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COMPUTERS & TECH HELP ENEWSPAPERS & EMAGAZINES FOR FREE
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Wednesday 16 September, 11:00am-12noon Thursday 8 October, 3:00-4:00pm Read the latest magazines and newspapers for free and delivered straight to your device. Learn how to navigate the library’s Australian and international publication platforms, and find magazines and news in a wide range of languages.
EBOOKS ON YOUR KOBO
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Monday 28 September, 10:00-11:00am Learn how to download eBooks from Bolinda to your Kobo eReader using a computer. All Kobo eReaders including Aura, Clara, Forma and Libra models are supported.
IN THE GROOVE: LIBRARY RESOURCES FOR MUSIC LOVERS
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Wednesday 14 October, 2:30-3:30pm The Victorian Seniors Festival theme for 2020 is “In the Groove”– join this online session and discover a range of free resources for music lovers available with your library membership. Explore music eMagazines with the PressReader app, find musical documentaries on Kanopy, and discover library collection items that will take you on a trip down musical memory lane.
MOVIES, MUSIC & PERFORMANCE ARMCHAIR ACTORS
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Friday 18 September, 3:00-5:00pm Join with other participants online to bring a play to life. This is your chance to be a star for a day! Take on a character to read aloud with fellow cast members. Sessions will be run through Zoom.
TEA AND TRIVIA
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Wednesday 7 October, 2:30-3:30pm Do you know your Banjo Paterson from your James Patterson? Could you pick Agatha Christie in a line-up? Grab a cuppa and join us for a fun, online, literary trivia afternoon.
JOB & LIFESKILLS VEGGIE GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS
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Tuesday 15 September, 10:30-11:30am Now may be the perfect time to learn how to grow your own vegetables at home. We will discuss setting up your vegetable garden, growing from seed, greenhouses, straw bale gardening, the pitfalls, the triumphs and the pests!
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AT HOME
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Friday 30 October, 10:00-11:00am How prepared are you and your family for natural disasters? If you have to leave your house, where will you go? What will you take with you? Join us and learn how to create an efficient emergency plan for your household.
HERITAGE SERVICES ONLINE Did you know our expert Geelong Heritage Centre staff are available to help with your research queries and requests such as: • Answering your family history or heritage research questions • Responding to requests for access to digital copies or images from the archive collection • Supplying high resolution copies of records. Get in touch by email: heritagecentre@grlc.vic.gov.au or phone: (03) 4201 0600. More information: www.grlc.vic.gov.au/glhc/heritage-centre
This brochure features a selection of highlighted events and programs. For a full listing of all library events and programs, please visit www.grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on or speak to a staff member.
CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES EVENTS FOR LITTLE READERS Join your favourite librarians from the comfort of home, for stories, activities, songs and fun designed to entertain and engage the little people in your life. Each week we share a new Story Time @ Home, Baby Time @ Home and Toddler Time @ Home video. www.grlc.vic.gov.au/virtual-events/children
SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMS ONLINE: CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE 19 September to 4 October 2020 Check out our website during the school holidays for a range of fun and engaging activities and digital content for kids and young people. www.grlc.vic.gov.au/virtual-events/children/activities
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Wednesday 9 September, 7:30-8:30pm
WINE & CRIME PANEL DISCUSSION: BENJAMIN STEVENSON & KYLE PERRY
JOCK SERONG – THE BURNING ISLAND
Author of Greenlight, Benjamin Stevenson, has returned with a bang with his new novel Either Side of Midnight. Benjamin will be joined by debut crime author Kyle Perry, whose new novel The Bluffs has been described as Scrublands meets Picnic at Hanging Rock! This is the third of our monthly Wine & Crime events. Facilitator: Neal Drinnan.
Set in colonial Australia, this is an epic historical adventure, starring a reclusive, secretive man and his determined adult daughter, and the voyage of the Moonbird which becomes their mission. Irresistible prose, unforgettable characters and epic storytelling: The Burning Island delivers everything readers have come to expect from this multi-award winning author.
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Wednesday 16 September, 7:30-8:30pm
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Wednesday 23 September, 7:30pm-8:30pm
BELINDA ALEXANDRA – THE MYSTERY WOMAN
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WORD FOR WORD PREVIEW EVENT - RACHAEL BROWN AND VIKKI PETRAITIS – LAWYER X
In a small town, everyone is watching... A story of secrets, scandal and betrayal in 1950s small town Australia. Against the backdrop of the turbulent sea, the novel’s main character is soon caught up in the dangerous mysteries that lie behind the town’s respectable net curtains. An intriguing mystery from international bestseller Belinda Alexandra, author of seven acclaimed novels. Facilitator: Sue Lawson.
Former gangland lawyer Nicola Gobbo is Lawyer X – the person at the center of a Royal Commission set to hand down its findings on the management of police informants later this year. Join us for this special preview event ahead of the 2020 Word for Word National Non-Fiction Festival. On the panel are ABC investigative reporter and podcaster Rachael Brown, award-winning true crime writer Vikki Petraitis, and self-confessed true crime obsessive and podcaster Meshel Laurie.
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Wednesday 30 September, 7:30-8:30pm
Thursday 8 October, 7:30-8:30pm
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MALCOLM KNOX – BLUEBIRD
JANE HARPER – THE SURVIVORS
Acclaimed writer Malcolm Knox has written a classic Australian novel about the myths that come to define families and communities, and the lies that uphold them. Bluebird exposes the hollowness of the stories told to glorify a dying culture and shows how those who seek to preserve these myths end up being crushed by them. Facilitator: Charlotte Wood.
New York Times bestselling author of The Dry and former Geelong resident, Jane Harper, discusses her compelling new novel, The Survivors. Protagonist Kieran Elliott’s life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences. The guilt that still haunts him resurfaces during a visit to the small coastal community he once called home. When a body is discovered on the beach, long-held secrets threaten to emerge. Facilitator: Kate Mildenhall.
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Tuesday 27 October, 7:30-8:30pm
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MONICA MCINERNEY – THE GODMOTHERS
MATTHEW REILLY – THE TWO LOST MOUNTAINS
This is the highly anticipated new family drama from one of Australia’s most beloved authors. Set in Australia, Scotland, Ireland and England, The Godmothers is a moving and perceptive story about love, lies, hope and sorrow, about the families we are born into and the families we make for ourselves. Monica McInerney is the author of ten internationally bestselling novels.
Jack West Jr is back! Against the odds, he found the Three Secret Cities but at a heartbreaking cost. With his rivals far ahead of him, Jack must now get to one of the five iron mountains and perform a mysterious feat known only as ‘The Fall’. Matthew Reilly’s books are published in over 20 languages, and have sold over 7 million copies. He will join us from Los Angeles for this blockbuster event.
ONLINE PROGRAM Life, Changing
NATIONAL NON-FICTION FESTIVAL
20-22 NOVEMBER 2020
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REGISTER FOR AN EVENT This brochure features a selection of events and programs. For a full listing, please visit www.grlc.vic.gov. au/whats-on Bookings for events are free with your library membership unless otherwise indicated.
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Cover image: Jane Harper Photo: Knatsap Photography