This Blog Has Moved...

That's right, we've integrated the Sutherland Shire Libraries News into our website. All blog posts that are published here will remain online as an archive, but we will not be publishing any more posts at this location. You can find all our future posts will on our website. If...

Connect with your history

March is Women's History Month and we want to help you connect with the women in your ancestry. Use all the tools at your fingertips to advance your Family History research. Who do you think you are? has made Ancestry.com widely known as a family history research tool. But regardless...

March reads

 Calling Major Tom/ David M. Barnett Calling Major Tom is a funny, uplifting tale of friendship and community about the world's most unlikely astronaut. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll get a David Bowie earworm and you will cheer on all the grumpy men in your life. There's a starman...

2017 Stella Shortlist has been announced!

The Stella Prize Shortlist 2017 has been announced! The Stella Prize was established in 2013 for writing by Australian women in any genre. You can request copies of each of these extraordinary books from the Library.    The 2017 Stella Prize will be awarded in Melbourne...

February reads

Norse mythology/ Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman has long been inspired by ancient mythology in creating the fantastical realms of his fiction. Now he presents his fashioning of the primeval Norse myths into a novel, which begins with the genesis of the legendary nine worlds, delves into the...