Celebrating Adult Learners Week | Library Links

By Brittany Riley, Gunnedah Shire Library

Spotlight: Adult Learners Week and Women’s Health Week

Adult Learners Week is celebrating 30 years in 2025. This UNESCO-recognised celebration highlights the value of lifelong learning and discovering skills at any age. Women’s Health Week is also happening between September 1-5. This year’s theme is ‘Say yes to you’ and each day spotlights a different health topic. Visit www.jeanhailes.org.au/womens-health-week for more details.

Spotlight: Housebound and shopbound

If you wish to wander the library aisles but don’t have the time, arrange a housebound or shopbound delivery.

After selecting the quantity, genre/s, dislikes, and the address, books will be delivered to your doorstep or front counter each alternate Wednesday for FREE! For more information or to get started, contact us on (02) 6740 2190.

Spotlight: New books

Australian author, Holly Wainwright, has penned He Would Never (AFA WAI).

Welcome to Green River. Five families on an annual camping trip, a mothers’ group of fourteen years, children starting to look like adults, and a father with his own mysterious agenda. This is a searing page-turner about the bonds we forge in the furnace of motherhood, the trust we place, and the chaos that erupts when one man refuses to play by the rules.

Fan favourite Peppa Pig has a new book called Peppa’s Australian Road Trip (EASY A).

Peppa and her family are visiting Kylie Kangaroo in Australia. They plan to have a lovely, relaxing holiday but Kylie has lost Keith her cuddly toy Koala! Join them as they travel all over Australia to find him. Meet quokkas in Perth, waddle like a penguin on Phillip Island and even spot a real koala in the outback!

Aftertaste (AFR LAV) by Daria Lavelle is new to romance shelves.

When dead-end dishwasher Kostya discovers the ability to summon spirits through the food he cooks, he embarks on a journey to open a New York City restaurant that serves closure – something he’s craved for as long as he can remember. But three very big problems plague him…

Come say hello at your local library!