Coffs Harbour Libraries

15/06/2026

Temporary Closure Notice – Woolgoolga Library

Woolgoolga Library is temporarily closed for a few days while urgent electrical works are carried out. This closure is necessary to ensure the safety of our customers and staff.

We’ll keep you updated and let you know as soon as the library is back open and operating.
In the meantime, all services are available at the City’s main library, Harry Bailey Memorial Library, which remains open.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

15/06/2026

Attention! Woolgoolga Library Temporary Closure.

Temporary Closure Notice – Woolgoolga Library
Woolgoolga Library is temporarily closed for a few days while urgent electrical works are carried out. This closure is necessary to ensure the safety of our customers and staff.

We’ll keep you updated and let you know as soon as the library is back open and operating.
In the meantime, all services are available at the City’s main library, Harry Bailey Memorial Library, which remains open.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

14/06/2026

Join the conversation for ✨ Our Community Reads: Home ✨ program. Follow the conversation using .

One of our volunteers, Dot, recommends “The Last Voyage of Mrs Henry Parker”.

In Dot’s words: “This book is set aboard a ship, where Mrs Parker—experiencing the early stages of dementia—searches for her late husband, once the ship’s doctor. It thoughtfully explores the idea of “home” in two forms: the physical space of the ship and the emotional anchor of her husband—both places where her heart resides.”

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14/06/2026

Join the After School LEGO® Club at your local library — a fun, hands-on program for children aged 6–12 that sparks imagination, creativity and teamwork through exciting LEGO® building challenges.
Each week, children can explore engineering, science and design concepts while building confidence, creativity and collaboration skills, all while having fun! 🧱✨ 🚀🏗️ 🌟

👉 Find out more https://f.mtr.cool/drezfzjkuu

10/06/2026

Join the conversation for ✨ Our Community Reads: Home ✨ program. Follow the conversation using .

One of our staff, Lou, recommends 'Foster' by Claire Keegan.

According to Lou, it is a quietly perfect novella. “A young girl, raised in poverty, neglect and deprivation, is fostered out to a childless couple, where she encounters a world of care and quiet affection previously unknown to her. With devastating subtlety, Keegan portrays the girl’s late awakening to what it means to belong and to feel safe, valued and loved.”

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09/06/2026

Join the conversation for ✨ Our Community Reads: Home ✨ program. Follow the conversation using .

One of our staff, Jackie, recommends ‘At Home on the Farm’ by Ned Barraud.

“I grew up on a dairy farm in Capel, in the southwest of Western Australia, and it was an incredible way to spend a childhood. There were cows to tend, horses to ride, dogs everywhere, chooks in the yard, birds abundant, and the steady presence of old machinery perched in paddocks. Life could be tough at times, but it was deeply grounding and full of simple, honest moments. Even though this book is set in New Zealand, it brings all of that rushing back to me—the grit, the beauty, and the wholesomeness of farm life. It takes me straight back to a place that shaped me in so many ways. It was a special time in my life, and now, as I read this book to my daughter, I feel that same deep connection to a place I once called ‘home’.”

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08/06/2026

📚✨ Discover our weekly children’s programs at Toormina Library!
From babies enjoying songs and stories at Rhyme Time 🎶👶 to school-aged kids getting creative at LEGO® Club 🧱🚀, there’s something for every child to learn, play and enjoy.
Join us for fun, friendship and hands-on learning each week! 🌟📖

👉 Find out more https://f.mtr.cool/rgpfwkavee

04/06/2026

🏆📚 The winners have been announced!
From novels that will take you to places you’ve never been before to non-fiction works destined to become Australian classics, make sure you check out this year’s winners.
Discover the 2026 winners and add them to your reading list today! ✨📖

👉 Browse the library catalogue for the winners and shortlisted titles today https://f.mtr.cool/sfqdvzeuso

03/06/2026

Join the After School LEGO® Club at your local library — a fun, hands-on program for children aged 6–12 that sparks imagination, creativity and teamwork through exciting LEGO® building challenges.
Each week, children can explore engineering, science and design concepts while building confidence, creativity and collaboration skills, all while having fun! 🧱✨ 🚀🏗️ 🌟

👉 Find out more https://f.mtr.cool/deiaewlffp

02/06/2026

📖📚✨ Libby Reads with Ben Hobson – in June we’re reading Learned Behaviours by Zeynab Gamieldien.

Join us on Libby to borrow and read Learned Behaviours throughout June, a gripping thriller where an ascendant lawyer from western Sydney is pulled back into his past questioning the possibilities – and traps – of social mobility.
Don’t miss your chance to hear from the author in an exclusive online chat with Ben Hobson on Tuesday 23 June. 📖

Visit the Libby Reads with Ben Hobson for more information 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/gusfqwuuvp
Borrow Ruins as an eBook or eAudiobook on Libby 👉 https://f.mtr.cool/njgzkjdmlb