Posts

Showing posts from July, 2019

"An Author for All Seasons: Series Nine" Joins Local Author Alison Knight in a World of Crime & Sinister Suspense - 11am, Saturday, 31 August 2019

Image
             Mentone Public Library Proudly Presents: An Author for All Seasons Series Nine with   Alison Knight Bookings are essential  due to  the cosy nature of our space. Phone Tony:  03 9583-8494 Email Julia:  mentonepubliclibrary@gmail.com    Entry: Gold Coin  Time:  11am-12.30pm              Date:   Saturday, 31 August 2019         RSVP:  Thursday, 29 August 2019     Venue:  Mentone Public Library Address:  Rear, 36 Florence Street, Mentone 3194 FOLLOWING THE EVENT: *Book Sales and Signings *Biscuits, Beverage and Brilliant Banter! Still to Come...     AN AUTHOR FOR ALL SEASONS:  SERIES NINE - 2019 FULL SEASON PROG...

An Author for All Seasons: Series Nine Goes Behind the Scenes with Legends of the Skies Theatre Inc. - 11am, Saturday, 27 July 2019

Image
Mentone Public Library Proudly Presents: An Author for All Seasons Series Nine with Legends of the Skies Theatre Inc.  https://www.mycommunitylife.com.au/Community/Legends-of-the-Skies-LOTS-Theatre-Inc          Bookings are essential  due to  the cosy nature of our space. Phone Tony:  03 9583-8494 Email Julia:  mentonepubliclibrary@gmail.com    Entry: Gold Coin  Time:  11am-1.30pm                Date:   Saturday, 27 July 2019         RSVP:  Thursday, 25 July 2019     Venue:  Mentone Public Library Address:  Rear, 36 Florence Street, Mentone 3194 FOLLOWING THE EVENT: *Book Sales and Signings *Biscuits, Beverage and Brilliant Banter! Still to Come...   ...

A Bep of Light Bursts Through the Shadows: Bep Gomperts Author Talk Reflection - 11am, Saturday, 29 June 2019

Image
Bep’s memoir was launched in May 2018 at Melbourne ’s Jewish Holocaust Centre. Prior to that, Bep’s contribution to preserving Holocaust memory was steeped in the  Jewish Holocaust Centre ’s Archives Department , translating Dutch documents  and assorted scriptures into English. Attribution: John Nagle 2006 Bep continues to carry out this important work  voluntarily today. In 2014, Bep realised the pressing need to document her own personal survival. Not only for her family’s benefit, but for the benefit of her Birth-country and the benefit of us . While the world is well acquainted with Anne Frank ’s diary and the secret annex in Amsterdam that concealed her entire family until they were betrayed, the world does not know nearly enough about what it meant to be a Dutch Jew hiding in plain sight. Bep traces a pre-war family photo featuring her childhood self whilst reading an excerpt of her memoir to her engaged audience. ...