What's On at Geelong Regional Libraries November - December

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COMPUTERS & TECH HELP EBOOKS AND EAUDIOBOOKS ON YOUR TABLET

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Monday 23 November, 10:00-11:00am Would you like to borrow eBooks from the library and read them on your iPad or Android tablet? Come along to this session and we’ll show you how. As part of Social Inclusion Week 2020.

FIND YOUR NEXT GREAT READ!

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Wednesday 25 November, 10:30-11:30am Love fast-paced fiction? Quirky characters? Explore the features we enjoy in our favourite books, and discover tips for using our catalogue and other resources to help you find your next great read! As part of Social Inclusion Week 2020.

NEW TO THE LIBRARY? Tuesday 8 December, 3:00-4:00pm For new members and old!

Learn how to skilfully navigate the Library’s website, catalogue, online collection, book into events, and use your library account more fruitfully.

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GAMES & CHALLENGES LITERARY TRIVIA

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Tuesday 8 December, 10:30-11:30am Do you know your Banjo Paterson from your James Patterson? Could you pick Jane Austen in a line-up? Grab a cuppa and join us for a fun, online, literary trivia morning.

HERITAGE WWI HONOUR BOARDS: REMEMBERING THE WOMEN AND MEN OF THE GEELONG REGION

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Wednesday 11 November 1:00-2:00pm Join us for a special Remembrance Day panel discussion.

Our guest speakers will discuss the Geelong Honours Them project, which involved photographing hundreds of WWI honour boards around our region with the resulting digital images now available to explore on a dedicated website.

They will also discuss the significance of commemorating those who served, and preserving and recording the honour boards.

Pictured: Event panellist, LTCOL Neil C Smith, AM, Retd.

JOB & LIFESKILLS HOW TO AVOID ONLINE MISINFORMATION Friday 4 December, 11:00-12:00noon

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Misinformation and fake news has proliferated across the internet in recent years. This workshop will help you develop techniques for identifying fake news and scrutinising what you read online.

HOW TO REMEMBER MORE FROM WHAT YOU READ

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Thursday 17 December, 2:00-3:00pm Did you know that we only remember 10% of what we read in books? Come along to this session to discover some strategies that will help you retain information and compound your learning.

BOOK CLUBS & WRITERS GROUPS WRITERS ALOUD Thursday 12 November, 6:00-7:30pm Looking to share your writing in a safe, online environment? Come and share an original piece of writing with a small and appreciative audience via Zoom.

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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 BABY TIME @ HOME

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Wednesdays, 11:00-11:20am Join us for a fun-filled, interactive session of songs and rhymes for babies and carers, held live online.

CODE CLUB @ HOME - SCRATCH 1,2,3

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Wednesdays, 4:00-5:00pm Learn to create games and animations. Ages 8-15 years.

DO-AT-HOME ACTIVITIES: CHRISTMAS December 2020 Keep an eye on our website during December for details of some fun, hands-on, Christmas-themed activities that you can do at home. www.grlc.vic.gov.au/virtual-events/children/activities

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.

YOU CAN BOOK: Online – find and register for an event on the library website: www.grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on In person – staff at your local library branch can book on your behalf.

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Book sales & author book signings at events where you see this symbol

Event is online where you see this symbol

Event is in-person where you see this symbol

By phone – (03) 4201 0500 Group bookings – (03) 4201 0500

Geelong Regional Library Corporation 51 Little Malop Street, Geelong VIC 3220 T (03) 4201 0600 E info@grlc.vic.gov.au

For branch details, opening hours & further Information, visit: www.grlc.vic.gov.au

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Cover image: Tarane Zaal Photograph: Ali MC

ONLINE

HOW TO BOOK & ATTEND AN ONLINE AUTHOR EVENT • We use the online video webinar platform, Zoom.

• To participate, you will need a device (such as a laptop, smart phone or tablet), an Internet connection and an email address.

