Teens - write a song about your local library in the acoustic battle of the bands!

When: Heat 1 - Thursday 24th March 4-5:30pm
Heat 2 - Friday 25th March 4-5:30pm
Heat 3 - Thursday 31st March 4-5:30pm
Grand Final 7th April 4-5:30pm

Where: EV's Youth Centre, 212 Mt Dandenong Rd, Croydon
Cost: Free event

Get your music out there and win awesome prizes for writing a song about your local library (acoustic set)!

• Registration open to ages 12-18 year olds
• Download registration form and check out all the details at Maroondah Youth Services
• Limited spaces for bands to registers, so claim your place for EPIC fame and glory! Special prizes for old school retro librarian get up (aka dress up!)

 Cheers, Maryanne

Want to do 2 hours study in 10 minutes? Bill Handley will show you how

Saturday 12th March 11am -- Yarra Junction Library, Hoddle Street, Yarra Junction --

Bill Handley from Learning Unlimited Australia will demonstrate how to overcome exam nerves, learn more in less time, with less effort. You'll be able to memorise what you read as you read it, what you hear as you hear it, and recall it under pressure. You'll improve your concentration and understanding

Students will be using the methods immediately.

BOOKINGS: Free event! Bookings essential
Phone 59671588 or book online - Bill Handley

Cheers, Maryanne

Interested in wildlife photography? Stephen Powell shares his photos of Africa & Australia

Thursday 10th March 2:30pm -- Ferntree Gully Library, 1010 Burwood Hwy, Ferntree Gully --


Stephen Powell is an Australian wildlife artist, photographer and tutor. He has traveled through Australia and Africa to gather reference for his work. Steve specialises in mammals, birds and reptiles. Join us for a very entertaining afternoon viewing these photographs. Refreshments provided.

Stephen Powell website

BOOKINGS: Free event! Bookings essential
Phone 92948140 or book online - Stephen Powell

Cheers, Maryanne

Joel Magarey discusses his journey to Alaska & Bolivia & his triumph over OCD

Thursday 10th March 12noon -- Croydon Library, Civic Square, Croydon --

At age 25 and recently diagnosed with OCD Joel Magarey left a budding career as a journalist and his long term love and embarked upon an odyssey of discovery which took him from places as diverse as Alaska and Bolivia. The Age described his book Exposure: a Journey (2009) as

'intensely human, brutally honest, often touching and a paean to the enduring value of a journey of self-discovery.'
– Bruce Elder,The Age

Joel's journey of discovery helped him to triumph over his disorder. He now works as a Hansard reporter in the Victorian Parliament and is working on his second book.

BOOKINGS: Bookings essential -- Cost: $10
Phone 92945640 or book online - Magarey

Cheers, Maryanne

The Eastern Regional Library Radio Show 2nd March 2011

Library staff members Lesley Conway and Pia Butcher run a radio show each Wednesday 12:05pm-12:45pm on Eastern FM 98.1 called The Eastern Regional Library Show. Tune in tomorrow for a great show.

On last week's show

 

Lyn Baines hosted the radio show this week with a new mystery novel & some old books in fresh new covers.

 

Ann Cleeves wrote the very successful Shetland Quartet but her latest novel, Silent Voices, features her other series detective, Vera Stanhope. When Vera reluctantly joins her local gym in an effort to lose some weight, she doesn't expect to find a dead body in the sauna. The Vera Stanhope novels have been made into a TV series in the UK starring Brenda Blethyn. Hopefully we'll see the series on Australia TV soon. 

 

Lyn also highlighted some novels that have recently been reprinted. Gladys Mitchell is a mystery writer from the Golden Age of detective fiction. If you've read all of Agatha Christie, you might like to try her novels featuring psychologist Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley. Persephone Classics have reprinted some wonderful novels & short stories including Little Boy Lost by Marghanita Laski & The Making of a Marchioness by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Capuchin Classics have reprinted We, The Accused by Ernest Raymond, a suspenseful novel about a man who kills his wife & goes on the run. Everything old is new again with these revivals of great fiction from the past.

---- Lyn

Got a question? Ask a Librarian. We'll guide you to the best resources in print and on the 'net

Whether you need assistance locating a title, have a question about our library service or need help with a homework question, our librarians are available to assist.

Just click on the need help? ask me icon at the top of the website and fill out the form. We'll respond within 24 hours during the week.


Cheers, Maryanne

Book Launch at Rowville Library - Long Live Us! by Edel Wignell

Edel Wignell's Long Live Us!, illustrated by Peter Allert, will be launched by Stephen Whiteside (GP and performance poet).

Long Live Us! is a fractured folk tale starring a very hungry troll (from 'The Three Billy-goats Gruff') who interacts with characters from other folk tales, hoping to enjoy a delicious meal. The ending is a surprise to both the troll and the readers of the book.

Long Live Us! is published by Interactive Publications.
Trailer: http://ipoz.biz/Titles/LLU.htm
Website: www.edelwignell.com.au

Books will be available for purchase on the day.

When: Tuesday 8th March 2pm
Where: Rowville Library, Stud Park Shopping Centre, Stud Rd, Rowville
Cost: Free event
Bookings essential phone 92941300 or book online - Wignell

Cheers, Maryanne

$2000 raised at the booksale for the Victorian Flood Relief Appeal

On Thursday 25th February Eastern Regional Libraries held a booksale at Ringwood Library to raise money for Victorian Flood Relief. We sold a large number of library bags filled with books - all for $10.

$2000 was raised which was a great result.Thanks to everyone that supported the booksale and the staff that volunteered.

Cheers, Maryanne