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Red Hot Reads - September 2017

2017-08-31T12:15:00.000+10:00

Spring has sprung! Enjoy a selection of the newest titles at your library.

David Gillespie Taming toxic people

Robyn Harding The party

Kerryn Phelps The mystery gut

James Phelps Green is the new black

Daniel Silva House of spies

Dion Leonard Finding Gobi

Debbie Macomber Any dream will do

James Patterson Fifty fifty

Philippa Gregory The last Tudor

Rosie Waterland Every lie I’ve ever told

Enjoy!

Red Hot Reads - August 2017

2017-08-01T08:26:00.001+10:00

Check out the latest selection of great reads!

Monica McInerney - The trip of a lifetime

Don Winslow - The force

Clive Cussler - Nighthawk

Michael Robotham - The secrets she keeps

Peter Robinson - Sleeping in the ground

Diana Gabaldon - Seven stones to stand or fall

Janet Evanovich - Dangerous minds

Danielle Steel - The duchess

Kathy Reichs - Two nights

Michael Connelly - The late show

Enjoy!

Red Hot Reads - July!

2017-06-30T12:43:00.000+10:00

Browse our latest selection of Red Hot Reads, handpicked just for you!

Eliza Henry-Jones - Ache
Karen Rose - Monster in the closet
Naomi Klein - No is not enough
John Grisham - Camino Island
Nora Roberts - Come sundown
Anna Jacobs - One quiet woman
Mark Billingham - Love like blood
Michael Mosley - Clever guts diet
Dennis Lehane - Since we fell
Peter James - Need you dead

Enjoy!

Read Hot Reads - June

2017-06-02T14:04:00.002+10:00

Enjoy the latest selection of great reads! It may look gloomy outside but our newest books will keep you warm and cosy. Enjoy!

Paula Hawkins - Into the water

Mia Freedman - Work strife balance

Kathy Lette - Bestlaid plans

Anita Shreve - The stars are fire

Turia Pitt - Unmasked

Rosie Goodwin - Mothering Sunday

David Baldacci - The fix

Caroline Overington - The lucky one

Sara Foster - The hidden hours

Robin Hobb - Assassin’s fate

Red Hot Reads - May 2017

2017-04-27T14:24:00.002+10:00

We're getting into the colder months but luckily May's hottest reads will keep you warm! Place free reservations today. Happy reading!

Sarah Schmidt - See What I Have Done
Nikki Gemmell - After
Anna Jacobs - Stranger in Honeyfield
C J Box - Vicious Circle
James Grippando - Most Dangerous Place
J A Jance - Man Overboard
Wilbur Smith - War Cry
Janelle McCullough - Beyond the Rock
Sara Foster - The Hidden Hours
Rachael Herron - The Songbird Sisters

Red Hot Reads - April 2017

2017-03-30T15:07:00.002+11:00

Jump into Autumn with our latest list of enthralling reads! Click on any title to place free reservations.

Enjoy!

Only - Caroline Baum
The little teashop of lost and found - Trisha Ashley
Death of a ghost - M C Beaton
The cutthroat - Clive Cussler
The chalk pit - Elly Griffiths
First, we make the beast beautiful - Sarah Wilson
A secret garden - Katie Fforde
Dangerous games - Danielle Steel
Spindrift - Tamara McKinley
The fifth letter -Nicola Moriarty

Red Hot Reads - March 2017

2017-02-27T08:50:00.001+11:00

March's hottest reads are now available from your library. Click on any title to place free reservations. Happy reading!

The Family - Chris Johnston
City of Friends - Joanna Trollope
Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly - Adrian McKinty
Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman
Garden of Lamentations - Deborah Crombie
My Not so Perfect Life - Sophie Kinsella
The Case Against Fragrance - Kate Grenville
Echoes in Death - J D Robb
The Mermaid’s Scream - Kate Ellis
The Helen 100 - Helen Razer

Red Hot Reads - February 2017

2017-02-01T09:10:00.003+11:00

February is full of fabulous reads! We hope you enjoy this month's selection.

Win, Lose or Draw - Peter Corris
Food, Health and Happiness - Oprah Winfrey
Carve the Mark - Veronica Roth
The Liberation - Kate Furnivall
Gifts for Our Time - Anna Jacobs
Crazy Busy Guilty - Lauren Sams
The Mistress - Danielle Steel
Private Delhi - James Patterson
Good Me, Bad Me - Ali Land
Lord of the Privateers - Stephanie Laurens

Red Hot Reads - January 2017

2016-12-20T13:26:00.002+11:00

Welcome to the first Red Hot Reads selection of 2017! The library team hope you love the following titles. Click them to place free reservations:

Scrappy little nobody - Anna Kendrick
The Princess diarist - Carrie Fisher
Island of glass - Nora Roberts
When all the girls have gone - Jayne Ann Krentz
Not dead yet - Phil Collins
Christmas days - Jeanette Winterson
Sweet! Celebrations - Elise Strachan
Songs of a war boy - Deng Thiak Adut
The hanging tree - Ben Aaronovitch
The midnight gang - David Walliams

Happy new year!

Red Hot Reads - December 2016

2016-12-01T15:35:00.002+11:00

Here's some inspiration for your reading list over the festive season!

Click the titles to place free reservations:

The award - Danielle Steel
Complete Gut Health Cookbook - Pete Evans
Turbo Twenty-three - Janet Evanovich
The Wrong Side of Goodbye - Michael Connelly
Paris for One - Jojo Moyes
The Cook’s Table - Stephanie Alexander
Night School - Lee Child
Secrets of a Happy Marriage - Cathy Kelly
The Whistler - John Grisham
Four Legendary Kingdoms - Matthew Reilly

Enjoy!

