Melbourne Cup Day

All branches and mobiles of Eastern Regional Libraries will be closed on Tuesday 1st November for Melbourne Cup Day. Normal branch and mobile hours will resume on Wednesday.

You will be able to return items through the bookchute on Tuesday. Note: Croydon bookchute is closed.

• List of public holidays that the library is closed.

If you have a password on your card you can renew via the library catalogue - Catalogue Tutorials.

Cheers, Maryanne

Stephen King Graphic Novel

Publisher Weekly have revealed that Stephen King has agreed to write a new installment in his Dark Tower series as a graphic novel. Expected pub date to be 2006.

Cheers, Maryanne

New dvds @ our libraries

The following dvd titles have been added to our libraries recently. Great news for any Clint Eastwood fans:

Unforgiven - Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman
Pale rider - Clint Eastwood and Michael Moriarty
Absolute power - Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman and Ed Harris
The enforcer - Clint Eastwood and Tyne Daly
Sudden impact - Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke
Family jewels - AC/DC

Search for them in our web catalogue. Type in your search in the box next to Find a Book. If you have a password on your card you can reserve dvds to be sent to your closest branch. It costs $2.20 per item for adults, $1.10 for govt. concession card holders, free reservations for children.

Find out about reserving and more with the catalogue tutorials.

Cheers, Maryanne

New cds @ our libraries

The following cds have been added to our libraries recently.

Never gone ~ Backstreet Boys
So fresh : the hits of winter 2005
Karma and effect ~ Seether
The crusader ~ Scribe
Magic city ~ P-Money
Songs for Silverman ~ Ben Folds
Trouble ~ Akon
The world can wait ~ 67 Special
Eye to the telescope ~ KT Tunstall
Get behind me satan ~ White Stripes
Tenology ~ Ten Tenors
Big tunes : living for the weekend
Rockin' blues ~ Duke Robillard and the pleasure kings BLUES
Before I speak ~ KyleRiabko
Don't believe the truth ~ Oasis
Futureheads ~ Futureheads
George is on ~ Deep Dish
Big black guitar, Dan Brodie and the Broken Arrows
Duke's blues ~ Duke Robillard Band
Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium ~ Rage Against the Machine
Maximum bass ~ Ministry of Sound
Live after death ~ Iron Maiden
Make believe ~ Weezer

Search for them in our web catalogue. Type in your search in the box next to Find a Book. If you have a password on your card you can reserve cds to be sent to your closest branch. It costs $2.20 per item for adults, $1.10 for govt. concession card holders, free reservations for children.

Find out about reserving and more with the catalogue tutorials.

Thanks to Tom for the fancy programming. I'll publish this list once a month.

Cheers, Maryanne

Read Around the Region Read-a-thon

Be a part of this great community event and read aloud at your local branch of Eastern Regional Libraries to help support local literacy groups. Each branch library will progressively host an hour of reading aloud.

How can you join in the fun?

Readers make a gold coin donation and register to read at their local branch library. If you prefer, you might like to sponsor a reader. All monies raised will go to local literacy programs.

When: Tuesday 15 November
Where: Knox Library, Knox City Shopping Centre

Reading between 10.00am and 11.00am
Lots of fun with readings from Dr Seuss!

Read Around the Region will be launched by Cr Ben Smith, Chairman of Eastern Regional Libraries Corporation, Cr Garry Scates, Knox City Council and John Binnion, CEO of Eastern Regional Libraries

Put on your ‘Cat in the Hat’ hat and join the celebration!



When: Tuesday 15 November
Where: Rowville Library

Reading between 12 noon and 1.00pm
‘Rowville and Lysterfield Stories’ with Bryan Power and the students from Rowville Primary School.

Join celebrity reader Lyn Kenny for tea and coffee!



When: Tuesday 15 November
Where: Healesville Library, 231 Maroondah Highway, Healesville

Reading between 1.00pm and 2.00pm
Readings from My Favourite Book

Join the students from St Brigid's Parish Primary School as they read from their favourite books. Special guest author Jenni Overend.


NB: All library overdue charges for this day only will be capped at $2.00 per item. All charges for this day will be donated to local literacy programs. Take this opportunity to return overdue books and support reading and literacy in your community.



