What's New - Black Friday

This week's new books include:

Rouseabout - Rachael Treasue

An Absolute Scandal - Penny Vincenzi

Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult

Fortune's Fool - Mercedes Lackey

The Quest - Wilbur Smith

The Courier Mail's Big Book Club

April 2007 Big Book Club selection is The Rouseabout by Rachael Treasue.

The Little Big Book Club's selection's are:

0-2 years Each Peach Pear Plum by Allan and Janet Ahlberg,

2 & 3 years Green Eggs and Ham by Dr Seuss and

4 & 5 years is Possum Magic by Mem Fox.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK!!

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you the knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind.

Elizabeth Hardwick

February/ March Update!

This month's new books include:
Plum Lovin' - Janet Evanovich
Widow and her Hero - Tom Keneally
Free Fall - Fern Michaels
Loner - Josephine Cox
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Who Else Writes Like...?
The library has a copy of Who Else Writes Like...? a readers' guide to fiction authors. It has over 1,800 authors listed and under each name there is a short list of other authors who write in a similar style or who approach a subject in a comparable way. The book is designes to answer the question "I've read all the books by 'someone' who else writes like that?"

The Courier Mail's Big Book Club
March 2007 Selection is "The Unknown Terrorist" by Richard Flanagan.

The Big Book Club is open to everyone! There are no joining fees and it’s up to you as to whether your register or not. You can participate when and how you wish. Each user who borrows this item from the Blackwater Library will recieve a free eco-friendly Big Book Club Bag. For more information visit www.thebigbookclub.com.au or call the Blackwater Library on 49825737.

Little Big Book Club and It's Rhyme Time
March's Selections are 0-2 years Colours by Steve Parish, 2 & 3 years Bobbie Dazzler by Margaret Wild and Janie Dawson and 4 & 5 years What the Sky Knows by Nike Bourke and Stella Danalis.

The Little Big Book Club has developed an exciting Rhyme Time DVD and Booklet available FREE from all public libraries (whilst stocks last) in Queensland.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK!

"I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage."

Charles De Secondat (1689 - 1755)

Welcome to 2007

Our new books include:
Naming of the Dead - Ian Rankin
Captive of my dreams - Johanna Lindsay
Valley of Silence - Nora Robets
Aerie - Mercedes Lackey
Broken Flower - V.C. Andrews
Brother Odd - Dean Koontz
Limitations - Scott Turow

Storytime for 2007

Storytime at Blackwater Library commences Wednesday 31st January at 10am. Storytime is free to all those interested and includes stories and some basic craft. Everyone welcome

Australia Day

The Blackwater Library will be closed Australia Day, Friday 26th January. The library will reopen Saturday morning 27th January.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"A room without books is like a body without a soul"

Cicero

24 days til Christmas!

This weeks new books include:
Sylvia - Bryce Courtenay
Blessing in Disguise - Jessica Stirling
The Valley - Di Morrissey

The last Storytime for the year will take place on the 13th December.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"Wear the old coat and buy the new book"

Austen Phelps

What's New 9th November!

New books this week include:

Motor Mouth - Janet Evanovich
Dance of the Gods - Nora Roberts
Telsa Legacy - Robert G. Barret
Ines of my soul - Isabel Allende
Power of Dreams - Rosie Harris
Lisey's Story - Stephen King
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Closing Hours

The Blackwater Library will be closed from 5pm Friday 22nd December 2006 and will reopen 9am Monday 8th January 2007. All items borrowed at the end of December will be due on the 9th of January. If you would like to return your items during this time, please use the return chute at the end of the building.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK!

"The best way out is always through"

Robert Frost 1874-1963

18th October 2006

New books this week:
Morrigan's Cross - Nora Roberts
Ricochet - Sandra Brown
Under Orders - Dick Francis
Prior Bad Acts - Tami Hoag
What Came Before He Shot Her - Elizabeth George
The Water's Lovely - Ruth Rendell
Echo Park - Michael Connelly

If you would like to reserve a copy of these please call the library on 49 825 737.

StoryTime at Blackwater Library is now beginning at 10am every Wednesday. This is provided free and everyone is welcome.

Want to find an item? Click on the link below and select "PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES" to browse almost a million items that we can request for you - free of charge.

http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/find/cat

QUOTE OF THE WEEK!

'What is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?'

Lewis Carroll 1832-1898

New at the Library 26th September

This weeks new book is:
The Garden of Eden & Other Criminal Delights - Faye Kellerman

StoryTime - Starting 11th October 2006, StoryTime will take place at 10am every Wednesday.

The library has three internet computers for public use. There is a standard charge of $1.50 per hour or part thereof (eg. if you use the internet for 15min the charge will be $1.50).

Any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to call the library on 49 825737.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK!

"What we call the beginning is often the end, And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from."

T.S. Eliot 1888 - 1965