Reading Group

Group 2 will meet on Thursday 23rd March to discuss No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod.
The meeting for Group 1 has been rescheduled and will now take place on Wednesday 29th March.  Group 1 will discuss We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver.

E-Resources Update

New Resources on Athens
Clydebank College Library has recently updated its Athens service, and now a large number of new resources are now available.
These include:
Census Collection: Resources and Statistics from the 19th Century to 2001;
Education Media Online (EMOL): Online collection of films and videos for use in teaching resources for many subjects;
JORUM: Repository providing access to [...]

Bollywood at the library!

Clydebank College Library has a new collection of Bollywood films for lending.
So if you are a fan of the Hindi-language film industry, or even if you just like singing, dancing, and melodrama, pay us a visit!
Here is a list of the films which are available:
Adalat (1976)
Albela (2001)
Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)
American Desi (2001)
Biwi No 1 (1999)
Chhupa [...]

Review: No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod

Book Review: No Great Mischief
Hugh Beattie
 
I had heard mixed reviews of this from other readers and thus I did not expect a page-turner. Although this novel meanders all over the place, I did enjoy it for the following reasons: it paints a fine picture of island/highland life both here in Scotland & also in Canada.  [...]