"Keys Please"

Come along to the Vicroads program for learner drivers and their parents. Get in quick because this is soooo popular.

When: Thursday 23rd March 7.00pm
Where: Rowville Library, Stud Park Shopping Centre, Rowville 3178

It's free, but bookings are essential 9294 1300

Cheers, Maryanne

All about Bulbs

Colleen Grundy is a bulb and clivia specialist. She will talk about different bulbs, and how and when to plant them.

When: Wednesday 22nd March 7.00pm
Where: Mooroolbark Library 7 Station Street Mooroolbark, 3138.

Bookings Essential 9726 8200

Cheers, Maryanne

Move and Groove

Hey kids, don't stand around wondering what to do at your next dance. Join us for tips and techniques on how to be a dance floor diva or a disco dude, and never stand alone on the sidelines again.

Professional dance coaching from Jaqui

For kids 10 years +

When: Wednesday 15 March 3pm
Where: Mt Evelyn Library 50 Wray Crescent Mt. Evelyn, 3796.

Bookings Essential Phone 9736 3851

Cheers, Maryanne

Improving Health & Wellbeing

Christine Hart will talk about chemicals found in everyday products and how they affect us.

When: Wednesday 8th March 6:30 pm
Where: Mooroolbark Library, 7 Station St Mooroolbark

Bookings essential on 9726-8200

Cheers, Maryanne

More Speed Maths for kids

Learn multiplication tables in 10 minutes with Bill Handley. The Rowville session is filling up fast but there's still plenty of room at the Ferntree Gully talk.

When: Tuesday 7th March 7pm
Where: Ferntree Gully Library, 1010 Burwwod Hwy, Ferntree Gully

Bookings preferred on 9294 1300.

Cheers, Maryanne

New non-fiction @ our libraries

We've also added the following non-fiction titles to our libraries:

Alan J. Whiticker ~ Searching for the Beaumont children : Australia’s most famous unsolved mystery
James Frey ~ My friend Leonard
James Risen ~ State of war : the secret history of the CIA and the Bush administration
John Gray ~ Mars and Venus in the bedroom : a guide to lasting romance and passion
John McGahern ~ All will be well : a memoir
Kostya Tszyu ~ Kostya : from Russia with gloves
Peter Fenton ~ They called him Boy
Richard D. Winters ~ Beyond Band of Brothers : the war memoirs of Major Dick Winters
Robin Bowles ~ Dead Centre
Truman Capote ~ In cold blood : a true account of a multiple murder and its consequences

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, cds & 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 fiction @ our libraries

We've been busy adding some more fiction titles to our branches. Have a look at the following list. Already 27 reservations on the James Patterson title:

Fern Michaels ~ Sweet revenge (Bk.5 Revenge of the sisterhood)
Frances Paige ~ Glint of gold
Greg Iles ~ Turning angel
Harry Turtledove ~ In high places (Bk.3 Crosstime traffic)
Iris Johansen ~ On the run
J.D. Robb ~ Memory in death
James Patterson ~ The 5th horseman
Josephine Cox ~ Journey’s end
Joy Fielding ~ Mad River Road
Lisa Gardner ~ Gone
Quintin Jardine ~ For the death of me
Sarah Waters ~ The night watch
Sheila O’Flanagan ~ Connections
Val McDermid ~ The grave tattoo
W.E.B. Griffin ~ The hostage

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, cds & 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

Brain Olympics

Don’t let your brain turn to mush in the March holidays. Put your mind to the test and compete in some fun games and quizzes. Complete with crazy buzzers, animal noises, certificates and book prizes.

When: Tuesday 14 March 11am-12.30pm
Where: Belgrave Library Reynolds Lane Belgrave, 3160.

Bookings Essential 9754 7266

For Ages 5+
Cost $4

Cheers, Maryanne

Brew your own beer

Colin from Brewer's Choice home brewing supplies will be hosting a talk for anyone interested in brewing their own beer.


When: Tuesday 14th March, 7 to 8.30pm
Where: Mt Evelyn Community Room (next to the library) 50 Wray Crescent Mt. Evelyn, 3796.

