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Parra Pods is a digital voice of City of Parramatta Libraries. It is a podcast about books and authors. We hope that, with the rapid development of the digital world, literature will still have it’s relevant place in people’s lives, regardless of the format in which it appears. To enjoy reading is to enjoy life experiences beyond our imagination. Our podcast, your voice.
Episodes
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Friday Jun 19, 2020
City of Parramatta Libraries Health Awareness Talks in Cantonese Language.
In partnership with Australian Chinese Medical Association. Health talks to promote better understanding and awareness of common health issues and related services in the Chinese Australian community.
This episode will talk about “Post Covid-19 Lockdown health awareness”.
Presented by Dr Stephen Li.
Chemical Pathologist | Clinical Lipidologist | Chartered Manager
Director Core Pathology & Clinical Chemistry, Pathology West, NSW Health Pathology
Director Westmead Hospital Lipid Clinic
Chair, Community Health, ACMA
Honorary President and Foundation Fellow, ACMA
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Support by Australian Taxation Office 澳大利亞稅務局 (ATO)
Speaker: Ada Ly
Community Culture Education & Assistance
Individuals and Intermediaries
Australian Taxation Office
Topic:
Overview about “Jobkeeper payment, COVID-19 early release of super and Cash flow boost” from ATO in Cantonese and Mandarin
有關由澳大利亞稅務局發放的 “保工津貼、提前領取退休金 及 加強現金流” 概要 ( 廣東話 及 普通话)
More information about “JobKeeper payment, COVID-19 early release of super and Cash flow boost” please visit www.ato.gov.au/COVID-19
You can phone us between 8am and 8pm Monday-Friday and 10am-4pm (AEST) Saturday:
- 1800 806 218 for “JobKeeper payment and COVID-19 early release of super 保工津貼及提前領取退休金”
- 13 28 66 for “Cash flow boost ”
If your English does not speak very well, please first call 13 14 50 interpreter service and ask them to assist your call.
要瞭解以上更多資訊 , 請參考 澳大利亞稅務局綱站www.ato.gov.au/COVID-19 。
或星期一至五8am and 8pm, 星期六10am-4pm 致電澳大利亞稅務局查詢。更何致電13 14 50 要求傳譯。
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Support by Australian Taxation Office 澳大利亞稅務局 (ATO)
Speaker: Ada Ly
Community Culture Education & Assistance
Individuals and Intermediaries
Australian Taxation Office
Topic:
Overview about “Jobkeeper payment, COVID-19 early release of super and Cash flow boost” from ATO in Cantonese and Mandarin
有關由澳大利亞稅務局發放的 “保工津貼、提前領取退休金 及 加強現金流” 概要 ( 廣東話 及 普通话)
More information about “JobKeeper payment, COVID-19 early release of super and Cash flow boost” please visit www.ato.gov.au/COVID-19
You can phone us between 8am and 8pm Monday-Friday and 10am-4pm (AEST) Saturday:
- 1800 806 218 for “JobKeeper payment and COVID-19 early release of super 保工津貼及提前領取退休金”
- 13 28 66 for “Cash flow boost ”
If your English does not speak very well, please first call 13 14 50 interpreter service and ask them to assist your call.
要瞭解以上更多資訊 , 請參考 澳大利亞稅務局綱站www.ato.gov.au/COVID-19 。
或星期一至五8am and 8pm, 星期六10am-4pm 致電澳大利亞稅務局查詢。更何致電13 14 50 要求傳譯。
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Wednesday Jun 10, 2020
Fiction that can be read in one sitting, short stories are a great way book lovers can explore a wide range of narrative content. In this episode, Nisa and Sandra explore short stories that span genres such as sci-fi and crime, original languages such as Japanese and Chinese and settings as diverse as the fictional city of Maardam and the outer reaches of the galaxy.
Books discussed include:
Grand Union / Zadie Smith. Hamish Hamilton, Oct 2019
Picnic in the storm / Yukiko Motoya (translated by Asa Yoneda), Oct 2018
Intrigo / Håkan Nesser. Pan Macmillan, Oct 2019
Broken stars / Ken Liu (edited and translated). Head of Zeus, Feb 2019.
