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Chatswood Library

Locality: Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9777 7900

Address: Chatswood Library, Lower Ground, 409 Victoria Ave, The Concourse 2067 Chatswood, NSW, Australia

Website: https://libraries.willoughby.nsw.gov.au

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24.01.2022 Listen now to author Bruce Pascoe read ‘Dark emu : black seeds : agriculture or accident?’ Now available with simultaneous access on BorrowBox https://bit.ly/3eCUAa0 If you need help getting started with BorrowBox, email [email protected] and we'll get back to you ASAP!

21.01.2022 Stop by West Chatswood Library after school or work today - you can browse the collections, access the public PCs or use the free wifi. Open from 2.30pm to 7pm. Library branches are re-opening this week, check our opening hours and services before your visit https://libraries.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/Locations-and-Hours

20.01.2022 Santa's alarm clock has stopped and he has overslept. Hurry, Santa! Did Santa make it to your place? Happy Christmas and happy #BookFaceFriday from Chatswood Library! 'Hurry, Santa!' written by Julie Sykes and illustrated by Tim Warnes.

19.01.2022 Drop into Naremburn Library today. They're open from 1.30pm to 5pm. Grab some new fiction, DVDs or kids picture books, or just browse the collections. Our branch opening hours have changed, check our website for opening hours and available services https://libraries.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/Locations-and-Hours

16.01.2022 A stack of some of our newest Library books Join our lunchtime book chat to find out about these and other featured items from our collections, or tell us what you have been reading! Tomorrow at 12.30pm - join us on Zoom. Book now for your link https://libraries.willoughby.nsw.gov.au//lunchtime-book-ch

15.01.2022 Artarmon Library has re-opened! Drop in today between 10am and 12.30pm to browse and borrow from the collections, access the PCs or use the free wifi. Our branch opening hours have changed please check your local branch hours and available services before your visit https://libraries.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/Locations-and-Hours

15.01.2022 Missed us at Chatswood Library this week? Come and visit us tomorrow! We're now open Saturdays from 10am to 4pm so you can stock up on your reading and DVDs for the weekend. See you soon!

15.01.2022 We’re proud to present General Sir Peter Cosgrove live ‘in conversation’ with Scott Whitmont.

14.01.2022 Just in time for the holidays, indyreads is now available to Willoughby Library members! indyreads provides access to a statewide collection of independent Australian and international titles, classic literature and modern award-winning titles in eBook and eAudio format. There are titles in community languages including Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish and Vietnamese. Access for free with your Willoughby Library card https://indyreads.libraries.nsw.gov.au/

13.01.2022 Today is Love Your Red Hair Day! Today’s #BookFaceFriday features 'Red: a history of the redhead'. Author Jacky Colliss Harvey goes on a quest to trace the redhead gene from prehistory to the modern age of art and literature, and in contemporary culture. Available to borrow from Chatswood Library. #LoveYourRedHairDay

12.01.2022 Castle Cove Library is now open! Visit today between 2pm and 5pm for new reading recommendations, and to browse and borrow from the collections. We look forward to seeing you soon! Please remember our branch opening hours have changed check your local branch hours and available services before your visit https://libraries.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/Locations-and-Hours

12.01.2022 Join General Sir Peter Cosgrove live at The Concourse Civic Pavilion on Wednesday 18 November, 6.30pm, as he discusses his extraordinary life and memoir 'You Shouldn't Have Joined', in conversation with Scott Whitmont. Free event - bookings are essential https://libraries.willoughby.nsw.gov.au//talks-at-willough Chatswood NSW Allen & Unwin Books

11.01.2022 COVID-19 - access to Council facilities In response to the growing COVID-19 cluster and related update to the Public Health Orders, Willoughby City Council is ...restricting access to our public facilities to all residents of the Northern Beaches Local Government Area. Until midnight on Wednesday, this applies to Willoughby Leisure Centre, Northbridge Baths and all leisure facilities, Chatswood Library and all branch libraries, our Customer Service Centre, MOSAIC Multicultural Centre, Dougherty Community Centre and all art spaces. We will continue to monitor government advice and will keep you updated with any changes. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding. See more

09.01.2022 Anyone for a Cab? That is a Hansom Cab - a horse-drawn carriage designed and patented in 1834 by Joseph Hansom, an architect from York in England. The driver here is Horace James O'Rourke waiting patiently outside of the Chatswood Railway Station for a fare in the early 1920s. In the background is the Railway Hotel that later, with alterations, became the Chatswood Hotel and finally the Orchard Tavern. You can discover more historical photographs in our Picture Willoughby arc...hive https://libraries.willoughby.nsw.gov.au//Picture-Willoughby #WindBackWednesday See more

09.01.2022 Read now without the queues! ‘The Things She Owned’ by Katherine Tamiko Arguile. Available with simultaneous access on BorrowBox. Perfect for book clubs! https://bit.ly/3eCUAa0 If you need help getting started with BorrowBox, email [email protected] and we'll get back to you ASAP!

