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Locality: Grafton, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 409 457 606

Address: 126-144 Pound Street 2460 Grafton, NSW, Australia

Website: http://crl.nsw.gov.au

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25.01.2022 HOT READ: 'Nine Days' by Toni Jordan is one of our hot reads on #BorrowBox right now. THE STORY: It is 1939 and although Australia is about to go to war, it doesn’t quite realise yet that the situation is serious. Deep in the working-class Melbourne suburb of Richmond young Kip Westaway, failed scholar and stablehand, is living the most important day of his life. Kip’s momentous day is one of nine that will set the course for each member of the Westaway clan in the years t...hat follow. In 'Nine Days' Toni Jordan has harnessed all the spiky wit, compassion and lust for life that drew readers in droves to 'Addition' and 'Fall Girl'. Ambitious in scope and structure, triumphantly realised, this is a novel about one family and every family. It is about dreams and fights and sacrifices. And finally, of course, it is as it must be about love. BORROW: You can download the eAudiobook and eBook right now, for free on #borrowbox, with your library card. You can also reserve the book on our library app, website or at your local library. #clarenceregionallibrary #yourlibraryyourplace #bookstagram #booklovers #bibliophile #bookchat #bookaddict #booknerd #bookgeek #bookshelf #eBook #eaudiobook #audiobook #talkingbook #goodreads #greatreads #instabook #literature #lovetoread #lovebooks #readinglife #readinglist #nswpubliclibraries #librariesmatter

22.01.2022 Are you a large print reader? Did you know you can easily change the size of the text in our eBooks and eMagazines on BorrowBox and rbDigital? Simply open a digital book, tap on the screen, then tap on the 'Aa' or 'Tt' icon. You can adjust the size of the text, font and background colour to suit your eyesight and reading preferences. 'Text to Speech' and 'Scroll Mode' features are also available in our #eLibrary. #clarenceregionallibrary #yourlibraryyourplace #bookstagram #booklovers #bibliophile #bookchat #bookaddict #booknerd #bookgeek #bookshelf #eBook #eaudiobook #audiobook #talkingbook #goodreads #greatreads #instabook #literature #lovetoread #lovebooks #readinglife #readinglist #nswpubliclibraries #librariesmatter #largeprint #texttospeech #scrollmode #borrowbox #rbdigital

22.01.2022 We have some fun activities for kids to do at home to celebrate Book Week. Head to the 'Create and Explore' section on our website (https://fal.cn/3b30Y) where you'll find lots of fun activities you can download, print and create at home. #clarenceregionallibrary #cbca2020 #storytimeanytime #storyboxlibrary #bookweek #nswpubliclibraries #library #librarylife #literature #likeforlike #librariesmatter #lovetoread #lovemylibrary #lovebooks #reading #readinglife #readinglist #readingnook #reader #bookoftheyear #readingismysuperpower

20.01.2022 POPULAR READ: 'Scrublands' by Chris Hammer is one of our BorrowBox eBooks of the month so you can download and read it NOW without waiting. THE STORY: Scrublands is a compulsive thriller that will haunt you long after you have turned the final page. In an isolated country town brought to its knees by endless drought, a charismatic and dedicated young priest calmly opens fire on his congregation, killing five parishioners before being shot dead himself. A year later, troub...led journalist Martin Scarsden arrives in Riversend to write a feature on the anniversary of the tragedy. But the stories he hears from the locals about the priest and incidents leading up to the shooting don't fit with the accepted version of events his own newspaper reported in an award-winning investigation. BORROW: So many ways to read! Download the eBook NOW on #BorrowBox for free with your library card OR reserve this book in standard print and large print on our website, library app or at your local library. You can also download and listen to the audiobook RIGHT NOW for free on the #RBdigital app. REVIEW: Have you read Scrublands? Please share your thoughts in the comments. #clarenceregionallibrary #yourlibraryyourplace #bookstagram #booklovers #bibliophile #bookchat #bookaddict #booknerd #bookgeek #bookshelf #eBook #eaudiobook #audiobook #talkingbook #goodreads #greatreads #instabook #literature #lovetoread #lovebooks #readinglife #readinglist #nswpubliclibraries #librariesmatter #scrublands #ChrisHammer

