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Zoom Review: The Grand Finale Celebrates the Grand Beginning - 11am, Saturday, 12 December 2020

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A Zoom Review:   Mentone Public Library's Grand Finale Celebrating the Grand Beginning: Reunion with the Local Authors of "An Author for All Seasons: Series One"    REVIEW PART ONE: by Nathaniel Davies https://www.facebook.com/daviesnathanielj       Mentone Public Library  celebrated its 95th year   through local author talks,  hosted on Zoom by  Julia Reichstein in 2020.  The 12 th of December was the finale of  “An Online Anniversary  Celebration for All Seasons”.   This session regathered authors  who presented at the inaugural  local author talk series  which launched in 2011 -  Shirley Randles , George Ivanoff ,    Elsie Johnstone and Graeme Johnstone .  Graeme & Elsie at their debut appearance for the first ever series of "An Author for All Seasons" on Saturday, 10 December 2011 There were also performances  by musician  Mark McGurgan   throughout.   The session finished with an amusing  “Author Appreciation Ceremony”.   Alongside them were