Locals invited to join Ben’s Book Club Members of Fraser Coast Libraries can join a new, free, online book club and watch live video chats between authors every month following the launch of Ben’s Book Club. Brisbane author Ben Hobson will chat with authors whose books will be available to library members to read as […]
Find your inner hero with inspirational books If you are looking for inspirational books to read while on holiday, you might want to check out these 11 books that tell the stories of ordinary people who have succeeded in the face of adversity. Books from Billy Connolly, Dick Smith, Sonny Bill Williams and more will […]
Readers love crime and mystery The top 10 most borrowed adult fiction books in 2020 from the Fraser Coast Libraries reveal users’ love of crime and mystery stories with Lee Child novels taking out three of the top five positions. Councillor David Lewis said crime and mystery writers also featured strongly in the list of […]
Early bush life fosters adventure novels Writing about a gunfight between British and German soldiers didn’t impress Keith McArdle’s primary school teacher but his readers today are fascinated with his action-packed war novels. “My father told me about world wars but my teacher wasn’t particularly enthralled with a seven-year-old boy writing about warfare. It’s not […]
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