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Construction of the new Civic Centre building will soon commence. The current Civic Centre carpark and nearby entrance will be closed from Monday 28 April and remain closed while works take place. The City Library will remain open and will be accessible from the Civic Centre Customer Services’ entry near Civic Park.
Please note that the City Library returns chute will be temporarily unavailable. A new Book Drop will be installed at the Cavenagh St side of the Civic Centre soon.
We kindly ask all customers to:
For more information about the project, please go here.
We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.
Fleur McDonald
No matter how much or how little you find, you will never, ever own the gold. It will always own you. After a scandal, investigative reporter Zara Ellison and her partner, policeman Jack Higgins have moved to Kalgoorlie - each struggling with this fresh start. This wild mining town has its own rules, and its inhabitants - drawn by the lure of gold and riches - guard their secrets carefully. Zara feels adrift in the swirling red dust of the lawless, bush city, without sources or any leads for the hard-hitting stories she's known for.
Melinda French Gates
During times of transition, we step out of our familiar surroundings and into a new landscape, a space that can be filled with possibility but also shadowed by uncertainty. The Next Day accompanies readers through that space, offering guidance to anyone - young or old - who is navigating change, finding their bearings, or trying to move forward when the ground beneath you is shifting.
Tess Gerritsen
Maggie Bird’s ‘book group’ is an unusual one – a group of retired spies living an anonymous life in the seaside town of Purity. And this summer they plan little more than ‘reading’ (whilst sipping martinis), and some gentle birdwatching. But trouble is just around the corner as the summer guests arrive.
Tash Aw
When his grandfather dies, a boy named Jay travels south with his family to the property he left them, a once flourishing farm that has fallen into disrepair. The trees are diseased, the fields parched from months of drought. Still, Jay's father, Jack, sends him out to work the land, or whatever land is left. Over the course of these hot, dense days, Jay finds himself drawn to Chuan, the son of the farm's manager, different from him in every way except for one.
Michael Greger, Robin Robertson, Antonis Achilleos
Dr Michael Greger revealed that a healthy diet is one of the most promising strategies for combating the effects of aging. His Anti-Aging Eight streamlined evidence-based research into simple, accessible steps for ensuring physical and mental longevity. Filled with more than 100 recipes to help you live well for longer, 'The How Not To Age Cookbook' brings together decades of scientific research. These simple, nutrition-packed dishes make use of ingredients that have been proven to promote a healthy lifespan and inspiration from the places around the world where people traditionally live the longest.
Han Kang
One morning in December, Kyungha receives a message from her friend Inseon saying she has been hospitalized in Seoul and asking that Kyungha join her urgently. The two women have last seen each other over a year before, on Jeju Island, where Inseon lives and where, two days before this reunion, she has injured herself chopping wood. Airlifted to Seoul for an operation, Inseon has had to leave behind her pet bird. Bedridden, she begs Kyungha to take the first plane to Jeju to save the animal.
Linda Epstein, Ally Melinenko and Liz Parker
Four sisters, each as different as can be. Through the eyes and words of Jo, their characters and destinies became known to millions. Meg, pretty and conventional. Jo, stubborn, tomboyish, and ambitious. Beth, shy and good-natured, a mortal angel readily accepting her fate. And Amy, elegant, frivolous, and shallow. But Jo, for all her insight, could not always know what was in her sisters' thoughts, or in their hearts. With Jo away in New York to pursue her literary ambitions, Meg, Beth, and Amy follow their own paths.
Melanie Cheng
A wise and moving story about a family navigating grief, hope, and healing through a bond with a new pet rabbit. The Burrow follows members of the Lee family as they navigate grief and hope in their quiet Australian Jin, an emergency physician and father; Amy, a published author and mother; Lucie, their bookish and introverted ten-year-old; and Pauline, Amy's mother who's trying to make amends.
Clare Wright
This is the story of a founding document in Australian democracy and the people who made it. It paints a vibrant picture of the profound and ancient culture of Australia's first peoples, in all its continuing vigour. Clare Wright's groundbreaking Democracy Trilogy began with The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka (workers' rights) and continued with You Daughters of Freedom (women's rights). After a decade of research and community consultation, it concludes, fittingly, with a fascinating and compulsively readable account of a momentous but little-known episode in our shared political history.
Ann Cleeves
Marilyn Howes and her mother Kathleen are an inseparable duo. that is, until one night when Kathleen doesn't come home... Fifteen-year-old Marilyn turns up alone and frightened on Inspector Ramsay's doorstep, so he takes the young girl home to the isolated coastal community known as the Headland.
Patricia Skehan
The impact of World War I ripples through time. In this moving and essential book, historian Patricia Skehan brings to light secret details of Anzac experiences on the Western Front. In the annals of human history, the stakes are highest in war. And in World War I, what was at stake was the future of the world. Anzac troops, fighting and dying so far from home, were crucial to the result that shaped the twentieth century. Those troops wrote letters and diaries, materials that now form the record for the human face of war.