Tuesday May 19, 2020
Tuesday May 19, 2020
The business of making people laugh dates back far into antiquity.
Kitty Flanagan excelled at it on The Project, David Mitchell does a fine job through his comic rants, Celeste Barber gives joy to many on Instagram and David Ayoade has kept it going through the IT Crowd and beyond. Join Katherine, Nisa and Sandra for an upbeat chat about books recently written by all four.
Books Discussed:
Dishonestly is the second best policy: and other rules to live by / David Mitchell. Guardian Faber Publishing, Nov 2019.
Ayoade on top / Richard Ayoade by Richard Ayoade. Faber & Faber, October 2019.
Challenge accepted: 253 steps to becoming an anti-it girl by Celeste Barber. Harper Collins, September 2018.
Kitty Flanagan’s 488 rules for life: the thankless art of being correct by Kitty Flanagan. Allen & Unwin, October 2019.
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Historical Fiction as a genre is fascinating for the window it provides to the past, to characters and events both real and imagined, to lives in a time so different to our own.
Nisa & Antonia discuss two books set around four hundred years apart.
The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel (eAudioBook, eBook, print edition).
The Pearl Thief by Fiona McIntosh (eAudioBook, eBook, print edition).
Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
Find ways to relax, to meditate, to pursue balance, to consider gratitude, to engage in kindness, to strive for positivity.... all of these are important considerations for those interested in creating a sense of wellbeing for themselves and those around them.
Join Nisa & Antonia as they talk about some books that explore this and more!
The books discussed in this episode of Parra Pods include:
In Search of Happiness: following mindful paths to fulfillment by Mike Annesley. Worth Press, October 2018.
Smart Girls Screw Up Too: the no-nonsense guide to creating the life you want by Bella Zanesco. John Wiley & Son, January 2018.
Unwind Your Mind: the life changing power of ASMR by Emma WhispersRed. Ebury Publishing, September 2019.
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Named after a giant in the Australian literary landscape, The Stella Prize celebrates both fiction and non-fiction writing by Australian female writers.
Join Nisa and Sandra as they celebrate the prize’s eighth year.
Books discussed include:
The weekend / Charlotte Wood. Allen & Unwin, Oct 2019
Here until August: stories / Josephine Rowe. Black Inc, Sep 2019
See what you made me do / Jess Hill. Black Inc, Jun 2019
There was still love / Favel Parrett
Also mentioned:
The yield / Tara June Winch. Penguin, July 2019
Diving into glass: a memoir / Caro Llewellyn. Penguin, Mar 2019
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Episode 32: From all the lands on earth
Belonging, respect and inclusiveness are core messages of Harmony Week - a time that highlights multicultural Australia, celebrating the fact that while there are so many of us with vastly different stories, there is so much more that brings us together.
Join Katherine, Nisa and Antonia as they discuss books they have recently read:
Brave not perfect / Reshma Saujani. Harper Collins, Feb 2019
New kings of the world: dispatches from Bollywood, Dizi and K-pop / Fatima Bhutto. Columbia Global Reports, Oct 2019
Born a crime / Trevor Noah. Spiegel & Grau, Nov 2016
Arab of the future: a childhood in the Middle East: 1984-1992 / Riad Sattouf. Metropolitan Books, Nov 2019
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Tuesday Mar 10, 2020
Bias and inequality are concepts that generate a great deal of debate. While they may often be popularly associated with one gender having power over another or one colour of skin being afforded more privileges, there is now an emerging body of literature on some of the more complex arguments to come out of the struggle e.g. what happens when race and gender collide, who gets to decide the ‘appropriate’ way to fight bias and how to break the pattern of inequality that is generational.
This International Women’s Day Katherine, Nisa and Antonia look at some books from perspectives that haven’t always been heard. Books discussed include:
A woman is no man / Etaf Rum. Harper Collins, Mar 2019
The seven necessary sins for women and girls / Mona Eltahawy. Hardie Grant, Oct 2019
White tears, brown scars / Ruby Hamad. Melbourne University Press, Sep 2019