Customs House Library (City of Sydney Library)

31 Alfred Street
Circular Quay, N.S.W., 2001

Australia

(02) 9242 8555; librarycityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

Web site: http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Library/Branches/CustomsHouseLibrary.asp

Events: http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.… (updated February 14)

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Description: The magnificent Customs House Library opened to the public on 6 June 2005.
Located over three levels in the historic Customs House building at Circular Quay, the new Library boasts books, CD's, videos, DVD's, magazines, newspapers, music scores, audio books, community language books and much more.

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Geraldine Brooks (March 13 at 1:30pm)
1:30pm - 2:15pm
Customs House Library,
Level 1, Barnet Long Room, 31 Alfred Street, Circular Quay. Admission free. Bookings essential phone 9242 8555 or
Email library@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March. Hear the captivating Brooks discuss her latest literary feast, ... (more)People of the Book (Harper Collins) as seen in Good Reading magazine.
Previously a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal in Bosnia, Somalia, and the Middle East, Geraldine has also penned Year of Wonders and the non-fiction works Nine Parts of Desire and Foreign Correspondence.
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PEN lunchtime reading with Arnold Zable (July 1 at 12:15pm)
Arnold Zable reads from Sea of Many Returns.
The island of Homer's Odyssey has beguiled readers for millenian. Master Storyteller Anorld Zable takes us to modern-day Ithaca, to its mountains, its villages and harbours, and into the homes of its people. His new novel affirms the enduring resonance of the Odyssey for voyagers of all times. Arnold ... (more)will discuess and read from Sea of Many Returns on July 1, 2008.
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Pen Talk - Garth Nix (August 5 at 12:15pm)
Hear bestselling author Garth Nix, who is also a former literary agent, editor and bookseller, talk about the art and business of writing and publishing. He will also read briefly from his latest novel for children, SUPERIOR SATURDAY, the sixth title in The Keys to the Kingdom series.
Customs House ... (more)Library
Meeting Room, Level 2
31 Alfred St, Circular Quay

Free event.
Bookings essential: 9242 8555
Email: library@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
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