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He's back!! The White Wizard and his 'Curious Creatures' will be at the City library on January 20 at 10am. Join us in celebrating the Summer Reading Club program and get ready for a sensational show! No bookings required, recommended for ages 5+

“If I learn to cook like your Mother, will you learn to make money like my father!” As Helen Rowland journalist and humourist stated “A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her” A New Year’s Resolution in the making perhaps? Happy Times. Seems like nothing has changed since 1952. Old copies of the Cairns Post are a treasure trove of stories from the past. Cairns Libraries hold the Cairns Post on microfilm from 1884 to 29 September 2018. #FlashbackFriday #CairnsPost #onthisday

Our Summer Reading Club ‘Curious Creatures’ is coming to an end 😞 but it’s storytime anytime! 🤓😀 Make sure you check out our online reading room ‘Story Box Library’. Available FREE to library members. 👈 https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/library/eLibrary/childrens-eLearning

Wow, the light show in Singapore is pretty amazing! Is traveling in 2019 one of your New Year’s Resolutions? We have travel guides to help plan that trip; they are even available in eBook. https://lib.cairnslibrary.com.au/libero/WebOpac.cls?VERSION=2&ACTION=DEFAULTPAGE&RSN=&DATA=CLD&TOKEN=Rt47go038V432&Z=1&NewBreadCrumb=1 https://www.cairns.qld.gov.au/library/eLibrary/ebooks-and-eaudiobooks

The school holiday fun continues with our January program, check out our activities and see our website for more details!

Lucky winners of 'Ralph breaks the Internet' colouring competition at Babinda, Earlville and Gordonvale libraries thanks to Event Cinemas!!

Hmmm...do you have one?

A storytime rocking chair. What a novel idea! 😉🤓📚

From today new branch opening times will result in a total increase of 27.5 hours of operation a week. Branch opening hours will be:  Babinda – 9am-5pm Mon-Fri; 9am-noon Sat  Gordonvale – 9am-6pm Mon-Fri; 9am-noon Sat  Edmonton – 9.30am-5.30pm Mon-Fri; 9am-noon Sat  Earlville – 9am-5.30pm Mon-Fri; 9am-noon Sat  Manunda – 9am-5.30pm Mon-Fri; 9am-noon Sat  City – 9am-6pm Mon-Fri; 9am-noon Sat-Sun  Stratford – 9am-6pm Mon-Fri; 9am-noon Sat  Smithfield – 9am-6pm Mon-Fri; 9am-noon Sat For information on library services visit www.cairns.qld.gov.au/library

From today Babinda, Edmonton and Stratford Libraries will no longer accept cash or cheques. The changes also apply to the Customer Service desk at Babinda Library. EFTPOS and credit card will continue to be accepted with no minimum transaction amount.