Next week @ ERL

Monday 2nd October 2pm
Chinese Read and Chat Group - Knox Library

Thursday 5th October 1:30pm
Gully Gardeners - Karwarra Australian Plant Garden walk and Talk tour - Karwarra Australian Plant Garden

Thursday 5th October 1:30pm
Doll Making Demonstration - Boronia Library

Thursday 5th October 2pm
Cooks' Kitchen Event - Seasonal Produce with Allan Campion - Healesville Library

Thursday 5th October 7pm
Book Launch -'Holism and Complimentary Medicine' - Belgrave Library

Thursday 5th October 7:30pm
Meet Kate Holden - Knox Library

Saturday 7th October 2pm
What is Cancer? Prevention and early detection - Chinese activity - Knox Library

Cheers, Maryanne

New non-fiction at our branches

We've also been busy adding the following non-fiction titles. In particular I'd like to highlight Paul Gallagher's biography of John Anderson. Paul is a local freelance journalist. Congratulations Paul!

Ayaan Hirsi Ali ~ The caged virgin : an emancipation proclamation for women and Islam
Christine Hogan ~ Look at me! : behind the scenes of Australian TV with the women who made it
David Leavitt ~ The man who knew too much : Alan Turing and the invention of the computer
Donna Williams ~ Nobody nowhere
John Bailey ~ Mr Stuart’s track : the forgotten life of Australia’s greatest explorer
Jonty Hearnden (editor) ~ Millers Antiques price guide 2007
Lyndsey Harris ~ Betrayed : a true story of “pure wickedness”
Paul Gallagher ~ Faith and duty : the John Anderson story : the authorized biography of an Australian Deputy Prime Minister
Reader’s Digest ~ Extraordinary uses for ordinary things : over 2000 ways to save money and time using 209 common household items
Russell Ash ~ The top 10 of everything 2007
Shane Warne ~ Shane Warne : my illustrated career
Susan Van Wyk ~ The Paris end : photograpy, fashion and glamour

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

Have a look at the following titles we've added recently:

Campbell Armstrong ~ Butcher
Elizabeth George ~ What came before he shot her
Freda Lightfoot ~ Fools fall in love
Gerald Hammond ~ Keeper turned poacher
Gwendoline Butler ~ Dread murder
John Sandford ~ Dead watch
Judith Kelman ~ Backward in high heels
Kate Atkinson ~ One good turn
Laura Lippman ~ No good deeds
Laurien Berenson ~ Chow down
Leo Kessler ~ Monty’s fight for victory
Lynda Page ~ Onwards and upwards
Maggie O’Farrell ~ The vanishing act of Esme Lennox
Meg Henderson ~ A scent of bluebells
Shaun Hutson ~ Dying words
Stephen J Cannell ~ White sister
Tessa Barclay ~ Richer than rubies
Whitley Strieber ~ The Grays

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

The Eastern Regional Library Show

Each Wednesday 12:05pm-12:45pm Lesley Conway does a radio show on Eastern FM 99.1 called The Eastern Regional Library Show. Just in from Lesley.

On Wednesday's show

Lyn Baines flew solo on the radio yesterday as Lesley was on leave. She reviewed the following books:

Somme mud by E P F Lynch

If love were all by John Campbell

Vanishing point by Marcia Muller

Cheers, Maryanne

Gully Gardeners trip

Karwarra Australian Plant Garden walk and talk tour. Peak flowering time for most plants. Please make your own way there to meet at entry at 1:30pm Thursday 5th October.

When: Thursday 5th October 1:30pm
Where: Ferntree Gully Library 1010 Burwood Hwy Ferntree Gully
Cost: $3.50 entry includes Just a moment Photographic exhibition. Small charge for refreshments.

Enquiries Kathy or Julie FTG Library 92948140.

Cheers, Maryanne

Doll making demonstration

Marilyn and Barbara from Character-Dolls will talk about their craft and demonstrate porcelain doll making.

When: Thursday 5th October 1:30pm
Where: Boronia Library, Park Crescent, Boronia

Bookings on 9762 4099

Cheers, Maryanne

Book Launch

Join us to celebrate the launch of Holism and complementary medicine by local practitioner Vincent de Stefano.

