News Blog @ Wellington City Libraries

Come along to a Law for Lunch talk next Wednesday at the Central Library with Robyne Gardner, Barrister and Solicitor, on the topic of ‘Neighbours at War’.

Problems with your neighbours can take various forms, ranging from tall trees, falling fences or barking dogs to more serious cases which will require the Disputes Tribunal.

Robyne’s presentation will be focusing on:

• The Fencing Act
• The Dog Control Act and the Animal Welfare Act
• Using the Disputes Tribunal

Do you need answers to such questions as:

• What can I do when my neighbour’s trees are blocking my view? or,
• Does my neighbour have to contribute to the cost of a new fence?

Robyne will have the answers for you during this week’s mini seminar.

Robyne is a Barrister and Solicitor with extensive experience in Property Law. She runs a personalised Law Practice in Lower Hutt.

This mini-seminar will take place on Wednesday, 5 October 2011, from 12noon to 1pm, on the Ground Floor of the Central Library. All welcome.

“Music Ad Lib”, hosted by our own library staff music enthusiasts, airs monthly on Access Radio 783 AM. The show is on a Saturday afternoon from 4.30-5.00pm on Access Radio 783 AM. This Saturday’s show is hosted by Monty, and here are the tracks that will be playing…

Chico de oro.

Track: ‘Ahora quien’ by Chico Trujillo

Trans-continental hustle.

Track: ‘Pela Tute’ by Gogogl Bordello

Deerhoof vs. evil.

Track: ‘I did crimes for you’ by Deerhoof

Last night on Earth.

Track: ‘Give it all back’ by Noah and the whale

Mirror traffic / Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks.

Track: ‘Tune Grief’ by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks

I will raise a bird army.

Track: ‘Radar’s dead’ by Rene-Louise Crafice

Chico de oro.

Track: ‘Loca’ by Chico Trujillo

It’s been a looooonnnngggg school term and I bet all kids are looking forward to the school holiday break. Librarians have bumped our brains together and come up with some hideous, hilarious and hands-on activities for you – they are all free and great for those of you aged 5-12.  During the October holidays we’ll be jumping in our time machines (yup – every library has one; usually found around the 900s non-fiction area) and whizzing back through time to explore some of the nasties and funnies of history.  Here’s what’s happening and where:

Wednesday 12th October
Central Library (11am – 12 noon):  Dastardly dungeons and peculiar punishments: crime, punishment and great escapes. Can you escape with your life? Content not suitable for preschoolers.

Khandallah Library (11am – 12 noon): Find out what it was like growing up in Ganges Road in the 1930s–1940s. Join Pauline Henderson for some fun games and activities.

Brooklyn Library (2pm – 3pm): Gizmos, gadgets, crazy contraptions and quiz. Can you guess what some bizarre looking contraptions from the past were for?

Thursday 13th October
Kilbirnie Library (11am – 12 noon): Past times pastimes – fun and games in conjunction with the Museum of City and Sea. Register at the library or call 387 1480

Newtown Library (2pm – 3pm): Gizmos, gadgets, crazy contraptions and quiz. Can you guess what some bizarre looking contraptions from the past were for?

Thursday 13th October
Johnsonville Library (10am – 11am):: Blast from the past – dress up and enjoy plenty of old time fun and games

Friday 14th October
Island Bay Library (2pm – 3pm): Gizmos, gadgets, crazy contraptions and quiz. Can you guess what some bizarre looking contraptions from the past were for?

Monday 17th October
Tawa Library (2pm-3pm): Past times pastimes – fun and games in conjunction with the Museum of City and Sea. Register at the library or call 232-1690

Tuesday 18th October
Karori Library (2pm – 3pm): Past times pastimes – fun and games in conjunction with the Museum of City and Sea. Register at the library or call 476 8413

Wednesday 19th October
Miramar Library (11am – 12 noon): Come all ye knights and ladies, dress in your medieval best for medieval games, stories and activities.

Wednesday 19th October
Central Library (11am – 12 noon): Dastardly dungeons and peculiar punishments: crime, punishment and great escapes. Can you escape with your life? Content not suitable for preschoolers.

Thursday 20th October
Cummings Park (Ngaio) Library (2pm – 3pm): Re-enact and relive some of history’s most hideous and horrific punishments. Not for the faint hearted.

Friday 21st October
Wadestown Library (2pm – 3pm): Re-enact and relive some of history’s most hideous and horrific punishments. Not for the faint hearted.

