Library News

Library Lovers’ Day

Students in our library enjoyed a blind date with a book as we celebrated Library Lovers’ Day on February 14th. This is a day to celebrate the wonderful place that our libraries have in our community. 

Call Out for Parent Volunteers to Help Cover our Library Books

We would like to extend a warm welcome to all our new families of the Year 7 students of 2023. It’s wonderful to see many Year 7 students enjoying the library and we would like to call out to our new families to volunteer and help cover all the wonderful new books we have yet to shelve in the library. 

Thank you to the parent volunteers from last year and we look forward to seeing you all in the library soon to continue with the task of covering our books. Your time is much appreciated.

Please email the school at: office@beaumarissc.vic.edu.au

Thank you

Library Opening Hours 

Monday - Thursday 

9.30am - 2.30pm.

The library is open at recess and lunchtime.

Happy Reading!

Book Requests

We welcome book requests and suggestions here at our Beaumaris Secondary College library. Students can simply post a wish list of the books they would like to read in the Suggestions Box as you enter the library.

Winner 2023 Victorian Premier’s Prize for Literature

Melbourne writer Jessica Au has won both the 2023 Victorian Premier’s Prize for Literature and the fiction category at the recent Victorian premier’s literary awards for her novel Cold Enough for Snow. Both awards total $125,000. 

Cold Enough for Snow  tells the story of a woman visiting Japan with her mother and their relationship as they travel for the first time together as adults. Cold Enough for Snow is the second book from Au, her first book, Cargo, was published 12 years ago.

In the category of Writing for Young Adults the winner was We Who Hunt the Hollow  by Kate Murray.

The winner for the category of Indigenous Writing was The Upwelling by Lystra Rose.

Click here for more information on the award-winning and shortlisted books: 

Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2023

Niamh McPhelimy 

Library Manager