20.01.2022 LISTEN NOW: Have you heard the story of Australia's most famous dog? 'Horrie the War Dog' by Roland Perry is one of our eAudiobooks of the month on #borowbox. THE STORY: In the harsh Libyan desert in the middle of the second world war, Private Jim Moody, a signaller with the First Australian Machine Gun Battalion, found a starving puppy on a sand dune. Moody called the dog Horrie. Much more than a mascot, Horrie's exceptional hearing picked up the whine of enemy aircraft t...wo minutes before his human counterparts and repeatedly saved the lives of the thousand-strong contingent. When the war was finished and Horrie smuggled back home, quarantine officers pounced and demanded that the dog be put down, prompting a huge public outcry. Was Horrie, the gunner's hero, condemned to die or could Moody devise a scheme to save him? In the finest ANZAC tradition, Horrie the War Dog is a story of intrigue and illusion, and of sacrifice, courage and loyalty. BORROW: You can download the eAudiobook and eBook from BorrowBox for free with your library card AND reserve the book from our website, library app or at your local library. So many ways to read! #clarenceregionallibrary #yourlibraryyourplace #bookstagram #booklovers #bibliophile #bookchat #bookaddict #booknerd #bookgeek #bookshelf #eBook #eaudiobook #audiobook #talkingbook #goodreads #greatreads #instabook #literature #lovetoread #lovebooks #readinglife #readinglist #nswpubliclibraries #librariesmatter #HorrietheWarDog #rolandperry

19.01.2022 PARTY: We're throwing a party to officially open the new scooter and skate rack at Grafton Library. So kids, roll over after school and join in! WHAT: Grafton artist @kadevaljart will be hosting live skate deck painting, there's free ice cream and we have 10 padlocks to giveaway so you can LOCK AND LEAVE your board/scooter while you're at the library. WHEN: Wednesday 28 Oct, 4pm - 5pm. WHERE: Carpark to the side of Grafton Library.

19.01.2022 POPULAR READ: 'The Choke' by Sofie Laguna is one of our BorrowBox eBooks of the month. That means you can download and read it NOW without waiting. THE STORY: Abandoned by her mother as a toddler and only occasionally visited by her volatile father who keeps dangerous secrets, Justine is raised solely by her Pop, an old man tormented by visions of the Burma Railway. Justine finds sanctuary in Pop's chooks and The Choke, where the banks of the Murray River are so narrow the...y can almost touch - a place of staggering natural beauty that is both a source of peace and danger. Although Justine doesn't know it, her father is a menacing criminal and the world she is exposed to is one of great peril to her. She has to make sense of it on her own - and when she eventually does, she knows what she has to do. BORROW: So many ways to read #TheChoke at your library! Download the eBook NOW on #BorrowBox for free with your library card OR reserve this book in standard print, large print and dyslexic print on our website, library app or at your local library. You can also download and listen to the audiobook right now on the #rbDigital app for free with your library card. REVIEW: Have you read The Choke? Please share your thoughts in the comments. #clarenceregionallibrary #yourlibraryyourplace #bookstagram #booklovers #bibliophile #bookchat #bookaddict #booknerd #bookgeek #bookshelf #eBook #eaudiobook #audiobook #talkingbook #goodreads #greatreads #instabook #literature #lovetoread #lovebooks #readinglife #readinglist #nswpubliclibraries #librariesmatter #TheChoke #SofieLaguna

18.01.2022 HOT READ: 'Long Road to Mercy' is the first book in bestselling author David Baldacci's latest series featuring female protagonist, Atlee Pine. It's one of our featured books on #BorrowBox. THE STORY: Atlee Pine has unstoppable tenacity, always a fighter who is unwilling to cede any ground. She has endured real nightmares and she has the emotional and physical scars to show for it. And she got that long before she became an adult. She is a FBI Special Agent assigned to the ...wilds of the western US. She has to cover, often solo, vast tracts of area: Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona. Small towns, impossibly long distances in-between, isolation like most on the East Coast have never experienced, and an environment where anything can and does happen. Working with the locals who respect, and also sometimes fear her, and have never really been allowed to know her, Atlee Pine turns her vast investigative skills and unmatched drive to find out the truth. Along the way she will revisit painful memories of her own, come to grips with what she is and what she might one day aspire to be. But in the end, she will have to confront not only a new monster, but also the old one of her nightmares. BORROW: You can download the eBook and eAudiobook right now on #BorrowBox for free with your library card. You can also reserve the book in standard and large print, and the MP3 audiobook, on our website, library app or at your local library. See more

