Harry Potter Court Battle

The Guardian reports that J.K. Rowling has taken on a fansite to “prevent publication of the Harry Potter Lexicon, an A-Z guide to all things Hogwarts.” Read the full story here.

Books to flicks

There’s nothing new about novels being turned into big blockbusters.  So here’s a list of the ones you can expect to see over the next year.

The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Iron Man by Stan Lee
Chronicles of Narnia: The Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
The Incredible Hulk by Stan Lee
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
The Chancellor Manuscript by Robert Ludlum
Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan
Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
The Flash by Gardner Fox
Magic Kingdom for Sale by Terry Brooks
A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
The Witches by Roald Dahl

The library holds a number of the above titles. Have a look on our Athena catalogue for ones you’re interested in, if we don’t have it you can put in a suggestion for us to purchase it J

Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards Competition

The competition starts in March. This year’s optional theme is ‘Forests, Feathers, Fins and Fur’. The competition is open to school students across Australia and caters for all age groups from Lower Primary to Senior Secondary.

Click here to get the details     

Eragon News

At Shur’tugal you’ll find a fan site created by a group of teenagers in the US with some great news for Eragon fans. Random House has also released the book cover of Brisingr, which will feature the golden dragon Glaedr on a black cover with the familiar golden text.

Welcome

Hi. This is a site hosted by MCCW Library and their consumers who would like to share their reading and to have you share your reading with them.  We’d love to hear your thoughts on the books we’ve read and reviewed, and feel free to tell us about what you been reading. We’ve also given you some links to reading lists and other reading-related “stuff”. We’re looking forward to hearing from you.