Yarra Plenty Regional Library’s and publisher Wilkins Farago are delighted to host Italian author and illustrator, Davide Cali to launch their new program called Reading for Social Peace. Visitors to Lalor Library will be able to meet Davide on Thursday 24 May from 10.00am – 11.00am. Davide Cali is on a whirl-wind two-week tour of Australia.This tour will include the launch of his new book . . . more »

Born 1945, in Melbourne Victoria, he then grew up in country Victoria. His first job was on a farm at Ensay, just up the road from where he grew up. Heard grew up without television, poor radio reception and rarely left the area. As a young adult, his interests were football, cricket, badminton, Young Farmers, Scouts and many local committees. By 1965, at aged 20, . . . more »

George R.R. Martin's epic series A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of novels (five released with more to come) set in the feudal land of Westeros and the lands across the Narrow Sea, winter can last for a decade and as the motto of House Stark reads... Winter is coming. The series has been adapted into board games, role-playing games, video games . . . more »

For all you kids out there who think that reading isn't fun. Think again. We had loads of young people between the age of 12 and 16 who registered for our Y Read program over this summer. And one lucky reader is now able to read books on her very own iPad2. Congratualations to Amy Temple of Eltham.

Y Read? Because it's so much fun! Loads of young people at all our branches are taking up the challenge to read this summer. Here's some examples of what the summer reading is looking like: The Killing - Robert Muchamore Divine Madness - Robert Muchamore Man vs Beast - Robert Muchamore Millie and the Night Heron How to Be A Boy Naomi and Ely's No . . . more »

Happy New Year! Are you ready for a big, big year of reading in this the National Year of Reading? 2012 is shaping up to be a delicious smorgasbord of bookish events. We at Yarra Plenty Regional Library are very excited and have many great things bubbling away. So, first up, have you had a chance to look at the six books as part of . . . more »

Congratulations to all who entered YPRL's Write Now! short story competition. We held the awards ceremony at the Eltham Library on Sunday 27 November. It was standing room only as we celebrated our great writers from all over Victoria. So, without further ado, here is the list of winners: JUNIOR First Massaki and the Last Golden Dragon, Cameron John Chandler Second Seasons of the . . . more »

Now that the voting has begun for the Our Story project as part of the National Year of Reading in 2012, we've deceded to feature one of the six books per week, to help you choose. Unpolished Gem Alice Pung This is an original take on a classic story - how a child of immigrants moves between two cultures. In place of piety and predictability, . . . more »

Voting opens on the 1 November 2011 and closes on the 6 January 2012, and it's really simple. To vote online visit the ABC website or drop in to your local library or book shop and fill in a voting slip.

As part of the National Year of Reading in 2012, join us in reading our shortlist of six titles and vote on your favourite. Date: Monday 17 October 2011 - Friday 6 January 2012 Cost: Free This summer, discover six wonderful books with a Victorian flavour, and help us choose the winning book! Our Story presents a shortlist of six books, including fiction and non-fiction: . . . more »

The Sense of an Ending wins The 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction 18 October 2011 www.themanbookerprize.com Bookies' favourite, Julian Barnes, triumphs with Man Booker Prize win Julian Barnes is tonight (Tuesday 18 October) named the winner of this year's £50,000 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for The Sense of an Ending, published by Jonathan Cape. London-based Barnes has been the bookies' favourite to win . . . more »

During Children's Book Week in August, we had the pleasure of running writing and illustration workshops with local school children. These workshops were run by local authors and illustrators and the theme was 'One World, many Stories', and was essentially a look at how we tell stories. It was very satisfying to see so many kids sit still for these two hour workshops and be . . . more »