We found Esther’s mini zine, Overheard-drawn recently at Vic, which was a very happy surprise! Obviously we think visiting our zine collection is the best way to get your zine fix, but second to that is randomly finding free zines around the place. Anyway, Carla recently spoke to Esther about the inspiration behind Overheard-drawn, so keep reading if you want to know more…

Hi Esther! Your zine is really cool, I like the fact that it feels a bit teen like and is really amusing. How did you come up with the idea of making “overheard-drawn”? Is it your first zine?

Oh thank you. I wanted it to be a bit fun and amusing. It is my first zine and the idea came from a previous studio project which i wanted to re-do. Using the zine format seemed a lot more appropriate for the subject matter of which I was drawing things I overheard and integrating them with the text of the quotes.

How and why did you choose the theme for “overheard-drawn”?

The idea started with eavesdropping and the random parts of sentences that you hear that are a lot of the time nonsense and amusing, and I wanted to illustrate those parts. With the zine I used the Victoria University’s overheard @ vic Facebook page to get the quotes and illustrated the ones that stood out to me, and half of them appeared in the next weeks Salient ‘overheard’ section as well. Using the quotes from Vic meant that I distributed the zine there too and when I get the time the 2nd edition will be put out there too! I’m planning to have a ‘do it yourself’ section in the next one so that people can have space to illustrate what they have ‘overheard’ and then leave for others to find. (more…)

Many times there are acclaimed novels that for various reasons, such as lack of time, or too many other books waiting attention, are not read and are forgotten. Also there are some novels that were read when published that are worth reading again, some years later. We are highlighting seven such novels and will be showing the different formats available, providing alternative ways to enjoy these great titles. The first is in book form – reading of course is  a wonderful way to spend some relaxing time, on holiday, travelling, or before sleep each night. The second form is the book on CD, brilliant for car journeys, or while doing monotonous tasks, such as housework, painting or gardening. The third form is by downloading these titles from our eLibrary (using Overdrive or Bolinda databases) onto ipod/ipad or smartphone, and enjoying them wherever you are. The following titles chosen are all available as books, on CD, and in some digital form (either as downloadable audiobooks or as eBooks). All are acclaimed novels (some prize winning and several have now been adapted to film) and you can enjoy them in any of their formats.

The blind assassin / Margaret Atwood.
Winner of the 2000 Booker Prize, this novel combines gothic drama, romantic suspense, and science fiction. It can also be found on CD and is available from our eLibrary as a downloadable audiobook.
“Laura Chase’s older sister Iris married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but now poor and eighty-two, is living in Port Ticonderoga, a town dominated by their once-prosperous family before the First War. While coping with her unreliable body, Iris reflects on her far from exemplary life, in particular the events surrounding her sister’s tragic death. Chief among these was the publication of The Blind Assassin, a novel which earned the dead Laura Chase not only notoriety but also a devoted cult following. Sexually explicit for its time, The Blind Assassin describes a risky affair in the turbulent thirties between a wealthy young woman and a man on the run.” (Summary adapted from Amazon.co.uk)

Arthur & George / Julian Barnes.
This novel was shortlisted for the 2005 Man Booker Prize. It can also be found on CD and is available from our eLibrary as a downloadable audiobook.
“Based on the true story of two men, one is Arthur Conan Doyle; the other is George Edalji, a solicitor from Birmingham. Their nineteenth-century lives are worlds and miles apart, until a series of shocking events brings them together. In dubious circumstances, George is found guilty of harming animals and is sentenced to seven years’ penal servitude, a future of ignominious obscurity. However, when Arthur, who is now one of the most famous men in the land as creator of Sherlock Holmes, hears of this racist miscarriage of justice he decides to clear George’s name.” (adapted from Syndetics summary)

Parrot and Olivier in America / Peter Carey.
This was Peter Carey’s 11th novel and was shortlisted for the 2010 Mann Booker Prize. It can also be found on CD and is available from our eLibrary as a downloadable audiobook.
“Olivier is a French aristocrat, the traumatized child of survivors of the Revolution. Parrot the son of an itinerant printer who always wanted to be an artist but has ended up a servant. Born on different sides of history, their lives will be brought together by their travels in America. When Olivier sets sail for the New World, ostensibly to study its prisons but in reality to save his neck from one more revolution, Parrot is sent with him, as spy, protector, foe and foil. The narrative shifts between the perspectives of Parrot and Olivier, and their picaresque travels together and apart, in love and politics, prisons and the world of art.” (adapted from Amazon.co.uk)

