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Friends

of the Library News

Vale Kingsley Ireland (1942-2019) It was with much sadness that we heard of the

death of Kingsley Ireland, who passed away on

Sunday, 6 October. Kingsley was a longstand-

ing member of the Friends of the Library and

genealogy expert who assisted so many with

their research. A teacher by profession, Kingsley

was well known and highly respected within the

Barossa and South Australian communities for his

genealogical research and encyclopaedic

knowledge of local and South Australia's history.

He held senior positions as president of the SA

Pioneers Association, Barossa Valley Archives

and Historical Trust, the Angaston & Penrice

Historical Society and many other groups. He

worked tirelessly in all that he did. Kingsley was

instrumental in restoring Angaston's Union

Chapel, the oldest building in the Barossa, to its

original glory. He will be will be sadly missed. Mem Fox visits the Barossa - Top 10 Reading tips 1. Spend at least ten wildly happy minutes every single day reading

aloud, from birth!

2. Read at least three stories a day: it may be the same story three

times (or a thousand times!) Children need to hear a thousand stories

before they can begin to learn to read.

3. Read aloud with animation. Listen to your own voice, hang loose

and be loud, have fun and laugh a lot.

4. Read with joy and enjoyment: real enjoyment for yourself and great

joy for the listeners

5. Read the stories that your child loves, over and over, and over

again, and always read in the same ‘tune’ for each book: i.e. with the

same intonations, volume and speed, on each page.

6. Let children hear lots of language by talking to them constantly

about the pictures, or anything else connected to the book; or sing

any old song that you can remember; or say nursery rhymes in a

bouncy way; or be noisy together doing clapping games.

7. Look for rhyme, rhythm or repetition in books for young children,

and make sure the books are really short.

8. Play games with the things that you and the child can see on the

page, let kids finish rhymes, and find the letters that start the child’s

name and yours, remembering it’s always a fabulous game.

9. Make it fun, never ever teach reading, or get tense around books, .

10. Please read aloud every day because you just adore being with

your child, not because it’s the right thing to do.

Judy Nunn - Khaki Town

What a fun night we had with Judy Nunn,

stepping back to wartime 1942 Townsville and

discovering the lesser known story of tensions with

American troops. Author events always surprise us

with insights from the writer as they share their

passion for writing. Come along and add to your

reading experience and find the story behind the

book from our talented authors.

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE

Support library fundraising with a

Friends of the Library Christmas Raffle ticket.

6 hampers, one at each library and an

overall prize to win. Tickets $2 or 3 for $5.

Drawn Friday 20th December

Come & try,

all welcome

The Bookmark

NOV

2019

Events in November and December Barossa Made Twilight Christmas Market - Kids Christmas Craft - Thursday 21st November 5-7 , Tanunda Library.

Friends Raffle tickets at all Libraries - Drawn Friday 20th December Children’s / Family Christmas Activities - December Tuesday 17th (5-7pm) & Thursday 19th

The Barossa Council Public Library - Like us on Facebook for our latest news

Share the Gift of Reading this Christmas Receiving a book for Christmas creates a special memory. Be

part of the Gift of Reading and donate a new book for a

child aged 0-12 years. Lutheran Community Care will add

the books to their family hampers this Christmas. We are

partnering with Raven’s Parlour Bookstore in Tanunda who

have a wonderful book selection. Fill in a donation slip and

you have a chance to win a $50 book voucher.

Bring in your book by Wednesday 27 November

TRY OUR NEW SELF CHECK OUTS New self check out units have arrived

What’s RFID? Radio Frequency Identification

uses a tag placed in all of our items that the

machine reads to borrow and return items.

Is it easy to use? Yes. Scan your

library card & place your books in a small pile

and the unit can read the lot. Green ticks on

the screen & everything is borrowed. If a red

symbol appears, staff can assist as items may

have a hold for another borrower, or an error.

Can I return items? Yes. Select return items,

put your items on the pad and follow the ar-

row to place them on the green trolley (for

Barossa items) or red trolley (for items to other

libraries or for holds).

View Account & Renew items Select View Account and you can renew

loans on items. If there is a hold or your re-

newal limit (twice) has been reached, the

item will display in red. See staff and we can

assist.

View Reservations If you are waiting for an

item you can see if it has arrived and keep

track.

Will it replace staff? No, we are still here to

help. The machines are faster as they scan

multiple items. The self checks help us to

spend more time with you to place holds,

answer enquiries, assist with computers,

photocopying, run programs and Council

services. We are still here to help as always.

DVDs Acquitted

Breakthrough

Brooklyn nine-nine Season 6

Chernobyl a 5-part miniseries.

