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Laura Waters
Bewildered
Aug
7
Zoom
Melbourne-based Laura Waters is a freelance
travel writer, speaker, author and nature nomad
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the session.
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Laura Waters
Bewildered
Aug O n l i n e 1 – 31 August 2020
7
Zoom
Melbourne-based Laura Waters is a freelance
travel writer, speaker, author and nature nomad
Zoom invitations will be sent via email prior to
the session.
Registration: Register online, places limited
Laura Waters
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Aug
Booking an Event How 7 to Book an Event
All events are free. ONLINE:
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Laura Waters
Bewildered COVID-19 has had a huge impact on us all whether it is due to work
Aug instability, lack of social interaction with family and friends or just a
general lack of normality in our everyday lives.
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To support our communities during this time, we have put together
Zoom a program of live online events in August covering four key areas;
Melbourne-based Laura Waters is a freelance employment, money management, health and wellbeing and financial
travel writer, speaker, author and nature nomad
support from council.
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the session. Look out for these events marked by the Bounce Back Banner!
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Whitehorse Manningham Regional Libraries
acknowledges the Wurundjeri people as the Program details were correct at the time of
Traditional Custodians of the land, pays tribute printing, but events may vary from the information
to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander here. For further information, refer to our website
people and gives respect to Elders past,
present and emerging. www.wml.gov.vic.au
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NIA Movement Workshop
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Tue 04 Aug
3.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Zoom
Nia is a sensory-based movement practice that
Join us every Saturday for leaves you feeling uplifted and alive. Inspired by
creative, hands-on activities, from the martial arts, dance arts & healing arts, Nia
is a transformational movement and lifestyle
Cardboard Castles to Sensory Play! practice anchored in body-centred awareness.
(6 – 12 years)
Join Angela, a Movement Educator with a
passion for teaching dance and movement, to
9.00 am | EVERY SATURDAY experience this session for all ages and abilities.
Registration: Register online, places limited
English Conversation Online Lego Club
Circle (5 – 10 years)
Tue 4, 11, 18 & 25 Aug Wed 5, 12, 19 & 26 Aug
11.00 am – 11.45 am 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Zoom Zoom
Join us online in this relaxed, friendly session to Do you love Lego? Join us for a weekly meeting
practice your conversational English with others. where you can show off your creations and
Build your confidence and improve your English participate in challenges to design, build and
speaking skills with community members from create! Participants will need access to their own
other cultures. Lego bricks, and the meeting will be conducted
Zoom invite will be emailed to registered via Zoom.
participants prior to the session. A meeting link will be emailed to participants
Registration: Register online, places limited each week.
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Puzzlemania! Bonsai Cultivation
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Match Stick Puzzles Fri 7 Aug
(8+ years) 11.00 am – 12.00 pm
Fri 7 Aug Zoom
4.00 pm – 4.30 pm Bonsai is the art of growing trees in small pots.
As an art form, bonsai combines horticultural
YouTube skill, artistic style and patience. Victor Byrdy,
President of The Bonsai Society of Victoria, is an
Test your skill at solving these puzzles. They experienced and passionate bonsai enthusiast
may look simple but can be diabolical to answer. who delights in sharing his love for bonsai.
You will be supplied with a puzzle sheet with Learn how to care for and maintain a bonsai
3 levels of difficulty – easy, medium and hard. and enhance your knowledge, appreciation and
All you need is a box of matches, your problem interest in this wonderful art. You are welcome
solving skills and your tenacity to solve the to seek expert advice from Victor as part of this
problems. session.
The solutions to the puzzles will be given the Zoom invitations will be sent via email prior to
following week!! the session.
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English Conversation
Circle Facebook-square
Fri 7, 14, 21 & 28 Aug Monday,
2.15 pm – 3.00 pm Wednesday
Zoom and Friday
Join us online in this relaxed, friendly session to at 11am!
practice your conversational English with others.
Build your confidence and improve your English
speaking skills with community members from
other cultures. Join library staff on the WML Facebook
Zoom invite will be emailed to registered page every Monday and Wednesday at
participants prior to the session.
11.00 am and now LIVE every Friday
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at 11.00am. Join library Youth
Services staff for this LIVE
session every Friday from 7
August. We would love to see
your smiling faces again as
you join in the songs, rhymes
and stories. Click [here] to
register, and we will send you a
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Zoom event link for the session.
