Geelong Regional Libraries What's On July/August 21

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HEALTH & WELLBEING VEGGIE GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS

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Monday 23 August, 10:00am-11:00am Online Event Now may be the perfect time to learn how to grow your own vegetables at home. Learn how.

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LEARN TO USE: GEELONG REGIONAL LIBRARIES’ APP

Wednesday 14 July, 2:30pm-3:30pm | Belmont Library Thursday 19 August, 2:00pm-3:00pm | Ocean Grove Library Learn how to use our App to place holds, book events, and more.

MAKE & CREATE

Looking for ideas and inspiration to give your home a makeover this Spring?

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Wednesday 11 August, 2:30pm-3:30pm Waurn Ponds Library

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GET TO KNOW: HOME RENOVATION INSPIRATION

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EVENING BOOK CHAT

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Thursday 8 July & Thursday 5 August, 5:30pm-6:30pm | Geelong Library & Heritage Centre Enjoy a conversation about the books you have been reading, hear recommendations and meet other readers.

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AUDIO BOOK CLUB

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Tuesday 20 July & Tuesday 17 August, 2:00pm-3:00pm | Corio Library

Do you love to listen to audiobooks? Join the Audio Book Club and share your thoughts on our audiobook of the month!

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WRITERS ALOUD Thursday 29 July, 6:00pm-7:30pm Drysdale Library

Come and share an original piece of writing with a small and appreciative audience – either in-person or via Zoom.

Join us as we dive into the world of Romance novels and help you to discover your next favourite author.

Greek Mythology – Friday 27 August, 11:00am-12:00pm | Online Event We open up Pandora’s jar and explore the Greek gods and goddesses in a cornucopia of mythological tales.

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LEARN TO USE: 3D PRINTING – PHONE STANDS

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Tuesday 27 July, 3:30pm-4:45pm | Corio Library Know the basics of 3D printing and ready to learn more?

This session will use more advanced tools available in TinkerCAD to design your own custom phone stand.

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JOBS VICTORIA ADVOCATE INFORMATION SESSIONS

Various locations, dates and times. Check website for details and to book.

Speak to a Jobs Victoria Advocate who will provide free information and guidance to help identify and access services relevant to employment. Book your individual 15 minute session online.

Explore more events: www.grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on

Explore more events: www.grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on

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Commencing Saturday 26 June | Various locations Venture into the past, explore imaginary places and discover ancient civilisations with lots of things to make, learn and do these holidays. Find out more on our website.

Bookings required, numbers will be limited.

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PARENTING WORKSHOP

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Thursday 5 August, 6:30pm-7:30pm | Torquay Library Andy McNeilly and Rich Bolus discuss the importance of creating and building connected relationships with your children to help build resilience.

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August 21–27 | Various Locations Visit one of our regular Preschool Story Time sessions during Children’s Book Week as we bring to life shortlisted titles from the CBCA Book of the Year Awards.

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CHILDREN’S BOOK WEEK: OLD WORLDS, NEW WORLDS, OTHER WORLDS

REGISTER FOR AN EVENT Events may be subject to change due to COVIDSafe government requirements.

We will notify registrants via email and on our website.

Bookings for events are free unless otherwise indicated.

YOU CAN BOOK: Online – find and register for an event on the library website: www.grlc.vic.gov.au/whats-on In person – staff at your local library branch can book on your behalf.

By phone – (03) 4201 0500 Group bookings – (03) 4201 0500

Geelong Regional Library Corporation 51 Little Malop Street, Geelong VIC 3220 T (03) 4201 0600 E info@grlc.vic.gov.au

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For branch details, opening hours & further information, visit: www.grlc.vic.gov.au

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Cover image: Shauna Wilson Photograph: Jude van Daalen, Melbourne Portrait Studio

WELCOMING COLAC OTWAY SHIRE!

AUTHOR EVENTS

From Tuesday 6 - Friday 9 July, join us for a series of special events to celebrate the transition of Colac Community Library and Learning Centre and Apollo Bay Library to Geelong Regional Libraries! See the full list of events and make bookings via our website.

COLAC LIBRARY FAMILY FUN DAY Wednesday 7 July, 11:00am-2:00pm Bring along the whole family for a range of free fun activities including Covid-Safe face painting, live music, balloon sculpting, and performances from Dazzling Dan the Magic Man. Try using the library’s Green Screen, play with some of our robots or try flying a drone, it’s simple and fun!

Suitable for children of all ages.

AUTHOR TALK Neil Drinnan – How People’s Stories Become Books

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Writing stories, capturing people in books and sharing the experiences of both writer and subject can be thrilling or terrifying.

