July 2019 • Vol 26 No. 7

Stanton Library 234 Miller Street, North Sydney T (02) 9936 8400 E library@northsydney.nsw.gov.au W northsydney.nsw.gov.au/library

Opening HoursMonday-Thursday: 9am-9pm Friday: 9am-6pm Saturday-Sunday: 10am-5pm

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supertoy transformation Monday 8 July, 2-3pm

Turn your favourite toy into a superhero (...or supervillain...)! For ages 5+.

Make your own comics workshopTuesday 9 July, 10-11.30am

Writer & artist Mike Barry will help you get started with your own comic or graphic novel idea. For ages 7-12.

COMICS LabWednesday 17 July, 12-2pm

Drop by and see comic artists Matthew Lin & Marcelo Baez work on their latest projects. For all ages.

Draw Off - Matt vs MarceloWednesday 17 July, 2-3pm

Two artists face off in a comics drawingshowdown! For ages 8+.

getting started with digital comic art Saturday 20 July, 2-4pm

Leverage the power of technology with Nathan Seabolt to bring your comic project to life. For adults & teens aged 13+.

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8-21 july 2019celebrating the best of local

comic culture!

8-21 july 2019celebrating the best of local

comic culture!

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Tuesday 2 July, 1pmErik Jensen Erik Jensen’s Quarterly Essay ‘The prosperity gospel’ is a dazzling and insightful look at the federal election, built from pen portraits and reports from the campaign trail. Erik Jensen considers what went wrong for Labor and how Scott Morrison won his remarkable victory.

Tuesday 9 July, 1pmRon McCallum ‘Born at the right time’ is the endearing memoir of Ron McCallum, made blind after a medical mishap not long after birth. Ron recounts his social awkwardness and physical mishaps, and shares his early fears that he might never manage to have a proper career, find love or become a parent. He has achieved all this and more, becoming a professor of law at a prestigious university, and chairing a committee at the United Nations.

Writers@Stanton is the library’s visiting author talk program, presented in partnership with the Constant Reader Bookshop. Talks are generally held on level one of the library at 1pm. The program is free and no booking is required.

Oxford Reference is a valuable online reference tool, spanning 25 different subject areas, bringing together two million digitised entries across Oxford University Press’s Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias. As you browse through Oxford Reference, you will find results that range from short-entry, general reference to more in-depth articles on specialised subjects.

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Tuesday 30 July10.30am

Based on the novel by Kevin Kwan, ‘Crazy rich Asians’ follows a

Chinese-American professor who travels to meet her boyfriend’s family and is surprised to discover they are

among the richest in Singapore.

A family history workshop with historian and academic Tanya Evans.Thursday 4 July, 10am-1pm

What have Australian family historians discovered about motherhood and mothering practices through the histories that they have gathered?

What have been the major drivers of change?

Please come along and share your family stories of Australian mothering and motherhood since the 1920s. Bring along your family bibles, mothering manuals, advice literature, baby clothes and pictures!

Bookings essential: www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/motherhood

Motherhood & Mothering Stories

Wednesday 31 July, 1pmHomegrown Crime Writers Showcase Listen to four thrilling Australian crime writers at our Homegrown Crime Writers event featuring Nicola Moriarty, Wendy James, Anna Snoekstra and Sarah Barrie, in conversation with Catherine du Peloux Menage.

Tuesday 6 August, 1pmNiki Savva In ‘Plots and prayers’ Niki Savva reveals the inside story of the bungled coup that overthrew the Liberal prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and installed a surprise successor, Scott Morrison, who went on to take the party to a miraculous electoral victory.

Thursday 8 August, 1pmAdele Ferguson ‘Banking bad’

Tuesday 13 August, 1pmPatti Miller ‘The joy of high places’

Tuesday 20 August, 1pmMike Munro ‘The last bushrangers’

Thursday 22 August, 1pmJoy Rhoades ‘The burnt country’

North Sydney History WalksMap collection available now!

North Sydney has a remarkable number of beautiful and interesting historical sites to visit, despite the many changes that affected the area in the 20th century and the ongoing pressure of development in more recent times.

A new series of 10 History Walks maps will introduce locals and visitors to the heritage of North Sydney, on the principle that walking a landscape is the best way to get to know it. The maps cover much of the LGA: Cammeray, the CBD, Cremorne Point, Crows Nest, Kirribilli, Milsons Point and Lavender Bay, Neutral Bay, ‘Old North Sydney’, Waverton and Wollstonecraft. They are ‘circle walks’ which will bring the walker back to, or near to, the point of departure. The closest public transport access points are highlighted. An indication of accessibility, degree of difficulty and length is given for each walk.

Printed maps are available to purchase as a set of ten for $5.00, or can be downloaded free of charge from www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/walks.

