Reading Cafe - Meet Jarad Henry

Criminologist Jarad Henry works for the Police Strategy Unit,he has taken this experience and created Detective Rubens McCauley. Rubens first appeared in Jarad's first book Head Shot and returns in the long awaited Blood Sunset.

Jarad's books have been shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Awards, and the Ned Kelly Awards. His second book Spider Web was shortlisted for the Vogel Awards and won the Fellowship of Australian Writers' Jim Hamilton Award.

Jarad will be a conducting a crime writing workshop at the forthcoming Maroondah Writers and Readers Festival.

Books available for sales and signing.

When: Monday 4th August 12:30pm
Where: Lilydale Library, Anderson Street, Lilydale
Cost: $7.50 includes lunch
Bookings essential phone 9294 3120

Cheers, Maryanne

Microsoft Office 2007

Those branches that have had an update of equipment will have the new version of Microsoft Office installed with the new layout of Word 2007. We've compiled a quick cheat sheet available below or you can view the tutorials available on on the desktop of the public PCs to learn more.

Microsoft Word 2007 Cheat Sheet (PDF 394Kb)

Cheers, Maryanne

Supper with the Crippens

A little food, a little wine and a very ghastly crime. The year is 1911 and Mrs Cora Crippen has organised supper for friends. Little do they realise that their hostess is in deadly danger. Join Adrian Puckering for a glimpse of the crime that gripped a nation. Supper will be served.

Born in Yorkshire, Adrian’s first love has always been history. With degrees in history, economics, engineering and education he is an accomplished historian with 2 books to his credit and a third due for publication this year. He has been a tourist guide from Whitechapel to Gallipoli and many points in between. An accomplished and entertaining speaker Adrian is Deputy Principal at a Melbourne Secondary College.

When: Friday 25th July 7:30pm
Where: Millers Homestead, Dorrigo Drive, Boronia
Cost: $5
Bookings essential phone 9754 7266

Regards, Sasha

Gardening Talk

Are you interested in growing gourds in your backyard? Mr He will share his years of experience and answer your enquires. Free Mandarin Talk.

When: Friday 25th July 10-11:30am
Where: Knox Library, 425 Burwood Highway, Wantirna South
Cost: Free event
Bookings essential phone 9801 1422

Thanks, Sasha

Learn a language with Bill Handley

Bill Handley will show you the fast easy way to learn a language.

• Have fun building your vocabulary in record time
• The easy way to get to grips with grammar
• Why you should use more than one textbook
• How to use your 'lost time' to learn faster
• What to do when you feel like giving up
• How to write your own 'survival skills' course
• How to get the most from the Internet
• Plan your own language Immersion Days
• Enjoy learning with comic books
• Advice for school and university students
• Setting goals
• How to make a successful comeback after giving up

When: Thursday 24th July 7pm
Where: Lilydale Library, Anderson Street, Lilydale
Cost: Free event
Bookings essential phone 9294 3120

Welcome, Sasha

Chocolate fantasy

Master chocolatier Didier Cadinot from Kennedy and Wilson will be demonstrating how to create your own special chocolate goodies.

When: Thursday 24th July 1:30pm
Where: Rowville Library, Stud Park Shopping Centre, Stud Road, Rowville
Cost: Free
Bookings essential phone 9294 1300

Ta, Sasha

Literary Lunch – Sharyn Munro

Sharyn Munro lives alone in a solar powered house on a beautiful mountainside in the Hunter Valley. Her only close neighbours are a few horses and the wildlife that lives in the surrounding bush. Her life is a busy one, baking bread, keeping the stove supplied with wood, maintaining the garden, but still managing to write for magazines and journals. Sharyn’s love for the environment is captured in her blog which features photographs and observations of her beautiful surrounds. An award winning short story writer, Sharyn has shared her story in Woman on the Mountain published by Exisle Publishing in 2007.

When: Thursday 24th July 12:30pm
Where: Belgrave Library, Reynolds Lane, Belgrave
Cost: $7.50 includes lunch
Bookings essential phone 9754 7266

Chin chin, Sasha

Writing workshop

For the beginner and would-be writers who want to know where and how to start, this presentation will cover basic skills and storyline ideas.

Presented by local award winning authors Amanda le Bas Plumetot & Vicki Thornton.

When: Saturday 2nd August 1:30-4pm
Where: Ringwood Library, 4 Melbourne Street Mall, Ringwood
Cost: $10
Bookings essential phone 98700177

Cheers, Maryanne and Sasha