Jane Caro
Lyrebirds are brilliant mimics, so if they mimic a woman screaming in terror and begging for her life, they have witnessed a crime. But how does a young, hung over PHD student and a wet behind the ears new detective, convince anyone that a native bird can be a reliable witness to a murder, especially when there is no body and no missing person? And what happens when they turn out to be right?
Vaclav Smil
How Food Really Works shows how we misunderstand the essentials of where our food really comes from, how our dietary requirements shape us, and why this impacts our planet in drastic ways. Ultimately, this data-based, rigorously researched guide explains how we will survive and thrive long into the future.
Samah Sabawi
The story of a family over the past 100 years, starting in Palestine under British rule and ending in Redland Bay in Queensland.
Samah Sabawi shares the story of her parents and many like them who were born as their parents were being forced to leave their homelands.
Filled with love for land, history, peoples it is more than anything else a family story and a love story told with enormous humanity and feeling.
David Baldacci
Charlie Matters' life has always been a fight for survival. Orphaned with no prospects, Charlie steals what he needs, living day-to-day until he can enlist in the battle against the Germans. He miraculously emerges unscathed from the Blitz, but there's no telling when the next bomb will fall, and whether it will be the one to end his life.
Lauren Zonfrillo
It is difficult to take myself back to the beginning, and even more difficult to share such a private time in my life. But I will. It's how I will find meaning from the loss, from the universe robbing the kids and me of an extraordinary father and husband, by paying it forward to you. In this deeply personal and heartfelt memoir, Lauren Zonfrillo details her journey through grief after the sudden and public loss of her husband, Jock - chef, restaurateur and, of course, beloved MasterChef Australia judge.
Dervla McTiernan
For years the boglands of Northern Europe have given up bodies of the long-deceased. Bodies that are thousands of years old, uncannily preserved. Bodies with strange injuries that suggest ritual torture and human sacrifice. When a corpse is found in a bog in Galway, Cormac Reilly assumes the find is historical. But closer examination reveals a more recent story. The dead man is Thaddeus Grey, a local secondary school principal who disappeared two years prior. There's nothing in Grey's past that would explain why he was murdered, or why his body was mutilated in a ritual manner.
James Patterson & J.D Barker
Wife. Writer. Murderer? When Denise Morrow is discovered standing over the body of her husband, a bloody knife between them, Detective Declan Shaw thinks it's an open-and-shut case. But Denise is no ordinary murder suspect. She's a famous true crime author, who knows how killers operate. And how they get away with it.
Kate Grenville
Kate Grenville is no stranger to the past. Her success and fame as a writer exploded when she published The Secret River in 2005, a bestseller based on the story of her convict ancestor, an early settler on the Hawkesbury River. More than two decades on, and following the defeat of the Voice referendum, Grenville is still grappling with what it means to descend from people who were, as she puts it, "on the sharp edge of the moving blade that was colonisation". So she decides to go on a kind of pilgrimage,
When renowned painter Mira Novak arrives at Wadia hospital in Bombay after a miscarriage, she's expected to make a quick recovery, and her nurse, Sona, is excited to learn more about the vivacious artist who shares her half-Indian identity. Sona, yearning for a larger life, finds herself carried away by Mira's stories of her travels and exploits and is shocked by accounts of the many lovers the painter has left scattered throughout Europe. When Mira dies quite suddenly and mysteriously, Sona falls under suspicion, and her quiet life is upended.
