Please join Alan Brough at a celebration at the State Library on Friday 20 March, 4 - 5pm when he announces the the top five books, as voted by Victorian readers in the State Library of Victoria’s Summer Read program 2008-9, and voter’s prizes.

Experimedia
State Library of Victoria
328 Swanston Street, Melbourne

RSVP by Wednesday 17 March 2009

Telephone                   8664 7555
email                          learning@slv.vic.gov.au
book online                summerreadawards.eventbrite.com

Since ‘Beaten by a Blow’ has been published one of the unexpected follow-on’s has been a steady stream of letters and emails from characters in the book and readers that had worked, or knew people.  My father has received most of the phone calls because i’ve been oversees. Kevin Fisher, the blond headed young man in the photo, only had the memory of my parent’s house to go by in tracking me down.  He googled earth and found my parent’s house and consequently found their phone number. Kevin was illiterate when i knew him some thirty years ago and on our re aquantence he informed that he was never able to learn to read or write and asked if i could send him my story on a PDF. He had an on screen reader and read the story in nine hours.  Kevin was a gun rousie and went on to shear for many years. Kevin’s uncle, David Morgan, who was one of the shearer’s at Warrigal Creek also made contact. David is attempting to organise a reunion. I am hoping Kevin and David will be at the Richmond library when i speak later in January.  It would be great  to  have some live characters from the book talk and add to the experiences.  cheers Dennis