Sans Souci Knitting Group - 1 June 2015

Come to the next meeting of the Sans Souci Knitting Group

All levels are welcome. 
Please bring your own needles and wool.
When: 1 June 2015
Time: 10.30am - 12 noon
Where: Sans Souci Branch Library
104 Russell Avenue (Cnr Russell and Clareville Avenue)
SANS SOUCI NSW 2219

The next meeting will be on Monday 6 July 2016.
Please phone Nina for more information on 9562 1817 or email sanssoucilibrary@rockdale.nsw.gov.au

Public Holiday Closure - Queen's Birthday 8 June 2015

Arncliffe, Bexley, Bexley North, Brighton-le-Sands and Sans Souci will be closed on Monday 8 June 2015 for the Queen's Birthday Holiday.

Our elibrary is available 24 hours a day so you can check out an online magazine or ebook for more information please see http://library.rockdale.nsw.gov.au/elibrary

Usual opening hours will resume on Tuesday 9 June 2015.

Rockdale Library will remain closed while the new library is being built.

1st Wednesday Book Group - 3 June 2015

Join us for the June meeting of the 1st Wednesday Book Group on 

3 June 2015 at 10.30am 

Meeting Room 2

1^st Floor

Rockdale Town Hall

448 Princes Highway 

The group will be discussing On Canaan’s Side by Sebastian Barry

If you have read this book please come along and join in the discussion.

The book for July is Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

For more information or to join the group please call Natalie on 9562 1821.

Dungeons & Dragons - 6 June 2015

Join us at 12 noon-4:45pm on Saturday 6 June, at

Rockdale Town Hall

448 Princes Highway

Rockdale

For Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game. Participants create their own characters and embark on imaginary adventure under the guidance of a Dungeon Master.

Free events for teens 13+

New and experienced players are welcome

Only for library members

Phone Rockdale City Library on 9562 1821 for more information or check out the information sheet - http://www.rockdale.nsw.gov.au/Pages/pdf/DandD.pdf

This is a free event, but bookings are essential on www.rockdale.nsw.gov.au/libraryevents

Author Talk - Carol Baxter

Rockdale City Council presents a talk by Carol Baxter introducing her new book

The Black Widow

About the Book
‘Never before in the hundred year history of Australia has a female prisoner become so notorious as Louisa Collins.’ —The Evening News
 
Two inquests, four trials, three hung juries and the executioner…but was Louisa Collins really a husband killer? Was she the callous adulteress, drunkard and liar known as the Botany Bay Murderess and the Lucretia Borgia of Botany Bay? Or was this mother of seven a spirited and defiant woman who was punished for breaching society’s expectations of womanly behaviour?
 
Compelling, freshly told and richly detailed, Black Widow uncovers the truth of a story that challenged the morality, the politics and the notion of law in an Australia on the edge of nationhood. 

Thursday 18 June 2015

6pm

Council Chambers
1st Floor
Rockdale Town Hall
448 Princes Highway, Rockdale

This is a free event. Light refreshments will be provided.
Bookings are essential
Please book online at http://www.rockdale.nsw.gov.au/libraryevents
If you don't have an email address please call Rockdale Library on 9562 1824 

About the Author
Pursuing thieves and murderers through the ages is just an average day for the history detective, Carol Baxter. Like Dr Who, she hunts ordinary individuals who unwittingly had such an extraordinary impact on their world that the consequences changed the course of history. Then she brings their stories to life as ‘non-fiction thrillers’. 

Vote on July Book Releases

Would you like to help us select items for the library book collection?

We have a  selection of new books to be released in July from our book supplier for you to vote on. The more votes an item has the more likely it will be purchased. You can only vote for a book once.

To start voting go to the library catalogue - http://library.rockdale.nsw.gov.au/
Click on the text about how the voting system works

Or you can use this direct link - http://ww2.thebookhouse.com.au/asp/publicselection.asp?LN=Rockdale

Enter your email address, card number and the branch you use the most and start selecting books.

To vote on a book click Vote button that appears under the title of the book

You can vote on as many books as you like.

Voting closes on 5 June 2015.

The next selection will be available to vote on shortly.

New eMagazines

We've just had 22 new eMagazines added to our Zinio collection including 15 Chinese titles. 

Use this link to go directly to the Chinese titles:http://www.rbdigital.com/rockdale/service/zinio/landing?q=%2F%2FChinese

To see all available magazines use this link:  http://www.rbdigital.com/rockdale/service/zinio/landing?

Author Talk - Isaac Bacirongo & Michael Nest

Rockdale City Council Presents a Talk By 

Isaac Bacirongo and Michael Nest introducing

Still A Pygmy

The story of one man’s fight to save his identity from extinction and the journey that took him from the forests of Congo to the suburbs of Sydney. Still a Pygmy is a story of love, pride and prejudice that traces the journey of BaTembo Pygmy Isaac Bacirongo from the forests of Central Africa, through the brutality of dictatorship and war, to arrival and settlement in Australia’s melting pot.

Thursday 28 May 2015
6pm
Council Chambers
1st Floor
Rockdale Town Hall
448 Princes Highway, Rockdale

The doors open at 5.30pm.

Free entry with light refreshments provided
Books will be available for sale and signing
Online bookings essential at http://www.rockdale.nsw.gov.au/libraryevents
For more information and phone bookings call 9562 1824

Rockdale Readers Book Group - 15 May 2015

Join us for the May meeting of the Rockdale Readers Book Group on 

15 May 2015 at 5.30 pm 

Council Chamber

1^st Floor

Rockdale Town Hall

448 Princes Highway 

The group will be discussing One Day by David Nichols.

If you have read this book please come along and join in the discussion.

The book for June is Inheritance by Nicholas Shakespeare.

For more information or to join the group please call Natalie on 9562 1821.