Free school holiday activities for the kids and author talks with the online book club are on offer at our local Richmond Tweed Regional Library.

Book Club

Today, Tuesday October 6 author of the international bestselling book The Botanist's Daughter Kayte Nunn will talk live as part of the Regional Readers Book Club Facebook Group.

Kayte Nunn is a former book and magazine editor, including The Silk House and now lives in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales.

Local author, Hayley Katzen, will join the club live on October 22 to speak about her latest book Untethered.

You can call your local library for Tech Help, so you can interact with the author from 11am Find out more: https://rtrl.nsw.gov.au/cp_themes/default/page.asp?p=DOC-OFU-43-37-10

School holidays activities

Take and Make craft activities that you can do from home can be found at the library until October 9.

The packs include a number of ready-to-make kits like Bee Happy gardens and comic book making. These free activities have instructions and some things to get you started and availability and will vary day to day.

The library asks for your help completing a survey: Let them know what you think of online preschool programs by completing a short survey at www.culturecounts.cc/s/6oF3A2.

Looking for more?

Visit the Richmond Tweed Regional Library YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/c/richmondtweedregionallibrary to find other science and craft activities you can do from home. There's also a large range of early literacy programs to view anytime.

There's never been a better time to get online!

Get Online Week is a week-long annual celebration that sees thousands of events take place each year, giving everyone the chance to find the support they need to improve their digital skills. Last year, over 1,000 events were held across Australia helping people get more out of life online.

If the last few months have taught us anything, it's how vital digital skills are to our well-being and safety. Yet 2.5 million people in Australia aren't connected online.

This year's campaign will respond to the needs of our communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, by supporting people to connect with friends and family, stay safe online, learn how to better use their devices, and find reliable health information.

Sign up for online or over the phone tech support all week at any Richmond Tweed Regional Library branches. Learn how to use social media, connect with families and friends via Zoom, and learn more about your online library. Join an online celebration at the end of the week to go in the draw to win a Samsung tablet!