Eastern Regional Libraries' second Bag A Book evening to celebrate Library Week was held at Knox Borders on Tuesday 20th May.The evening was a great success. Our borrowers enjoyed the opportunity to choose the books, CDs and DVDs that they want to see in their local library branch. Borders hosted the evening in great style, with lots of food and competitions.
Over 130 people spent $9300 of the library's budget choosing more than 200 items. Cooking, Gardening, Art, Natural History and childrens' Picture Books were the main areas of interest. Some of the book highlights were the purchase of several copies of Gordon Ramsay’s new cookbook, Recipes from a 3 star chef, The French Laundry Cookbook by Thomas Keller and a boxset of the complete set of Stanley Kubrick DVDs.
Our thanks to Vicky, Cameron, Carla and the rest of the Border's staff who graciously hosted the night; to Lorraine, Janet, Lyn, Joseph and the other ERL staff who helped organise the event; and to all of our members who were able to attend and help us select some terrific items for our collections.
Cheers, Paul.
1 comment:
Great idea, but what a pity you chose to host the event at an American-owned franchise instead of promoting an Australian business, such as Readings or the local Dymocks (there's a bigger one at Ringwood if the Knox one seems too small).
I wish people would pay attention to what's going on in the world. Small things mke big differences.
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