Award winning reading
The Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced with the winner for 2008 being The time we have taken by Steven Carroll. “The Miles Franklin Literary Award celebrates Australian character and creativity and nurtures the continuing life of literature about Australia. It is awarded for the novel of the year which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases.”
There have been many award winning novels over many decades, so there is never a lack of finding a good book to read, especially one that is worthy of an award. But how do you find them?
A feature of our iBistro catalogue, which has fixed during a recent upgrade is the hot links under the search box on the catalogue main page. The two we are interested in for good reading ideas are Recommended Reading and Best Sellers.
Five links are offered in each category on our catalogue homepage, but the more link takes you to a longer list, which includes the Dymocks Top Ten, New York Times Fiction and winners of the Age Book of the Year, Children’s Book Council awards, Hugo and Nebula Science Fiction awards Man Booker Prize and Pulitzer Prize. Click on any of these links and it will give you the list of the titles we hold, that have won that award and where appropriate, what other awards it has won.
To find out where that book is, click on the details link to see the full catalogue record. If its not available, feel free to place a hold (which is also free) and enjoy some of the quality titles that have received international recognition.
You can also find award winning reading in our What do I read next database, which you can access from any computer with your library card number. This is a great tool to find other books like…. whether it be like a particular author, a specific genre or style and many other options. Take the time to explore, you never know, you might just find your next great read there!
Michelle