Book Chats

Echuca Branch Library

Thursday 4^th February 2.00pm

Kyabram Branch Library

Tuesday 9^th February 10.30am

Rochester Branch Library

Thursday 4^th February 2.00pm

River Readers Book Club

Echuca Branch Library

Monday 15^th February 4.00 pm

Open to all primary aged children

Baby Rhyme Time

Echuca Branch Library

Thursday 11^th February 9.30am

Thursday 18^th February 9.30am

Thursday 25^th February 9.30am

For mothers and babies under 18 months

Bookings essential – please phone Karen on 5482 1997

Storytimes

Echuca Branch Library

Friday 5^th February 10.30am – 11.30am

Tuesday 9^th February 10.30am – 11.30am

Friday 19^th February 10.30am – 11.30am

Toddler Rhyme Time

Tuesday 23^rd February 10.30am – 11.00am

Kyabram Branch Library

Friday 12^th February 10.00am – 11.00am

Tuesday 23^rd February 10.30am – 11.30am

Toddler Rhyme Time

Tuesday 16^th February 10.30am – 11.00am

Rochester Branch Library

Tuesday 23^rd February 10.30am – 11.30am

Rushworth Branch Library

Thursday 18^th February 10.30am – 11.30am

Tongala Branch Library

Thursday 4^th February 10.30am – 11.30am

Adult Summer Read

The State Library of Victoria in collaboration with the Public Libraries Victoria Network today created Victoria’s biggest book club with the launch of the fourth annual Summer Read, a program which celebrates the diversity of Victorian writing and encourages Victorians to enjoy and discuss books over summer.

Summer Read coordinator at the State Library, Susan McLaine, says the program is all about exposing people to great Victorian stories and sharing the experience of reading.

‘From Alex Miller’s Lovesong to Barry Dickins’ Unparalleled Sorrow, these are wonderfully crafted stories with broad appeal. The Summer Read provides an opportunity to read these books for free and discuss them in a group which adds to the richness of the reading experience.

Because there will be multiple copies of these books at the libraries, many people will have a chance to read and enjoy them,’ she said.

The 2009/10 Summer Read books are:

·        Cooee by Vivienne Kelly. Scribe. (Fiction)

·        Infiltration by Colin McLaren. Melbourne University Publishing. (True Crime)

·        Look Who's Morphing by Tom Cho. Giramondo Publishing. (Fiction)

·        Lovesong by Alex Miller. Allen and Unwin. (Literary Fiction)

·        Sold by Brendan Gullifer. Sleepers. (Fiction)

·        The Contract by Brett Hoffmann. Penguin. (Crime Fiction)

·        The Lost Mother by Anne Summers. Melbourne University Publishing. (Memoir)

·        Things We Didn't See Coming by Steve Amsterdam. Sleepers. (Fiction)

·        This is How by MJ Hyland. Text. (Literary Fiction)

·        Unparalleled Sorrow by Barry Dickins. Hardie Grant Books. (Memoir)

Book descriptions and details of Summer Read events are available online at:

slv.vic.gov.au/goto/summer-read