Rockdale Library Closed for Renovations

Rockdale City Library will be closed for painting from Tuesday 27 April until Tuesday 4 May 2010.


The outdoor returns chute will be open for your returns throughout the period of closure and staff will be available to answer your phone calls.

All other branches - Arncliffe, Bexley, Bexley North, Brighton Le Sands and Sans Souci will be open as usual.

We apologise for the inconvenience and look forward to seeing you again in our newly painted library, from Tuesday 4 May 2010!

To contact the library during this period call 9562 1819 between 9am to 5pm.

1st Wednesday Book Group

The next meeting of the 1st Wednesday Book Group will be on 5 May 2010 at 10.30am. The group will be discussing Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

If you have read this book, please join us for the discussion at 10.30am in Rockdale Library.

The book for June is The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.

For more information or to join the group, please call Natalie on 95621821

Author Talk - Margaret Ruckert

Rockdale City Council presents a talk by

Margaret Ruckert introducing her book You Deserve Dessert: Fact, Fiction & Fable

About the book
You Deserve Dessert: Fact, Fiction & Fable, contains 124 pages of desserts, cakes and biscuits. But no, not
recipes. Instead over 100 creative texts allow the reader to sample desserts across time and space. (Two recipes are included to satisfy curiosity.) Cakes become characters in this book and readers will meet a
trio of proper tarts, the beast of mudcake, a fruit cake feigning holiness, crime caramel and a suave Sacher Torte.
The poetry of language acts as a sweetener across the collection. A delicious batch of poems in the shape of cup cakes is included free. Together with a ‘concrete poem’ latte.

When: Thursday 20 May, 1.00 pm
Where: Rockdale Council Chambers
448 Princes Highway, Rockdale
Cost: Free entry with light refreshments provided
Call: Rockdale City Library 9562 1821, bookings essential
Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing

Public Holiday Closures

Rockdale Library and the branches at Arncliffe, Bexley, Bexley North and Sans Souci will be closed on Monday 26 April 2010 for the ANZAC day public holiday.

Arncliffe, Bexley North and Sans Souci libraries will reopen at their usual time on Tuesday 27 April 2010.

Rockdale Library will remain closed until Saturday 1 May 2010 while the library is being painted. You can return your items to the outdoor returns chute or any of the other branch libraries.


We apologise for any inconvenience and hope everyone has a nice long weekend.

Rockdale Library Closed for Renovations

Rockdale City Library will be closed for painting from Tuesday 27 April to Saturday 1 May 2010.

The outdoor returns chute will be open for your returns throughout the period of closure and staff will be available to answer your phone calls.


All other branches - Arncliffe, Bexley, Bexley North, Brighton Le Sands and Sans Souci will be open as usual.

We apologise for the inconvenience and look forward to seeing you again in our newly painted library!


To contact the library during this period call 9562 1819 between 9am to 5pm.

Rockdale Readers book club

The next meeting of the Rockdale Readers book group is on Friday 16 April. We will be discussing

The Reluctant Fundamentalis by Moshin Hamid.
If you have read the book please join us at Rockdale Library at 5.30pm.


In May the group will be discussing The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. If you would like to see what we are reading in the coming months the list is on the Book Group page on Council's website

If you would like more information or to join the group, please call Natalie on 9562 1821