Spotlight: National Simultaneous Storytime & Law Week
The Truck Cat by Deborah Frenkel is a heartwarming story about cats and humans, immigration and identity, and homes lost and found—it’s the National Simultaneous Storytime title! Join us on Wednesday, May 21 at 11am to participate in this Australia-wide event.
Law Week runs from May 19 – 25 and is designed to help you understand your rights, the law, the legal system, and the legal profession via community events and activities. Find webinars and more information at www.lawweeknsw.org.au.
Spotlight: Find Legal Answers
Did you know the Library has a legal section? We hold non-fiction titles on renting rights, the law in NSW, paying your fines, neighbourly disputes, plus many more.
If you’re after more condensed information, we also have free pamphlets on a myriad of topics such as family issues, rent-to-buy schemes, car purchases, and seniors’ rights.
Spotlight: New books
Goodnight Tokyo (AF YOS) by Atsuhiro Yoshida takes readers on a journey through Japan in the back of a taxi.
Reported over several nights, real blurs with surreal: the funeral of an old telephone, the flea-market in which objects are bartered for that don’t actually exist. A small grain of madness begins to germinate in the city’s night air…
From Dr. Lalitaa Suglani comes High-Functioning Anxiety (152 SUG).
High-functioning anxiety (HFA) is fuelled by the fear of not being “good enough.” Sufferers operate at a very high standard, continually aiming to do whatever they can to show and prove their worth- not to others -but to themselves. This book weaves scientific research with practical exercises and case studies and offers a five-step plan that will radically shift your mindset.
Alafair Burke has penned The Note (AFM BUR).
Three friends have reunited for a few days of fun in the Hamptons. But a chance encounter with strangers leads to an awry drunken prank. When May finds herself at the centre of an urgent police investigation, she begins to wonder whether her friends are keeping secrets from her, testing the limits of her loyalty to lifelong friendship. What have they gone and done?
Come find your next thrilling read on the shelves at your local library!
By Brittany Riley, Gunnedah Shire Library