18.01.2022 Congratulations Archie Roach on being inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame yesterday. At the ARIA Awards Archie Roach also won Best Male Artist and Best Adult Contemporary Album for his album, 'Tell Me Why'. 'Tell Me Why' is the companion album to Archie Roach's memoir by the same name. LISTEN: One of the best ways to experience this memoir is audiobook. Archie Roach reads his story, punctuating chapters with song. THE STORY: 'Tell Me Why' is a stunning account of resilien...ce and the strength of spirit and of a great love story. No one has lived as many lives as Archie Roach stolen child, seeker, teenage alcoholic, lover, father, musical and lyrical genius, and leader but it took him almost a lifetime to find out who he really was. Roach was only a few years old when he was forcibly removed from his family. Brought up by a series of foster parents until his early teens, his world imploded when he received a letter that spoke of a life he had no memory of. In this intimate, moving and often shocking memoir, Roach’s story is an extraordinary odyssey through love and heartbreak, family and community, survival and renewal and the healing power of music. Overcoming enormous odds to find his story and his people, Roach voices the joy, pain and hope he found on his path through song to become the legendary singer-songwriter and storyteller that he is today beloved by fans worldwide. BORROW: You can download 'Tell Me Why' as an eBook and eAudiobook from #BorrowBox OR reserve the book in standard print and large print on our website, library app or at your local library. NEW: You can also borrow Archie Roach's latest book, 'Took the Children Away', a picture book for children, from your local library. #clarenceregionallibrary #yourlibraryyourplace #bookstagram #booklovers #bibliophile #bookchat #bookaddict #booknerd #bookgeek #bookshelf #eBook #eaudiobook #audiobook #talkingbook #goodreads #greatreads #instabook #literature #lovetoread #lovebooks #readinglife #readinglist #nswpubliclibraries #librariesmatter #tellmewhy #ArchieRoach #TooktheChildrenAway #ARIAawards #ARIAhalloffame

17.01.2022 Danielle’s had a great week celebrating #CBCA2020 Book Week on the road. Thanks for sharing these great pics Baryulgil Public School

16.01.2022 Here are the top three films/tv series Clarence Regional Library members been watching this week on #Beamafilm. 1The Third Wife - Follows a 14-year-old girl who becomes the third wife to a landowner in rural northern Vietnam. 2Mary Shelley - Life and facts of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who at 16 met 21 year old poet Percy Shelley, resulting in the writing of Frankenstein. 3Catherine the Great - Starring Helen Mirren, this TV series follows the life and times of the woman who reformed the Russian empire. Follow this link https://fal.cn/3bQs4 to sign up to the digital streaming platform, Beamfilm. It's FREE with your library card!

15.01.2022 AUTHORS' TOUR: 'Writers on the Road' is stopping off in Harwood and Bellingen this week - two fabulous opportunities to see writers in person and share ideas! Whipppeee! This FREE Byron Writers Festival touring program features Bigambul illustrator Dub Leffler, writer and recovering teacher Gabbie Stroud, author and filmmaker Benjamin Gilmour and Yuwaalaraay author and musician Nardi Simpson. WHEN: Harwood Hotel, December 3, 6:30pm. WHEN: Bellingen Library, December 4, 5...:30pm Due to COVID restrictions on numbers, bookings are essential. Follow this link https://fal.cn/3bVzv to register. #clarenceregionallibrary #nswpubliclibraries #statelibrarynsw #books #bookstagram #bookworm #booklovers #bibliophile #bookchat #bookaddict #booknerd #bookgeek #bookshelf #goodreads #greatreads #writersontheroad #byronwritersfestival #DubLeffler #GabbieStroud #BenjaminGilmour #NardiSimpson

