Entries Tagged as ‘one of the few perks of the job’

April 26, 2008

breath

 
tim winton’s latest book, breath, is finally here. it’s not available in bookstores until next week, but it arrived at the library a week early. needless to say i have read it. 
its set in a fictionional town in the south west coast of wa - somewhere near margaret river - in the 70s. being chicken enough to [...]

January 1, 2008

the holiday season is a great time to…

catch up on a year’s worth of celebrity gossip, fashion news, health and beauty tips, consumer and recreational advice.
my team processes and catalogues all the serials for our library, so over the break I have been taking home piles of waiting to be processed mags to flick through. below are some of the more interesting things [...]

August 21, 2007

one of the few perks of working in a library

 
yesterday i accompanied the chinese language librarian to the chinese bookstore in the city to help select some Chinese learning materials [being the resident girly swot language expert].  but I got sidetracked with the bilingual cooking books and dvds.  i actually don’t cook, i just look at the pictures.  …but i might be tempted to [...]