	{"id":80959,"date":"2022-02-12T04:56:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T17:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?p=80959"},"modified":"2022-02-27T11:03:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T00:03:53","slug":"book-lovers-chance-to-reflect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/book-lovers-chance-to-reflect\/","title":{"rendered":"Book lovers\u2019 chance to reflect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THIS Valentine\u2019s Day, libraries across the country are asking people to celebrate everything they love about the public spaces.<\/p>\n<p>With the theme of <em>Show the Love<\/em>, this year\u2019s Library Lovers\u2019 Day offers a number of ways to get involved.<\/p>\n<p>Goldfields Libraries are hosting several events across its six locations, including over 60s exercise, over 60s tai chi and a SisterWorks crafting class at Kangaroo Flat facility and a special display at Bendigo site.<\/p>\n<p>Manager of Bendigo Library, Robin Pearson, said for this year\u2019s day they decided to showcase fantasy literature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor this particular display we\u2019re going to highlight fantasy and other realms books, fairy tales for adults, spooky stuff, a little bit of dark romance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had a staff member make this extraordinary collage of about 1500 pieces of paper and another put together an other-worldly display.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDifferent Goldfields Libraries are all celebrating Library Lovers\u2019 Day in their own way, we prefer to pick a genre out of the collection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Pearson said the library planned to have a meet-the-author event with the editor of the collection of fairy tales for adults, <em>South of the Sun: Australian Fairy Tales for the 21st Century<\/em>, however it was postponed due to COVID-19 complications.<\/p>\n<p>Library Lovers\u2019 Day is designed for people to reflect on what it is they love most about their libraries, whether it\u2019s discovering a new favourite book, researching a new passion, or engaging with one of many resources available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not only to show appreciation to libraries and the work our librarians do, but also to appreciate the people of the Bendigo and Goldfields Libraries catchment area that support these venues,\u201d Mr Pearson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIS Valentine\u2019s Day, libraries across the country are asking people to celebrate everything they love about the public spaces. 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