Alone in Berlin / Hans Fallada ; translated by Michael Hofmann.
Hans Fallada (pseudonym for Rudolf Ditzen) wrote this novel between September and November 1946, in postwar East Germany, and died a few months later. Alone in Berlin gives an unrivalled and vivid portrait of life in wartime Berlin. It can also be found on CD and is available from our eLibrary as an eBook.
“Set in Berlin in 1940, this novel tells of a house on 55 Jablonski Strasse, where its various occupants attempt to live under Nazi rule in their different ways: the bullying Hitler loyalists, the Persickes; the retired judge Fromm; and the unassuming couple Otto and Anna Quangel. When the Quangels receive the news that their beloved son has been killed fighting in France, they are shocked out of their quiet existence, and begin a silent campaign of defiance. A deadly game of cat and mouse develops between the Quangels and the ambitious Gestapo inspector Escherich.” (adapted from Amazon.co.uk)

The time traveler’s wife : a novel / by Audrey Niffenegger.The Time Traveler’s Wife
This debut novel was published in 2003 and was adapted and released as a film in 2009. It can also be found on CD and is available from our eLibrary as an audiobook.
“This is the love story of Henry and Claire whose lives are punctuated by Henry’s disappearance to different points in time, sometimes even back to visit Claire as a young woman. When Henry meets Claire, he is twenty-eight, and she is twenty. He’s a hip, handsome librarian; she is an art student with Botticelli hair. Henry has never met Claire before; Claire has known Henry since she was six.” (adapted from Syndetics summary)

The help / Kathryn Stockett.
This debut novel took five years to complete and has recently been published in 35 countries and sold over 5 million copies. It was originally rejected by 60 literary agents and has recently been released as a film. It can also be found on CD and is available from our eLibrary as an eBook.
“Set in Jackson, Mississippi, in the early 1960s, where black maids raise white children, but aren’t trusted not to steal the silver. There’s Aibileen, raising her seventeenth white child and nursing the hurt caused by her own son’s tragic death; Minny, whose cooking is nearly as sassy as her tongue; and white Miss Skeeter, home from College, who wants to know why her beloved maid has disappeared. Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny, no one would believe they’d be friends; fewer still would tolerate it. But as each woman finds the courage to cross boundaries, they come to depend and rely upon one another. Each is on a search of truth. And together they have an extraordinary story to tell. “(adapted from Amazon.co.uk)

The slap / Christos Tsiolkas.
This is the fourth novel by Christos Tsiolkas and was published in 2008. It won the Commonwealth Writers Prize 2009 for best novel in the South-East Asia and South Pacific region. It can also be found on CD and is available from our eLibrary as a downloadable audiobook.
“The Slap, opens at a barbecue in Melbourne, Australia: a man, Harry, slaps a bratty child who is threatening his son. At the center of the altercation are Hector, Harry’s cousin, and Hector’s wife, Aisha, who is friends with Rosie, the mother of the boy who’s been slapped. When Rosie and her alcoholic husband press charges, longstanding relationships threaten to fall apart. Told from eight perspectives, each of which gets a novella-like chapter, the novel vividly demonstrates the wide-ranging effects of a single moment’s rash decision. Attention is drawn to generational and philosophical differences regarding family life and the complex political, social, and ethnic milieu of contemporary Australia.” (adapted from Syndetics summary)

Topics of the moment are covered in our New Zealand new book picks this month (rugby, wearable arts and Christchurch pre- and post-earthquake). To round off our selection, we also have Gareth Morgan and Susan Guthries’ book The Big Kahuna, which has generated a lot of interest since being discussed on National Radio.

Fred the needle : the untold story of Sir Fred Allen / by Alan Sayers and Les Watkins.
“Hugely anticipated biography of a New Zealand icon. Few New Zealand rugby personalities can truly be labelled legends. Sir Fred Allen, though, is one of those rare exceptions. Along with the great Colin Meads, Allen is an icon of the game, universally loved and a true New Zealand hero. For years, the man who famously captained and then coached the All Blacks unbeaten through 37 matches in a golden era from 1966-68, has resisted the urgings of writers and publishers to tell his story. That is until now.” (adapted from Syndetics summary)

Sonny Bill Williams : the story of rugby’s new superstar / John Matheson.
“Sonny Bill Williams: The story of rugby’s new superstar tells the story of Williams stunning transformation from one of league’s ‘most hated’ to one of rugby’s ‘most loved’.” (adapted from back cover)

