Student Union Rec Library, MSA

Student Union Rec Library, MSA The student recreational library on Monash University Clayton campus! Catalogue & info: msa.monash.edu/lib

Welcome to the MSA Recreational Library, run by the Monash Student Association at Clayton Campus. Formerly known as JML (John Medley Library), the Rec Library has been part of the student union at Monash since 1964. We are a recreational library with beanbags, lounges, TV, nintendo area, and reading/study desks. Our up-to-date collection includes books, DVDs, magazines, comics, CDs, LPs, board gam

es & more. The library also offers discounted printing, binding, & laminating services, plus phone-chargers, laptop-chargers, stationery, umbrellas, & other useful equipment to borrow. FB Page moderation policy:
All parties are expected to communicate in an appropriate and respectful manner; all relevant statutes of the MSA Social Media Policy apply. As in the physical library, inappropriate, offensive or threatening behavior will not be tolerated, and administrators reserve the right to remove comments or moderate as necessary.

28/08/2026

This is how our social media term work...👉👈

Drawing on the Grimm Brothers’ dark fairytale, “Godfather Death,” this new novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling a...
28/08/2026

Drawing on the Grimm Brothers’ dark fairytale, “Godfather Death,” this new novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows is a sweeping, fantastical saga of actions and consequences.



[Image ID: The book "The Thirteenth Child" by Erin A Craig sits in front of a green leafy plant, which surrounds the cover with leaves. The book cover is dark blue with golden text depicting a haunting illustration of a spiral staircase.]

27/08/2026

SURLY's printer and sticker maker will make your journal spread easier to put together, so feel free to add to the library's shared journal! There's still plenty of pages to fill, so come scrapbook or journal about the latest book you've read or the latest MSA event you've attended, or whatever's on your mind.

📞 SURLY is calling….. all poets, writers and daydreamers! ✍️✨Submit your work to our Poetry Competition - EVERYONE who e...
26/08/2026

📞 SURLY is calling…
.. all poets, writers and daydreamers! ✍️✨

Submit your work to our Poetry Competition - EVERYONE who enters will receive a SURLY notebook — a little something for your next great idea. 📓💭

Consider this your sign to start writing. 👀. Entries close Friday, entry link in bio.



[Image ID: A hand holds four brown SURLY notebooks in front of a yellow “Poetry Competition” poster and a colourful student-decorated wall. The notebooks feature a vintage library due-date stamp design on the covers.]

New books from some of our fave authors... come and have a look for yourself! [Image ID: 5 books sit stacked on ...
26/08/2026

New books from some of our fave authors... come and have a look for yourself!



[Image ID: 5 books sit stacked on their sides with their spines facing out. They are in front of a poster from the SURLY "books new to SURLY" display, which features an orange bacground, and a black cat stretching out on a slice of orange (the fruit). The books are "The News From Dublin" by Colm Toibin, "John of John" by Douglas Stewart, "The Midnight Train" by Matt Haig, "Under the Eye of the Big Bird" by Hiromi Kawakami, and "The First Time I saw him" by Laura Dave.]

22/08/2026

Ready to submit your poem to the SURLY x Creative Writers Club poetry competition?

Theme - magic
Entries close- Friday 28 Aug.

See link in bio for more info!

21/08/2026

We are waiting for you in SURLY! 

Address

Level 1, Campus Centre, 21 Chancellors Walk
Monash, VIC
3800

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 5:30pm

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