Online events and resources for adults

Podcasts:

Word for Word National Non-Fiction Festival 2019

• Opening Night: Sand Talk - Dr Tyson Yunkaporta with Harriet Gaffney
• Story Time - Jane Sullivan with Justine Hyde
• Going Back - Munjed Al Muderis with Shokoofeh Azar
• A Lot with a Little - Tim Costello with Lisa Waller
• Your Own Kind of Girl - Clare Bowditch with Harriet Gaffney
• Oppy: The Life of Sir Hubert Opperman - Daniel Oakman with Matthew Klugman
• White Tears/Brown Scars - Ruby Hamad with Bridget Caldwell
• Memory Craft - Lynne Kelly

Word for Word National Non-Fiction Festival 2018

• Opening Night: Helen Garner in conversation
• ​Gillian Triggs - Speaking Up
• Marcia Langton - Welcome to Country
• Kerry O'Brien - A Memoir
• Clementine Ford - Boys Will Be Boys
• The Great Debate 

Word for Word National Non-Fiction Festival 2017

• Opening Night: A Long Way From Home - Peter Carey with Maria Takolander

Word for Word National Non-Fiction Festival 2016

• Opening Night: The Hate Race - Maxine Beneba Clarke

From the Geelong Regional Libraries' Author Encounter Archives

• Peak: Reinventing Middle Age - Patricia and Don Edgar (2017)
• The Break - Marian Keyes with Deb Sansom (2017)
• Depends What You Mean By Extremist - John Safran with Dr Richard Evans (2017)
• Chaos to Calm: Take Control with Confidence - Shannah Kennedy & Lyndall Mitchell (2017)
• The Good People - Hannah Kent with Louise Swinn (2016) *Partnership with The Wheeler Centre
• The Story of Australia's People (Volume 2) - Prof. Geoffrey Blainey (2016)

• Browse the library's eCollection: discover eBooks, eAudiobooks, history resources, languages & learning, reference/research platforms and Newspapers & Magazines
   
• View Help Guides to help you get started with using the eCollection
   

• Join Book Buzz, a welcoming Facebook group where you can chat all things reading and books! Run by Geelong Regional Libraries, the group aims to provide members with curated book reviews, thoughtful discussion and engaging conversations and connection. 
   
• Temporary remote access to Ancestry Library Edition is currently available to our library members from wherever they are! Click the 'Ancestry' link on our eCollections page to access it (it won't work if you go through their page directly) and  have your  library barcode & PIN ready.
   
• View two special Geelong Heritage Centre exhibitions online: Fabric of a City: Designing Geelong, Part One: Gown of the Year 1974 and A history of the Great Ocean Road in pictures 
   
• Stream videos with Kanopy: enjoy critically-acclaimed movies, award-winning documentaries and classic cinema
   
• See up-to-date information about the Library's response to Coronavirus (COVID-19) and links to other information

Support a local bookstore during this period, and feed your reading habit!

Many shops offer online shopping and delivery or 'drive-through' services.

Torquay Books: are offering a takeaway bookshop, web orders and delivery.

Dymocks Geelong: have an online store and delivery (including express delivery).

Bookgrove Ocean Grove: are offering free delivery to addresses across the Bellarine.

The Bookshop at Queenscliff: have online ordering and a delivery service.

Great Escape Books (Aireys Inlet): offer free delivery within the Surf Coast region for any books and puzzles ordered.

Looking for a cultural experience online? Look no further!

• Digital Writers' Festival: Hear the best of the 2019 Fest
   
• Geelong Gallery: View The Look exhibition online 
   
• MSO Live: Enjoy performances from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 
   
• The Metropolitan Opera New York: watch live-streamed performances 
   
• The Wheeler Centre: streaming events and conversations online
   
• Visit famous tourist spots around the world
   
• Better Reading: Enjoy regular online book chats 
   

Find reputable information about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and support during this period: 

• Information and links to information sources can be found on our dedicated Coranvirus page. 
   
• The Department of Health & Human Services website houses information about Coronavirus translated into CALD languages. 
   
• Feed Geelong's Up-to-date information about how, when and where you can access food assistance during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.