• Find the event you’d like to attend on the library website (www.grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on).

• Click the link on the event page to register. You will automatically be emailed a unique Zoom link (plus another reminder email one hour before the event begins). If you don’t see our emails, please check your ‘Junk’ folder.

• All bookings for online events remain open up until the event begins.

• You do not need a Zoom account to attend an online author event; just click on the link emailed to you to automatically join via your web browser.

AUTHOR EVENTS

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Thursday 5 November, 7:30-8:30pm

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Wednesday 25 November, 3:00-4:00pm

CHRIS HAMMER – TRUST

MARIE YOUNAN – A DIFFERENT KIND OF SEEING

Set in a Sydney riven with corruption and nepotism, privilege and power, Trust is the gripping new Martin Scarsden story and the third novel from award-winning and internationally acclaimed writer, Chris Hammer. Chris’s previous books have sold over 285,000 copies worldwide and have been twice shortlisted for the ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year. Facilitator: Heather Rose.

With co-author Jill Sanguinetti The inspiring story of Marie Younan, an Assyrian refugee, accidentally blinded as a child, who eventually migrated to Melbourne and attended the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind where she learnt English, braille and gained physical mobility. Marie is now a professional interpreter with counsellors and refugees at the Foundation Centre for Survivors of Torture. Facilitator: Chloe Hooper To commemorate Social Inclusion Week 2020 and International Day for People With a Disability.

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Tuesday 8 December, 7:30-8:30pm

BARRY JONES – WHAT IS TO BE DONE

In August and September 2019, documentary photographer Ali MC spent four weeks capturing the diversity of Iran through black and white 35mm film. The result is Analog Iran, an online exhibition which explores the diversity of a country that is often stereotyped in the media. Join us for this wonderful presentation of Ali MC’s stunning photographs, and tales of his travels through this amazing part of the world.

Saturday 21 November, 10:00-11:00am Suffragettes, bra-burners, #MeToo...

What does it mean to be a feminist today? Join Virginia Trioli (Generation F), Mona Eltahawy (The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls) and Jenny Kennedy (The Smart Wife – co-author), with facilitator, Santilla Chingaipe for a fascinating exploration of modern feminism.

THE MUTANT PROJECT: EXCLUSIVE AUSTRALIAN LAUNCH Saturday 21 November, 11:15am-12:15pm Join American anthropologist and Deakin University Associate Professor Eben Kirksey live from the US for the Australian launch of The Mutant Project, which goes inside the global race to genetically modify humans. In conversation with Alicia Sometimes.

When Sleepers, Wake! was released in Australia almost four decades ago, it immediately became influential around the world. Now its author, the polymath and former politician Barry Jones, turns his attention to what has happened since — especially to politics, health, and our climate in the digital age — and to the challenges faced by increasingly fragile democracies and public institutions. What Is to Be Done is a long-awaited work from Jones on the challenges of modernity and what must be done to meet them.

PETER COSGROVE IN CONVERSATION Saturday 21 November, 7:30-8:30pm General Sir Peter Cosgrove is one of Australia’s most significant public figures. In his memoir, You Shouldn’t Have Joined… he gives incredible insight into the world of Australia’s Governor-General. In conversation with Jenny Brockie.

All sessions $10. Explore these sessions — and many more —at www.wordforwordfestival.com.au

Life, Changing

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Thursday 10 December, 7:30-8:30pm

ALI MC – ANALOGUE IRAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY

PANEL: MODERN FEMINISM: RIDING THE WAVE

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PANEL: IN OUR NATURE Sunday 22 November, 3:00-4:00pm Does our human nature mean that we are destined always to conquer and destroy? Or can we learn to coexist with our fellow creatures? Panel discussion with arborist Kailas Wild (The 99th Koala), author Claire G. Coleman, photographer David Maurice Smith and authors Leah Kaminsky and Meg Keneally (co-editors of Animals Make Us Human).