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Read about Walling House's namesake, famous gardener Edna Walling.

🌱 Calling all those with green thumbs!

In honour of the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show running this week, we're sharing the story of a trailblazing Australian garden designer.

Edna Walling was a keen photographer whose garden design style, passion and uncompromising vision left a lasting mark on Australian gardens.

Walling was known for her understanding of the unique challenges and delights of gardening in Australia, and her belief that houses should blend with the landscape and become part of nature.

Read more in today's blog 👇

https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/our-stories/ask-a-librarian/edna-walling-wild-at-heart/

📷 http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/permalink/f/1fe7t3h/SLV_ROSETTAIE20331477

Come see us if you need to read any of this fabulous series.

‘Tarantino for kids’: How The Bad Guys became hot Hollywood property Aaron Blabey’s book has sold 30 million copies, topped bestseller lists and been turned into a major studio movie. Its Bendigo-born author couldn’t be happier.

please contact [email protected] if you'd like to be involved.

This year’s Premiers’ Reading Challenge is now open! 🥳

Reading allows children to explore new worlds, all from the comfort of their own home. It’s a lot of fun, and a great way to improve literacy skills. 📚

Register your young readers at go.vic.gov.au/Q6yQB6

At Billanook, we have chosen to put our Book Week celebrations on hold until Term 4. In the meantime, we watch for the CBCA Awards winners to be announced on Friday.

✨📚 Welcome to Book News! 📚✨

It’s almost time for Children's Book Council of Australia Book Week! While many children are learning remotely, the celebrations will go ahead as planned 21-27 August. The theme for 2021 is Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds and if you visit the CBCA website you’ll find resources to download along with Shaun Tan’s stunning artwork that invokes flight as a symbol of movement between our inner and outer worlds. The 75th CBCA Book of the Year Awards will be announced online on 20 August at noon AEST. Make sure you join the celebration at cbca.org.au.




The Australian Society of Authors and Australian Booksellers Association have launched the 'shop local, read local' for Book Week, encouraging readers to support local stories from local bookstores. Share your favourite Aussie books or the Aussie stories that have helped sustain you over the past year with the hashtags !
Learn more about the campaign: https://fal.cn/3hwWm

Congratulations to the shortlisted entries in the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize: Elizabeth Knowles, Tara Southgate, Sarah Trolle, Jessica Twohill and Minrui Yang. The winner will be announced 26 August. Find out more: https://fal.cn/3hwWl

Last week the winners of the awards were announced - congratulations to everyone, what a fantastic selection of books. See the full list here: https://fal.cn/3hwWk

Proud to say, we have this gorgeous book in our Library.

Asphyxia wins the Readings Young Adult Book Prize 2021 by Kealy Siryj & Xiao-Xiao Kingham We are beyond delighted to announce Future Girl by Asphyxia as the winner of the 2021 Readings Young Adult (YA) Book Prize. An immersive story that is informed by Asphyxia’s experience as a Deaf person, Future Girl tells the story of Piper, a Deaf …

We are thrilled on behalf of our local Public Library Service- they are able to hold events once again! Some may appeal to you and yours.

Your Library has missed you! Announcing Reconnect: Your Library Month Festival.

This May 1-31, see a stellar cast of presenters including Brian Nankervis, Craig Reucassel, Sandra Pankhurst and more. Celebrate the themes of community, literacy, time & space and sustainability with over 130 events, exhibitions, workshops, and displays. Check out the full program: https://bit.ly/reconnectfest

Come and see us or email [email protected] for details. We’d love you to be involved!

The 2021 Premiers' Reading Challenge is now open. Inspire young readers to open their minds to wonderful new worlds ❤️📖❤️

For more information, including how to register your bookworms, visit: www.education.vic.gov.au/prc 🐛🍎