Welcome to Goulburn Valley Regional Library

Library and Information Week - May 19th -25th
&
Australian's Biggest Morning Tea

Cobram Library will have a ‘favourite book’ competition sponsored by the Cobram Newsagency for Library Week . All entrants need to do is write the name of their favourite book and describe why they liked it in one sentence.
Forms will be available during Library week and need to be returned by the 31^st May.

Nagambie Library
Everyone is welcome to come along to Nagambie Library between
10 am and 1pm on Friday 23 May 2008
when the library will host The Biggest Morning Teas
as a fundraiser for cancer research.
So come along for tea and biscuits and donate a little something to cancer research.

Friends of the Yarrawonga Library are hosting a morning tea on FRIDAY May 23^rd  from 10am until 12.30pm. We are asking for a GOLD COIN donation to our local Cancer support group called “FRIENDS IN COMMON”.

Bilingual Picture Books

An influx of new bilingual picture books has arrived at the Shepparton Library thanks to
generous sponsorship from the Goulburn Murray Region Skilled Migration Program.
A selection of these books in Swahili, Punjabi, Chinese, Farsi, Arabic and Turkish
are on display in the foyer of the library and are available for immediate borrowing.

Enjoy Conversation and Meeting People

Goulburn Murray Region Migration Program invites you to
Morning Tea
at the Goulburn Valley Regional Library in Marungi Street, Shepparton
every Wednesday between 10am – 11am.

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided. This is an informal gathering for meeting people and conversation.
If you would like more information please contact
Jane at the City of Greater Shepparton on 5832 9710 or
Sonali Jayasundera at the Shepparton Library on 5832 1600

Writers’ Readings

 Join members of the GV Writers Group, as they read their poetry and prose.
They meet at the Shepparton Library every 3rd Sunday of the month at 2 pm.
Don’t miss this pleasant way to spend a Sunday afternoon,
sharing your own writing, chatting with writers and enjoying a cuppa.
The next gathering will be on Sunday 19th April.

Koori Library Pathways Project

For the latest update on this exciting project visit the KLPP website: koorilibrary.8ways.net

Website of the month!

FreeRice is a word game: - for every word you get right,
FreeRice will donate 20 grains of rice through the UN World Food Program to
help end hunger. But the more you get right, the harder the words get!
WARNING: This game may make you smarter.
It may improve your speaking, writing, thinking, grades, job performance...

Winners of the 2007 Joseph Furphy Commemorative Literary Prize

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