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Welcome to the latest edition of Library Collection News!
Discover fresh titles, exciting resources, and all the latest updates from Coffs Harbour Libraries. Let’s dive into what’s new this month! 📚✨
In this edition, we’re:
- discovering Hoopla, the Library's newest digital platform 📖🎧📱
- stepping back in time with historical fiction 📜⏳🏛️
- cooking up a storm with the cake tin collection 🎂🍰🍪
Settle in, grab a cozy spot, and explore all the new treasures waiting for you at
Coffs Harbour Libraries this month!
NEW eResource
Hoopla
Hoopla - Your public library at your fingertips!
Borrow and enjoy audiobooks, eBooks, comics, movies, TV, magazines, or music everywhere you have a screen-your computer, your phone, your car, even your TV. All you need is a library card.
Hoopla syncs across all your devices, so you can stream titles immediately or whenever you're in the mood.
Most titles can also be downloaded to your phone or tablet. hoopla offers more content, in more places, than any other digital library platform and it's all FREE thanks to your public library! Titles may vary based on library catalogue.
Collection Feature
Cake tins
Have you explored the library’s Special Collections? Our Cake Tin collection features cookie cutters and embossers, as well as cake tins in many different designs to make your next birthday extra special.
Stella Prize 2026
Shortlist
Huge congratulations to the six incredible authors shortlisted for the 2026 Stella Prize 🎉📖
💚 The Rot by Evelyn Araluen
💚 Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks
💚 Fireweather by Miranda Darling
💚 Cannon by Lee Lai
💚 58 Facets: On violence and the law by Marika Sosnowski
💚 I Am Nannertgarrook by Tasma Walton
The Stella Prize is a beloved and well-respected annual literary prize awarded to the most excellent, original and outstanding book written by an Australian woman or non-binary writer.
The winner will be announced on
13 May.
Anzac Day
ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.
Anzac Day falls on the 25th of April each year. It was officially named Anzac Day in 1916, commemorating that day in 1915 when Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of the allied expedition that set out to capture the Gallipoli peninsula. These became known as Anzacs and the pride they took in that name continues to this day.
The meaning of Anzac Day today includes the remembrance of all Australians killed in military operations.
The library features a wide range of materials highlighting Australia’s contributions and experiences across all wars.
Collection Feature
BorrowBox
The best titles without the wait… Borrow now on BorrowBox!
Genre Highlight
Historical Fiction
Historical fiction is a literary genre in which a fictional story is set against the backdrop of real historical events, time periods, and settings.
Trending New Titles
Adult Fiction and Non-Fiction
The devil's bible by Steve Berry
Former Justice Department agent Cotton Malone is thrust into a dangerous Swedish kidnapping case where the ransom is the Codex Gigas, a 13th-century manuscript known as the Devil’s Bible. Malone and Cassiopeia Vitt must race to secure the legendary book while navigating political intrigue, Russian interference, and shifting alliances from Stockholm to the Baltic Sea.
Hot chocolate on Thursday by Michiko Aoyama
Twelve interconnected, slice-of-life stories revolving around a mysterious Tokyo cafe, where a quiet woman orders her regular hot chocolate, weaving together the lives of strangers through small, tender daily moments.
Side character energy by Olivia Tolich
A sharp, wise, hilarious novel about love—romantic, platonic and toxic—from a brilliant new voice in Australian fiction.
Some of us are liars by Fiona Cummins
Global superstar Winter Kellaway throws a lavish wedding celebration at her luxurious beachside estate. But when her sister Jen Miller entrusts her youngest child to the family's care, a single misstep leads to a devastating tragedy that shatters their bond.
Australian hawks and eagles by Peter Slater and Sally Elmer
Peter Slater has teamed up with the equally talented award-winning artist Sally Elmer to produce the ultimate book on birds of prey, from the diminutive Collared Sparrowhawk to the mighty Wedge-tailed Eagle.
Growing up digital : helping your kids and teens navigate life online by Susan McLean
A new cyber-safety guide for today's world, by a leading international expert and author of the bestselling Sexts, Texts & Selfies.