Having a ball : a cartoon history of New Zealand rugby / Ian F. Grant.
“For over a century rugby has been New Zealand’s national game, an obsession that has helped define a small country and mould its people – Maori and Pakeha Having a Ball looks at the triumphs and disasters, the amateur code that morphed into the professional era, the game at the local park and internationals in huge arenas, as well as rugby’s effect on the national psyche and the agendas of politicians. It is a story brilliantly told in a short introduction and through the perceptive, telling and funny insights of New Zealand’s leading cartoonists.” (Adapted from Syndetics summary)

Eden Park : a history / written by John McCrystal and Lindsay Knight ; [foreword by Wilson Whineray].
“An illustrated history of the iconic park. Over the last century, Eden Park has been through many changes and in 2011, as it hosts another World Cup, the park carries within it the spirit of many past champion players, epic contests and enthusiastic crowds.” (Library Catalogue)

Off the wall : the World of WearableArt/ photography by Martin de Ruyter, Neil Price, Rohit Chawla and Daniel Rose.World of Wearable Art
“All new photos of garments from the last two shows, as well as new photos of some of the most extraordinary award-winning entries from the last decade”–Cover.

Gwenda Turner’s Christchurch : an enchanted journey through the garden city / written, illustrated and designed by Gwenda Turner.
“The essence of Christchurch, its elegance and charm, are captured forever by artist Gwenda Turner in this truly memorable book. Using a blend of old photographs, mementos and original paintings, this book is both a tribute and a celebration of the Garden City.” (Adapted from inside front cover)

Christchurch : a portrait of yesterdays / [Graham Stewart].
“The author spent the first week of February – two weeks before the earth moved – shooting a photographic essay of Christchurc and the suburbs to complement photographs he had taken in the early 1950’s. His colour photographs taken in February suddenly became yesterdays pictures. The photograph of the cathedral on the front cover was taken on 2 February, 20 days before the earthquake.” (Inside back cover)

Earthquake : Christchurch, New Zealand, 22 February 2011 / text by Chris Moore and Press Journalists ; images by Press and Fairfax photographers ; picture research by Jude Tewnion.
“Powerfully and movingly written by a number of Press staffers and illustrated with striking images from the Press team. DVD includes footage taken 10 minutes after the quake, many personal stories plus the incredible footage that screened at the Day of Remembrance.” (Back cover)

The big kahuna : tax and welfare / [Gareth Morgan and Susan Guthrie].
“The big kahuna takes as its base assumption that we don’t, as a society, accept that huge differences in income are acceptable and that we therefore choose to redistribute wealth. While they are generally regarded as separate, the tax and welfare systems are fundamentally both methods of doing just that – redistributing income from those who have plenty to those who don’t.” –Back cover.

Between 10-19 October 2011, a random sample of Wellington City Libraries’ members will be invited to participate in our annual library survey to help us identify where we can improve the service to you. If you have not provided Libraries with your email address in the past but would like to participate please email librarysurvey@wcc.govt.nz indicating your suburb by Tuesday 4 October. Please note that this does not guarantee participation in the survey itself.

If you have any questions about the survey, please email librarysurvey@wcc.govt.nz or contact Jenny Cross, Senior Research Advisor at the Wellington City Council on (04) 803 8100.

In our September selection: some new takes on folding, cutting, colour, type & other elements of graphic design. Have a browse!

Folding techniques for designers : from sheet to form
“Many designers use folding techniques in their work to make three-dimensional forms from two-dimensional sheets of fabric, cardboard, plastic, metal, and many other materials. This unique book explains the key techniques of folding, such as pleated surfaces, curved folding and crumpling. An elegant, practical handbook, it covers over 70 techniques explained by clear step-by-step drawings, crease-pattern drawings, and specially commissioned photography.” (Syndetics summary)

Paper cutting : contemporary artists, timeless craft / edited by Laura Heyenga ; preface by Rob Ryan ; introduction by Natalie Avella.
“There’s a renaissance underway in the art form of cut paper, with an explosion of raw talent and an abundance of amazing work produced in the medium in recent years. This gorgeous volume features work from 26 contemporary international artists who are creating images of astonishing intricacy, using little more than paper and blade. Featuring a host of new discoveries and including art by such stars as Nikki McClure, Rob Ryan, and Thomas Allen, as well as a number of emerging practitioners, Paper Cutting is sure to engage art buffs and indie crafters alike… (Syndetics summary)

