Merry Christmas

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy Reading, Watching and Listening New Year!

Central West Libraries takes a break during the Christmas/New Year holidays. Here are our closing/opening times:

Blayney: 25 December – 2 January – Closed

Canowindra: 25 December – 2 January – Closed

Cowra: 25 December – 2 January – Closed

Forbes: 25 December – 2 January – Closed

Manildra: 24 December – 3 January – Closed

Molong: 24 December – 3 January – Closed

Orange: 25 December – 27 December – Closed

From Wednesday 28 December – Friday 30 December – Open 9am – 5pm

Saturday 31 December – Open 9.30pm to 4pm

Sunday 1 –  Monday 2 January – Holiday – Closed

**Please note from Thursday 26 January to Sunday 19 February Orange City Library will be closed for refurbishment. Reopens Monday 20 February 2017 with a fabulous new look!

 

 

Holiday Closing/Opening Times

Central West Libraries takes a break during the Christmas/New Year holidays. Here are our closing/opening times:

Blayney: 25 December – 2 January – Closed

Canowindra: 25 December – 2 January – Closed

Cowra: 25 December – 2 January – Closed

Forbes: 25 December – 2 January – Closed

Manildra: 24 December – 3 January – Closed

Molong: 24 December – 3 January – Closed

Orange: 25 December – 27 December – Closed

From Wednesday 28 December – Friday 30 December – Open 9am – 5pm

Saturday 31 December – Open 9.30pm to 4pm

Sunday 1 –  Monday 2 January – Holiday – Closed

**Please note from Thursday 26 January to Sunday 19 February 2017 Orange City Library will be closed for refurbishment. Reopens Monday 20 February 2017 with a fabulous new look!

 

 

December Good Reading

The December issue of Good Reading magazine is available now! Victoria Purman discusses her new book, The Three Miss Allens, and its exploration of serious social issues such as the plight of unwed mothers, domestic violence and the place of women in Australia’s history. Armando Lucas Correa introduces us to his first novel, The German Girl, a fictional account set in 1939 of a ship carrying 900 Jewish passengers seeking refuge from Germany and were denied entry to Cuba, the US and Canada.

We also get a rundown of the best Christmas cookbooks released in time for the festive season, highlights of fiction titles to look out for over the summer and an interview with Janine Burke revealing the scandalous book that got her expelled from a school for Catholic girls. Purchase a copy from the Library or use your Library card to access it online.

Orange Purlers Thank You Morning Tea

 

Knitters enjoyed a thank you morning tea at Orange City Library for all their efforts in another record breaking year creating rugs for Wrap With Love to go to people in need. Groups included the Orange Purlers who meet each Thursday morning in the Library, the Canowindra Knitting Group and Gosling Creek Aged Care Knitters. Librarian Trudi Mayfield said the group started in 2011 creating 121 rugs with the tally rising each year to this year’s incredible total of 497 rugs!!! The rugs went world-wide to Syria, Mosul, Fiji and the Philippines and 40 rugs were distributed locally through Housing Plus.  The group also gave a round of applause to Trudi for her organisation skills. Special mention was also made of the youngest member Bailey who is learning to knit. Congratulations to all involved in donating, knitting, sewing and delivering rugs.

Library Team Long Service Awards

Congratulations to all our long serving Library team members – Therese, Lynne, Fiona, Trudi, Jan Tonuri, Ros, Vicki  and absent Julie Elliott acknowledged for their 5 years, 10 years, 15 years and 20 years work anniversaries with a special morning tea, flowers and gifts presented by Central West Libraries Manager Jan Richards and Director Community Recreation and Cultural Services Scott Maunder. What milestones! Congratulations everyone!