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Author Talk : Larry Boyd on his novel 'Choice Boy', raising boys and bad decisions.

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Last Updated: 22 May 2019

The Upper Hunter Library Network is pleased to be hosting two Author talks with Larry Boyd whose first novel Choice Boy explores the nature of masculinity, bad choices and what it takes to go from self-destruction to being a proper father.

Sessions will take place at Murrurundi and Muswellbrook Libraries in June and all are welcome to come and hear his story, and about the issues raised in Choice Boy. Copies of the novel will be available for sale and signing.

Session 1:
Where: Murrurundi Library
When: Tuesday, 11th June 2019 at 3pm
For bookings, please contact Murrurundi Library on 6540 1363.

Session 2:
Where: Muswellbrook Library
When: Wednesday, 12th June 2019 at 11am
For bookings, please contact Muswellbrook Library on 6543 1913.

Mr Boyd said he was looking forward to hearing regional readers’ views on the difficulties around fatherhood explored in his novel.
“The novel’s protagonist, Josh Adamson, makes some devastatingly bad choices early in his formative years including drugs, petty crime and sex work, which alter the course of his life. At 20 years old, Josh is a single father and vulnerable. His own father tries to help by involving him with the work of a famous artist who is losing his sight, but conflict brings them to the brink of self-destruction.
“The focus is on the way we bring up our boys, the need for parental guidance, for trust and support from fathers, and how families deal with bad choices by their children,“ Mr Boyd said.

Mr Boyd is a legally blind writer who uses a voice recognition program to write. Now in his seventies, he has been writing fiction and non-fiction most of his life and has a body of short stories. He is working on the sequel to Choice Boy.

Mr Boyd is also Artistic Director of disability theatre project, Different Degrees Theatre Ensemble in Sydney.

Library Closure - Queens Birthday

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Last Updated: 20 May 2019

All Upper Hunter Library Network branches including Aberdeen, Cassilis, Denman, Merriwa, Scone, Muswellbrook and Murrurundi will be closed Monday, 10th June due to the Queens Birthday Public Holiday. All branches will re-open for their regular hours from Tuesday, 11th June.

To renew or reserve items during this closure, please use our online services that can be found here. You can log in using your library card number and date of birth (DDMMYYYY).

To access our ebooks, downloadable audio books, downloadable magazines or downloadable comics please visit our online services page.

Say hello to your future library, wherever you are, whenever you are free

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Last Updated: 21 May 2019

Exciting changes are coming to your local library from next week! From Monday 27th May 2019, all members of the Upper Hunter Library Network will have free access to Borrowbox, an eBook and eAudio Book library which has been specifically curated with our local communities in mind.
 
Traditionally, access to library services has been restricted to library opening hours. But this is all changing as products like Borrowbox make library books more accessible to all including housebound members and shift workers who are not able to make it to the library during opening hours. Borrowbox includes eBooks and eAudio books for children, teens and adults and covers a range of interest areas like your favourite Australia authors, romance, mystery and biography.
 
Borrowbox is also great for persons with vision impairment or low vision as eAudio titles can be downloaded and played using audio readers.
 
The app is easy to use and registration is automatic for all library members.
 
Not a member? Library membership is FREE and can be obtained either by visiting one of our seven branches or by following the ‘Join the Library’ link on our website.
 
For more information, library and community members are invited to visit their local library at Aberdeen, Cassilis, Denman, Merriwa, Murrurundi, Muswellbrook or Scone or visit the library website at www.uhrl.nsw.gov.au

What's on in May at your Library!

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Last Updated: 17 April 2019

This month we celebrate our library services during Library and Information Week running from 22nd-26th May. We encourage you to visit your local branch throughout the month and get to know the wide range of services we offer. On the 22nd May will be hosting our annual National Simultaneous Storytime. We would love it if you could join us by sharing Alpacas with Maracas written and illustrated by Matt Cosgrove.

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