Christmas around the corner

Dead in a week (or your money back)

Domino

Garage sale mystery

Gone are the days

Outback truckers Series 7

Red Joan

The sun is also a star

Tolkien

X-Men: Dark Phoenix

Love and death among the cheetahs

LEGO DC Batman family matters

Bluey: Magic xylophone

Toy Story 4

Zog

Aladdin

PICTURE BOOKS The girl and the dinosaur - Hollie Hughes and

Sarah Massini

Whitney and Britney Chicken Divas - Lucinda Gifford

Tiny Star - Mem Fox

Be a maker - Katey Howes

A fearsome beast and a dumpling feast

- Yves Stening and Nigel Buchanan

Cunning crow - Gregg Dreise

YOUNG ADULT The end and other beginnings : stories

from the future - Veronica Roth

Secret weapon - Anthony Horowitz

Sensitive - Allayne L. Webster

The secret runners of New York - Matthew

Reilly

KID’S FICTION

Lucy makes a wish - Anne Booth

The naughtiest unicorn at Christmas - Pip Bird

Mr Chicken all over Australia- Leigh Hobbs

Attack of the 50-foot Fly Guy - Tedd Arnold

The bad guys Episode 10: The baddest

day ever - Aaron Blabey

KID’S NON-FICTION Experiment with kitchen science - Nick Arnold

My folks grew up in the '80s - Beck Feiner

MasterChef junior bakes - Tosi, Christina

Floods and bushfires - Australian Geographic

This is home : essential Australian poems

for children - selected by Jackie French

KID’S AUDIO BOOKS Bear Grylls adventures Volume 5 - Bear

Grylls

The world's worst teachers - David Walliams

Viking at school - Jeremy Strong

The 117-storey treehouse - Andy Griffiths

and Terry Denton

N e w ?

Learn About Email - 11am

Creating accounts,

sending & managing emails.

This class is suitable for

smartphone, tablet

and laptop users.

Please bring your fully

charged device

Monday, 11 November

Nuriootpa Library

Online Safety & Social

Media - 1pm

An introduction to shopping

& staying safe online.

This class is suitable for

smartphone, tablet

and laptop users. Please bring your fully

charged device

Wednesday, 27 November

Nuriootpa Library

Need tech help? Try a Tech Savvy

Seniors session, for fun, friendly,

small group sessions run at your

pace. Register your interest for

2020 to in February. Or we can

come to your group for a focused

session.

We run weekly Tech Help sessions

on Fridays one-on one help you

with any tech enquiries. Mainly at

Nuriootpa Library or we can visit

other libraries if that location is

preferred.

TECH SAVVY SENIORS

JP SERVICE - Every Friday and Saturday at the Nuriootpa Library,

you can access JP services. No bookings needed. Friday 11.00—1.00 pm // Saturday 10.00am —12.00

The role of a JP is to act as an

independent and objective witness

to documents people use for official

or legal purposes.

For example, a JP may:

- attest the execution of a document

- witness an affidavit for use in court

- witness a statutory declaration

- certify a true copy of an original

document

- certify a person’s identity.

LIBRARY MEMBER CARDS - Do you know where yours is? Using the self check machines is easy. It’s easier if you have your

physical membership card to scan under the card reader.

If yours has gone missing, see us to

get a new one. It’s a simple process

and one we know will help.

And YES if you use the app with your

membership card preloaded, the

card reader will also read the

barcode from there.

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS

LYNDOCH GROUP

1st Wed, The Lord Lyndoch, 7.30pm

ANGAS PARK BOOKENDS GROUP

2nd Tues, Angas Park Hotel, 7pm

TANUNDA GROUP

2nd Thurs, Tanunda Library, 3pm

NURIOOTPA GROUP

4th Fri, Nuriootpa Library, 10am

NEW MEMBERS WELCOME

Interested in joining a Book Discussion

Group? Some of our Book Groups do have

vacancies, please contact Janine

to find out more. Phone 8563 8440

CHESS Sundays, Nuriootpa Library, 12pm- 3pm

MAHJONG CLUB Every Thursday, 1.30-3.30pm

Nuriootpa Library, $1 includes a cuppa

PLEASANT PAINTERS ART CLUB Fortnightly on Fridays, 10am-2pm

Mt Pleasant Library,

Cost: gold coin donation

includes morning tea. Ph 8563 8304

PLEASANT PROSE & POETS Fortnightly on Thursday, 10am-12pm

Mt Pleasant Library,

Cost: $1 includes a cuppa

SCRABBLE Every Monday, Lyndoch Library, 10am

Every Tuesday, Nuriootpa Library, 1.30pm

Cost: $1 includes a cuppa

YARN FANATICS Fortnightly on Wednesday

10.30am-2.30pm 13 & 27 February

Nuriootpa Library, BYO lunch

.Silver by Chris Hammer

In the sequel to the

hit Scrublands,

journal is t Martin

Scarsden is running

from his past, but now

there is no

e s c a p i n g . H e ' d

vowed never to

r e t u r n t o h i s

hometown, Port Silver, and its traumatic

memories. But now his new partner,

Mandy Blonde, has inherited an old

house in the seaside town and Martin

knows their chance of a new life

together won't come again.