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Navigating Redundancy The New Job Market
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Make it work for you! Wed 12 Aug
Mon 10 Aug 7.00 pm – 8.00 pm
7.00 pm – 8.00 pm Zoom
Zoom This session will cover current skill shortages
and employment trends. We will talk about
Are you facing redundancy and wondering where the jobs are likely to be, what impact
if you can turn it into an early retirement? COVID-19 has had on employment trends and
You’re not alone. You’ll be given a clear view what you need to consider when contemplating
of the rules of redundancy to help you make a career change post COVID-19. Presented by
informed decisions. Learn the ins-and-outs the Skills and Jobs Centre.
of entitlements, taxation of your redundancy,
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and the rules for accessing your super. A
the session.
presentation by First State Super.
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the session.
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Manningham Council: City of Whitehorse:
Financial Relief and Financial Relief and
Support Information Support Information
Tue 11 Aug Thu 13 Aug
2.00 pm – 2:30 pm 2.00 pm – 2:30 pm
Zoom Zoom
Lee Robson, Manager of Community Resilience Council understands that many community
at Manningham Council will discuss the services groups have been impacted by COVID-19
and support that council can provide residents restrictions. Bronwyn Upston from the
during this time of recovery from COVID-19. Community Development Team and Deborah
This session will cover the Council’s Financial Shambrook from the Economic Development
Relief Package, support for small business Team at Whitehorse Council will outline
and community support. There will also be an the ways in which Council is supporting the
opportunity for Q and A. community and small businesses in recovery
Zoom invitations will be sent via email prior to from COVID-19. There will be an opportunity for
the session. Q and A.
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the session.
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CHOICE Magazine
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Wed 12 Aug
10.30 am – 11.00 am
YouTube
CHOICE is Australia’s leading advocacy group
that provides unbiased advice on anything
consumer related to ensure you get the best
deal. Don’t buy your next Smart TV, fridge or
home insurance until you’ve checked with the
experts!
CHOICE is available FREE with your library
membership. Learn how to get started.
YouTube link will be sent via email prior to the
session.
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Zine Workshop
International Youth Day
Robin Bowles
(10+ years)
Dead Centre
Wed 12 Aug
Tue 11 Aug
5.00 pm – 6.00 pm
6.30 pm – 7.30 pm
Zoom
Zoom Time to get creative and express yourself! Learn
When British tourist Peter Falconio vanished one night in the heart of the outback in 2001, it made how to make these magazine-style booklets and
front page news around the world, igniting a massive police hunt and unprecedented media attention. share them with your friends. Talented YA author
His girlfriend, Joanne Lees, was attacked and abducted that same night but escaped, hiding in the and zine enthusiast Alison Evans will guide you
desert until she was picked up by a passing driver. Thirteen months later Bradley Murdoch, a drifter through the process. A list of materials will be
arrested for an unrelated crime in South Australia, was charged with Peter’s murder and the attack on emailed to registered participants before the
Joanne. In Dead Centre, true crime expert Robin Bowles strips bare the story behind the headlines, to event.
get to the heart of what happened to Peter Falconio. Zoom invitations will be sent via email prior to
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have a library card posted to your door.
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So You Want to be a Writer?
Lee Kofman and Amra Pajalic Home
Delivery Service
with Claire Halliday
Thu 13 Aug
7.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Zoom
Free Library Home Delivery
Join us to gain advice and insights about writing, publishing and marketing from two experienced
writers. Lee Kofman is a writing teacher, editor, novelist and memoirist. Her latests works include
the memoir Imperfect: How our bodies shape the people we become (Affirm Press, 2019) and the
anthology Split (Ventura Press, 2019) featuring prominent Australian writers. Amra Pajalic is an is now available!
an editor, teacher and award winning author. She is co-editor of the anthology Growing up Muslim
in Australia (Allen and Unwin, 2019) and her latest book is a family memoir about living with her
mother’s mental illness – Things Nobody Knows But Me (Transit Lounge, 2019). Claire Halliday
will grill Lee and Amra to find out their take on being a successful writer – they will discuss agents,
marketing, writing, editing, and the publishing industry.
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YA Author Panel: Finding My Voice
Thu 13 Aug
6.00 pm – 7.15 pm
Zoom
Join a conversation with some of the most exciting new voices in writing for young adults: Sumaya Harare
Coming to Australia at the age of 7 with her
Rawah Arja (author of the upcoming debut novel ‘The F Team’ – and Tik Tok star!)
family as a refugee, Sumaya and her family
Jenna Guillaume (journalist and author of the popular novel, ‘What I like about me’) were settled in the suburb of Brighton East,
Sumaya Harare (blogger and inspirational speaker) a predominantly Caucasian suburb. She
Registration: Register online, places limited started at a nearby primary school, the only
English she knew having learnt from Sesame
Street. Her experiences of being bullied and
ostracized in school caused her to develop
social anxiety and a diminished self-worth
which she wouldn’t know about until into her
mid to late 20s. She connects with students
from schools all over the country on topics
of bullying and overcoming it, body image
issues and integrating as a refugee.