09.01.2022 Getting ready for Peter Cosgrove’s talk this evening. Hop on to our YouTube page at 6.30pm for the livestream https://youtu.be/k78UBMoV60U

08.01.2022 #WindBackWednesday The Haven Amphitheatre in Castlecrag, 1993 The Haven Amphitheatre was established by Marion Mahony Griffin and Walter Burley Griffin in the early 1930s in Castlehaven Reserve a foreshore reserve including a scenic gully of native vegetation with tree fern canopy and large sandstone outcrops. It was the setting for Carols by Candlelight on Christmas Eve 2009. The packed out theatre listened to The Savoy Singers, the Haven Orchestra conducted by Prue Gibbs... and performances by 6 local children’s groups. The ‘Spectacular’ was organised by the Committee of Management of the Haven Amphitheatre and supported by Willoughby City Council, Castlecrag Progress Association and Walter Burley Griffin Society. The Local Studies Collection holds the DVD produced from the evening it can be viewed by contacting the library for an appointment. Image from Picture Willoughby: https://libraries.willoughby.nsw.gov.au//Picture-Willoughby

05.01.2022 Welcome back to Northbridge Library! Open today from 10am to 1pm. Please remember our branch opening hours have changed check your local branch hours and available services before your visit https://libraries.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/Locations-and-Hours

05.01.2022 This week celebrated #WorldPhilosophyDay established by UNESCO in 2005 to promote an international culture of philosophical debate that respects human dignity and diversity. You can read more about the world’s great philosophers, from Confucius and Plato to Karl Marx and Noam Chomsky in ‘Philosophers: their lives and works’ by Tony Allan available to borrow from Chatswood Library. Happy #BookFaceFriday

04.01.2022 Willoughby in Covid-19 Christmas stories seeking contributions As we are facing a Christmas like never before please share your Willoughby Christmas and festive season stories and photographs with us, we want to capture this moment in time for our Local Studies archives. How different was this time for you and your family? What changes did you need to make? Were there positive outcomes in this new arrangement? ... Please make your contributions at: https://www.haveyoursaywilloughby.com.au/willoughby-in-covi

03.01.2022 Studying for the HSC 2021? The State Library of New South Wales are offering free HSC Help webinars for English, History, Legal Studies and Society & Culture throughout November and December. They'll show you some awesome online resources which can be accessed from home plus ways of searching to get better results and save time - register now https://bit.ly/3lEQDEB

02.01.2022 Celebrating this festive season but don’t want to over-indulge? Try a Bah Humbug literary mocktail. Find the recipe here https://druginfo.sl.nsw.gov.au//literary-mockta/bah-humbug #MakeItAMocktail #KnowYourStandards @druginfoatyourlibrary

02.01.2022 #Windbackwednesday Palms on Archer Street, Chatswood, 1938 Palms were fashionable in the 1920-1930s as part of street beautification. Notice the freshly laid footpath and the neat bungalows. During the 1930s as part of the Depression, Relief Work Project funding was given by the state government to provide work for infrastructure such as roads and footpaths. Assuming the photograph was taken looking west along Archer Street any suggestions for the side street would be appreciated. The postcard is part of the picture collection at Willoughby City Library. For more historical photographs see Picture Willoughby : https://libraries.willoughby.nsw.gov.au//Picture-Willoughby

02.01.2022 #AustraliaReads Now is a good time to get reading. Books in whatever shape, size, or form are a great way to unwind, to learn new things, discover new stories, and feel all kinds of emotions. On Thursday 12 November celebrate Australian Reading Hour, stop what you’re doing for an hour, pick up a book and read to yourself or the children in your life. Discover your next great read at Chatswood Library - check out our catalogue for inspiration https://willoughby.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe//WPAC/HOME