Martin arrives to find his best friend from

school days has been brutally murdered,

and Mandy is the chief suspect. With the

police curiously reluctant to pursue other

suspects, Martin goes searching for the

killer. The media descend on Port Silver,

attracted by a story that has it all: sex,

drugs, celebrity and religion. Once again,

Martin finds himself in the front line of re-

porting. Yet the demands of

deadlines and his desire to clear Mandy

are not enough: the past is ever present.

Stone Country by Nicole Alexander

South Australia, 1919.

Ross Grant has

always felt like the

black sheep of his

wealthy Scottish fami-

ly. Ross is coerced into

marrying Darcey

Thomas, a woman he

has never met.

Disgusted by his manipulative family, he

turns his back on his unwanted wife just

hours after the ceremony, and heads to

Waybell with no plans to return.

Carving his own empire in the far north,

Ross has not counted on Darcey's deter-

mination to be his wife in more than just

name. Nor did he anticipate meeting Ma-

ria, a young, part-Chinese woman who

will capture his heart. And he certainly

wasn't prepared for how this beautiful yet

savage land will both captivate and de-

stroy his soul. From the red dirt of mid

north South Australia, to the cattle stations

and buffalo plains of the far north, Ross's

journey is one of anger and desire, ad-

venture and determination, to the heart

of stone country and beyond.

Reviews ADULT FICTION The simple truth - David Baldacci

The suspect - Fiona Barton

The long call - Ann Cleeves

Quantum - Patricia Cornwell

The girl behind the red rope - Ted Dekker

Guilty not guilty - Felix Francis

The lying room - Nicci French

The shape of night - Tess Gerritsen

Agent running in the field - John le Carre

The art of dying - Douglas Lindsay

The rich man's house - Andrew McGahan

19th Christmas - James Patterson

The stranger inside - Lisa Unger

The wife and the widow – Christian White

Cage of souls - Adrian Tchaikovsky

Sympathy for the devil - Kent Anderson

Murder in Bel-Air - Cara Black

Wearing paper dresses - Anne Brinsden

The Irish princess - Elizabeth Chadwick

A single thread - Tracy Chevalier

The little gift shop on the loch -Maggie Conway

Sword of kings - Bernard Cornwell

The world that we knew - Alice Hoffman

The wayward girls - Amanda Mason

In search of Anna - Valerie Volk

The weekend - Charlotte Wood

Dark illusion - Christine Feehan

A little hatred - Joe Abercrombie

AUDIO BOOKS Nothing ventured - Jeffrey Archer

Wolfhunter River - Rachel Caine

Bruny - Heather Rose

Stranger country - Monica Tan

ADULT NON FICTION Traditions of death and burial - Helen Frisby

My online privacy for seniors - Jason Rich

Brock at Bathurst : Peter Brock's

unrivaled racing career - Bev Brock

Innocent : the true story of siblings

struggling to survive - Cathy Glass

The cherry picker's daughter : a

childhood memoir - Kerry Reed-Gilbert

Wham! George & me - Andrew Ridgeley

Penny Wong - Margaret Simons

MatchFit : the complete manual to get

your body and brain fit - Andrew May

The secrets of great botanists : and

what they teach us about gardening - Matthew Biggs

Dinner in 5 - Pete Evans

The short story of architecture - Susie Hodge

Bake Australia great - Katherine Sabbath

Gardening through the year in Australia

- Ian Spence

The edible garden : cookbook &

growing guide - Paul West

Moonshots : 50 years of NASA space

exploration seen through Hasselblad

cameras - Piers Bizony

Finding the heart of the nation : the jour-

ney of the Uluru Statement towards

voice, treaty and truth - Thomas Mayor

Regular

Programs

RATTLE & RHYME: Every Monday & Friday (0-2 year olds)

Nuriootpa Library, 11am

Friday session only in school holidays

STORYTIME: Every Monday, Lyndoch Library, 9.30am

Every Tuesday, Tanunda Library, 9.30am

Every Wednesday, Nuriootpa Library, 9.30am

Second Week STEAM Storytime Join us for fun stories that focus on a

STEAM theme, with activities and simple

science experiments suitable for

pre-school children. This programme runs during school term only

LEGO CREW: Every Wednesday, Lyndoch Library, 4.00pm

Every Friday, Nuriootpa Library, 4.00pm

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