Love reading?

At Central West Libraries we love authors, books and reading and know you do too! Here are some resources to add to your reading pleasure:

Good Reading Hub for Book Lovers is an Australian resource with information on “Everything About Books” including thousands of easy-to-read independent book reviews and lots of interesting Australian and international articles, author profiles, stories on writers’ houses, bookshops, short stories, book trivia and more. As a Library member you can also read the digital edition of Good Reading Magazine online and Good Reading for Young Adults and Good Reading for Kids.

Who Else Writes Like – try out this guide find more authors you may enjoy!

Who Next….? Helps you choose similar books and authors that Children would enjoy. It helps to answer the questions “what do I read next?” or “who else writes like my favourite author?” As well as searching by authors, you may select an age group from 7 to 14+ years, pick a theme or genre and see a range of children’s book award winning titles. While the emphasis is on UK writers, there are plenty of Australian and international authors included in the suggestions.

Book Clubs

Pageturners Book Club at Orange City Library

Each month we discover different authors, topical themes and thought-provoking reads! The group usually meets at Orange City Library (ground floor) on the second Wednesday of the month at two sessions 12.30pm to 1.30pm; and 5.30pm to 7 pm. Current meetings are limited to 12 participants. Please RSVP online at eventbrite.com or call 6393 8132. We also welcome your reading suggestions.

Upcoming meetings:

12 March Daytime Group 12.30pm discusses Indigenous works Dirrayawadha (Rise Up) by Anita Heiss and the Evening Group mett at 5.30pm talk about The Belburd by Nardi Simpson.
9 April Daytime Group chat about The Belburd by Nardi Simpson and the Evening Group discuss Dirrayawadha (Rise Up) by Anita Heiss.
14 May Daytime Group talk about Australian Crime Fiction: Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth and the Evening Group chat about Lyrebird by Jane Caro.
11 June Daytime Group discuss Lyrebird by Jane Caro and the Evening Group talk about Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth.
9 July – Science Fiction Daytime discussion to be announced, the Evening discussion will be about Orbital by English author Samantha Harvey winner of the 2024 Booker Prize
13 August – Miles Franklin Literary Award Longlist and a related title
10 September – Miles Franklin Literary Award Longlist and a related title
8 October – Science Fiction Daytime group talk about Orbital by Samantha Harvey and the Evening Group book is to be announced.
12 November – Contemporary read – to be announced
10 December – Contemporary read – to be announced

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In 2024 Pageturners read:

Discussed Holiday Reads
Yellowface by Rebecca Kuang
Anam by Andre Dao – Winner 2024 Prime Minister’s Literary Award
Beware of Dogs by Elizabeth Flann
Burn by Melanie Saward
2024 Miles Franklin Literary Award Longlist – Winner Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright
The Fraud by Zadie Smith
The Prophet Song by Paul Lynch – 2023 Booker Prize winner
Genre read – Health and Wellbeing (your choice)
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver and here is a great interview with the author published in The Guardian. 2023 Pulitzer Prize co-recipient and 2023 Women’s Prize for Fiction.
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (Classic read)

During 2023 Pageturners read:

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
The Seven Moons of Maalia Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Cold Enough For Snow by Jessica Au
2023 Miles Franklin Longlist – Winner Shankari Chandran for Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens
Genre read – Biography (your choice)
Wifedom by Anna Funder
Animal Farm by George Orwell
All The Broken Places by John Boyne
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams

inklings – a book club for kids @Orange City Library

We also have book clubs at Orange Library that cater to our younger readers, who meet up every month. Are you a bookworm? Just can’t put a good story down? Do you tell anyone and everyone about your latest great read? Our kids Book Club, inklings, is for you. Read the suggested book, or pick any book up from the library, and read it ahead of our meeting. Maybe you loved it, maybe not! Your opinion matters and we want to hear it! Activities, discussion and afternoon tea await you at our gathering, where you can borrow the next book and meet other keen readers. Inklings – for 7-12 year-olds meet 2nd Monday of the month during school terms, at Orange City Library, from 4pm – 5.30pm.

Discover the Book Club Collection

Do you belong to a book club? Are you looking for your next read? Central West Libraries has sets of multiple copies of the same book ready for your group to borrow. Please ask us for assistance when searching for Book Club collections. You can view the books online or in Orange City Library on the Book Collection shelves located in Adult Fiction. Happy browsing!