Join Neal Drinnan (The Devils’ Grip) for this author talk.

In Tony’s nineteenth thriller Blood Trail, written during lockdown, fictitious characters deal with the very real problems COVID-19 has caused for Africa’s endangered wildlife.

Friday 9 July, 11:00am-1:00pm Lots of family fun and the chance to connect with your community! Local children’s author Alison Corke will present a Story Time session with her children’s book Bush Tales - The Quest, with follow-up craft activities for kids. Suitable for children of all ages.

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TONY PARK – BLOOD TRAIL

APOLLO BAY LIBRARY FAMILY FUN MORNING

Thursday 1 July, 7:30pm-8:30pm Online Event

Tuesday 10 August, 6:30pm-7:30pm Geelong Library & Heritage Centre

Wednesday 11 August, 6:30pm-7:30pm Waurn Ponds Library

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SHAUNA WILSON – YOU SAY DIFFERENT: I SAY INDIVIDUAL Shauna provides insight into how she has navigated through a complex life journey as a transgender woman.

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ANITA HEISS – BILA YARRUDHANGGALANGDHURAY NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK EVENT

In the lead up to NAIDOC Week, join us for a conversation about this unique new novel featuring Wiradjuri language throughout,

by Wiradjuri woman, Dr Anita Heiss.

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Thursday 8 July, 12:30pm-1:30pm Geelong Library & Heritage Centre

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DR NORMAN SWAN – SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT’S GOOD FOR YOU For over thirty years, Coronacaster Dr Norman Swan has been delivering straight, honest, common-sense health information to ordinary Australians as both a physician and much-loved broadcaster. He joins us to discuss his latest book.

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Wednesday 14 July, 6:30pm-7:30pm Waurn Ponds Library

From the bestselling author of Wimmera and The Rip comes an unforgettable novel that explores the darkness in our world with the light only a child can find.

Wednesday 25 August, 7:30pm-8:30pm Online Event

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JUDITH HOARE – THE WOMAN WHO CRACKED THE ANXIETY CODE

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Can fish feel pain? Does it matter if a dingo is different from a dog?

Science tackles some unexpected questions. Join editor of the muchloved Best Australian Science Writing anthology to find out more. This Inspiring Australia initiative is supported by the Australian Government as part of National Science Week.

The true story of the little-known mental-health pioneer who revolutionised how we see the defining problem of our era: anxiety.

MARK BRANDI – THE OTHERS

Thursday 15 July, 6:30pm-7:30pm Geelong Library & Heritage Centre

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SARA PHILLIPS – BEST AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE WRITING

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Tuesday 17 August, 6:30pm-7:30pm Geelong Library & Heritage Centre

GRAEME SIMSION AND ANNE BUIST – TWO STEPS ONWARD

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Saturday 28 August, 10:30am-3:30pm Online Event

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JOCK SERONG – CRAFTING GRIPPING PLOTS Join Jock Serong, the versatile and award-winning author of five novels, in this unique writing course all about plot and structure in novel-length fiction. Cost: $10

Two Steps Onward is the wise, witty and wine-filled follow-up to Two Steps Forward, Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist’s bestselling novel about walking the Camino.

EXHIBITIONS WRITERS’ WORKSHOP UNTITLED.SHOWA EXHIBITION

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Saturday 24 July, 10:30am-3:30pm Geelong Library & Heritage Centre

FIONA LOWE – HOW TO WRITE A PAGE TURNING NOVEL

Explore a collection of old family photographs found in Australia that feature Japanese locations to solve an historic puzzle — can this exhibition help reunite the photographs with their original owners? See website for more details about the exhibition, the launch, and workshops.

Using videos and hands-on exercises, participants will leave with the tools to write or edit their novel so that it’s a page turner. Cost: $10

Trigger Warning is not for the fainthearted, but neither are the elemental realities of domestic violence and environmental catastrophe that these astonishing poems address.

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MARIA TAKOLANDER – TRIGGER WARNING

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Saturday 31 July, 3:00pm-4:00pm Geelong Library & Heritage Centre

Friday 16 July – Sunday 8 August Geelong Library & Heritage Centre

A GEELONG JAPANESE STORY Tuesday 13 July - Saturday 31 August | Geelong Heritage Centre Reading Room Inspired by Untitled.Showa, a showcase of items from the Centre’s rich archive that provide unique insights into the recorded history and heritage of local Japanese families living in the Geelong region and beyond, as well as objects the Geelong region has been presented with from Japanese ‘Sister Cities’. See more on the website.