Jenna Guillaume
Rawah Arja Jenna Guillaume is a lively and engaging
Rawah Arja is a passionate young Muslim author and journalist with a passion for
author from Western Sydney whose work empowering young people – and having
has featured at the Sydney Writer’s Festival, a lot of fun along the way. She loves to
SBS Voices as well as the Sydney Review talk about things like body image, social
of Books. She teaches creative writing media and online toxicity, the intersection
workshops at schools, specialising in of feminism and pop culture, digital media,
reluctant readers and writers. mental health and self-love.
Her soon to be published first book is called Her first YA book is called ‘What I like
‘The F Team’, and you can catch her on Tik about me’ and deals with family, friendship,
Tok right now! growing up and body image.
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Virtual Electronics:
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Getting Started with
VIRTUAL Arduino
(8+ years)
Fri 14 Aug
4.00 pm – 4.30 pm
YouTube
Arduino is a micro-controller that is used to
build and control digital devices. Learn how an
Arduino works in this hands-on virtual workshop
where you will build your first exciting project!
YouTube link will be sent via email after
registration.
Registration: Register online, places limited
Virtual Escape Room
Fantasy Realms (7+ years)
What’s 4 Dinner?
Mon 17 Aug
Successful Meal Planning
9.00 am
Fri 14 Aug
Facebook & Google form
11.00 am – 12.00 pm There may be dragons, there may be elves, but
Zoom one thing’s for certain – this will be a fantastical
journey! Brave our virtual escape room and see if
“What’s 4 Dinner?” That dreaded question we are met with daily whether we live alone or with
you can complete the quest.
others. Kim McCosker, creator of the super successful 4 Ingredients, invites you to a chat about
Enter at any time from 17 August by clicking
all things pertaining to the kitchen. She’s a very passionate homecook and after 37 cookbooks
[here].
has many practical hints and tips in the kitchen that she’s more than willing to share. To save time
and money in the kitchen, she cannot stress enough the importance of sitting down each week Registration: Register online, places limited
and creating a simple Menu Plan. Extracting from it the ingredients you don’t have and simply
shopping for the ones you need. Menu planning saves time, money, unnecessary trips to the
shops (and who wants that right now) and the environment with less wastage.Join
us as Kim cooks a sample dish or two for you as well and give you a chance to
ask questions about cooking and meal planning.
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Tax Time 2020 Astrology 101
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Working from Home with Jacqueline Godfrey
Mon 17 Aug Tue 18 Aug
7.00 pm – 8.00 pm 7.00 pm – 8.00 pm
Zoom Zoom
Cheryl Gordon from the ATO will present on Learn the basic concepts of astrology, including
the special issues raised from COVID-19 which zodiac signs, planets, houses, and get your own
may impact on your tax. This session will cover birth chart!
working from home: what can you claim? The To receive a copy of your birth chart, please
ATO’s support measures during COVID-19 provide your name, birth date, time of birth
(JobKeeper payment, early release of super), (12.00 PM if unknown) and city of birth to
how to lodge your tax return and what income ver@wml.vic.gov.au 72 hours before the
you need to declare, and how to protect yourself workshop.
from scams impersonating the ATO.
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the session.
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Winning Job Interview Track your Health on your
Techniques Smartphone
Tue 18 Aug Thu 20 Aug
2.00 pm – 3.00 pm 10.30 am – 11.30 am
Zoom Zoom
Did you know your phone can help boost your
This session will cover all there is to know about
well-being by keeping you on track to meet your
job interviews including how to make a positive
health or fitness goals? Whether you’re tracking
first impression, types of interviews, preparation
calories or exercise, looking for motivation or
and what kind of questions will you come across
inspiration – join us to learn about some popular
in interviews. Great for anyone looking to brush
apps you can start using today!
up their skills and build confidence. Presented
by the Skills and Jobs Centre. The Skills and Zoom invitations will be sent via email prior to
Jobs Centre will also be offering free one-to-one the session.
follow up sessions Registration: Register online, places limited
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the session.
