Monday 24 February 2020
The challenge is on! Read more and read widely this Autumn by getting involved with the Autumn Book Binge, a state-wide initiative led by Public Libraries Victoria and the State Library Victoria.
We know that reading has many positive benefits on a person’s health, wellbeing and personal development. We also know that it can sometimes be difficult to find the time to read as much as we would like to. If you could use just a little bit of motivation, then let the Autumn Book Binge provide the nudge you need to make more time for books in your life. To participate in the program, simply pick up a game card from any Geelong Regional Libraries branch or Mobile Library between 1 March and 31 May. Read or listen to books of your choice from any of the nine book categories (see below), complete your game card and drop it into your local library branch by the end of each month to go into the draw to win a Readings book voucher! Be sure to join in the conversation on social media to share your book reviews and recommendations using the hashtag #AutumnBookBinge. Visit your local library branch from 1 March to pick up a game card and to see suggestions for books to read in each of the following nine categories: • Set in Victoria • Recent releases • Other lives • In translation • Fact to fiction • Book to screen • Beastly titles • Other worlds • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers
Happy reading!
Back to news
This is an opportunity for your community group or organisation to partner with us to present events for our adult audiences that will inform, entertain and enhance social connectedness.
All of our libraries, mobile libraries and Kim barne thaliyu/Geelong Heritage Centre will be closed from Wednesday 25 December -Wednesday 1 January inclusive.
Donate fresh produce this summer to those experiencing food insecurity this December.
We invite First Nations people to participate in an oral history project, recording and preserving stories within the Kim barne thaliyu Geelong Heritage Centre archive. Interviews start in December.
The Library of Things provides members with a range of tech, practical and recreational non-book items available to borrow from your local library – for free!
Please note all our library locations including mobile libraries are closed and online services unavailable on Friday 29 November for our annual staff training day.