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Author Event - Libraries After Dark - Brooke McAlary, Care - Portland Library
Join Glenelg Libraries for an evening with bestselling Australian author Brooke McAlary and explore what it means to care in smaller ways - for ourselves, our loved ones and our communities as she launches her newest book Care: The radical art of taking time. Read more...
Author Event - Maya Linnell, Magpies Bend
Join local Narrawong author Maya Linnell as she launches her third novel Magpie’s Bend. Read more...
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Author Event - Libraries After Dark - Leonie Kelsall, The Wattle Seed Inn
Join Glenelg Libraries as Australian rural romance author Leonie Kelsall launches her newest novel The Wattle Seed Inn featuring three aching hearts, a ramshackle country pub and a tangled web of secrets. Read more...
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My Year of Living Vulnerably by Rick Morton This is a book about love. In early 2019, Rick Morton, author of acclaimed, bestselling memoir One Hundred Years of Dirt, was diagnosed with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - which, as he says, is just a fancy way of saying that one of the people who should have loved him the most during childhood didn't. So, over the course of twelve months, he went on a journey to rediscover love. To get better. Not cured, not fixed. Just, better. This is a book about his journey to betterness, his year of living vulnerably. It's a book about love. What love is, how we see it, what forms it takes, how we practice it in our lives, what it means to us, and how we really, really can't live without it, even if, like Rick for many years, we think we can. As he says: 'People think they want cars, and they will, to get to jobs and appointments in cities and regions where public transport has failed them. But what gets them into those cars, out of the house, out of bed for God's sake, is love.

Nurse's Story : my life in A&E during the covid crisis by Louise Curtis Working in A&E is a challenging job but nurse Louise Curtis loves it. She was newly qualified as an advanced clinical practitioner, responsible for life or death decisions about the patients she saw, when the unthinkable happened and the country was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. The stress on the NHS was huge and for the first time in her life, the job was going to take a toll on Louise herself. In A nurse’s story she describes what happened next, as the trickle of Covid patients became a flood. And just as tragically, staff in A&E were faced with the effects of lockdown on society. They worried about their regulars, now missing, and saw an increase in domestic abuse victims and suicide attempts as loneliness hit people hard.

The Mistake by Katie McMahon Can one decision change everything? I couldn't believe that Bec would, after all these years, bring the whole thing up so...casually. Bec and Kate are sisters, but they couldn't be less alike. Bec lives the domestic dream with her surgeon husband Stuart and three perfect children. So why is she so attracted to free-spirited Ryan? Kate's life is hardly a dream. But when she meets Adam - tall, kind, funny - things start looking up. Until she finds out he's been keeping secrets from her. Then there is the incident both sisters are desperate to ignore. Will they discover that some mistakes can't be put right?

The Little book of Cottagecore by Emily Kent Returning to the simpler life has never been easier. If you're craving the aroma of freshly baked bread, spending more time in nature, or seeing the sunlight filtering through homemade curtains, then cottagecore is for you! The Little Book of Cottagecore helps you make simple living a reality with delightful cottagecore activities you can enjoy no matter where you live. Whether you're interested in baking pies from scratch, basic sewing and cross stitch, gardening, beekeeping, or making candles and soaps, this book is full of fun, hands-on activities that make it easy and enjoyable to unplug from modern life. Full of step-by-step instructions and homegrown inspiration, you'll find fun, practical ways to enjoy rustic and relaxing cottagecore activities in your everyday life.

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The Law Handbook Online

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Latest Happenings

Author Event - Libraries After Dark - Brooke McAlary, Care - Portland Library

Author Event - Maya Linnell, Magpies Bend

Libraries After Dark

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Author Event - Libraries After Dark - Leonie Kelsall, The Wattle Seed Inn

Cloudsource Open Access - Journal Articles

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