Mid North Coast Library Service

Thirty eight pairs of jeans have been decorated by locals and are currently on display at Port Macquarie Library! Thank you to all the creative people who have made this exhibition possible! It is truly terrific!
The Travelling Pants Exhibition will be on display at Port Macquarie Library from 16th to 20th August, Wauchope [...]

Writer, film maker, presenter and actor, Tristan Bancks will be visiting the Kempsey and Port Macquarie Hastings area on Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th August. Tristan has just returned from the Byron Bay Writers’ Festival.
As children’s and YA author, he has written two book series’, Mac Slater Coolhunter and also the Nitboy series. [...]

Take a look at the Port Macquarie-Hastings Library school holiday schedule. You are sure to find something to do! See you at the Library!
Click here for the schedule
July School Holidays Programme 2010

Imagine a bridge made up of jeans…crazy idea but we thought that we would give it a go!

So this is the idea…
• Take one pair of jeans and decorate one side (jeans available at your library)
• Decorate the jeans to a theme if you like
• Bring your jeans to your local library by Friday 13th August
• The Travelling Pants [...]

A biography about one of Australia’s most prominent historians, Manning Clark, has won the nation’s richest biography prize.
Brian Matthews was awarded $20,000 for his work, Manning Clark: A Life.
The judges praised it as a “brilliant biography” because it relied heavily on Clark’s diaries.
Clark died in 1991 and his six-volume A History of Australia was three [...]

The Central Northern Regional Library at Tamworth has put together an online resoures page of links to a wide range of information relating to Scotland, this year’s CWA of NSW country of study. The page includes festivals, geography, music, history, cuisine, arts, crafts, and images – to name just a few!
Click here to access site:      Scotland                       
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We have some wonderful activities at the Library during the Easter School Holidays: 
Cosplay @ Port – Sunday 11th April at Port Macquarie Library – dress up as your favourite Anima or Manga character
Big Birthday Bash – Wednesday 14th April at Port Macquarie Library – decorate a library bag and make a badge
Travelbugs – a travelling [...]

 
Do you like Michael Connelly but have read all of his books?
Maybe it’s Di Morrissey and she just doesn’t write books fast enough for you.
Well why not try our Who Else Writes Like lists. 
These lists have been put together by staff to help you find authors who write similarly to your favourite author.  They are [...]