When: Tuesday 15 November
Where: Belgrave Library, Reynolds Lane, Belgrave

Reading between 2.00pm and 3.00pm
‘Charlie and the chocolate factory’ and ‘Tales from the waterhole’ with Michael de Valle, Jutta Goetze and students from St Thomas More’s Primary School

Tea, coffee and chocolates to follow!



When: Tuesday 15 November
Where: Ferntree Gully Library, 1010 Burwood Highway, Ferntree Gully

Reading between 7.00pm and 8.00pm
Special bedtime storytime with Cr Karin Orpen and local author Ilsa Evans

Put on your PJ's and enjoy the stories!


NB: All library overdue charges for this day only will be capped at $2.00 per item. All charges for this day will be donated to local literacy programs. Take this opportunity to return overdue books and support reading and literacy in your community.

Cheers, Maryanne

Monthly Chinese Read and Chat Group

Enjoy books, chat with friends and exchange information. Tea and coffee is available.

When: First Monday of the month from 2pm-6pm.
Where: Knox Library 425 Burwood Highway Wantirna South.

Cheers, Maryanne

Susan Southall plays the Celtic Harp

Hauntingly beautiful airs played on the Celtic harp while you browse the shelves

When: Sunday 27 November 2pm-3pm.
Where: Knox Library Knox City 425 Burwood Hwy Wantirna South.

Cheers, Maryanne

New non-fiction titles @ our branches

The following titles have just been added to our libraries:

Adam Ginsberg ~ How to buy, sell, and profit on e-Bay : kickstart your home-based business in just thirty days
Imogen Edwards-Jones & Anonymous ~ Air Babylon
Jeanne Little/Robbie Tarling ~ Dirty deeds
Richie Benaud ~ My spin on cricket
Bob McCabe ~ Ronnie Barker : the authorized biography
Janine Allis (founder of Boost Juice) ~ Boost your life : my recipes for success in life and work
Michel Montignac ~ The French diet : lose weight, eat well the French way
Kevin Meade ~ Heroes before Gallipoli : Bita Paka and that one day in September
Jonathan & Catherine Guiness ~ The house of Mitford
Time-Life Books ~ Unsolved crimes
Claire Bertschinger/Fanny Blake ~ Moving mountains
Gordon Livingstone ~ Too soon old, too late smart : thirty true things you need to know now
Penelope Green ~ When in Rome
Tim Flannery ~ The weathermakers : the history and future impact of climate change
John Berendt ~ The city of falling angels
Lorna Gibb ~ Lady Hester : Queen of the east
Mary S Lovell ~ Bess of Hardwick : First lady of Chatsworth 1527-1608
Donya al-Nahi/Eugene Costello ~ No one takes my children : the dramatic story of a mother’s determination to regain her kidnapped son and daughter
Waris Dirie/Cathleen Miller ~ Desert flower : the extraordinary journey of a desert nomad
Carol Loeb Shloss ~ Lucia Joyce : to dance in the wake
Irina Baronova ~ Irina : ballet, life and love
Diana Preston ~ Before the fall-out : the human chain reaction from Marie Curie to Hiroshima

Search for them in our web catalogue. Type in your search in the box next to Find a Book. If you have a password on your card you can reserve books to be sent to your closest branch. It costs $2.20 per item for adults, $1.10 for govt. concession card holders, free reservations for children.

Find out about reserving and more with the catalogue tutorials.

Cheers, Maryanne

New Fiction @ the library

The following titles have just been added to our libraries:

Ruth Rendell ~ End in tears
Diana Gabaldon ~ A breath of snow and ashes
Clive Cussler ~ Polar shift (from The Numa files)
Joanne Harris ~ Gentlemen and players
Matthew Reilly ~ Seven ancient wonders
Alison Lurie ~ Truth and consequences
Clive Cussler ~ Dark watch (Bk3 Oregon files)
Debbie Macomber ~ 50 Harbour Street
Robert Jordan ~ Knife of dreams (Bk11 Wheel of time)
Sheila O’Flanagan ~ How will I know?
Ed McBain ~ Fiddlers
Nora Roberts ~ Blue smoke
CJ Cherryh ~ Destroyer (Foreign Universe series)
Markus Zusak ~ The book thief
Sonya Hartnett ~ Surrender
Edward P Jones ~ The known world
Karin Slaughter ~ Faithless


Search for them in our web catalogue. Type in your search in the box next to Find a Book. If you have a password on your card you can reserve books to be sent to your closest branch. It costs $2.20 per item for adults, $1.10 for govt. concession card holders, free reservations for children.