Red Hot Reads - November 2016

2016-10-28T13:21:00.000+11:00

Check out the latest books from your library team. Click them to place free reservations:

Cold earth - Ann Cleeves
The good people - Hannah Kent
Christmas cookbook - Jamie Oliver
Born to run - Bruce Springsteen
Pushing up daisies - M C Beaton
Small great things - Jodi Picoult
Precious and Grace - Alexander McCall Smith
Pharoah - Wilbur Smith
This was a man - Jeffrey Archer
A distant journey - Di Morrissey

Happy reading!

Red Hot Reads - October

2016-09-27T12:37:00.000+10:00

Check out this month's fabulous new additions to our collection.

The best of Adam Sharp - Graeme Simsion
Closed Casket - Sophie Hannah
Out of Bounds - Val McDermid
Working Class Boy - Jimmy Barnes
Apprentice in Death - J D Robb
Home - Harlan Coben
Nutshell - Ian McEwan
A Great Reckoning - Louise Penny
The Fence - Meredith Jaffe
The Autumn Throne - Elizabeth Chadwick

Enjoy!

Red Hot Reads - August 2016

2016-08-01T14:30:00.000+10:00

Spring is just around the corner! In the meantime, get stuck into one of these amazing August Reads!

Click on the titles below for more information and to place free reservations:

The woman next door - Liz Byrski
Super food family classics - Jamie Oliver
Truly madly guilty - Liane Moriarty
The course of love - Alain De Botton
The Cavendon luck - Barbara Taylor Bradford
The daredevil snared - Stephanie Laurens
Sleeper’s castle - Barbara Erskine
Dead to me - Lesley Pearse
Someone always knows - Marcia Muller
The pursuit - Janet Evanovich

Happy reading!

Red Hot Reads - May 2016

2016-04-28T13:09:00.005+10:00

The latest fantastic reads are available for loan from your library! Click the titles below to read more and place free reservations:

Enjoy!

Red Hot Reads - April 2016

2016-04-04T16:27:00.001+10:00

April is shaping up to be an exciting month for reading! Click the titles below to read more and place free reservations:

Enjoy!

Extended hours for Yarra Glen Reading Room

2016-03-01T09:17:00.000+11:00

The Yarra Glen Memorial Hall Community Reading Room is now open the following hours:

Monday-Friday 9:30am – 5pm
Saturday 10am – 12noon

45 Bell Street, Yarra Glen VIC 3775
Phone: 9730 2625

Library members are able to pick up holds, check out items from popular fiction and return items during opening hours only.

All ERL membership, collections and loans policies apply.

New resource - measure your energy use at home

2016-02-25T16:01:00.000+11:00

Would you like to measure your energy use at home? Our Knox Library have five Power Mate energy use meters available for a 3-week loan to library members.

The Power Mate measures the amount and cost of energy used and greenhouse gases produced by different electrical appliances around the home and office. It can help to understand how much energy is used in operating and standby modes, helping to reduce energy use and power bill costs.

Please enquire on your next visit to Knox, or place a hold via the catalogue - Energy Cut Book/Power Mate Meter.

Red Hot Reads! February edition

2016-02-04T14:56:00.000+11:00

Browse through our top picks for the month. Click on the links to place a hold.

Coffin Road - Peter May
Scandalous Behaviour - Stuart Woods
NYPD Red 4 - James Patterson
The bitter season Tami Hoag
Rain dogs Adrian McKinty
Spark joy Marie Kondo
That empty feeling Peter Corris
Star Wars : the force awakens Alan Dean Foster
A mindfulness guide for the frazzled Ruby Wax
The microbiome solution Robynne Chutkan

Top 10 Reads Poster (February)

Printing on Library WiFi now via iPad and iPhone

2016-02-02T15:44:00.002+11:00

We are now able to offer printing via Library WiFi on iPads and iPhones.

For iPad/iPhone (iOS)
Printing from Library WiFi brochure (now includes ipad/iphone instructions)

Tap on the Share button and then tap on the Print button.
Select the correct printer and tap Print. The print job will be sent to the photocopier print queue.
Swipe your library card at the photocopier swipe unit to pay for your print job.

Note:

All iOS Print jobs are charged for colour printing
iOS print jobs are charged at colour pricing, username displayed is SYSTEM
If you do not get a list of branch printers, try turning WIFI off and back on again in the device.

Extended opening hours at The Yarra Glen Memorial Hall Community Reading Room

2016-02-02T09:43:00.000+11:00

The Yarra Glen & District Living & Learning Centre will now oversee the The Yarra Glen Memorial Hall and Reading Room in partnership with Yarra Ranges Council.

Hours *New* From Monday 1 February - Friday 26 February

Monday 9:30am-12noon, 3-5pm
Tuesday 9:30am-12noon
Wednesday 3-5pm
Thursday 9:30am-12noon
Friday 9:30am-12noon, 3-5pm
Saturday 10am-12noon

Update for Zinio for Libraries

2016-01-06T14:24:00.000+11:00

A recent update to the Zinio for Libraries app has included a Checkout magazines link at the bottom of the screen, visible upon opening the app.

Tapping this link will open up a browser and transport you to the library's Zinio Magazine Collection page to select the magazines you would like to borrow (checkout). You will also be asked to sign in with your Zinio account login the first time.

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