There’s a wide range of programs and events for adults and children held regularly at our libraries. You can view our current eNewsletter and connect with us on social media to keep up-to-date with what’s happening in our libraries. If you would like to receive our eNewsletter straight to your inbox, you can sign up here. For more information about any of our programs or events please contact your local library branch. If you’ve attended one of our events or programs and would like to provide us with feedback, you can do that here.
Easter Colouring Competition
The RUCRL Easter Colouring is back for 2024!
Print out or pick up a copy from your local branch of the picture for your age, colour it in and hand it back by 25 March for your chance to win a prize. Download the pictures and see the prizes below:
Author Event: P.A. Thomas
Tuesday, 19 March, 10.30am
Kyogle Library
P.A. Thomas studied medicine in Newcastle, New South Wales, undertook specialist training in nuclear medicine at the Mayo Clinic in the USA, and now works as a specialist at a public hospital in Brisbane. He is also a wilderness landscape photographer; he has had many joint and solo exhibitions, and his images have appeared in Australian Geographic publications. He lives in the Byron Bay region, the setting for his first novel, The Beacon.
Immensely entertaining, The Beacon is a murder mystery with a difference, bursting with humour, local colour, memorable characters and page-turning action. Read more about The Beacon and reserve the title.
Call Kyogle Library on 6660 0240 to make a booking for this event.
Scam Prevention Talk with nbn
Thursday, 21 March, 10.30am
Kyogle Library
nbn is hosting a free drop-in session to help you find out more about internet scams prevention including:
- How to recognise common scams
- How to stay safe online
- What to do if you think you have been scammed
Call Kyogle Library on 6660 0240 for more information and to book your spot.
Ben’s Book Club with Lee Christine
Tuesday, 26 March, 7.30pm
Lee Christine is the author of nine previous novels. Lee’s most recent crime novel, Glenrock, is set amid the legal and police worlds of the NSW coast. A former corporate trainer, Lee has two grown children and lives in Newcastle with her husband, Damian, and Honey, her soft-coated Irish Wheaten terrier.
During this digital book club, guests will have the opportunity to ask questions, interact with the authors, and enjoy a bookish discussion. Ben’s Book Club is a free monthly digital book club – hosted by Ben Hobson – brought to you via Libby, the library reading app. The Zoom link will be emailed to all attendees upon registering. Glenrock is available to borrow from Libby as an eBook or eAudiobook now.
Click here to register for this free online event.
Casino Film Club
Friday, 5 April, 9.30am doors open
Casino Library
This month we’ll be watching Going in Style.
Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
Call the Casino Library on 6660 0250 for bookings.
Author Event: J Mary Masters
Tuesday, 30 April
Kyogle Library at 10.30am
Casino Library at 1.30pm
J Mary Masters (Judith) was born in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia in the 1950s, the youngest of four children and raised on a cattle property. For more than twenty years, she was involved in the magazine publishing industry as a senior executive. Having now given up full time magazine work, Judith is devoting her time to her writing career, with an emphasis on writing for women readers. Her stories feature a mix of town and country settings, drawing heavily on her early country life.
Read more about her latest novels and reserve the titles, First Born Son and Heirs and Successors.
To make a booking at one of the events, call Kyogle Library on 6660 0240, or Casino Library on 6660 0250.