No charge, bookings essential: 9736 3851

Cheers, Maryanne

New dvds

The following dvds have been added to our branches:

Amici miei atto, II
Barney : Read with me, dance with me
Blue's big musical movie
Blue's clues : Get to know Joe!
Bon ong den do
Boohbah : Cracker
Boohbah : Squeaky socks
Busy Buses
Casanova
Cher : the farewell tour
Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop
Dusty Springfield : I close my eyes and count to ten
Edens lost
Five children and It
Giai dieu pho
GianBurrasca
Hi-5 : Playing cool
Hon truong ba : da hang thit
Il bacio di Dracula
Il bianco, il giallo, il nero
Jay Jay the jet plane : Good friends forever
Justice League : Starcrossed the movie
La guerra e finita
La moglie in vacanza..., l'amante in citta
Ladies in lavender
Luther
Miracle
Mot theo nhan Tinh
New MacDonald's farm : Fun in the country
Ngao so oc hen
Nguoi giup viec
O lang que xa
Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio
Pari e dispari
Play with me Sesame : Playtime with Grover
Pokemon 3 : Spell of the unknown ; Pikachu and Pichu
Power posture
Racing stripes
Song ben bo vuc
State of play
Teletubbies : Look!
The adventures of Jimmy Neutron, boy genius : Sea of trouble
The fall and rise of Reginald Perrin
The magic sword : quest for Camelot
The magical world of Winnie the Pooh : growing up with Pooh
The neverending story III : escape from Fantasia
The Powerpuff Girls movie
The second coming
Thoi gian con lai
Tu he hoi ngo sole
Una storia qualunque
Warriors of virtue
Zeus and Roxanne

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, cds & 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

Knox Festival

The Knox Festival will be held from March 3-5. Ferntree Gully library will host a weekend of fantastic activities.

Saturday

11am
Cartooning workshop with cartoonist Richard Mitchell

12noon
Storytime sessions

1.30pm
Animation Workshop with artist and cartoonist Richard Mitchell

2pm
Meet 'Active Kidz'(ABCTV) See them perform on the Children's Stage at 1.30 then meet them in the library at 2.00 pm.

3pm
Storytime sessions

3pm
Cartooning workshop with cartoonist Richard Mitchell

All Day
Artrageous - children's craft workshops
Nintendo Game Cube - come and play the latest games
Leader Colouring Competition
Make a Mini Book - craft activity for children


Sunday

11am
Animation Workshop with artist and cartoonist Richard Mitchell

11.30am
Storytime sessions

1pm
Book Launch - we will be launching the new children's book 'Doodledum Dancing' written by Meredith Costain and illustrated by Pamela Allen. Meet Meredith.

1.30pm
Storytime sessions

1.30pm
Animation Workshop with artist and cartoonist Richard Mitchell

2pm
Meet 'Active Kidz'(ABCTV) See them perform on the Children's Stage at 1.30 then meet them in the library at 2.00 pm.

3pm
Cartooning workshop with cartoonist Richard Mitchell

3.30pm
Storytime sessions

All Day
Artrageous - children's craft workshops
Nintendo Game Cube - come and play the latest games
Leader Colouring Competition
Make a Mini Book - craft activity for children

Children will be able to leave their entries for the Knox Banner Trail competition in the entry box at the Library.

Knox Festival program & site map
Ferntree Gully library map

Enjoy!

Cheers, Maryanne

Holiday activities for children

The holiday activity program for the March holidays has just been announced. You can pick up a hardcopy of the program at your nearest branch of Eastern Regional Libraries or you can view a copy of the holiday program online to print.

March 2006 holiday activities (pdf file)

This file require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Free download Adobe Acrobat or accessible Adobe Acrobat (for screen readers).

Cheers

New fiction @ our libraries

We've also been adding some more fiction to our libraries. Have a look at the following list.

Anita Burgh ~ The heart's citadel (Bk2 The Creswell inheritance)
Barbara Nadel ~ Dance with death
Beryl Kingston ~ Gates of paradise
Brian Freemantle ~ To save a son
Colin Forbes ~ The main chance
Elizabeth Noble ~ Alphabet weekends
Gerald Hammond ~ Cold relations
Graham Masterton ~ Touchy and feely
Jayne Ann Krentz ~ All night long
Joanna Trollope ~ Second honeymoon
Julie Ellis ~ Silent rage
Katie Flynn ~ Orphans of the storm
Lilian Jackson Braun ~ The cat who dropped a bombshell
Marge Piercy ~ Sex wars
Nicholas Rhea ~ Self assured
Nicole Richie ~ The truth about diamonds
Paullina Simons ~ The summer garden
Stephen King ~ Cell
Steve Perry ~ The Archimedes effect (Tom Clancy's Net Force series)

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, cds & 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.

Phew! I think I'm going to catch my breath for a few days.

Cheers, Maryanne

New non-fiction @ our libraries

Gee I've been productive today, almost caught up with all of the news. You can catch up with the latest non-fiction titles added to our branches.

