SunSmart Talk by the Cancer Council Victoria

SunSmart - protecting your family from the Sun. A free talk in Chinese Mandarin.

When: Friday 15th December 10:30-11:30am.
Where: Knox Library, 425 Burwood Highway, Wantirna South

Bookings Ph: 9801 1422

Cheers, Maryanne

Celebrate Christmas with Scott Ryan and Chester the Bear

Join in the Christmas fun at Mt Evelyn library with a special performance by Scott Ryan and Chester the Bear

When: Wednesday 13th December 6:30pm
Where: Mount Evelyn Library, 50 Wray Crescent , Mount Evelyn
Bookings essential 9736-3851

Cheers, Maryanne

Christmas & New Year hours

I've just put our Christmas/New Year hours on the website. You may wish to print this and keep it handy.

Christmas & New Year hours 2006 259Kb pdf (requires free adobe acrobat reader).

Cheers, Maryanne

Next week @ ERL

Monday 4th December 2pm
Chinese Read and Chat Group - Knox Library

Tuesday 5th December 10am
Monster Booksale - Knox Library

Thursday 7th December 10am
New Books day - Knox Library

Thursday 7th December 1pm
Homeschoolers meeting - Belgrave Library

Thursday 7th December 1:30pm
Gully Gardeners - Gardening in the Dry - Ferntree Gully Library

Thursday 7th December 7pm
Meet the Author - Geoff Prince - Belgrave Library

Friday 8th December 10am
New books and Poetry Reading - Rowville Library

Saturday 9th December 10:15am
Heidi's Beading - Yarra Junction Library

Book in for these great activities at your local Eastern Regional Libraries branch.

Cheers, Maryanne

New non-fiction titles

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

Andrew Symonds/Stephen Gray ~ Roy : going for broke
Clive James ~ North face of Soho : unreliable memoirs (Volume 4)
Fay Weldon ~ What makes women happy
Greg Norman/Donald T Phillips ~ The way of the Shark : lessons on golf, business and life
Jeanette Grant-Thomson ~ Jodie's story : the story of Jodie Cadman
John Silvester/Andrew Rule ~ Underbelly : more true crime stories (Volume 10)
Les Carlyon ~ The Great War
Mac Maharaj (editor) ~ Mandela : the authorized portrait
Martin Flanagan/Tom Uren ~ The fight
Patricia Edgar ~ Bloodbath : a memoir of Australian television
Ricky Ponting ~ Captain's diary 2006 : Australia's road to the battle for the Ashes
Robert Anwood ~ Bears can't run downhill and 200 other dubious pub facts explained
Ronnie Corbett ~ And it's goodnight from him...the autobiography of The Two Ronnies
Schapelle Corby/Kathryn Bonella ~ My story
Wendy E Cook ~ So farewell then : the untold life of Peter Cook
William J Mann ~ Kate : the woman who was Hepburn

Search for them in our web catalogue. Type in your search in the box next to Search library for. 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

The following fiction titles are in our libraries:

Andy McNab ~ Recoil
Anne Perry ~ At some disputed barricade (Bk 4 World War I series)
Ben Elton ~ Chart throb
Brian Freemantle ~ Time to kill
Bryce Courtenay ~ Sylvia
Catherine Alliott ~ A crowded marriage
Cecelia Ahern ~ A place called here
Clive & Dirk Cussler ~ Treasure of Khan (Bk 19 Dirk Pitt)
David Baldacci ~ The collectors
Deirdre Purcell ~ Tell me your secret
John Francome ~ Free fall
John Sandford ~ Dead watch
Julian Stockwin ~ Command
Kim Edwards ~ The memory keeper's daughter
Lynda LaPlante ~ The red dahlia
Mandasue Heller ~ The club
Mary & Carol Higgins Clark ~ Santa cruise
Meg Gardiner ~ Kill chain
Nora Roberts ~ Valley of silence (Bk 3 The Circle trilogy)

Search for them in our web catalogue. Type in your search in the box next to Search library for. 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

Top 10 Reads

Check out the following Top 10 Reads for December:

Bryce Courtenay ~ Sylvia
Debra Byrne ~ Not quite ripe
Di Morrissey ~ The valley
Ian Rankin ~ The naming of the dead
Jamie Oliver ~ Cook with Jamie
John Le Carre ~ The mission song
Les Carlyon ~ The great war
Nora Roberts ~ Valley of silence
Schapelle Corby ~ My story
Stuart Woods ~ Short straw

Search for them in our web catalogue. Type in your search in the box next to Search library for. 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 Ask-a-Librarian

If you're stuck on a school project or have questions about our library service and books, you might be interested in our new Ask-a-Librarian service.

Ask-a-Librarian replaces the old Global Librarian service that we operated over the past 4 years with our partners in Vaughan, Surrey and Southampton.

Mark it in your bookmarks or favorites, ready for the next time you need to

Ask-a-Librarian!

Cheers, Maryanne