Announcements
Miriam Margolyes reads Charles Dickens at Civic Library - 23/02/2012
BAFTA Award winning actress Miriam Margolyes is in Canberra with an encore of her one-woman show, Dickens' Women. Book now to reserve a place for Friday 24 February at midday.
Afternoon Teal - 22/02/2012
To help raise awareness and funds for ovarian cancer, Civic Library invites you to join them for an Afternoon 'Teal' at 2pm on Thursday 23 February
Greatest Reading Superhero competition - 20/02/2012
Know someone aged 14 or under? Tell them about this amazing competition to find the ultimate reading superhero. Fantastic book and technology prizes on offer.
Nominate now in the children's choice book awards - 20/02/2012
The COOL Awards are turning 21 this year, and young readers from kindergarten to grade 9 are invited to nominate books for the 2012 shortlist - nominations close Friday 16 March
Read all about the "Mega National Launch for the National Year of Reading" - 17/02/2012
National Year of Reading ACT Ambassador Tania McCartney has blogged about the big national launch for the National Year of Reading, held at the National Library of Australia on 14 February. Visit her blog to read about it and see some great photos.
ACT Seniors Week event: Anecdotes of an Antiquated Raconteur - 15/02/2012
Join Ed Miller, renowned storyteller, poet and conversationalist, for a morning of stories, anecdotes, poetry, laughter, and maybe some singing
Closed Wednesday 21 March for library planning day - 15/02/2012
All libraries ACT branches, including the ACT Heritage Library, will be closed on Wednesday 21 March 2012 to allow all staff to attend the annual Libraries ACT Planning Day
ACT winner of Our Story announced - 14/02/2012
Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced the winners of Our Story this today, with Kel Robertson's Smoke & Mirrors voted as the winner in the ACT category
National Year of Reading initiative - Canberra's longest bookmark! - 10/02/2012
Join the Dickson Library knitting group in their quest to knit Canberra's longest bookmark to celebrate the National Year of Reading
DAISY Readers - 07/02/2012
Do you, or someone you know, love to read but have vision impairment or a print disability? Ask about our DAISY Readers
Author talks at the library - 07/02/2012
Bookings are open for authors talks with Louise Bai (18 February and 1 March) and Alan Gould (23 February)
What books make you laugh out loud? - 02/02/2012
There are a few suggestions on the Libraries ACT online book club, and we'd love to hear what your favourite laugh out loud books are. Post a comment on the blog and let us know.
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