Emma Tom ~ Something about Mary : from girl about town to Crown Princess
Gordon Livingstone ~ Too soon old, too late smart : thirty true things you need to know now
Iain Hewitson ~ Never trust a skinny cook
Ian Kerner ~ Be honest - you're not into him either : raise your standards and reach for the love you deserve
Jennifer Kloester ~ Georgette Heyer's Regency world
Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen ~ Voyage of hope : Vietnamese Australian women's narratives
Nathaniel Fick ~ One bullet away : the making of a Marine Officer
Rachel Reiland ~ Get me out of here : my recovery from borderline personality disorder
Ricky Ponting/Brian Murgatroyd ~ Ashes diary 2005
Roger Maynard ~ Where's Peter? : unraveling the Falconio mystery
Sue Williams ~ And then the darkness : the disappearance of Peter Falconio and the trials of Joanne Lees
Truddi Chase ~ When Rabbit howls

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, cds & 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

FTG Garden Club Launch with Jane Edmanson

Celebrity gardener Jane Edmanson will launch the first meeting of the club which is a joint venture between Eastern Regional Libraries and Coonara House.

When: Thursday 9th March 1:30 pm
Where: Coonara House, 22 Willow Road, Upper Ferntree Gully

Bookings essential on 9294-8140

Thereafter the group will meet once a month - one month at Ferntree Gully library, the next at Coonara House. As well as swapping gardening tips the group may also swap cuttings.

Cheers, Maryanne

Fast and Easy Way to Learn a Language

Bill Handley will talk about fast ways to learn languages. Bill is the author of 'Fast and easy way to learn a language'.

When: Wednesday 8th March 7:00 pm
Where: Croydon Library, Civic Square, Croydon

Book on 9294-5640

Now if only Bill could teach me the fast and easy way to remember my mobile phone number :-)

Cheers, Maryanne

Improving your health & wellbeing

Christine Hart will talk about chemicals found in everyday products and how they affect us.

When: Wednesday 8th March 6.30-7.30
Where: Mooroolbark Library 7 Station Street Mooroolbark
Bookings essential 9726 8200

Cheers, Maryanne

Speed Maths for kids!

Just in time for the start of school. Learn multiplication tables in 10 minutes with Bill Handley.

When: Friday 3rd March at 7.00pm.
Where: Rowville Library, Stud Park Shopping Centre, Fulham Rd, Rowville

Bookings preferred on 9294 1300.

Cheers, Maryanne

The Cook's Kitchen

Join Ann Creber, well-known cookery author and food consultant and a special guest for the launch of 'The Cook's Kitchen' cookery group. Browse the latest cookery books and join some lively discussion about great food.

When: Thursday 2nd March, 2 p.m.
Where: Healesville Library 231 Maroondah Highway Healesville, 3777.
Bookings 5962 4423


Also join our cookery group meeting monthly at Healesville Library. Listen to some great speakers, swap recipes at the Recipe Exchange and browse and borrow the latest cookery books.

The Cook's Kitchen meets on the 1st Thursday of each month.

Cheers, Maryanne

Joanna Trollope - Second Honeymoon misbound

It appears that our copies of Second Honeymoon have arrived misbound. Pages 236-68 are missing and pages 61-92 have been repeated in their place. We are attempting to get the books back and obtain replacements quickly.

If you have this title on loan, please return the book to your nearest Eastern Regional Libraries branch and we will arrange a free reservation for the replacement.

Cheers, Maryanne

Sequel Search

Are you ever stumped trying to find the next title in a series or want to make sure you're reading a series in order?

Try the Eastern Regional Libraries Sequel Search. There are over 23,000 titles and more than 6,500 authors listed and the number grows every day.

Sequel Search covers mostly adult fiction. You'll find Star Wars, Janet Evanovich's 'Stephanie Plum', V.C. Andrews families, Brother Cadfael, Robert Ludlum and many more. There are also a few children/teen series - Harry Potter, Tomorrow by John Mardsen, Redwall by Brian Jacques & the Chronicles of Narnia.

Great to print!

Try Sequel Search

Cheers, Maryanne

New Books Day

Knox Library is having a New Books Day on the 16th February. Borrow the latest titles added to the library.

When: Thursday 16th February 10am
Where: Knox Library, Knox City Shopping Centre, 425 Burwood Hwy, Wantirna Sth.

Cheers, Maryanne

New cds @ the library

We have just added the following cds to our branches:

Avantango., Aslan, Pablo
The no. 1 soprano album
Piano concertos 1 and 2 : Variations serieuses ; R, Mendelssohn, Felix.
Piano concertos 9 and 18., Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Piano sonatas nos. 14, 17 and 23., Beethoven, Ludwig van
Rachmaninov piano concerto no. 2 ; Rhapsody on a t, Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Symphonien nos. 35-41., Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

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, cds & 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

Introduction to Kumon

What is Kumon and how does it work? Kumon Method of learning began in Japan in 1954. Today there are 3.2 million students the world over enrolled in Kumon study centres. Kumon complements the school curriculum, helping students to acquire good study habits and achieve academically.

Learn more about Kumon from tutor Anna Paritski.

When: Thursday 16th Feb 7:00 pm
Where: Ferntree Gully Library, 1010 Burwood Hwy, Ferntree Gully

Book on 9294-8140.

Cheers, Maryanne