Library Thursday: book Q and A and a much anticipated DVD

Dymocks (the booksellers) hold a regular series of Facebook Chats with authors.  On 3rd August 2011 the featured author was Peter Rix, answering questions about his recently published novel, Water under Water.  You can access the Q and A here - just scroll down to 3rd August. The book is reviewed in the next issue of Voice, due to be published in the first week in September. Copies are available for loan to members from our library now.

The much awarded documentary Monica and David, the story of two young people with Down syndrome deciding to marry, has just been released on DVD in the US, after being launched at  the annual National Down Syndrome Congress in Texas early in August.  It also won the NDSC's National Media Award for 2011. We will purchase a copy for our library collection as soon as possible.  This edition is for educational use (including additional materials) - a regular family-use edition is planned for release around the end of the year.

Read a recent guest blog here, by the director of Monica and David, Alexandra Cordina,  and a young mother's response to the film here, and a second one here.