Meet celebrated romance author Stephanie Laurens at the Library Lovers' Lunch on Monday

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to join us for a special Valentine's Day lunch with celebrated romance author Stephanie Laurens.

Stephanie migrated from Sri Lanka to Australia at age five, and after completing her education in Melbourne travelled the world before spending some years in London. Her chosen career as a scientist in cancer research was both demanding and successful. Regency romances had always been a means of escape from her teen years as a reader of Georgette Heyer. The need to find a Regency romance she had not read led Stephanie to write her own romance novel which was published by Mills and Boon in 1992.

Many books later and now a full time author Stephanie is on the US best seller lists and loved by readers across the globe.

Stephanie's books will be available for sales and signing.

When: Monday 14th February 12:30pm
Where: Knox Civic Centre, 511 Burwood Highway, Wantirna South
Cost: $10 includes lunch
Bookings essential phone 92948140 or book online - Stephanie Laurens

Don't miss out on a fantastic event!

Cheers, Maryanne

Ephermeral collection

Due to the introduction of RFID Eastern Regional Libraries will no longer be having ephemeral collections. The ephemeral collections have included impermanent materials such as magazines, jigsaws and donated paperbacks.

Mills and Boon
The great news for Mills and Boon fans is that these paperback titles will be added to the catalogue with author and titles, barcoded and tagged. They will be floating and have a Home location of paperback so they'll move from branch to branch as they are returned. However you will be able to place holds on them and work your way through the series.

Jigsaws
Jigsaws will have one catalogue record to which all jigsaws will be added and each barcoded and tagged. They will be floating and have a Home location of jigsaw. Therefore they will move from branch to branch as they are returned

Coffee table magazines
Occasionally the library receives extra magazines which have previously been treated as ephemeral items. There will generally be no coffee table magazine collections.  Some branches may decide to keep the coffee table magazine collection in a tub however they will not be checked out onto members library cards.

Once these items start becoming barcoded they will become a 4-week loan and incur fines if returned late.


The process should be happening over the next couple of months.

Margaret Hall & Maryanne