Pull : how gravity shapes your body, steadies the mind, and guides our health by Brennan Spiegel
Pull presents a groundbreaking exploration of how gravity influences conditions of body and mind that have puzzled medical professionals for centuries. Starting with a simple observation at a family dinner and culminating in a new approach to gravity-based health and wellness, Pull is a captivating journey through the human body's inner struggle to keep us upright and healthy.
The vanishing of Vivienne Cameron : forty years searching for the Philip Island murderer by Vikki Petraitis
In 1986 on Phillip Island, 23-year-old Beth Barnard was brutally murdered, and Vivienne Cameron—the wife of Beth's lover—vanished without a trace. Police concluded that Vivienne killed Beth in a jealous rage and then took her own life, but her body was never found. Decades later, Australian true-crime author Vikki Petraitis revisits the cold case, challenging the original police narrative.
Trending New Titles
Young Adult Fiction
Reading Radar
What our community are reading...
Sky daddy by Kate Folk
Fate, destiny, obsession. Do we have control of our lives? Are we all a little bit crazy about the things we believe in? Linda pursues her life in blind faith despite the lack of evidence. Even so, some things become true.
⭐⭐⭐⭐
The lasting harm : witnessing the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell by Lucia Osborne-Crowley
A very well written and accessible reporting of a shocking abuse of power - one that happens the world over - and about the women who spoke out.
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
Black woods, blue sky by Eowyn Ivey
An amazing and beautifully descriptive book. I love it.
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Our Community Reads Project
Running all year in 2026
What does home mean to you? Pick a book that speaks to this theme, whether it’s a place, a feeling, a memory, or a sense of belonging, and join the conversation through book clubs, events, and shared stories all year. Need a starting point? Explore our recommended reads.
Explore our recommended Non-fiction ‘Home’
suggested reads:
Upcoming Events
Author Event: Sarah Bailey
Tuesday 17 April, 6pm
There’s nothing quite like hearing a story straight from the maker, and this time we’re thrilled to welcome the critically acclaimed Sarah Bailey. Don’t miss your chance to catch her insights and maybe borrow a copy of her book before they fly off the library shelves!
Online Author Event: In conversation with Trent Dalton
Tuesday 21 April, 7pm
BorrowBox is thrilled to announce that Trent Dalton, bestselling Australian author of the award-winning page-turner, Gravity Let Me Go, will be joining BorrowBox content expert, Natasha Boyd, for an in-depth online discussion and Q&A session in our next exclusive online author event.
Sydney Writers Festival: Live & Local
17–24 May 2026
Save the dates. Details to come.
The Library is bringing the Sydney Writers’ Festival back to you in 2026, live and local! Mark your calendars for an epic week of stories, ideas, and literary inspiration, streamed live to the library. Featured authors include Stephanie Alexander, David Szalay, Amitav Ghosh, Trent Dalton, and so many more.
Update on Woolgoolga Library Refurbishment
3D Printing - no longer available
Coffs Harbour Libraries are no longer offering 3D printing services. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Acknowledgement of Country
Coffs Harbour Libraries is on the land of the Gumbaynggirr people, who we recognise as the traditional custodians of the land and who have cared for the land since time before immemorial. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging, and commit ourselves to a future with reconciliation and renewal at its heart.
Harry Bailey
Memorial Library
Yarrila Place
27 Gordon Street
Coffs Harbour
NSW 2452
Tel: (02) 6648 4900
Monday to Friday
10.00am to 6.00pm
Saturday & Sunday
10am to 2pm
Toormina Library
Minorie Drive
Toormina NSW 2452
Tel: (02) 6648 4925
Monday to Friday
10.00am to 5.00pm
Saturday
10am to 12noon
Woolgoolga Library
Ganderton Street
Woolgoolga NSW 2456
Tel: (02) 6648 4902
Monday to Friday
10.00am to 5.00pm
Saturday
10am to 12noon