13.01.2022 LISTEN NOW: Turn up the sound and listen to a sample of Tony Park's audiobook - 'Ghosts of the Past'. Spanning two centuries, 'Ghosts of the Past' is based on a true story. THE STORY: Is a century-old secret still worth dying for? Will tracing the history of a maverick Australian adventurer in southern Africa lead two intrepid researchers to untold riches or to suffer the same unimaginable fate? Historical adventure meets modern thriller in this epic story of war, betraya...l, greed and love, based on true events. BORROW: Download the audiobook NOW on #BorrowBox for free with your library card OR reserve this book in standard print and large print on our website, library app or at your local library. The eBook is also available from BorrowBox. #clarenceregionallibrary #yourlibraryyourplace #bookstagram #booklovers #bibliophile #bookchat #bookaddict #booknerd #bookgeek #bookshelf #eBook #eaudiobook #audiobook #talkingbook #goodreads #greatreads #instabook #literature #lovetoread #lovebooks #readinglife #readinglist #TonyPark #GhostsofthePast #nswpubliclibraries #librariesmatter

13.01.2022 LISTEN NOW: Turn up your sound and listen to a sample of the first book in Jeffry Archer's detective series starring Detective Constable William Warwick. Archer says "This is not a detective story, this is a story about a detective. NOTHING VENTURED is one of our BorrowBox audiobooks of the month. THE STORY: Much to his father's dismay, William Warwick rejects a career in law to join London's Metropolitan Police Force. He advances from a beat cop to a detective in S...cotland Yard's arts and antiquities squad. Investigating the theft of a priceless Rembrandt painting, William meets and falls in love with Beth Rainsford, a gallery research assistant. As William searches for the missing masterpiece, he comes up against art collector Miles Faulkner and his brilliant lawyer, who are willing to bend the law to stay one step ahead of William. Meanwhile, Faulkner's wife, Christina, befriends William, but whose side is she really on? BORROW: Download the audiobook NOW on #BorrowBox for free with your library card OR reserve this book in standard print and large print on our website, library app or at your local library. The eBook is also available from BorrowBox AND you can borrow the MP3 audiobook at your library. So many ways to read! #clarenceregionallibrary #yourlibraryyourplace #bookstagram #booklovers #bibliophile #bookchat #bookaddict #booknerd #bookgeek #bookshelf #eBook #eaudiobook #audiobook #talkingbook #goodreads #greatreads #instabook #literature #lovetoread #lovebooks #readinglife #readinglist #nswpubliclibraries #librariesmatter #JeffryArcher #WilliamWarrick #NothingVentured

13.01.2022 Did you know your local library has free information about drugs, alcohol and the law for the community of NSW? Visit your local library or head to the State Library of NSW's Drug Info webpage where you'll find an A-Z dictionary of drugs, Drugs and the Law information, standard drink details (Jacqui at Yamba Library demonstrates this in photo), delicious mocktail recipes, 'Respect your Brain' resources for teens, and much more. Follow the link in our bio for Drug Info resources. #clarenceregionallibrary #yourlibraryyourplace #clarencevalley #bellingen #dorrigo #urunga #iluka #yamba #maclean #grafton #clarencevalleycouncil #bellingenshirecouncil #storytime #nswpubliclibraries #library #librarylife #literature #nswstatelibrary #librariesmatter #lovetoread #lovemylibrary #lovebooks #druginfo #standarddrink #alcoholinfo

09.01.2022 AUTHOR TALK: Join award-winning author Craig Silvey in conversation with Hamish MacDonald online tomorrow. Craig (author of Jasper Jones) will talk about his highly anticipated new novel, Honeybee. THE STORY: Set in contemporary Western Australia, this tender and profoundly moving novel is about two lives forever changed by a chance encounter one offering hope, the other redemption. It’s about when to persevere, and when to be merciful. Craig will be in conversation ...with ABC's Hamish MacDonald and the event will be streamed through the NSW Public Library Network. REGISTER: Registration is a must for this event. Follow this link https://fal.cn/3b9GZ to register with State Library of New South Wales . BORROW: Reserve 'Honeybee' on our website, library app or at your local library. You can also download the eBook for free from #BorrowBox with your library card. #clarenceregionallibrary #nswpubliclibraries #statelibrarynsw #books #bookstagram #bookworm #booklovers #bibliophile #bookchat #bookaddict #booknerd #bookgeek #bookshelf #goodreads #greatreads #library #librarylife #literature #likeforlike #librariesmatter #lovetoread #lovemylibrary #lovebooks #CraigSilvey #Honeybee #JasperJones #HamishMacDonald