Find out about reserving and more with the catalogue tutorials.

Cheers, Maryanne

Library Growers and Weeders

Are your Roses plagued with diseases? Have you got an Apple tree that won't produce fruit? Why don't you join the new gardening group, meeting monthly at Mooroolbark Library.

Everyone welcome - chat to other gardeners and exchange cuttings, listen to some great speakers and browse among the gardening books!

Add the following to your calendar:

Friday 28 October 2.00 pm.
Plant chat and swap. New garden books to browse and borrow. Plant giveaway sponsored by Kuranga Native Nursery.

Friday 25 November 2.00pm Paul Thompson, author of "Australian Planting Design' and other books, will talk about using Australian plants in your garden. Bookings Essential.

Friday 16 December 2.00pm Plant chat and swap, Christmas breakup. New garden books to browse & borrow. Plant giveaway sponsored by Kuranga Native Nursery.

Friday 27 January 2.00pm John from Bunnings will talk about Water features and plants in your garden. Bookings Essential

Supported by Kuranga Native Nursery & Karwarra Australian Plant Garden.

Cheers, Maryanne

new dvds

Check out some of the dvds that we've added to our libraries in recent weeks:

Australia's Rose Gardens
Cambridge Spies
Closer
The Colony (TV)
Coupling (TV Season 4)
Days of Wines and Roses
Gallipoli
Garden State
Hell on wheels: the tour of heroes
The history of rock 'n' roll
House of Flying Daggers
I Claudius Pt 1 & 2 (TV)
The Iceman Cometh
John Cleese's Wine for the Confused
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Mitch Albom's the five people you meet in heaven
Mother and Son (TV Vol 3)
North and South (TV)
Platoon
Pole to Pole
The real Da Vinci Code
Sandman in Siberia
Space Odyssey: voyage to the planets (TV)
Surfing the Menu
Tsunami: wave of destruction
Way of the Dragon
Yoga for absolute beginners

Search for them in our web catalogue. Type in your search in the box next to Find a Book. If you have a password on your card you can reserve dvds to be sent to your closest branch. It costs $2.20 per item for adults, $1.10 for govt. concession card holders, free reservations for children.

Find out about reserving and more with the catalogue tutorials.

Cheers, Maryanne

Hatch, Match and Despatch

Walk with Ann Dixon down memory lane. Come, enjoy our visual presentation of fashion commemorating life's defining moments. Tea and coffee provided.

When: Friday 18 November 2005, 11am.
Where: Yarra Junction Hoddle Street, Yarra Junction.
Bookings essential on 5967 1588.

Cheers, Maryanne

Finding your World War 1 & World War 2 Military Ancestors

Alan Bennett will talk about the resources available to research your military ancestors from WW1 & WW2. Bring along your own World War memorabilia for identification.

When: Thursday 17 November 1-3 pm.
Where: Rowville Library, Stud Park Shopping Centre Rowville.
Bookings essential 9294 1300.

Cheers, Maryanne

Schemes, scams and safety on the World Wide Web

I often get asked about online shopping and banking during Internet Training. Next month a speaker from Consumer Affairs Victoria will show you how to protect yourself on-line, and avoid scams, rip-offs and fraud when using the internet.

Talk includes:

Shopping on-line
Internet security
Mobile phones
Privacy on-line

When: Thursday 17 November 6.30pm.
Where: Ringwood Library 4 Ringwood Street Mall Ringwood.

Cheers, Maryanne

Christmas Cooking with Jill

It's scary to start talking about Christmas in October, but next month Jill Bowen-Hess will be demonstrating how to make lots of yummy, quick and easy Christmas nibbles to eat or give away as gifts. Recipe sheets and samples to take home for everyone.

