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Parkes Phoenix

What’s on @ The Library

February 7, 2020 By Maggi Barnard

KATHLEEN COLLIER – AUTHOR TALK

Friday, 14th February 10:30am at Parkes Library

Kathleen Collier writes laugh-out-loud contemporary stories including Mayhem and Madness and her latest release, Mayhem and Monsters. Kathleen was born in Parkes and moved to Forbes during her primary school years where she grew up on a farm amongst a menag- erie of four-legged characters, including a pig who thought she was a guard-dog and a Shetland pony who drank beer. RSVP: 6861 2309 / library@parkes.nsw.gov.au

ED TONKS LOCAL HISTORY – TALK

Wednesday, 26th February 6pm at Parkes Library

Captain Wilson Avenue. Why does a street in residential Parkes bear the name of a Novacastrian? Who was Gordon Campbell Wilson, and why was the street named after him? Ed Tonks OAM is a historian and author, who also happens to be the expert on Captain Gordon Campbell Wilson. Come along and hear the extraordinary but true story of Gordon Campbell Wilson – an unsung hero of Australian history. RSVP: 6861 2309 / library@parkes.nsw.gov.au

REGULAR PROGRAMS ARE RECOMMENCING FOR 2020

Author-Rised – next meeting Tuesday, 3rd March at 6pm
Computer Classes – every Wednesday at 9:30am
Storytime – from Wednesday, 12th February at 10:30am
Rhymetime – from Thursday, 13th February at 10:30am
Book Clubs – Wednesday, 26th February at 3pm & Thursday, 27th February at 6pm

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