08.01.2022 Learn how to use a smartphone, ipad or tablet FOR FREE at Grafton Library on December 2, 10:30am - 12noon. We'll take you through the basics and introduce you to Be Connected - a free website where you can learn digital skills and work through mini digital skills courses. We can also help you with any questions you have about your device. This will be a fun, social and informative session. If you have a device, please bring it along or you can borrow one of our tablets or ...lap tops. Morning tea is included. Numbers will be restricted for this COVID-safe event, so please REGISTER NOW so you don't miss out. Follow this link https://fal.cn/3bNig to register. #clarenceregionallibrary #yourlibraryyourplace #bookstagram #eBook #eaudiobook #audiobook #talkingbook #goodreads #greatreads #instabook #literature #lovetoread #lovebooks #readinglife #readinglist #nswpubliclibraries #librariesmatter #beconnected #techsavvy #digitalskills #seniors #digitallibrary #techsavvyseniors #goodthingsfoundation

07.01.2022 Introducing our latest canine library member...Buster. Welcome aboard Buster. Buster and best mate Eve are big readers and regular visitors at Maclean Library. They have a blog and Instagram page @busterbooks where they explore and review books to help teens find something to read. Check them out. Are you a library member? If not, be like Buster and join today. Follow the link in our bio to sign up. #clarenceregionallibrary #yourlibraryyourplace #clarence #storytimeanytime #youngadult #juniorfiction #nswpubliclibraries #library #librarylife #literature #librariesmatter #lovetoread #lovemylibrary #lovebooks #reading #readinglife #readinglist #readingnook #reader #readinghour #librarymember #librarycard #busterbooks #teen #teenreads #maclean #macleanlibrary

07.01.2022 eBOOK: You can download 'The Dressmaker' by Rosalie Ham right now (no waiting) on #borrowbox. THE STORY: Tilly Dunnage has come home to care for her mad old mother. She left the small Victorian town of Dungatar years before, and became an accomplished couturier in Paris. Now she earns her living making exquisite frocks for the people who drove her away when she was ten. Through the long Dungatar nights, she sits at her sewing machine, planning revenge. The Dressmaker is a m...odern Australian classic, much loved for its bittersweet humour. Set in the 1950s, its subjects include haute couture, love and hate, and a cast of engagingly eccentric characters. It is now a major motion picture, starring Kate Winslet and fine Australian actors including Judy Davis, Hugo Weaving, Liam Hemsworth and extras from the author's hometown of Jerilderie. BORROW: There are so many ways to read this book. Download the eBook and eAudiobook from #borrowbox for free with your library card, reserve the audiobook or book from your library. We also have a book club kit available. REVIEW: Have you read this? What did you think? #clarenceregionallibrary #yourlibraryyourplace #bookstagram #booklovers #bibliophile #bookchat #bookaddict #booknerd #bookgeek #bookshelf #eBook #eaudiobook #audiobook #talkingbook #goodreads #greatreads #instabook #literature #lovetoread #lovebooks #readinglife #readinglist #nswpubliclibraries #librariesmatter #thedressmaker #RosalieHam

06.01.2022 LISTEN NOW: Are you a Lee Child fan? Listen to a sample of this BorrowBox audio book of the month - 'Die Trying'. THE STORY: When a woman is kidnapped off a Chicago street in broad daylight Jack Reacher is in the wrong place at the wrong time. He's kidnapped with her. Handcuffed together and racing across America toward an unknown destination they're at the mercy of a group of men demanding an impossible ransom. Because Reacher's female companion is worth more than he im...agines. Now he has to save them both, from the inside out, or die trying. BORROW: Download and listen now on #BorrowBox for free with your library card OR reserve the book in standard or large print on our website, library app or at your local library. The eBook is also available to download on BorrowBox. #clarenceregionallibrary #yourlibraryyourplace #bookstagram #booklovers #bibliophile #bookchat #bookaddict #booknerd #bookgeek #bookshelf #eBook #eaudiobook #audiobook #talkingbook #goodreads #greatreads #instabook #literature #lovetoread #lovebooks #readinglife #readinglist #nswpubliclibraries #librariesmatter #LeeChild #DieTrying

