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Monday, December 7, 2009

Christmas Opening Hours
Thurs 17th Dec-9.15am-5pm
Fri 18th Dec-9.15am-5pm
Sat 19th Dec-Closed
Mon 21st Dec-9.15am-5pm
Tues 22nd Dec-9.15am-1pm
Wed 23rd Dec-Mon 4th of Jan-Closed
Tues 5th of Jan-9.15am-1 & 2-5pm
Wed 6th of Jan-9.15am-1pm & 2-5pm
Thurs 7th of Jan-9.15am-1pm & 2-5pm
Fri 8th of Jan-9.15am-1pm & 2-5pm

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Midterm Opening Hours
Thurs 22nd Oct-9.15am-5pm
Fri 23rd Oct-9.15am-5pm
Sat 24th Oct-Closed
Mon 26th Oct-Closed
Tues 27th Oct-9.15am-5pm
Wed 28th Oct-9.15am-5pm
Thurs 29th Oct-9.15am-5pm
Fri 30th Oct-9.15am-5pm
Sat 31st Oct-Closed

Gerry Stembridge Visit

Goldsmith Library-Lecture Series
Gerry Stembridge


Gerry Stembridge is most famous for his role in the Irish radio comedy programme Scrap Saturday. His film career includes the screenplay for Ordinary Decent Criminal, Nora and About Adam. He has recently authored a number of books including According to Luke and Counting Down.
The author will visit the Goldsmith library on Thursday the 5th of November at 12pm to give a reading from his latest book. Counting Down is the gripping story about a man who decides to live life on his own lethal terms.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Book of the Month October




A beautifully written, insightful, and devastating first novel, Man Gone Down is about a young African American father in a bi-racial marriage trying to claim a piece of the American Dream.

Winner of Dublin IMPAC Award 2009

Copies available to borrow from Goldsmith Library

Murdoch's Dictionary of Irish Law and Lexis Case Reports on Trial

The following legal databases are currently on trial through the library webpage

Murdoch’s Irish legal companion – until 12th October, 2009.

http://milcnet.lendac.ieUsername: lendacP/W: 9yyb8y (until 4/10)P/W: ksjq7q (until 11/10)

LexisNexis Irish Reports until 11th October, 2009.

Trial ID: TRIALUKMUM5L23X5
Your password is: i7q7j6

By logging onto http://www.lexisnexis.com/uk/legal and entering your Trial id and password you have access to the LexisNexis online research system.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Summer Opening Hours Library

Mon-Fri: 9.15-4pm
Sat: Closed
Extended opening hours will commence again in September

Book of the Month June

The book unfolds as a monologue that Changez delivers to a mysterious American operative over dinner at a Lahore cafe. The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a cleverly constructed story of disenchantment with America and of mutual prejudice and misrepresentation.

Copies available to borrow from Goldsmith library
Shortlisted for IMPAC Award June 2009
Shortlisted for Booker prize 2007

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Book of the Month-April


Book of the Month
Adamson's compelling debut novel tells the wintry tale of 19-year-old Mary Boulton and her frantic odyssey across Idaho and Montana in 1903. The details of Boulton's sad past slowly emerge as she reluctantly ventures into the mountains, struggling to put distance between herself and her two brothers-in-law, who track her like prey in retaliation for her killing of their kin. As she moves further away from civilisation, her path from retribution to redemption slowly unfurls. The Outlander is the haunting tale of one woman’s journey deep into the wild.

Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize
Longlisted for the IMPAC Literary Award

Copies available to borrow from Goldsmith Library

Monday, March 9, 2009



Book of the Month
March


Steve Toltz's debut novel, A Fraction of the Whole, takes the form of Martin Dean's confession of his failures and hopes to his son, Jasper. It’s a story that takes them from the Australian bush to the cafes of Paris, from the Thai jungle, asylums, labyrinths and criminal lairs, and from the highs of first love to the lows of failed ambition.

Short listed for the Man Booker Prize 2008

Copies available to borrow from the Goldsmith Library

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Book of the Month February


In The Road Home, Tremain tells the story of Lev, an Eastern European migrant worker who has left his village and travelled to England so that he can finance a better life for his mother and daughter. The book takes a compassionate look at Lev's experiences as an Eastern European worker in Contemporary Britain.

Winner of Orange Prize for fiction 2008
Long listed for Impac Dublin literary award 2009

Tuesday, January 20, 2009