ALIA SNGG Thowback Thursday : Book Recomendations and TBR List

Happy #ThrowbackThursday ALIA SNGG!

This week, we take a look back at a selection of tbr books and #librarytourism library book displays shared by the group across ALIA SNGG socials. 

The Autism and Neurodiversity Self-Advocacy Handbook: Developing the skills to Determine Your Own Future by Barb Cook and Yenn Purkins (2022). A book recommended by Ryan Siriwardene our ALIA SNGG Social Media Coordinator, Instagram.

Our ALIA SNGG Book Club recommended and added:

• The Woman In Me by Britney Spears (2023)
• The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (2020)
• Six Of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (2015)
• The Lord Of The Rings The Fellowship Of The Ring by J.R.R. Tolkein (1954)

Other book recomendation by ALIA SNGG Book Club:

• Unruly : The Ridiculous History of England’s Kings and Queens by David Mitchell (2023)
• The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (2001) Recommended by ALIA SNGG National Secretary, Rhodora (Thursday Next will always be our favourite bookverse literary detective) 
• Before your memory fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (2018) Recommended by Rhodora.
• Before the coffee gets cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (2015) Recommended by Jane Cowell.
• What you are looking for is in the library by Michiko Aoyama (2020) Recommended by Elizabeth and Rhodora

First Knowledges Astronomy: Sky Country by Karlie Noon and Krystal De Napoli (2022) was a book read and recommended by former ALIA SNGG, Social Media Coordinator Eleni and current ALIA SNGG National Coordinator, Jack Kelly. 

Other book recommended by Jack: The Knowledge Gene by Lynne Kelly (2024)

Our former ALIA SNGG Regional Coordinator, WA, Emily Paull shared her TBR book stack.

Emily aslo has a few books we have shared:

• Well Behaved Woman by Emily Paull (2019)
• The Distance Between Dreams by Emily Paull (2025)

One of our popular X posts was a repost  from Libraries ACT that featured tennis books on Roger Federer, Novac Djokovic, Ash Barty, Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka. (Grand slam tennis champions at the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open).  All that is missing are books on Rafael Nadal, Victoria Azarenka and Andy Murray. 

#PostCredit: Libraries ACT, X 

In 2021, Keren Moskal former ALIA SNGG Social Media Coordinator, X shared a photo of the Mind & Matter Collection at Monash Health Library for #SaturdayShelfie. (Our day dedicated to photos of library book displays).