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Linking Lives to Learning and Leisure


Library and Information Week 2013

Library and Information Week 20 - 24 May

Please join us as we celebrate Library & Information Week. Events include Biggest Morning Tea, launch of our new eMagazine collection, demonstrations of our eBook and eAudiobook services, National Simultaneous Storytime and more.

Downloadable eBooks and eAudiobooks

Changes to OverDrive eBooks and eAudiobooks

It is now easier to borrow eBooks and eAudiobooks through OverDrive. Many eBooks can now be read within a web browser such as Internet Explorer without additional software or an Adobe ID. More information is available on our eBook page or through OverDrive.

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Sydney Writers' Festival

Our authors for May, Kate Forsyth and Chris Sarra are presented in association with the Sydney Writers' Festival. Please see our Sydney Writers' Festival page for more details.

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eMagazines

Digital magazines have arrived at Hornsby Library! Browse, read and download current issues of eighty-five selected titles. Further information is available on our eMagazine page.

Pennant Hills Library

Libraries Closed Queen's Birthday Public Holiday

All Hornsby Shire Libraries will be closed for the Queen's Birthday public holiday on Monday 10 June 2013. After hours returns chutes will be available at all branches.

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Creative Writing Workshop - Winter Writing Season

Hornsby Library is hosting three special creative writing workshops this coming winter. All workshops are hosted by facilitator Keith Whelan. Bookings are essential.

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Meet the Author - Suzanne Carroll

Meet author Suzanne Carroll at Hornsby Central Library on Thursday 6 June, 6.30pm. Suzanne will discuss her new book Over the Edge.

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Meet the Author - Andrew Tink

Meet author Andrew Tink at Hornsby Library on Tuesday 11 June at 6.30pm. Andrew will be discussing his new book Air Disaster Canberra: The Plane Crash that Destroyed a Government.

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Returned to Glory 2013

The Hornsby Library Prize for this year's Returned to Glory exhibition will be awarded to the artwork which reuses something linked to reading. It will be judged by the Library Manager and awarded at the opening of the exhibition.

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Holiday Fun with Hornsby Shire Libraries

Get hands-on with reptiles, amphibians and insects, join in with special storytimes, and be entertained by author Andy Jones at Hornsby Shire Libraries during the July school holidays.

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Local History Talk - Blackmailing the Governor

Local historian Ralph Hawkins will talk about Australia's first strike at Hornsby Library on Thursday 13 June at 6.30pm. The strike took place in 1819 and was initiated by workers at the sawing establishment in Pennant Hills.