Ned Kelly awards 2008

The Crime Writers Association of Australia has announced the nominations for the 2008 Ned Kelly awards.

Boroondara author, P.D. Martin, has scored a nomination in the best fiction category.

Best Fiction:
Trick or Treat, Kerry Greenwood
Cherry Pie, Leigh Redhead
Endangered List, Brian Westlake
Harem Scarum, Felicity Yound
Sensitive New Age Spy, Geoffrey McGeachin
Sucked In, Shane Maloney
Night Has A Thousand Eyes, Mandy Sayer
Orpheus Lost, Janette Turner Hospital
Amongst The Dead, Robert Gott
Appeal Denied, Peter Corris
Open File, Peter Corris
Gospel, Sydney Bauer
Broken, Ilsa Evans
Skin & bone, Kathryn Fox
fan Mail, PD Martin
el Dorado, Dorothy Porter
Shattered, Gabrielle Lord
The Calling, Jane Goodall
Shatter, Michael Rowbotham
Game As Ned, Tim Peglar
The Tattooed Man, Alex Palmer
Blood Sunset, Jarad Henry
Redback, Lindy Cameron

Best First Fiction:
Golden Serpent, Mark Abernethy
Shadow Maker, Robert Sims
A Fraction Of The Whole, Steve Toltz
The Low Road, Chris Womersley
The Butcherbird, Geoffrey Cousins
Bye Bye Baby, Lauren Crow
Broken Swallow, JJ Burn
Green Velvet Shoes, Christina Ann Alexander
Frantic, Katherine Howell
Vodka Doesn't Freeze, Lea Giarratano
Iraqi Icicle, Bernie Dowling
Maelstrom, Michael MacConnell

Best Non-Fiction:
Bondi Badlands, Greg Callaghan
Mr Sin, Tony Reeves
Underbelly The Gangland War, John Silvester and Andrew Rule
Killing Jodie, Janet Fife-Yeomans
Red Centre, Dark Heart, Evan McHugh
Big Shots, Adam Shand
Lives of Crime, Tippet & Munro
Fatal Flaw, Roger Maynard
Ned Kelly's Jerilderie Letter, Carole Wilkinson
Wild Colonial Boys, Paula Hunt

What's on in June

Thursday 5th June, 2pm.
Booktalk at Hawthorn Library.
Join the library staff as they review some exciting new books and look back on their treasured favourites. New books will be available for loan, and refreshments will be served.
Bookings not required.

Wednesday 11th June, 7.30pm
Click goes the Library...Do you Google? at Balwyn Library
There is more to Google than Google! Learn about Google’s other online tools such as Google Docs, Google Scholar, Calendar, and Maps. Explore online books and much, much more during this one hour session. The aim is to provide a general introduction to some of the many new exciting tools that Google has created over the past couple of years.
This session is free, however bookings are essential. Book here.

Monday 23rd June, 7.30pm.
Click goes the Library...Ebay: an intro.to buying and selling at Ashburton Library
Enjoy the thrill of the chase and fossicking for treasures.
Learn to navigate the website, register as a member, list an item to sell, place bids to buy and discover some handy hints to make the most of your eBay experience.
The session is free but bookings essential. Book here

Wednesday 25th June, 2pm.
Booktalk at Kew Library.
Join the library staff as they review some exciting new books and look back on their treasured favourites. New books will be available for loan, and refreshments will be served.
Bookings not required.

Boroondara Project Shortlisted!

The City of Boroondara Library Service has just been informed that our talking local history project, outlined in the previous post, has been short-listed for the Victorian Community History Awards 2008!

The Victorian Community History Awards are co-ordinated by Information Victoria with assistance and judging provided by the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. The annual award seeks to encourage works that contribute to the development and appreciation of the history of Victoria.

The Award carries a major overall prize with six prizes for the following categories:

• Best Collaborative / Community Work
• Best Print / Publication
• Best Audio - Visual / Multimedia
• Best Exhibit / Display
• Best Walk / Tour
• Best Community Research, Register and Records
  

The Victorian Community History Awards recognise excellence in historical method. The various award categories also acknowledge that history can be told in many and varied formats with the aim of reaching and enriching all Victorians. Entries are judged on content and presentation with a view to encouraging innovative ways of recording community history across the state.

At a ceremony at Parliament House on Saturday 31 May 2008 we will discover if we have won in our category or overall. But regardless of winning, just having our great local history talking books short-listed is a real acknowledgment of how great they are! The original publications were all great, and Vision Australia did a fantastic job in creating these talking books.



The City of Boroondara Library Service was shortlisted at the 2007 Awards for the Telling Lives Exhibition mounted at and in conjunction with the Town Hall Gallery. The winner in 2007 in the exhibition category was a well-deserved one by the Victorian Jazz Archive which has many, many local connections with residents in Boroondara. We were pleased to share the podium with them and celebrate their success.

Local Histories Speaking to You!

Listen to stories, anecdotes and histories of Boroondara with the release of four new talking books on CD. The City of Boroondara Library Service has taken a number of popular local history publications, and in conjunction with Vision Australia, has produced a series of local history talking books. Various well known actors are used to bring these accounts to life and allow these publications to be accessed by people who enjoy the convenience of talking books.

When next visiting the library, look out for these talking book titles:

“Telling lives: locating and mapping the cultural heritage of Boroondara” by Sonia Jennings (with Jill Barnard), narrated by the library's very own Jane Nolan.

“Voices of Camberwell: from Alamein to North Balwyn” edited and compiled by Geraldine McFarlane, narrated by Beverly Dunn & James Condon.



“Faint Traces: Chinese in Hawthorn before the second world war” by Mary Sheehan and Diane Nicholas, narrated by James Wright.



“Clubhouse: a celebration of local sport in Boroondara” by Sonia Jennings and Mary Sheehan, narrated by Tony Porter.