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18 Register for events at www.wml.vic.gov.au Register for events at www.wml.vic.gov.au 19Wellbeing: Moving
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through Change
Thu 20 Aug
7.00 pm – 8.00 pm
Zoom
Certified Meditation and Mindfulness Teacher
and Wellness Coach, Sacha Stewart will guide
you through a session on managing change
and your emotions. She will discuss techniques
for letting go of stress. How to manage
emotions when they arise. The power of your
thoughts, and the choice to change the internal
conversation. Compassion and non-judgement
for yourself and others. The session will include
a short guided meditation.
Zoom invitations will be sent via email prior to
the session.
Registration: Register online, places limited
Working From Home
Zoom, Social Media and
Friday On My Mind: Jeff Apter
LinkedIn
in conversation with Claire Halliday
Fri 21 Aug
Wed 19 Aug
10.00 pm – 11:30 am
7.00 pm – 8.00 pm
Zoom
Zoom Learn how to work from home efficiently
Pop star, mentor and icon, George Young was one of the most important figures in Australian pop by utilising tools such as the popular video
music history. In fact, George Young wasn’t so much on the charts for the best part of three decades: conferencing platform Zoom. In this webinar,
he and his musical partner Harry Vanda were the charts. In Friday on My Mind, legendary music Ready Tech Go will also cover Social media
biographer, Jeff Apter, reveals the little-known facts, stories, setbacks and triumphs about a man such as LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
who helped Australian rock music shake off its humble beginnings and become an international You will learn how you can use Social media to
powerhouse. Jeff explores George’s long and fruitful association with Harry; his association with Ted promote yourself or your business and reach
Albert that helped create a music empire; and how George—the older brother and mentor of Malcolm your audience.
and Angus Young—helped AC/DC find the sound that made them superstars.
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the session.
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20 Register for events at www.wml.vic.gov.au 21Mad About Science Scientriffic Storytime!
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Workshop (5+ years) Fri 21 Aug
‘On The Move – Forces in 11.00 am – 11.30 am
Action’ Zoom
Wed 19 Aug Our live storytime today will be full of science-
related stories, songs and fun facts!
4.00 pm – 5.00 pm Zoom invitations will be sent via email prior to
Zoom the session.
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From an apple falling to the ground to a car
rolling to a halt, forces are constantly at work. A
stimulating, hands-on look at things that move,
and why!
Zoom invitations will be sent via email prior to
the session.
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Mad About Science Supersonic Paper Plane
Workshop (5+ years) Challenge
Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot! (8+ years)
Thu 20 Aug Fri 21 Aug
4.00 pm – 5.00 pm 4.00 pm – 4.30 pm
Zoom YouTube
Learn about heat and the invisible world of Discover the secret to building the most
atoms. Includes three amazing hands-on aerodynamic paper plane ever! Watch it go
experiments and two exciting demonstrations. maximum distance and zip through the flight
Zoom invitations will be sent via email prior to course at record speed. Can you break the world
the session. record distance of 69.14 metres?
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registration.
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22 Register for events at www.wml.vic.gov.au Register for events at www.wml.vic.gov.au 23Managing Your Debt
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Mon 24 Aug
7.00 pm – 8.00 pm
Zoom
We all could probably all be a bit better at
managing our finances, right? in this session
we’ll be covering budgeting and managing debt.
What are your money behaviour habits – are you
a fitbit financier or a social value spender? Learn
about finances and super in a simple, easy-to-
understand session.
Zoom invitations will be sent via email prior to
the session.
Registration: Register online, places limited
Budgets Don’t Work
(but this does)
Crafting the Perfect Resume & Cover letter
Tue 25 Aug
Wed 26 Aug
7.00 pm – 8.00 pm
7.00 pm – 8.00 pm
Zoom
Melissa Browne is a best-selling author, financial Zoom
columnist for The Age and the Sydney Morning This session will cover what should be included in a resume, how a resume should be structured, tips
Herald, financial educator, accountant, CEO and to beat the bots and how to write an effective cover letter. Great for anyone looking to polish off their
entrepreneur who is passionate about helping resume and give it a revamp! Presented by the Skills and Jobs Centre. The Skills and Jobs Centre will
women particularly live a life by design not also be offering free one-to-one follow up sessions
default. Her irreverent style has produced books Zoom invitations will be sent via email prior to the session.
such as Unf*ck Your Finances and Budgets Don’t
Work, but this does. Mel teaches you how to Registration: Register online, places limited
financially grow up, and still buy great shoes.
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the session.