Designing with one color and two colors / Maia Francisco.
“”Designing with One and Two Colors” is a visually rich compendium of innovative graphic designs comprised of only one or two colors. Even if you’re restricted by color options or budgetary constraints, you’ll find plenty of inventive inspirations in “Designing with One and Two Colors.”" (Syndetics summary)

Handmade type workshop : techniques for creating original characters and digital fonts / Charlotte Rivers.
“Taking font creation back to basics, this comprehensive book explores innovative ways to design contemporary lettering of all kinds, examining everything from classic design examples to 3D and illustrated fonts, digital lettering and radical conceptual alphabets. “Handmade Type Workshop” is ideal for anyone looking to move beyond existing typography and fonts to create, explore and use original or customized letterforms.” (Amazon)

The elements of graphic design : space, unity, page architecture, and type / Alex W. White.
“This very popular design book has been wholly revised and expanded to feature a new dimension of inspiring and counterintuitive ideas to thinking about graphic design relationships. The Elements of Graphic Design, Second Edition is now in full color in a larger, 8 x 10-inch trim size, and contains 40 percent more content and over 750 images to enhance and better clarify the concepts in this thought-provoking resource…”–Provided by publisher.

The latest from Ruth Rendell, Val McDermid, Arnaldur Indridason, Kathy Reichs, and more. Have a browse:

Gamble : a Dick Francis novel / by Felix Francis.
“Nicholas “Foxy” Foxton, a former jockey who suffered a career- ending injury, is out for a day at the Grand National races when his friend and coworker Herb Kovak is murdered, execution style, right in front of him-and 60,000 other potential witnesses. Foxton and Kovak were both independent financial advisers at Lyall & Black, a firm specializing in extreme-risk investments. As he struggles to come to terms with Kovak’s seemingly inexplicable death, Foxton begins to question everything, from how well he knew his friend to how much he understands about his employer. Was Kovak’s murder a case of mistaken identity…or something more sinister? (Description from Amazon.com)

The retribution / Val McDermid.
”There is one serial killer who has shaped and defined police profiler Tony Hill’s life. One serial killer whose evil surpasses all others. One serial killer who has the power to chill him to the bone: Jacko Vance. And now Jacko is back in Tony’s life. Even more twisted and cunning than ever before, he is focused on wreaking revenge on Tony – and DCI Carol Jordan – for the years he has spent in prison. Tony doesn’t know when Jacko will strike, or where. All he knows is that Jacko will cause him to feel fear like he has never known before ? and devastate his life in ways he cannot imagine…” (Description from Amazon.co.uk)

 
Flash and bones / Kathy Reichs.
“Just as 200,000 fans are pouring into town for Race Week, a body is found in a barrel of asphalt next to the Charlotte Motor Speedway. The next day, a NASCAR crew member comes to Temperance Brennan’s office at the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner to share a devastating story. Twelve years earlier, Wayne Gamble’s sister, Cindi, then a high school senior and aspiring racer, disappeared along with her boyfriend, Cale Lovette. Lovette kept company with a group of right-wing extremists known as the Patriot Posse. Could the body be Cindi’s? Or Cale’s? At the time of their disappearance, the FBI joined the investigation, only to terminate it weeks later. Was there a cover-up? As Tempe juggles multiple theories, the discovery of a strange, deadly substance in the barrel alongside the body throws everything into question…” (Adapted from Amazon.com description)

Outrage / Arnaldur Indridason ; translated from the Icelandic by Anna Yates.
”In a flat near Reykjavík city centre, a young man lies dead in a pool of blood. There is no sign of a break-in: the only clues are a woman’s purple shawl, found under the bed in the next room, and a vial of prescription drugs in the victim´s pocket. With Detective Erlendur away in a remote part of Iceland, Detective Elínborg, who is already struggling to juggle family life and the relentless demands of her job, is assigned the case. Her investigation into the murdered man’s past soon uncovers a squalid tale of double lives, drug dealers and the unsolved disappearance of a young girl many years before. From its explosive opening, Outrage leads down a trail of hidden violence, psychological brutality and of wrongs that will never be fully righted…” (Description from Amazon.co.uk)