When: Monday 14th November, 7pm.
Where: Mt Evelyn 50 Wray Crescent Mt. Evelyn, 3796.
Cost: $5.00.
Bookings essential on 9736 3851.

Cheers, Maryanne

Bush Café-Celtic

Come along to Croydon Library and enjoy the Bush Café-Celtic duo playing guitar, flute and keyboard. A great atmosphere while you browse the shelves.

When: Saturday 5 November 2-3pm.
Where: Croydon Library, Civic Square Croydon.

Cheers, Maryanne

New fiction titles @ the libraries

The following fiction titles have just been added to our libraries. Please check the library catalogue at http://www.erl.vic.gov.au (search box next to Find a Book).

Julie Garwood ~ Slow burn
Shaun Hutson ~ Twisted souls
Joanna Murray-Smith ~ Sunnyside
Jayne Ann Krentz ~ Dangerous temptations
Jack Higgins ~ Without mercy
Fay Weldon ~ She may not leave
Raymond E Feist ~ Flight of the nighthawks
Stephanie Laurens ~ A fine passion
Alexander McCall Smith ~ Espresso tales
Bernard Cornwell ~ The pale horseman
Kim Stanley Robinson ~ Fifty degrees below
Colleen McCullough ~ On, off
Salman Rushdie ~ Shalimar the clown
Terry Pratchett ~ Thud! (Discworld Bk30)
Christian Jacq ~ The way of fire (Mysteries of Osiris Bk3)
James Patterson ~ Mary, Mary
Dean Koontz/Ed Gorman ~ City of night (Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein Bk 2)
Gabrielle Lord ~ Dirty weekend
Margaret Atwood ~ The penelopiad
J M Coetzee ~ Slow man
Kay Hooper ~ Chill of fear
P D James ~ The lighthouse
Ian Rankin ~ The complete short stories
Minette Walters ~ The devil’s feather
Alexander McCall Smith ~ Friends, lovers, chocolate

Cheers, Maryanne

New non-fiction titles @ our branches

The following non-fiction books have just been sent to our branches. Check the library catalogue at http://www.erl.vic.gov.au.

Vanessa Gorman ~ Layla’s story
Cate Kennedy ~ Sing, and don’t cry : a Mexican journal
Bill Granger ~ Simply Bill
Jeffrey Watson ~ Killer Caldwell : Australia’s greatest fighter pilot
Will Randall ~ Botswana time
Laurence Gardner ~ The shadow of Solomon : the lost secret of the Freemasons revealed
John Harms ~ The pearl : Steve Renouf’s story
Kate Holden ~ In my skin
Kim Torney ~ Babes in the bush : the making of an Australian image
Paul Bangay ~ The enchanted garden
Matt Birkbeck ~ A beautiful child : a true story of hope, horror, and an enduring human spirit
Emily Chantiri ~ The savvy girl’s money book
Ashley Mallett ~ Chappelli speaks out : Ashley Mallett with Ian Chappell
Anthony Staunton ~ Victoria Cross : Australia’s finest and the battles they fought
Caitlin Davies ~ Place of Reeds
Debi Marshall ~ Justice in jeopardy : the unsolved murder of baby Deidre Kennedy
Henrietta Taylor ~ Veuve Taylor
Jeff Patterson/Robert Hillman ~ What a life!
Anne Henderson ~ An angel in the court : the life of Major Joyce Harmer
Sarah Darmody ~ Ticket to ride
Roslyn Grundy (ed) ~ The Age Good Food Guide 2006
Mia Freedman ~ The new black
Alastair Lynch/Peter Blucher ~ Taking nothing for granted : from chronic fatigue to the MCG

Cheers, Maryanne

National Bird Week

Join Ken Simpson for a bird walk at Yellingbo Nature Reserve. Bring gum boots, binoculars, small folding chair if you have them. Morning tea provided.

When: Saturday 22nd October 7.45am to 12 noon.
Where: Yarra Junction Hoddle Street, Yarra Junction, 3797.
Meet at the old Ranger's cottage, Macclesfield Rd. Yellingbo. Melway 305 G11

Bookings essential on 5967 1588.

Cheers, Maryanne - back after a week with some dreaded virus...no not bird flu.