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24 Register for events at www.wml.vic.gov.au Register for events at www.wml.vic.gov.au 25Parenting in the Digital Ancestry
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World Fri 28 Aug
Wed 26 Aug 10.30 am – 11.00 am
7.30 pm – 8.30 pm Youtube
Zoom Explore your family history with Ancestry, the
world’s largest online family history resource.
What is the appeal of social media? How can
Ancestry delivers billions of records in census
you help young people stay safe online? This
data, vital records, directories, photos, and more
workshop will provide insight into the online
with access to over 7,000 databases! Ancestry is
worlds of young people, including the latest
available free at the library with your library card.
trends, risks and research, and include a strong
focus on social media. It also focuses on advice Youtube link will be sent via email prior to the
parents can use to help manage a child’s life session.
online. Registration: Register online, places limited
Presented by Ryan Fede, experienced primary
school teacher across all year levels, From the
Alannah & Madeline foundation .
Zoom invitations will be sent via email prior to
the session.
Registration: Register online, places limited
Google Drive Design and Build a Basic
Wed 26 Aug Electronic Circuit
10.30 am – 11.30 am (8+ years)
Zoom Fri 28 Aug
You have heard a lot about the Cloud. Now is
the time to learn about it. In this introductory
4.00 pm – 4.30 pm
seminar, you will get to know Google Drive, the YouTube
cloud service that is included free in your Gmail
Learn how to wire a basic electrical circuit from
account. Storing your back up files, sharing and
scratch and create a fully functioning light!
collaborating all become so easy! There will also
be live demos and you can make it as hands on *All equipment provided and will be sent to you
as you wish in our Zoom session. via the post. Make sure you entered your correct
address when booking. No prior experience
Zoom invitations will be sent via email prior to
necessary.
the session.
YouTube link will be sent via email after
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registration.
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26 Register for events at www.wml.vic.gov.au Register for events at www.wml.vic.gov.au 27Home Eats
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Cooking ‘takeaways’ at
home
Sat 29 Aug
11.00 am – 12.00 pm
Join us online from the
Zoom comfort of your own home.
Buying our food ingredients locally is a great,
practical way to support small businesses in our
community. Angela Ryan from Access Health
and Community will be hosting “Home Eats” – a
fun and interactive cooking session recreating
healthier versions of takeaway favourites at
home, using locally bought ingredients. Angela
will demonstrate how to cook a couple of these
simple, healthy meals, which are suitable for all
levels of cooking experience.
Zoom invitations will be sent via email prior to
the session.
Registration: Register online, places limited
Our Library
Financial Literacy 101
How to survive COVID-19
with your finances intact!
in your home
Mon 31 Aug
7.00 pm – 8.00 pm
Zoom
Veteran finance expert Sue West, from MONEY
NATTERS presents the essentials of COVID-19
financial information. How are you coping
with the financial upheaval imposed on all of
us via the pandemic? Financial understanding, Digital Library Resources
and knowing where to look for good financial
information, is invaluable. This session will cover Free with Membership
living on a budget, working from home, tax,
Super and much more. Come along and learn,
so you can get the best out of your financial
position now and in the future. Zoom invitations
will be sent via email prior to the session.
Registration: Register online, places limited
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We Love… Reading We Love… Movies
What better time to be getting cosy with a really good book! Here are some of our Librarians’ favourite If you have binge-watched all you can from Netflix, how about trying something different from our
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from home. 25 years later,
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he sets out to find his lost
England to India. When Emma’s grandmother read this book. Written with gentle compassion, the beautiful but disturbed young woman who
family. With nothing more than a few childhood
gives her a mysterious painting and asks her to this is the story of Eleanor, revealed in layers so comes between them. Keira Knightley gives a
memories and Google Maps, he embarks of a
take a message of forgiveness to an old friend in that you don’t truly understand her until the very truly astonishing performance in this film as a
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she fulfills her grandmother’s wish, a secret kept of that is sent on to a new trajectory when she hand for this one! The Wolfpack
for over 70 years is finally revealed. This was a witnesses an accident and makes an unlikely
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Girl Friday starring Hollywood
Fauna you knew of the world came
The Switch legends Cary Grant and
Donna Mazza (eBook) from Hollywood movies?
Rosalind Russell will transport
Nicknamed the Wolfpack, the
Beth O’Leary (eAudio) Captivating and disturbing, you back to the Golden Age
Angulo brothers spend their
If you are looking for a feel- Donna Mazza’s “Fauna” of Hollywood. Directed by the
childhood re-enacting their favourite films using
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