Sans Souci Knitting Group - 4 April 2016

Come to the next meeting of the Sans Souci Knitting Group
All levels are welcome  
Please bring your own needles and wool
When: 4 April 2016

Time: 11.30am – 1 pm
Where: Sans Souci Branch Library
104 Russell Avenue (Cnr Russell and Clareville Avenue)
SANS SOUCI NSW 2219
The next meeting will be on Monday 2 May 2016
Please phone Amy for more information on 9562 1817 or email sanssoucilibrary@rockdale.nsw.gov.au

We've recently had our largest influx of library members signing up to use our Zinio eMagazines ever! Our eMagazine of the week is one of our newer titles. The current issue of Romantic Homes features some amazing interiors, many of which have a French theme. Download or read online Romantic Homes at: http://www.rbdigital.com/rockdale/service/zinio/landing?mag_id=8370

A block of units has replaced the Mecca Movie Theatre in Kogarah. This undated #‎FlashbackFriday‬ photo is from Rockdale City Library's local history collection.

1st Wednesday Book Group – 6 April 2016

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

6 April 2016 at 10.30am 

Coolamon Room

Rockdale Town Hall

448 Princes Highway 

The group will be discussing Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult

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

The book for May is A Fortunate Life by A  B. Facey

For more information or to join the group please call Natalie on 9562 1824 

Art Attack School Holiday Program for Primary School Aged Students

The April school holidays are a few short weeks away and we will be running our Art Attack School Holiday Programs for Primary School aged students.

Bookings will open at 8am on Monday 21 March 2016.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau from Game of Thrones is featured in The Red Bulletin (our eMagazine of the week). http://www.rbdigital.com/rockdale/service/zinio/landing?mag_id=6412

Dungeons & Dragons – 2 April 2016

Join us at 12 noon-4:45pm on Saturday 2 April, 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 onwww.rockdale.nsw.gov.au/libraryevents

Bookings open two weeks before the scheduled date. The next session will be on Saturday 7 May 2016.

The Ramsgate to Sydney bus is stuck in sand on The Grand Parade in this undated #‎FlashbackFriday‬ photo from Rockdale City Library's local history collection.

Author Talk - Annette Freeman introducing The Bright Side of Life

Rockdale City Library Presents

Annette Freeman introducing
The Bright Side of Life

While pursuing this woman of his dreams, Charlie is hampered by the unexpected cancellation of his acting scholarship, resulting in a complete lack of funds. He takes on a job in the country, helping the redoubtable Hattie Witherspoon run a ‘literary dramatic festival’. Hattie assumes a position of importance in Charlie’s affections after a night involving gin and a bathtub. The story follows his attempts to win Hattie’s heart and the adulation of London theatre-going audiences — or at least a paying job — in an ever-increasing maelstrom of bad luck and bad parts. But he remains confident that it will all be all right in the end. 

This picaresque story lurches from highs to lows to highs again, examining the curious question of whether it’s really a wise policy to continually look on the bright side of life.

Friday 1 April 2016

6.30pm - 7.30pm

Pindari Room
1st Floor
Rockdale Town Hall
448 Princes Highway, Rockdale

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

Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing

For more information please call Natalie on 9562 1824

Vote for New Books to be Purchased by Rockdale City Library

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

We have a selection of new books to be released in May 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 "Vote For New Books" tab at the top of the screen
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 6 April 2016.

The next selection will be available to vote on shortly.

Library Closure over Easter

All Rockdale City Libraries will closed for Easter. The after hours returns chutes will be closed from 6pm on Thursday 24 March 2016 and returns will not be possible until the libraries reopen on Tuesday 29 March 2016.

Be Scam Aware: A talk by NSW Fair Trading

Be Scam Aware
A Talk by NSW Fair Trading

Over $89 million a year is lost to scammers in Australia.
Do you know what a scam is?
We will give you information on many of the different types of scams and how to protect yourself from scammers using:

- internet
- telephone
- door to door
- text messages and email
- travelling conmen

Monday 21 March 2016
1:30 – 2:30pm

Pindari Room
1st Floor
Rockdale Town Hall
448 Princes Highway
Rockdale

Free entry with light refreshments provided
Online bookings essential at www.rockdale.nsw.gov.au/libraryevents
For more information call 9562 1824

Author Talk - Suzanne Falkiner introducing her book Mick: A life of Randolph Stow

Rockdale City Council Presents

Suzanne Falkiner introducing
Mick: A life of Randolph Stow

Regarded by many as one of the greatest Australian writers of his generation, Stow’s withdrawal from public life and Australia only heightened his intrigue. Meticulously researched, insightful, and at times deeply moving, Suzanne Falkiner’s biography pieces together an intriguing story from Stow's personal letters, diaries, and interviews with the people who knew him best.

Tuesday 15 March 2016

6.30pm - 7.30pm

Pindari Room
1st Floor
Rockdale Town Hall
448 Princes Highway, Rockdale

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

Over the last few years, library members have been undertaking a wide range of online continuing education courses via Universal Class.

Each course would normally cost over $100, however they are free for library members accessing the site via our eLibrary: http://library.rockdale.nsw.gov.au/OPAC/NRML/Website/eLibrary.aspx#Courses

This images shows the activity and courses Rockdale City Library members enrolled in during February.

These are the top 30 eMagazines in our collection based on checkouts during February 2016. Woman's Day made number 1 again, but OK Australia was not far behind. There was a more diverse range of genres in the top 30 (34 actually due to a tie for the 30th spot) this month with parenting and travel doing well.

Help the eMagazines you are interested in make the top 30 this month by checking out your favourites at:http://www.rbdigital.com/rockdale/service/zinio/landing

New members are joining Zinio every day. If you are using our eMagazines for the first time, most titles have many back issues available for you to catch up on.

Rockdale Readers Book Group – 18 March 2016

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

18 March 2016 at 5.30 pm 

Council Chamber

1^st Floor

Rockdale Town Hall

448 Princes Highway 

The group will be discussing Eugenia by Mark Tedeschi

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

The book for April is Goodbye Sarajevo by Atka Reid and Hana Schofield  

For more information or to join the group please call Natalie on 9562 1824