Top Summer Reads

The hottest books to read this Summer - click the links to place a hold.

The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island – Bill Bryson
Reckoning: A Memoir - Magda Szubanski
See Me - Nicholas Sparks
In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story That Inspired ‘Moby Dick’ - Nathaniel Philbrick
Life or Death - Michael Robotham
Rush Oh! - Shirley Barrett
Room - Emma Donoghue
The Promise – Robert Crais
Stars of Fortune - Nora Roberts
Tales of the Honey Badger - Nick Cummins
The Life and Death of Sophie Stark - Anna North
Big Blue Sky – Peter Garrett
The Crossing - Michael Connelly

Podcast recommendations from our staff

Podcasts (online audio series which you can download or subscribe) have become very popular and we asked our staff the podcasts they'd recommend. Here's a selection:

Serial
"Serial is a podcast from the creators of This American Life, hosted by Sarah Koenig. Serial tells one story—a true story—over the course of a season. Each season, we follow a plot and characters wherever they take us." - Serial

Winner of a Peabody Award.

Plumbing the Death Star
The hosts ask the important questions in pop culture and dissect fictional universes. Is Daredevil a better Batman? Are there better ways to invade Middle Earth?

100 Women
Podcast looking at the lives of women around the world.

Planet Money
Twice weekly podcast. "Imagine you could call up a friend and say, "Meet me at the bar and tell me what's going on with the economy." Now imagine that's actually a fun evening. That's what we're going for at Planet Money." - Planet Money

The Penguin Podcast
Richard E Grant interviews authors who bring along 5 objects that mean something to their work.

Ted Radio Hour
"Hosted by Guy Raz Ted Radio Hour is a journey through fascinating ideas: astonishing inventions, fresh approaches to old problems, new ways to think and create." - Ted Radio Hour.

Conversations with Richard Fidler
"Conversations is an immersive experience. The format is simple: an hour spent in the life of someone else. " - Conversations

The Joe Rogan Experience
"Voted the Best Comedy Podcast of 2012 on iTunes. Joe Rogan Experience podcast is a long form conversation hosted by comedian, UFC color commentator, and actor Joe Rogan with friends and guests that have included comedians, actors, musicians, MMA instructors and commentators, authors, artists, and porn stars." - Joe Rogan Experience

Screeners
A podcast about movies and television.

Stuff You Missed in History Class
From HowStuffWorks, the hosts explore stories from the past.

Overdue
A podcast about the books you've been meaning to read. Updates Mondays.

Friday is a Total Fire Ban Day

TOTAL FIRE BAN –  FRIDAY 18 DECEMBER 2015
Rating: VERY HIGH

As a day of Total Fire Ban has been declared, no services will be provided to sites as listed:

Knox Mobile - Business as usual - temperature /services will be monitored by driver.

Yarra Ranges Flexi Service - No sites visited.

December's Top 10 Reads at Your Library

Find December's top reads at your local Eastern Regional Libraries branch! Click the titles below to read more and place free reservations:

1. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall - Love Your Leftovers
2. Annabel Crabb - Special Delivery
3. Rosalie Ham - The Dressmaker
4. Trisha Ashley - A Christmas Cracker
5. Kate Morton - The Lake House
6. Di Morrissey - Rain Music
7. Janet Evanovich - Tricky Twenty-two
8. Patricia Cornwell - Depraved Heart
9. Elizabeth George - Banquet of Consequences
10. Drusilla Modjeska - Second Half First

Happy reading!

Realm Library is now a Pickup Location

The courier service has started delivering items to and from the new Realm Library in Ringwood. As a result we have re-instated it as a pickup location. We have renamed the pickup location to Realm Library. It may take a day for the name change to be displayed in all areas of the catalogue and Library Apps.

Realm, Ringwood

Members wishing to change their pickup location for existing holds may do so via My Account on the web catalogue. Navigate to Holds, select the holds you wish to change, click the Edit Pickup Location button and select the new location.

If you're visiting Realm for the first time, check the Map of Eastland on their website. Realm is located next to David Jones, on Level 3.

UPDATE: Staff at Realm are checking in and shelving all of the new stock. Until this has been completed Realm items themselves are not available for holds.

November's Top 10 Reads at your Library

Find November's top reads at your local Eastern Regional Libraries branch! Click the titles below to read more and place reservations:

1. Magda Szubanski  - Reckoning
2. Bill Bryson - The road to Little Dribbling
3. Amanda Keller - Natural born Keller
4. Nigella Lawson - Simply Nigella
5. Robert Galbraith - Career of evil 
6. Judy Nunn - Spirits of the Ghan
7. Tim Winton - Island home 
8. Geraldine Brooks - The secret chord
9. M C Beaton - Dishing the dirt
10.John Grisham - Rogue lawyer


See you at the library!

Realm update

Yesterday we proudly opened the doors to the new library at Realm opposite Ringwood station. Check out the photos on Facebook - Realm Opens!

We're still waiting for some services to be restored so here's the current update:

Holds
We are currently working on access to the building via courier and hope to add Realm as a pickup location next week.

Public PCs

Four public PCs are operational. We are awaiting further electrical work.

Phone

Calls to Realm are currently redirected to Croydon Library, but will be directed to Realm later this afternoon. Croydon staff will be able to assist with renewals etc.

Photocopy/printing

There's no copy/printing available until further notice

WiFi
WiFi is working, however some of the WiFi benches do not have power so it's best to charge before visiting.

Catalogue unavailable from 9pm tonight

SirsiDynix will be performing scheduled maintenance on the catalogue tonight from 9-9:30pm. During this time the catalogue will be unavailable. The maintenance will increase server memory. Apologies for the inconvenience.