Vince's book offers an overview of traditional healing practices,and the role of holistic principles in modern health care.

When: Thursday 5th October 7pm
Where: Belgrave Library Reynolds Lane Belgrave Ph: 9754 7266

Cheers, Maryanne

Cook's Kitchen Event - Seasonal Produce with Allan Campion

Award winning food writer and chef Allan Campion will explain how he came to write about Melbourne's food scene. He will offer tips and advice on preparing delicious food from the freshest seasonal ingredients and his latest publication, The Seasonal Produce Diary 2007 will be available for purchase together with other recent cookbooks. Food tastings included.

When: Thursday 5th October 2pm
Where: Healesville Library 231 Maroondah Highway Healesville
Cost: $3

Booking essential - phone 5962 4423

Cheers, Maryanne

Halloween Hullabaloo for kids

This has become an incredibly popular event in the local area, so it pays to book early.

• Spooky stories from storyteller Matteo
• Come dressed in your finest costumes and win prizes
• Play spooky games
• Eat freaky food

When: Tuesday 31st October 6.30pm -8pm
Where: Boronia Library, Park Crescent, Boronia Ph: 9762 4099
Cost: $2 per child

Check out some of the fantastic images from past Hullabaloos.





Cheers, Maryanne

Check your library card online

Does the month seem to fly by and you find yourself with overdue library books? Did you know that you can login to the library catalogue and view the list of items on your card and renew those items?

What you need

• Internet access (of course)
• A password attached to your membership record. You can obtain this at any one of our branches or apply for a password online.

You can login to the catalogue by clicking on the Member Login to Renew link at the top of the Eastern Regional Libraries website. We also have tutorials on the site that take you step-by-step through renewals and more.

It's important to remember that items cannot be renewed through the web catalogue if:

• they are overdue
• there is a reservation on the item
• you have exceeded the renewal limit
• there are charges on the card
• the expiry date on your card has passed.

Cheers, Maryanne

Genie Exchanges

Come along and met fellow genealogists in your local area. Swap research stories, help others and in turn be helped with your research.

Genie Exchange Online at Lilydale Library
Tuesday 19th September 2.30pm – 4.30pm
9294 3120

Genie Exchange Ringwood Library
Thursday 21st September 9.30am - 11.30am
9870 0177

Genie Exchange Knox Library
Tuesday 26th September 2pm - 4pm
9801 1422

Genie Exchange Belgrave Library
Friday 29th September 10am – 12 noon
9754 7266

Cheers

New non-fiction titles

We've also been busy adding these non-fiction titles to our branches:

Alice Pung ~ Unpolished gem
Barbara Smith ~ The superannuation handbook 2006/2007 : creating wealth for retirement
Carly Crawford ~ The Maria Korp case
Daniel Tammet ~ Born on a blue day : a memoir of Asperger’s and an extraordinary mind
Don Woodland/Simon Bouda ~ Picking up the pieces : a life of compassion and care
Donna Davis/Amy Willesee ~ Sins of the mothers : a memoir of abandonment, love and redemption
Ian W Shaw ~ Bloodbath : the 1945 VFL Grand Final
Jonathan Raban ~ My holy war : dispatches from the home front
Karen Booth (editor) ~ Choosing a school for your child – Victoria
Michael Zifcak ~ My life in print
Rob Lowing ~ Family DVD guide
Ron Suskind ~ The one percent doctrine : deep inside America’s pursuit of its enemies since 9/11
Ruth Ritchie ~ Waterlemon : husband in a coma and other setbacks
Scott Russell Hill ~ Psychic detective : a spiritual investigation into unsolved crimes

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 @ Eastern Regional Libraries

The following fiction titles have been added to our libraries:

