2019 In Review: SMSA’s Top 10 Books
Have you managed to read all of SMSA’s most popular books?
Discover our Top 10 most borrowed titles for 2019, in our 2019 Year in Review…
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Listen Again: Rebecca Hazel
Authors Rebecca Hazel and Ryan Butta joined us at the SMSA to discuss Rebecca’s journey writing “The Schoolgirl, Her Teacher and his Wife”. We…
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin is the first book of the A Song of Ice and Fire series. Even if you aren’t…
2020 Year in Review: SMSA’s Top 10 Mysteries
Mystery & Crime lovers abound at SMSA, so we have highlighted the top books from that genre this year. Which have you read?
We hope you…
2022 Year In Review: SMSA’s Top 10 Mysteries
Mystery & Crime lovers abound at SMSA, so we have highlighted the top books from that genre this year. Which have you read? We hope…
A Few Green Leaves by Barbara Pym
This is Barbara Pym’s last novel, published only a few months before her death in 1980. I don’t think it’s her best novel, however it’s…
The Eighth Life (for Brilka) by Nino Haratischvili
The Eighth Life (for Brilka), by Nino Haratischvili, is 933 pages long (do not allow this to discourage you). This page count is only the…
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones is story about what is means to be African American, the problems of incarceration in the US, and a…
The Flying Kangaroo by Jim Eames
The Flying Kangaroo by Jim Eames is both a up-beat read on Australian airline Qantas, providing anecdotal stories on the company’s 96 year history.
Travels with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuscinski
In this gem of a book, Kapuscinski, as a matter of introduction, starts telling us how, at the University of Warsaw, he first ever heard…
Celebrating 190 Years of the SMSA
On Wednesday 22nd March 2023 Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts celebrated our 190th Birthday.
The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village by Joanna Nell
It’s impossible not to empathise with Peggy Smart. At almost 80 years of age, she knows that women her age become invisible, turning ‘completely neutral,…