Senior Citizens Week - 21st to 29th March 2010

Senior Citizens Week in NSW is being held for the 52nd time and this year's theme is "Live Life".

Our Fun, Informative and Exciting Program for the week at Lithgow Library Learning Centre is available here.

Here are a list of older authors still alive and thriving in the literary world.

• Anne Rice - 69
• Maurice Sendak - 82
• Stephen King - 63
• Salman Rushdie - 63
• Annie Proulx - 75
• Thomas Keneally - 75
• Helen Garner - 68

Quotes on Age

"No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating." - Oscar Wilde
"Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man. " - Leon Trotsky
"With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. (Merchant Of Venice)" - William Shakespeare 



 

International yearly visitors from Germany

• Margaret and Horst Bluemel are yearly visitors from Germany who grace our region by taking up residence for two months at Wallerawang. They visit our library regularly while staying in town.
• Margaret is a radio announcer in Cologne, Germany. The radio station is equivalent to our ABC National Radio.
• It is not all holiday and rest for Margaret and her husband Horst (sound & film technician) as while they are here, Margaret conducts interviews for her show. This year she has interviewed author Helen Garner , and her latest novel "The Spare Room"( other work examples are The First Stone, True Stories, Monkey Grip,etc)down in Melbourne. At Sydney before the Mardi Gras parade, Margaret had the chance to interview politician Fred Nile. Previous years Margaret has interviewed author Thomas Keneally as well as David Malouf.