PAUL'S PICKS   Book Reviews of Publications Penned by  Our Community's Local Authors Visit Paul Karp's Poetry Website at: https://kapow2016.wordpress.com/  Mentone Public Library is committed towards promoting local history and the local literary talent of the City of Kingston and surrounding municipalities of Bayside, Glen Eira and Port Phillip in the Bayside region of Melbourne Australia. Mentone Public Library is pleased to have recruited   Paul "Percussion & Poet" Karp   to source and review the local literary pearls of publications you might be yet to discover. This month Paul's book review pick is by  Danae Andrea Harwood :      There are no chapters in Andrea's resource for serious writers  '...with strong career dreams'.  Instead there are 100 numbered,  easily digestible and overwhelmingly useful Insights,  each appended with a brief affirmation.  My only qu

Page Turners: A New Page Well-Turned  - Reflection by Paul Karp  - 11am, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 Visit Paul Karp's Poetry Website at: https://kapow2016.wordpress.com/ A few years ago, Page Turners was a literature discussion group run at Mentone Public Library. It has now been revived as a fun, friendly, new writing workshop circle with Elsie Johnstone and me as assistant.  The initial theme of the re-launch was;  'So you have a story to tell'. Our first session revolved around Elsie's tips on writing a biography. We began by each taking a turn in our circle of eight participants to tell something of our early lives, or of our progression though life events that formed our characters. It soon became evident that each of us had an engaging and unique story to tell. Elsie read out the first sentences of sections of her book 'Our Little Town - Growing up in Lakes Entrance' .  Each first sentence began a cha

  Mentone Public Library's "An Author for All Seasons"   In Conjunction  with the  Kingston Seniors Festival Proudly Present:  Local Author Leanda Michelle  11am-12pm: Leanda believes all have the power within  to heal and rewrite their story   & Bayside Poetry Group 12.30-1.30pm This group of polished, published poetry writers  encourage the love of language and literature.   Bookings are essential due to the cozy nature of our space. Phone Tony: 03 9583-8494 Email: mentonepubliclibrary@gmail.com  Entry: Gold Coin  Time and Date: 11am, Saturday, 28th October 2017            RSVP: Thursday, 26th October 2017           Venue: Mentone Public Library   Address: Rear, 36 Florence Street, Mentone 3194 FOLLOWING EACH EVENT: * Book signings and sales *Complement

How We Dreamed Then and How We Dream Now - Danae Reflects on her Presentation Experience It was an absolute treat to talk about “How We Dreamed Then and How We Dream Now”. The magical Mentone Public Library was the perfect place to take the audience on a magical mystery tour of our Australian dreams, past, present, and future. Researching the topic turned out to be quite an eye opener.     We went on a journey that took us from A to Z - from the Aboriginal Great Australian Dream to the dreams of Generation Z.  In between we looked at the dreams of:   convicts, gold rush miners, immigrants, pioneers, prime ministers... Baby Boomers ,    Generation X, Generation Y ,   and Generation Z...      to name a few! We also looked at some interesting approaches that people are using to deal with housing affordability.  We discovered that the Great Australian Dream of home ownership is very much alive and kicking, desp

PAUL'S PICKS [Book Reviews of Publications by Local Authors]: "Mordialloc" by James Maclean PAUL'S PICKS   Book Reviews of Publications Penned by  Our Community's Local Authors Visit Paul Karp's Poetry Website at: https://kapow2016.wordpress.com/  Mentone Public Library is committed towards promoting local history and the local literary talent of the City of Kingston and surrounding municipalities of Bayside, Glen Eira and Port Phillip in the Bayside region of Melbourne Australia. Mentone Public Library is pleased to have recruited   Paul "Percussion & Poet" Karp   to source and review the local literary pearls of publications you might be yet to discover. This month Paul's book review pick is by  local-but-currently-based-abroad author:  James Maclean And the book: Mordialloc I was chuffed to read that not only is this novel set in the suburb where I lived for 18 years (7 years a