From the Library 

eBooks - A great way to keep reading 

The Library has a huge range of eBooks and Audiobooks available for you to borrow online over lockdown. There are a variety of different categories to choose from such as Fantasy, classics, biographies, #OZYA, and more. 

Go straight to the Wheelers icon on the John Cain Library page and log in using your NHS email and compass password or using the QR code here.  

You can read eBooks or listen to audiobooks online via your internet browser or download the Wheelers App onto your device. 

Once you borrow a book it will stay on your record for two weeks and then automatically drop off at the end of the loan period. It will never be overdue! It is also possible to renew your books and make reservations. 

The Library Team are available for support Monday-Friday 8am – 4pm  

Email us at: library@nhs.vic.edu.au       

Check out some of the new additions to the collection below:

Feeling creative?

The Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers is a developmental award open to Australian secondary school-aged students across Australia. 

The prize recognises writing excellence in three categories: Fiction, Creative Nonfiction and Poetry. Entries can include writing for readers of any age.  The Prize is sponsored by Hachette Australia and administered by Express Media, Australia’s peak youth literary organisation. 

Shortlisted writers get the opportunity to receive mentorship from an established author. In 2021, the Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers Mentor is Danielle Binks. 

Danielle Binks, 2021 Hachette Australia Prize for Young Writers Mentor, says: 

“I have been crediting Express Media with making me a writer for as long as I can remember. It’s my No. 1 answer when school-students ask me how I got started in my writing career, I’ve been citing all the incredible work that Express Media does to find and nurture young, emerging voices. Of which, I was one way back in 2011 when I came runner-up for this very prize. It was one of the first times I’d shared my work openly, and felt like I might be able to keep doing that; working and sharing and growing, thanks to this organisation showing me the entire community that exists and is built around supporting voices such as mine. Now I get to be one of those helpers; a mentor to a new generation of emerging young writers, and I do consider it a highlight of my career; and the most stunning way for it to all come full-circle.” 

The prize winner in each category will receive: 

$500 courtesy of Hachette Australia 

publication of their work on the Express Media website 

their names and an acknowledgement printed in Voiceworks, Australia’s premier youth literary journal.  

All fifteen shortlisted writers will: 

Be invited to participate in a writing Masterclass 

Attend an exclusive Q&A with Danielle Binks 

Receive a book pack of YA Titles courtesy of Hachette Australia 

All details here