Join us for a relaxed program where you can learn about technology in a friendly
Feeling the build-up stress? Take a breather at the Library with a visit from
Join us for STEAM Story Time, an interactive program tailored for curious minds
Looking for support services? Visit the library to chat with a caseworker or
Need Support or Assistance? We’re Here to Help! Life can sometimes present
Take a moment for yourself and embark on a journey of relaxation and renewal
Looking for support services? Visit the library to chat with a caseworker or advocate for advice on
Karama Library
Karama Shopping Centre, Kalymnos Drive
Karama NT 0812
Australia
Feeling the build-up stress? Take a breather at the Library with a visit from adorable therapy dogs
Karama Library, Karama Shopping Centre
Kalymnos Drive
Karama NT 0812
Australia
Our weekend Story Time includes songs, rhymes and stories which celebrate reading, books and using
Darwin City Library
Civic Centre, 17 Harry Chan Avenue
Darwin NT 0800
Australia
Our weekend Story Time includes songs, rhymes and stories which celebrate reading, books and using
Casuarina Library
17 Bradshaw Terrace
Casuarina NT 0810
Australia
Geek Up is a FREE event for young people held on the last Sunday of the month at Casuarina Library
Casuarina Library
17 Bradshaw Terrace
Casuarina NT 0810
Australia
Join us for a relaxing social morning of knitting and crocheting. All experience levels welcome
Karama Shopping Centre
Kalymnos Drive, Karama NT 0812
Karama NT 0812
Australia
Join teachers from the Confucius Institute and storytellers from City of Darwin Libraries for a
Casuarina Library
17 Bradshaw Terrace
Casuarina NT 0810
Australia
For ages 3-5 years and their grown-ups. Younger siblings are welcome but may need more assistance
Casuarina Library
17 Bradshaw Terrace
Casuarina NT 0810
Australia
For babies ages 3 to 12 months and their grown-ups. These sessions are suitable for the age ranges
Darwin City Library
Civic Centre, 17 Harry Chan Avenue
Darwin NT 0800
Australia
For ages 1 to 3 years and their grown-ups. These sessions are suitable for the age ranges specified
Nightcliff Library
Pavonia Place
Nightcliff NT 0810
Australia
Need Support or Assistance? We’re Here to Help! Here’s how we can help: Housing Community Resources
Casuarina Library
17 Bradshaw Terrace
Casuarina NT 0810
Australia
For ages 3 to 24 months and their grown-ups. Clap and move to our Rhyme Time sessions. We'll explore
Karama Library
Karama Shopping Centre, Kalymnos Drive
Karama NT 0812
Australia
For ages 1 to 3 years and their grown-ups. These sessions are suitable for the age ranges specified
Darwin City Library
Civic Centre, 17 Harry Chan Avenue
Darwin NT 0800
Australia
Justice of the Peace Services Now Available Every Wednesday! We are excited to announce that a
Karama Library
Karama Shopping Plaza, 37 Kalymnos Drive
Karama NT 0812
Australia
For babies ages 3 to 12 months and their grown-ups. These sessions are suitable for the age ranges
Casuarina Library
17 Bradshaw Terrace
Casuarina NT 0810
Australia
For ages 3 to 24 months and their grown-ups. Clap and move to our Rhyme Time sessions. We'll explore
Nightcliff Library
Pavonia Place
Nightcliff NT 0810
Australia
Join us for STEAM Story Time, an interactive program tailored for 3 to 5 year olds, where we explore
Karama Library
Karama Shopping Centre, Kalymnos Drive
Karama NT 0812
Australia
Feeling the build-up stress? Take a breather at the Library with a visit from adorable therapy dogs
Karama Library, Karama Shopping Centre
Kalymnos Drive
Karama NT 0812
Australia
Gaming After Dark is a safe, action-packed and inclusive place for young people aged 12-17 to hang
Casuarina Library
17 Bradshaw Terrace
Casuarina NT 0800
Australia
Join us for a family-friendly morning of creativity and connection at Casuarina Library to celebrate
Casuarina Library
17 Bradshaw Terrace
Casuarina NT 0810
Australia
Our weekend Story Time includes songs, rhymes and stories which celebrate reading, books and using
Darwin City Library
Civic Centre, 17 Harry Chan Avenue
Darwin NT 0800
Australia
Our weekend Story Time includes songs, rhymes and stories which celebrate reading, books and using
Casuarina Library
17 Bradshaw Terrace
Casuarina NT 0810
Australia
Looking for support services? Visit the library to chat with a caseworker or advocate for advice on
Casuarina Library
17 Bradshaw Terrace
Casuarina NT 0810
Australia
Join us for a relaxing social morning of knitting and crocheting. All experience levels welcome
Karama Shopping Centre
Kalymnos Drive, Karama NT 0812
Karama NT 0812
Australia
For babies ages 3 to 12 months and their grown-ups. These sessions are suitable for the age ranges
Darwin City Library
Civic Centre, 17 Harry Chan Avenue
Darwin NT 0800
Australia
For ages 1 to 3 years and their grown-ups. These sessions are suitable for the age ranges specified
Nightcliff Library
Pavonia Place
Nightcliff NT 0810
Australia
Need Support or Assistance? We’re Here to Help! Here’s how we can help: Housing Community Resources
Casuarina Library
17 Bradshaw Terrace
Casuarina NT 0810
Australia
For ages 3 to 24 months and their grown-ups. Clap and move to our Rhyme Time sessions. We'll explore
Karama Library
Karama Shopping Centre, Kalymnos Drive
Karama NT 0812
Australia
Join us for a relaxed program where you can learn about technology in a friendly setting. Each
Casuarina Library
17 Bradshaw Terrace
Casuarina NT 0810
Australia
For ages 1 to 3 years and their grown-ups. These sessions are suitable for the age ranges specified
Darwin City Library
Civic Centre, 17 Harry Chan Avenue
Darwin NT 0800
Australia