Author: Leigh and Kathy

Hallowed Ground | Art and About Sydney

Hallowed Ground returns in 2015 to discuss the unexpected and the improbable. Presented by City of Sydney Library and Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), this free annual event sees a panel of experts discuss the ever-changing way we engage with libraries how library, that most ancient of institutions steeped in tradition and ritual. Past […]

Hello Library Launch

We are excited to announce the date of our Hello Library exhibition and booklet launch. Thursday 13 August 2015 Surry Hills Library  6.30pm – 8.00pm We would love for you (and your friends and family) to join us to help us celebrate. Bookings are recommended – RSVP here. Hope to see you on the 13th August! […]

Marianna – Newtown

I am looking for a book my friend recommended to me, The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. I’m looking forward to reading it. Recently, I reread Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer.  I first read it two years ago. I could read it over and over again, he is an incredible writer.  I like […]

Anne – Newtown

I love the variety in my work – no two days are ever the same, and there is no such thing as an average day; and I love the huge mix of people you meet, all with their own tastes & opinions.   I think we tend to select friends who have similar outlook and values […]

Neil – Newtown

 I don’t read fiction, my imagination is strong enough, so I go to fact – histories and biographies. At the moment, I am reading a John Lennon bio – The Lives of John Lennon by Albert Goldman.  The book was bagged by the critics for being too extreme.  There is a bio I am after to read, Michael […]

Jet and Jade – Newtown

Jet: I like to read action comic books. The Avengers is my favourite. When I grow up I want to be Wolverine. I always come to this library, I like the books. Jade: We visit this library every week and Jet has been begging me the last couple of days to visit.  We have to been […]

Kath – Newtown

I teach in the outreach program at Pine street and I have different classes for different people. At the moment I have a class for intellectually disabled adults, so when I am low on inspiration I come and look at the craft books and see what we can make. I take in consideration their level of ability.  Today […]