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Australia gifts children’s books to QNL  09 Apr 2021 - 10:34 Minister of State H E Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kawari and Australia’s Ambassador to Qatar H E Jonathan Muir during the event The Peninsula Australia’s Ambassador to Qatar H E Jonathan Muir gifted yesterday a collection of iconic Australian children’s and young adults’ books to the Qatar National Library. The collection includes works by some of Australia’s best-known children’s authors including Mem Fox and Aaron Blabey. The books include stories from Australia’s European, Asian, and indigenous traditions, highl...

LIBRARY NOTES Macedon Public Library, 30 Main St., announced the following programs.  Storytime with Miss Shannon: 10 to 10:30 a.m. March 17, 24. For ages 4-5. Enjoy stories with content themed to reinforce kindergarten readiness such as awareness of colors, numbers and letters. Registration required.  Stamping Marshmallow Shamrocks: 10:30 to 11 a.m. March 17. Use marshmallows to stamp shamrocks over a piece of paper. Registration required.  The Love of All Things Irish: 2 to 3 p.m. March 17. Join Kathy as she discusses some favorite Irish authors and discovers some she hasn’t read. Regi...

A farmer has found an adorable house guest in her kitchen cupboard, and kindly offered the visitor a classic Aussie biscuit. The woman found the brushtail possum sitting politely among her tea cups on her farm in the Australian bush, showed a TikTok video posted yesterday. The possum graciously accepted the offer of an Arnott's milk Arrowroot, holding it between its tiny paws and then nibbling on it gently. A farmer found the adorable house guest sitting politely among her tea cups in her kitchen cupboard (pictured) on her farm in the Australian bush The kindly offered the brushtail possum (...

First published on Thu 15 Oct 2020 12.30 EDT Australian Booker winner Richard Flanagan has described his eighth novel – a magical realist tale of ecological anguish – as “a rising scream”. The Living Sea of Waking Dreams, published in the UK in January 2021, combines the moral righteousness of a fable, the wounded grief of a eulogy, and the fury of someone who still reads the news. And smouldering underneath it all is the red memory of last summer’s reign of fire. When 87-year-old Francie is admitted to a Hobart hospital with a brain bleed, her children assemble at h...