Anne & Todd McCaffrey ~ Dragon’s fire
Bernard Cornwell ~ Sharpe’s fury : Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Barrosa, March 1811
David Gemmell ~ Shield of thunder (Book 2 Troy)
Dennis Lehane ~ Coronado
Dick Francis ~ Under orders
Ed McBain ~ Learning to kill
Elizabeth Buchan ~ Wives behaving badly
Elizabeth George ~ What came before he shot her
Harry Turtledove ~ Settling accounts : the grapple (Book 3 Settling accounts series)
Jacqueline Winspear ~ Messenger of truth
John Saul ~ In the dark of night
Katharine Kerr ~ The gold falcon (Book 1 The silver wyrm)
Kay Hooper ~ Sleeping with fear
Laura Childs ~ Motif for murder (Scrapbooking mystery)
LaVyrle Spencer ~ Sweet memories
Lawrence Block ~ Hit parade
Maragaret Weis/Tracy Hickman ~ Dragons of the Dwarven Depths
Marcia Muller ~ Vanishing point
Mary Jane Staples ~ The soldier’s girl
Nancy Taylor Rosenberg ~ Sullivan’s evidence
Nora Roberts ~ Morrigan’s Cross
Paul Doherty ~ The queen of the night
Quintin Jardine ~ Dead and buried
Robert Harris ~ Imperium
Roddy Doyle ~ Paula Spencer
Stephen Frey ~ The power broker
Suzanne Brockmann ~ Into the storm
Terry Goodkind ~ Phantom
Tess Gerritsen ~ The Mephisto Club

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. You can now renew dvds so long as they haven't been reserved by someone else.

Cheers, Maryanne

Storywriting Competition closes today

Well the Storywriting competition closes today so to answer all of your questions I thought I'd compose a little last minute FAQ section.

1. How can I get my story to you in time?

A. Stories may be submitted to any branch of Eastern Regional Libraries today, Saturday or Sunday. They can also be hand delivered today to the library administration building at 7B Eastgate Court, Wantirna South (behind the Knox City Council Offices).

In addition entries that have been postmarked today will also be accepted. Please take them into a Post Office to ensure they are postmarked with Friday 15th September.

2. How can I pay for my entry?

A. Registration fees per entry form are $5 - Open and $2 - Junior/ Teenage. We prefer payment for the entry in cash, however we can accept a cheque.

3. How do I submit my entry for the Local Award?

A. All Open entries submitted by residents within the City of Knox, Maroondah or the Shire of Yarra Ranges are automatically considered for the Local Award.

4. When are the winners announced?

A. The winners are contacted by phone before being publicly announced on the website & blog. There is no set date (it depends on the number of entries and the time taken to judge) however it usually occurs at the end of October/start of November. Once all winners have been informed they are announced on the library website and in the blog.

Good luck!

Cheers, Maryanne

Manga Art Workshop

Teenagers can learn how to draw those amazing Manga illustrations with our Manga Art Workshop. This is a hands-on session so BYO pencil, pad and eraser.

When: Thursday 28th September 2pm
Where: Rowville Library, Stud Park Shopping Centre, Stud Road, Rowville

Ages 12+
Bookings Essential, phone 92941300.

Cheers, Maryanne

p.s. Thanks to Fawkes for the fantastic Manga painting titled Angelface on StockXchng

The Eastern Regional Library Show

Each Wednesday 12:05pm-12:45pm Lesley Conway does a radio show on Eastern FM 99.1 called The Eastern Regional Library Show. Just in from Lesley.

On Wednesday's show

Music to enjoy in the spring sunshine, could be Max Bygraves : sing-a-long with Max, or the sultry Lena Horne doing a very different version of A fine romance from Fred Astaire's rendition, on her self-titled album Lena. Or you could try Pino Danielle's album Amore senza fine, pour yourself a strong espresso, close your eyes and imagine you are in Rome. The CD we didn't get to play today, but is worth listening to is Johnny Cash's latest and last album American V : a hundred highways. If you are interested in more CDs, DVDs or videos in the Italian language, Lilydale Library has a collection in the Italian language.

