Library News
Library staff have curated a display of books and graphic novels to showcase our Horror and Ghost Story collection. If students are looking for a fright-filled read for the night of Halloween, they will be sure to find something scary here.
Exams & Study
Exams have commenced at MGSC with a few VCE exams being held in library spaces. Please note, there are closures before and after school and the library printer will be unavailable on :
Wednesday 9 November, 2pm – 5pm
Tuesday 15 November, 2.30pm – 5pm
Year 11s and 12s are encouraged to use the library as a quiet study space, with priority given to them over the next few weeks.
Featured books
Non-fiction
On 9 October 2012, Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered the now famous ‘misogyny speech’ in Parliament. More than ten years later, by calling out sexism and misogyny in her own workplace so publicly, her words continue to resonate and inspire others to speak out.
“Then it was done. After staying silent, I’d had my say. At no time did I feel worked up or hotly angry. I felt strong, measured, controlled. Yet emotion did play its role in the energy of the speech. The frustration that sexism and misogyny could still be so bad in the twenty-first century. The toll of not pointing it out.” Julia Gillard, 2022
Fiction
The highly anticipated third book in the Karen McManus series has arrived and is available for loan. Nothing More to Tell is another page-turning and unputdownable YA thriller from the undisputed ‘Queen of Teen Crime’.
Term 4 Book Club
Term 4 book club will be held during week 8 on Thursday 24 November at lunchtime. This will be the final book club for 2023. Book club members have chosen to read a selection of books from a variety of genres: One of us is Next, Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over and They Both Die at the End. Copies will be available at the library desk shortly and members will be notified when these items arrive.
Mythology Club
Come along to the Mythology Club lunchtimes on Tuesday in the Library Seminar room. We have an exciting array of activities, books and resources for you to discover. Sessions are run by the Education Support staff who welcome new members.
Maker Space
The Education Support staff have created a Maker Space in the library. There is a new Lego Station, with a colour coded collection of Lego items for students to play and create with and a Colouring Station. Students are invited to use this creative space during recess and lunchtimes.
Kingston Council Story Lines Writing competition
Please find a message below from the Kingston Council Children’s Librarian.
This year’s 2022 Story Lines writing competition at Kington Libraries, received a phenomenal 502 entries! It made judging all the more harder for our team of librarians to select the winning ones.
We would like to let you all know just how proud we are to be have had the privileged experience and joy of reading the stories and poems you all wrote. There are so many beautifully articulate, imaginative, courageous, inspiring young writers in our community, keep it up. We at Kingston Libraries would like to extend a very big congratulations and a huge thank you to all who entered.
Don’t forget to keep an eye out for The Big Summer Read commencing at your local libraries from December 1st.
Megan Tulloch-Nasir
and the Library team