Tag Archives: #holidayreads
YA Book of the Week
Living on Hope Street, by Turkish-Australian author Demet Divaroren, is a portrait of contemporary Australian urban life. Everyone living on Hope Street in a multicultural Australia has a story, and their diversity is portrayed as a strength, not a threat.
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Holiday Reads for Grown-Ups
If you love crime fiction and page turners, then put these novels on your holiday reading list. Emerging Australian crime fiction writers have produced award winning, high octane, debut novels and their sequels which will keep you on the edge
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Breakfast Book Chat for Parents
“It takes a reader to grow a reader” (LaGarde & Nesloney, 2017) We would like to invite parents in the Mt Alvernia community to join our Breakfast Book Chat. This is essentially a book club for parents/guardians who are interested
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Holiday Reading for YA Readers
There’s plenty on the shelves and in ebook and audio book formats to tempt our YA and Senior Fiction readers to borrow for their holiday reads. We’ve chosen some for you that will make you think, let you walk a mile
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Holiday Reading for Middle Years’ Readers
We have assembled a list of the newest #greatreads that we recommend for our Middle Years’ readers to enjoy during the holiday season. The list includes Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend and The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures
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Movies Inspired by Books
Keep an eye in the near future for these movies and TV series that have been inspired by some of our favourite reads.
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Book of the Week
Wimmera by Melbourne writer Mark Brandi was awarded the prestigious 2016 UK Debut Dagger Award for crime writing. Published in Australia in 2017, it tells the story of two childhood friends growing up in Victoria in the 1980s. A chilling
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Book of the Week
It’s finally arrived! We’ve all been waiting for Jane Harper’s Force of Nature which continues the story of the likeable Federal Agent Aaron Falk. You won’t be disappointed. This is crime writing at its best taking the reader to another
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Book Series of the Week
Over the Christmas holidays I read the Shatter Me trilogy by Tahereh Mafi, and I fell in love with writing style and main character Juliette. The series itself goes in a direction I never would have picked and it only made me
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Breakfast Bookchat
Recent fiction releases for adult, young adult and middle school readers The 10 most popular titles borrowed by readers at Mt Alvernia College Recommended podcasts for listeners of all ages 2017 Read Harder Challenge Download the PDF of
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