04.01.2022 Saddle up your unicorn and ride into your local library. We’re celebrating #cbcabookweek2020 all week. #clarenceregionallibrary #nswpubliclibraries #nswstatelibrary

02.01.2022 LISTEN NOW: You can download the eAudiobook of 'The Pretty Delicious Café' by Danielle Hawkins right now, for free with your library card, on #BorrowBox. THE STORY: 'The Pretty Delicious Café' reminds us of the joy and hazards to be found in family, friends and good food and that being a little bit weird isn’t necessarily a bad thing. On the outskirts of a small seaside town, Lia and her friend Anna work serious hours running their restored café. The summer season is ...upon them, they have Anna’s wedding to plan and Lia’s ex-boyfriend seems not to understand it’s over. When a gorgeous stranger taps on Lia’s window near midnight and turns out not to be a serial killer, she feels it’s a promising sign. But no one comes without a past, and his arrives in the form of a four-year-old son. And what with an ex who thinks he can just take what he wants, and a brother who thinks he shouldn’t even want what he wants, life starts to get a little complicated. BORROW: If audiobooks are not your chosen vehicle for story consumption, you can also reserve this book in standard print and large print from your local library, library app and website. See more

02.01.2022 eBOOK: One of our top eBooks for the month is 'The Crow Trap' by Ann Cleeves - an ingenious psychological suspense novel in the Vera Stanhope series. THE STORY: When team leader Rachael arrives at the isolated Baikie's Cottage on the North Pennines, she is horrified to discover the body of her friend Bella Furness. Bella, it appears, has committed suicide - a verdict Rachael finds impossible to accept. Only when the next death occurs does the unconventional Detective Inspe...ctor Vera Stanhope arrive. BORROW: Download the eBook now for free on @borrowbox with your library card OR reserve the book on our website, library app or at your local library. AUTHOR: Ann Cleeves is the author behind ITV's Vera and BBC One's Shetland. She has written over twenty-five novels, and is the creator of detectives Vera Stanhope and Jimmy Perez - characters loved both on screen and in print. #clarenceregionallibrary #yourlibraryyourplace #bookstagram #booklovers #bibliophile #bookchat #bookaddict #booknerd #bookgeek #bookshelf #eBook #eaudiobook #audiobook #talkingbook #goodreads #greatreads #instabook #lovetoread #lovebooks #reading #readinglife #read #reader #readinglist #nswpubliclibraries #librariesmatter #borrowbox #AnnCleeves #VeraStanhope #TheCrowTrap

02.01.2022 POPULAR READ: 'The Phone Box at the Edge of the World' by Laura Imai Messina is becoming an international sensation - based on an incredible true story. It's one of our BorrowBox eBooks of the month so you can download and read it NOW without waiting. THE STORY: When Yui loses her mother and daughter in the tsunami, she wonders how she will ever carry on. Yet, in the face of this unthinkable loss, life must somehow continue. Then one day she hears about a widower who has a...n old disused telephone box in his garden. There the old man finds the strength to speak to his late wife and begin to come to terms with his grief. As news of the phone box spreads, people from miles around will travel there to connect with their own lost loved ones. Soon Yui will make a pilgrimage to the phone box, too. But once there she cannot bring herself to speak into the receiver. Then she finds Takeshi, a bereaved husband whose own daughter has stopped talking in the wake of their loss. What happens next will warm your heart, even when it feels as though it is breaking . . . BORROW: Download the eBook NOW on #BorrowBox for free with your library card OR reserve this book on our website, library app or at your local library. #clarenceregionallibrary #yourlibraryyourplace #bookstagram #booklovers #bibliophile #bookchat #bookaddict #booknerd #bookgeek #bookshelf #eBook #eaudiobook #audiobook #talkingbook #goodreads #greatreads #instabook #literature #lovetoread #lovebooks #readinglife #readinglist #tsunami #nswpubliclibraries #librariesmatter #LauraImaiMessina #ThePhoneBoxattheEdgeoftheWorld