The vault / Ruth Rendell.
“‘Don’t forget,’ Wexford said, ‘I’ve lived in a world where the improbable happens all the time.’ However, the impossible has happened. Chief Inspector Reg Wexford has retired. He and his wife, Dora, now divide their time between Kingsmarkham and a coachhouse in Hampstead, belonging to their actress daughter, Sheila. Wexford takes great pleasure in his books, but, for all the benefits of a more relaxed lifestyle, he misses being the law. But a chance meeting in a London street, with someone he had known briefly as a very young police constable, changes everything. Tom Ede is now a Detective Superintendent, and is very keen to recruit Wexford as an adviser on a difficult case. The bodies of two women and a man have been discovered in the old coal hole of an attractive house in St John’s Wood. None carries identification. But the man’s jacket pockets contain a string of pearls, a diamond and a sapphire necklace as well as other jewellery valued in the region of £40,000…’’ (Adapted from Amazon.co.uk)

Northwest angle : a novel / William Kent Krueger.
“With his family caught in the crosshairs of a group of brutal killers, detective Cork O’Connor must solve the murder of a young girl in the latest installment of William Kent Krueger’s unforgettable New York Times bestselling series. During a houseboat vacation on the remote Lake of the Woods, a violent gale sweeps through unexpectedly, stranding Cork and his daughter, Jenny, on a devastated island where the wind has ushered in a force far darker and more deadly than any storm. Amid the wreckage, Cork and Jenny discover an old trapper’s cabin where they find the body of a teenage girl. She wasn’t killed by the storm, however; she’d been bound and tortured before she died. Whimpering sounds coming from outside the cabin lead them to a tangle of branches toppled by the vicious winds. Underneath the debris, they find a baby boy, hungry and dehydrated, but still very much alive. Powerful forces intent on securing the child pursue them to the isolated Northwest Angle…” (Adapted from Amazon.com description)

A trick of the light : a Chief Inspector Gamache novel / Louise Penny.
““Hearts are broken,” Lillian Dyson carefully underlined in a book. “Sweet relationships are dead.” But now Lillian herself is dead. Found among the bleeding hearts and lilacs of Clara Morrow’s garden in Three Pines, shattering the celebrations of Clara’s solo show at the famed Musée in Montreal. Chief Inspector Gamache, the head of homicide at the Sûreté du Québec, is called to the tiny Quebec village and there he finds the art world gathered, and with it a world of shading and nuance, a world of shadow and light. Where nothing is as it seems. Behind every smile there lurks a sneer. Inside every sweet relationship there hides a broken heart. And even when facts are slowly exposed, it is no longer clear to Gamache and his team if what they’ve found is the truth, or simply a trick of the light…” (Description from Amazon.com)

Love you more : a novel / Lisa Gardner.
“One question, a split-second decision, and Brian Darby lies dead on the kitchen floor. His wife, state police trooper Tessa Leoni, claims to have shot him in self-defense, and bears the bruises to back up her tale. For veteran detective D. D. Warren it should be an open-and-shut case. But where is their six-year-old daughter? As the homicide investigation ratchets into a frantic statewide search for a missing child, D. D. Warren must partner with former lover Bobby Dodge to break through the blue wall of police brotherhood, seeking to understand the inner workings of a trooper’s mind while also unearthing family secrets. Would a trained police officer truly shoot her own husband? And would a mother harm her own child?..” (Adapted from Amazon.com description)

Unraveled / Maggie Sefton.
“The newest yarn from the national bestselling author of “Skein of the Crime.” Spring is in the air of Fort Connor, Colorado-a time of new beginnings for the House of Lambspun knitters. But for fellow knitter Jennifer’s new real estate client, it is his end. He’s been murdered and Kelly Flynn is left unraveling a tangle of clues. This may prove to be her most challenging project yet.” (Syndetics summary)

One dog night / David Rosenfelt.
“For six years Noah Galloway has lived with a horrible secret and the fear that his rebuilt life could be shattered at any moment. Now his dread has become a certainty, and he has been arrested for the arson murder of twenty-six people. What he needs now is defense lawyer Andy Carpenter, who most definitely is not in the market for a new client. So Noah plays his hole card: a shared love for Andy’s golden retriever…Noah rescued Tara first, and when he wasn’t able to care for her any longer, he did everything in his power to make sure that she was placed in the right home: Andy’s. With that knowledge, Andy has little choice but to take Noah on, and he soon learns that the long-ago event that may destroy Noah’s life is only the beginning of an ongoing conspiracy that grows more deadly by the day…” (Adapted from Amazon.com description)

Law for Lunch is back in October with an range of free lunchtime seminars from 12 noon – 1pm starting on Wednesday, 5 October.

Come along to a series of talks with guest speakers on a range of law topics presented at the Central Library in partnership with the Community Law Centre.

Talks include: