably didn't even care about that, but seeing as it is the purpose of our existence and nothing gives us greater pleasure than hearing how you couldn't put down a book, it's worth a mention).

We hope you enjoyed the program! Prizes will be announced in the next few weeks!