This week is National Volunteer Week.
Goldfields Libraries would like to give a HUGE shoutout to all our fantastic volunteers!
Your support is absolutely crucial to keeping our libraries running smoothly. Whether you're lending a hand in our libraries, joining in on activities, or helping out with our home library service, your dedication doesn't go unnoticed.
Your efforts truly strengthen our communities and bring people together every single day.
Thank you!
Join the Talking Books Book Club Facebook group and enjoy all the benefits of a book club without having to leave home!
The Talking Books Book Club is uLibrary’s dedicated online book club for adults. Enjoy the same audiobook at the same time and discuss it with others all over the world.
This month’s title is After the Rain by Aisling Smith, an evocative and powerful story about marriage, culture, family and the uncertainties of love in all its forms
Download the uLibrary app and log in using your library card to get started for free.
Don’t want to join a book club? No worries - enjoy the book anyway! There’s no waitlist for this one in May.
Talking Books Facebook Group: /groups/1099449463559936/?source_id=1654051734923701
Our Read Now collection is getting a fresh wave of new releases this May!
Read Now titles are only available in-branch and can’t be reserved - first in, best read!
Drop in during May to see what’s new and take one home.
Bendigo | Kangaroo Flat | Gisborne | Woodend
Heart the Lover – Lily King
The Calamity Club – Kathryn Stockett
The Parisian Chapter – Janet Skeslien Charles
Three Reasons for Revenge – Dervla McTiernan
The Final Target – Nora Roberts
The Last Mandarin – Louise Penny
Kyneton | Castlemaine | Eaglehawk | Heathcote | Romsey
When Lemons Give You Life – Anna Johnston
Margaret, Are You Leaving? – Dianne Yarwood
Ironwood – Michael Connelly
26 Beauties – James Patterson
Such a Nice Girl – Andrea Mara
Dark Sanctuary – Sarah Barrie
Free fruit, yes please! 🍎🍌
Visitors to Bendigo, Kangaroo Flat, Eaglehawk and Heathcote libraries can now enjoy a free piece of fresh fruit, making it easier to choose a healthy snack while browsing, attending a program, studying, or simply enjoying time in the library.
A big thank you to @bendigocommunityhealth and the @vicgovdffh (Community Food Relief Program) for their generous support.
Please note: fruit is only available while supplies last. We get a fresh delivery each week.
Safe Cat, Safe Wildlife
Learn how you can keep your cat safe at home while also caring for local wildlife this May.
The Safe Cat, Safe Wildlife campaign aims to educate cat owners with the know-how to provide their cat with the longest and happiest life possible by keeping them safe and enriched at home – keeping both cats and wildlife safe.
Public Libraries Victoria is proud to partner with Zoos Victoria and RSPCA Victoria to support this great campaign. Pop into your local library throughout May for some resources and great ideas on how you and your family can keep your cat safe and entertained inside and prevent them from harming our precious native wildlife.
More info at .au
@zoosvictoria@rspca_vic@librarieschangelives
SAVE THE DATE!
National Simultaneous Storytime: Wednesday 27 May, 12pm.
We'll be reading ‘Luna Roo: The Kangaroo Baller’ by Adam Jackson, Adrian Lloyd and Jake Minton!
https://www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au/nss
We are greatly saddened by the loss of our friend and supporter, @Lorraine Marwood - Australian poet and children's author . A wise, warm and wonderful writer who we cherished.
A poet, children’s author and educator of national significance, Lorraine was also a loved part of the central Victorian writing community, and a founding member of the Bendigo Writers Council.
Lorraine authored 17 books for children, including the Prime Minister’s Literary Award-winning ‘Star Jumps’, the NSW Premier’s Literary Award-winning ‘Leave Taking’, and the CBCA Notable Book ‘Footprints on the Moon’.
Her deep love of family, her farming past, and the central Victorian landscape loom large in her stories. As do her messages of hope, love and kindness. We will continue to forever champion her work.
We extend our condolences to Lorraine’s family and friends.
“I jump to see drought writhe
and toss like a willy-willy around the hay wisps,
around the cows yet to calve.
And I jump again.”
(From Star Jumps)
Dive into your next read NOW, with no waitlists on these titles through BorrowBox!
Current titles:
• Always Home, Always Homesick, Hannah Kent
• Discipline, Randa Abdel-Fattah
• Heart the Lover, Lily King
• Katabasis, R.F. Kuang
• The Let Them Theory, Mel Robbins
• My Lady Jane, Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton and Jodi Meadows
• The Greek House, Dinah Jefferies
• The Heir Apparent, Rebecca Armitage
• A Calamity of Souls, David Baldacci
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After the wild success of Live & Local in 2025, the Sydney Writers’ Festival returns to Castlemaine, Woodend and Bendigo libraries in 2026 to bring the best of the Festival directly to you!
This year’s line-up includes A.C Grayling, Yann Martel, Stephanie Alexander, Tasma Walton, Robbie Arnott, Davis Szalay, Amitav Ghosh, Luke Kemp, Susan Choi, Trent Dalton, Mick Herron, Suzie Miller, Florence Knapp and Jon Sopel, plus others.
Book at goldfieldslibraries.com
Victoria Purman - The marriage trap.
Meet bestselling author Victoria Purman, touring her new novel, The Marriage Trap, the story of a mother and her two daughters. A charming but pointed look at the tumultuous, extraordinary decade of the 1960s, the effects of the pill, rebellion and new ideas on ordinary Australian women, as alongside shorter skirts and the Beatles, they embrace freedom...
Tuesday 12 May -
Gisborne Library - 11am-12pm
Kangaroo Flat Library - 2-3pm
Book sales and signings available.
Victoria Purman is an Australian top ten and USA Today bestselling fiction author.
BOOKINGS REQUIRED - Click the link in our bio!
Looking to learn more about the brave men and women who served our country during World War I and II?
We’ve gathered a small selection of books and online resources that acknowledge, honour, remember and celebrate their service and sacrifice.
To explore these stories, visit our ANZAC resources online or ask at your local library.
Lest We Forget.
https://www.ncgrl.vic.gov.au/anzac
