Title: The Altered Case Author: Peter Turnbull Five skeletons are found in the corner of a field, DCI Hennessey and his team from the Vale of York police station are called upon to the solve the case. Read on to see how DCI Hennessey and his team solve the unexplained. . . . more »

Title: Least of Evils Series: A Percy Peach Mystery Author: J M Gregson Lanchashire Detective Chief Inspector Percy Peach tangles with a rich and powerful individual, Oliver Ketley who is known to the police for gangland killings and drug related instances. Oliver Ketley has died in mysterious circumstances and it is up to Percy Peach to find out who is the killer. . . . more »

The media has said author James Phelan "churns out a pacy thriller" and his books run "a mean line in high-octane adventure". On Tuesday 31 July James is making the Grande Finale of the Booklovers Festival as thrilling as it gets. James is the author of the Lachlan Fox thriller series and the Alone trilogy for young adults. He has also contributed chapters to serialised . . . more »

It's the book that everyone's talking about, copies are flying out of book shops and libraries have huge waiting lists of people wanting to read this novel. With almost 1 million copies sold in just 12 weeks in Australia alone, this book appears to be taking over the world. So, I hear you ask, what is this superbook? And what makes it so special? That's . . . more »

Marian Keyes is a popular author who has many good books to her name. I haven’t read any of her fiction works, but I have immensely enjoyed her non-fiction books. Her sense of humour and funny antics in these books have appealed to my sometimes warped sense of humour. Marian’s latest book is entitled Saved by Cake. This book was written by Marian after a . . . more »

Welcome to the launch of our fourth annual Booklovers Festival at Yarra Plenty Regional Library. To launch our fabulous line up of reading and writing events will be the co-author of The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif, Najaf Mazari. The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif tells the remarkable story of Najaf Mazari, an Afghani refugee who fled his homeland after being captured by the Taliban and made his way . . . more »

The Very Hungry Bear If you enjoyed 'The Very Cranky Bear', then he is back, in a third book, 'The Very Hungry Bear' by Nick Bland. It is about a very hungry bear who goes fishing and ends up catching a polar bear. The polar bear needs help getting home before his iceberg melts. Great rhyming text makes this book great to read out aloud. . . . more »

Author of the acclaimed novel The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif, Najaf Mazari, kicks off a month of booklovers' delights in July. The fourth annual Booklovers Festival is all about community connections. Get cosy at the library branches with some like-minded people to listen to fascinating authors and storytellers, take part in interesting workshops and a book debate, and perform your poetry or prose at open mic . . . more »

We caught these two borrowers sharing a book near our magazines. They were so captivated by the story that they didn't even notice their photo being taken! . . . more »

Are you seeking some inspiration in the kitchen? Are your family saying ‘not THAT again!’ when you serve up the same old recipe for the fourth time in a two week period? There is nothing wrong with tried-and-true recipes that the whole family love, but sometimes it’s nice to venture into uncharted territory and make something new and exciting. Did you know YPRL holds a . . . more »