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:  Arnold Zable And the book: Cafe Scheherazade Cafe Scheherazade by Arnold Zable Text Publishing 2001 Cafe Scheherazade was established at 99 Acland Street St Kilda by Avram and Masha Zeleznikow in 1958. They sold the business in 1999. It is...

The Mentone Public Library team always feel privileged to be a part of the City of Kingston Council's Positive Ageing Committee for the month long Kingston Seniors Festival  held annually each October. A great deal of care, thought, planning and opportunity is laid out by council to shine a spotlight on the rich assortment of community groups that volunteer their services and skills  to the City of Kingston. For Mentone Public Library, this affords us the chance to showcase not one, but two local literary discoveries back-to-back. And as always, our special guests delivered and brought something extraordinary to our humble library hub. Our special guests this time were  Leanda Michelle and Bayside Poetry Group   headed by poetry group president Gaytana Adorna . They not only entertained and stimulated us with their diverse pedigree of literary prowess and experiences, they also challenged and encouraged us to engage. Lean...