By Brittany Riley
Spotlight: World Poetry Day & Make It!
Tomorrow is World Poetry Day! Poetry isn’t just Shakespearean sonnets, it’s sea shanties and songs, war cries and oral histories, nursery rhymes and study ballads. I think you’ve engaged with poetry more than you realise!
Make It! is happening next Wednesday, March 26. The craft will be paper bowl weaving. For only $3 you can join in the fun. Call us to book on (02) 6740 2190.
Spotlight: hoopla BingePass
Worried about using all your hoopla borrows? Don’t worry, just use BingePass!
A BingePass allows borrowers to access popular streaming content and platforms for seven days. There are TV shows, craft tutorials, magazine subscriptions, music performances, plus much more. Now that’s bang for your borrow!
Spotlight: New books
Looking for a spicy cowboy romance? Borrow Holding the Reins (AFR HOP) from Paisley Hope.
Nash Carter. Retired ice hockey player and part time cowboy. Also CeCe’s brother’s best friend and therefore strictly off limits. Then Nash hired her to work for him. And somehow, they ended up spending the night together. It was only supposed to happen once, but now CeCe’s had a taste, there’s no way she’s walking away….
Lonely Planet has just released the Guide to Death, Grief and Rebirth (393 LON).
This book explores over 30 customs around death, grief and rebirth in cultures and communities around the world and highlights some of the lessons we can all learn from them. With first-person narratives, local people tell the stories of their culture’s customs in their own voices. Photography and illustration brings the fascinating pages to life.
Bloodguard by Cecy Robinson is new to our fantasy shelves.
Leith of Grey has nothing left, except his dying sister and his battle-scarred human body. When the chance comes to fight in a bloodthirsty tournament, he seizes it. Winning will earn his title of Bloodguard, his freedom, and his sister’s life. Then Leith meets Maeve, an elven royal who is everything he despises. Until the alluring princess offers him the one thing he needs most: victory. But in a kingdom built on secrets and lies, hope doesn’t come cheap…
Come say hello at your local library!
New books at Gunnedah Shire Library.