Cheers, Maryanne

Next week @ ERL

Monday 11th September 12:30pm
Reading Cafe - Jane Clifton - Lilydale Library - Fully booked

Tuesday 12th September 7pm
Stephen Powell Wildlife Artist - Belgrave Library
7:00 pm

Wednesday 13th September 1:30 pm
Feltmaking - Boronia Library

Thursday 14th September 6pm
Beginning Family History - Ferntree Gully Library

Thursday 14th September 7pm
The Unusual Life of Edna Walling with Sara Hardy - Rowville Library

Saturday 16th September 2pm
Beautiful Smile - Family Dental Care - Chinese - Knox Library

Cheers, Maryanne

Meet Kate Holden

Well the last Kate Holden talk at Rowville booked out so fast that I thought I'd better blog this event fairly early so you all get a chance to book.

Kate is the author of In my skin, a searingly honest and wonderfully written account of a life on the streets, on drugs and on the skids. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

When: Thursday 5th October 7:30pm
Where: Knox Library, Knox City Shopping Centre, 425 Burwood Highway, Wantirna South
Bookings 9801-1422

Gold coin donation. Wine and cheese included.

Cheers, Maryanne

The Eastern Regional Library Show

Each Wednesday 12:05pm-12:45pm Lesley Conway does a radio show on Eastern FM 99.1 called The Eastern Regional Library Show. Just in from Lesley.

On Wednesday's show

Attractive detectives such at Richard Jury and Lara McClintoch keep readers coming back for more, even if they don't seem to age over 20 years of novels, or if their love lives are irritatingly unresolved. The latest Richard Jury is The Old Wine Shades, and suitably intriguing, as long as you can handle the talking dog. Lara McClintoch travels to the Orkney islands in search of a scam in antique furniture, and is pulled into a mystery surrounding an ancient Viking saga.

Also reviewed by Lyn Baines today was The second wife by Elizabeth Buchan, a sequel to Revenge of the middle-aged woman. The first novel follows Rose through the drama of her husband leaving her for the attractive young woman who is her work assistant, the second describes the difficulties of Minty, the femme fatale of Revenge, in dealing with life as a second wife and mother.

Cheers, Maryanne

Fully booked events

The following events are fully booked:

Monday 11th September - Jane Clifton - Lilydale Library
Saturday 28th October - Camera to computer - Yarra Junction Library

Cheers, Maryanne

Vibrant Valley Vegies

Join Sazan Halit again and learn how to prepare the garden bed, compost, use chook manure, reclaim seeds and freeze your own vegies.

When: Saturday 23rd September 11am
Where: Yarra Junction Library, Hoddle Street, Yarra Junction

Bookings appreciated Ph: 5967 1588

Cheers, Maryanne

New DVDs and CDs @ our libraries

Well there haven't been too many DVDs and CDs added in the last couple of weeks so I have combined the list together.

DVDs

AC/DC no bull : live at Plaza De Toros, Madrid
Best of Michael Bolton, live
Chinese Association of Victoria Moon Cake Festival 2005
Earth from above
Elvis Costello and the Imposters : live in Memphis
Emile
Exploring the Da Vinci code : Henry Lincoln's guide to Renne
Goodbye yellow brick road
M*A*S*H (we now have Seasons 1-9)
Matrix reloaded
The longest day
The matrix

CDs

Idlewild., Outkast
Loose., Furtado, Nelly

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. You can now renew dvds so long as they haven't been reserved by someone else.

Cheers, Maryanne

Richard Galbraith's Cartoon Workshop

Bring your pencil and clipboard to learn new ideas and simple techniques for drawing characters with a range of moods and expressions.

Children will be inspired by this well known professional illustrator, cartoonist and storyteller.

For ages 7-12 years

When: Thursday 21 September 2006 1-2pm
Where: Yarra Junction Library, Hoddle Street, Yarra Junction Ph: 59671588.
***Note change of branch***

Cheers, Maryanne

GIANT Children's Book Sale

Fill a library bag with books for projects and fun. I've seen all of the books out the back and I can say the sale will be massive!

Cost: $5 (includes library bag)

When: Tuesday 19 September 11am-3.00pm
Where: Ringwood Library 4 Ringwood Street Mall Ringwood Ph: 9870 0177

Cheers, Maryanne

Holiday Activities

The September holiday activity program is out. Check it out for lots of great things to do with the kids this coming holidays.

