eBooks are here!

Our new eBook collection has arrived and is ready for members to download!
Whether you’re hungry for fiction, business advice, biographies, lifestyle writing or stories for young adults and children, you’re sure to find the perfect title to borrow.
Browse the collection from your computer here, or download the BorrowBox app for your iPhone, iPad or Android device.

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Forty Lines Competition

Preston 40 Years

Help us celebrate Preston Library’s 40th Birthday by entering our short story competition, and you could win an iPad mini.

Submit a short story of 40 lines or less, 40 panels or less if you prefer to create a comic, which includes the phrase ‘Preston Library’. Entries close 31 July.

Download an entry form

July Holiday Program

Go Wild!

You'll have heaps of fun in our July school holiday program.
Make an animal mask, a pop-up card or join CARP Productions for a live performance in their mini-beast garden!
Check out the program here.
Book online or call 1300655355

Dreamtime Stories and Dot Art

Listen to dreamtime stories being read and create your own dot art painting. Four sessions: Fairfield 18 June, Preston 25 June, Northcote 26 June, Reservoir 27 June. Artworks will be displayed at Fairfield Library during NAIDOC week.

Event for kids 5-12. Parental supervision is required. Book online or call 1300655355.

Sally Rippin's New Aussie Girl

One of our favourite authors, Sally Rippin, returns to the library to share her new books in the Our Australian Girl series. Aimed at kids aged 9-12 years.

Book online or call 1300 655 355.

Thursday 20 June 4pm
Northcote Library

Vietnamese, Chinese 2nd Hand Sale

Books, CDs, DVDs

Grab a bargain at our second-hand Vietnamese and Chinese item sale.
Nothing over $1!
Register to receive an email reminder about this event.

Saturday 6 July
10am - 12pm
Preston Library

Chocolate Appreciation

Enjoy some chocolate tastings!

Calling all chocolate lovers and aspiring chocolatiers - learn the history of chocolate, how it is manufactured, how to make filled chocolates and how to temper chocolate.
Wednesday 10 July 7pm
Preston Library
Book online or call 1300655355.

Living Wild in Melbourne

NAIDOC Week event

Learn how the traditional owners of the Kulin Nation, as well as the early settlers, harvested natural food and medicines from plants and animals, and sourced tools for their survivial from the varied landscapes of Melbourne.
Northcote Library
Thurs 11 July, 7pm
Book online or call 1300655355

Meet the Public Record Office

How to get the best results from this amazing collection

Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) holds a vast array of records which can be invaluable in your family history research.

Wednesday 17 July 10.30am
Preston Library

Book online or call 1300655355.

Fertility, Love & Other Complications

Authors Visit

Melbourne authors, Kylie Ladd and Fran Cusworth have written novels dealing with the perils of modern reproduction. Join us they discuss their stories, which open our eyes to the dramas and issues facing modern families.
Thursday 25 July 7-8.30pm
Northcote Library
Book online or call 1300655355