To celebrate the launch, Council Historian Dr Ian Hoskins will lead a free History Week guided tour of the Neutral Bay Walk on Friday 6 September from 10am-12pm. Online bookings for all History Week events open on Thursday 1 August.

Family History Help Desk First three Fridays of the month, 10am-12pm The Heritage Centre hosts regular free sessions to provide assistance to individuals researching their family history. Staff and volunteers are available to give one-on-one assistance using the resources of the library and those available on the internet. For bookings, phone 9936 8400.

North Shore Historical SocietyNext meeting: Thursday 11 July, 7pmGuest Speaker: Margaret Betteridge, City of Sydney Topic: Cartographica: Sydney on the map For the past year, the City of Sydney’s Curator, Margaret Betteridge, has been immersed in maps of the city, in preparation for an exhibition currently on at Customs House at Circular Quay. Using reproductions from public collections, the exhibition showcases the many different ways that cartographers have recorded the different ways we move around to live, work and play in our city.

Enquiries: President 9929 6637, Secretary 9957 2332

StorytimeStorytime for children and carers is held on Tuesdays & Wednesdays at 11am. Sessions consist of stories, film and craft, no bookings required.

2nd & 3rd Pets9th & 10th NAIDOC Week16th & 17th Heroes and superheroes23rd & 24th Rabbits 30th & 31st Music

Baby Rhymetime is for children under 2 years and their parents & carers. It is held on Mondays at 10.30am & 11.30am. Online bookings at: www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/kidzone

Toddler Rhymetime, for children under 3 years, is held on Thursdays at 11.30am, no bookings required.

Channel the spirit of the great Dutch artist Maurits Escher in this Escher inspired ink and quill creative workshop with local artist Melinda Kennedy.

You will leave the workshop with your own artwork of a glass sphere with a personal world within!

For adults aged 18+. Free event, bookings essential: www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/GetCreative

WED 31 JULY, 6PMINK & QUILL ARTWORK

Thursday 11 July, 1.30-2.30pm‘Tapalinga’ with Majeda Beatty

Join Majeda Beatty as she shares the richness of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island cultures through song, dance, stories and language in this captivating performance. For ages 5-11. Bookings essential.

For bookings and to view the whole program of events, visit our website at:www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/Gai-mariagal

May Gibbs’ Nutcote5 Wallaringa Ave, Neutral BayWednesday - Sunday, 11am-3pm

Kirribilli Neighbourhood CentreCommunity Library16-18 Fitzroy St, KirribilliContact 9922 4428 for hours

Parking @ Stanton LibraryNorth Sydney Residents with a Ridge Street Car Park card from Council are entitled to 1.5 hours free parking in Ridge Street Car Park. Cards are available from Council’s Customer Service Desk (fee applies). Free parking for all is available on Saturdays and Sundays.

Heritage Centre, Level 1Open until 5pm dailyHeritage Centre Desk: Monday - Saturday: 1-5pm At other times assistance is available from the Customer Service Desk on the Ground Floor

Don Bank Museum6 Napier St, North SydneyWednesday, 12-3pm, Saturday, 10am-12pm

St Thomas’ Rest Park250 West St, Crows Nest Self guided walks available at any time

Sexton’s Cottage Museum250 West St, Crows NestThursday, 1-4pm, Saturday, 2-4pm

Tuesday 2 11am 1pm2pm

Storytime Writers @ Stanton: Erik Jensen Knitting group

Wednesday 3 11am StorytimeThursday 4 10am

11.30amMotherhood & mothering stories workshop*Toddler rhymetime

Friday 5 10am Family History help desk* Monday 8 2pm Comic Con-versation: Supertoy transformation (age 5+)*Tuesday 9 10am

11am1pm

Comic Con-versation: Comics workshop (age 7-12)*Storytime Writers @ Stanton: Ron McCallum

Wednesday 10 11am StorytimeThursday 11 11.30am

1.30pm7pm

Toddler rhymetime Gai-mariagal Festival: Tapalinga (age 5-11)* North Shore Historical Society

Friday 12 10am Family History help desk*Tuesday 16 11am

2pmStorytime Knitting group

Wednesday 17 11am 12pm 2pm

Storytime Comic Con-versation: Comics labComic Con-versation: Draw off (age 8+)*

Thursday 18 11.30am Toddler rhymetime

Friday 19 10am Family History help desk*

Saturday 20 2pm Comic Con-versation: Digital comic art*Tuesday 23 11am Storytime

Wednesday 24 11am StorytimeThursday 25 11.30am Toddler rhymetime

Monday 29 9am Bookings open: August baby rhymetimeTuesday 30 10.30am

11amBooks to movies: Crazy rich AsiansStorytime

Wednesday 31 11am1pm6pm

Storytime Writers @ Stanton: Homegrown crime writers showcaseGet Creative: Ink & Quill artwork*bookings essential

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