View the September holiday program (pdf, 356Kb - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Free download Adobe Acrobat or accessible Adobe Acrobat (for screen readers).

Cheers, Maryanne

Next week @ ERL

Monday 4th September 2pm
Chinese Read and Chat Group - Includes Centrelink Talk - Knox Library

Thursday 7th September 2pm
Homeschoolers Group - Belgrave Library

Thursday 7th September 2pm
A Cook's Kitchen - Bottling and Preserving - Healesville Library

Friday 8th September 10am
New books day - Rowville Library

Cheers, Maryanne

Non-fiction titles added recently

We've also been adding lots of non-fiction titles. Check them out:

ABC Books ~ Australia’s Open Garden Scheme 2006-07
Antony Loewenstein ~ My Israel question
Bill Bryson ~ The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid
Connie Guttersen ~ The Sonoma diet : trimmer waist, better health in just 10 days!
Cressida Connolly ~ The rare and the beautiful : the art, loves, and lives of the Garman sisters
Donna Davis/Amy Willesee ~ Sins of the mothers : a memoir of abandonment, love and redemption
Frank Gardner ~ Blood and sand : love, death and survival in an age of global terror
James Kynge ~ China shakes the world : the rise of a hungry nation
John Silvester/Andrew Rule ~ Rats : crooks who got away with it : tails of true crime and mystery from the Underbelly archives
John Silvester/Andrew Rule (compiled by) ~ Outside the law : Australian true crime stories
Julia Child ~ My life in France
Kate Grenville ~ Searching for the secret river
Martin Pollack ~ The man in the bunker : discovering my father
Michael Bellomo ~ The stem cell divide : the facts, the fiction, and the fear driving the greatest scientific, political and religious debate of our time
Peter Timms ~ Australia’s quarter acre : the story of the ordinary suburban garden
Prestige Publications ~ The Australian Caravan & Camping Guide 2006 edition
Susie Allanson ~ Murder on his mind : the untold story of Australia’s abortion clinic murder
Tim Watson ~ Kevin Sheedy : the jigsaw man : the piecing together of a super coach
Toni Maguire ~ Don’t tell mummy : a true story of the ultimate betrayal
Xinran ~ What the Chinese don’t eat : the collected Guardian columns

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. You can now renew dvds so long as they haven't been reserved by someone else.

Cheers, Maryanne

New fiction @ our libraries

The latest fiction titles we've added to our collection:

Alexander Fullerton ~ Staying alive
Alexander McCall Smith ~ Dream Angus : the Celtic God of dreams
Anna Jacobs ~ Bright day dawning
Christopher Nicole ~ Angel in red (sequel to Angel from hell)
Elizabeth Lowell ~ Only his
Frances Fyfield ~ The art of drowning
Gwen Madoc ~ Take my child
JA Jance ~ Edge of evil
Jeffery Deaver ~ The cold moon
Juliet Marillier ~ The well of shades (Bk3 The Bridei chronicles)
Karin Slaughter ~ Triptych
Kerry Greenwood ~ Murder in the dark (Bk16 Phryne Fisher series)
Lauren Weisberger ~ The devil wears Prada
Maeve Binchy ~ Whitethorn Woods
Nora Roberts ~ Morrigan’s cross (Bk1 The Circle trilogy)
Philippa Gregory ~ The Boleyn inheritance
Stella Rimington ~ Secret asset
Tara Moss ~ Hit

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. You can now renew dvds so long as they haven't been reserved by someone else.

Cheers, Maryanne

Top 10 Reads September

I can't believe it's Spring already. I miss Winter :-). The latest Top 10 Reads is out. Find out what everyone else is reading.

Barry Maitland ~ Spider trap
Jeffrey Deaver ~ The cold moon
Kerry Greenwood ~ Murder in the dark
Maeve Binchy ~ Whitethorn woods
Michael Veitch ~ Flak
Nora Roberts ~ Morrigan’s cross
Patrick Marnham ~ Wild Mary
Paul Sheehan ~ Girls like you
Stella Rimington ~ Secret asset
William McInnes ~ Cricket kings

Cheers, Maryanne