My Favourite Book – Top 100 in Australia

Find out which books are Australia's favouirites according to the "My Favourite Book" survey run by the ABC in 2004. Click here for the results of the survey.

Cambridge Library has included many of these books on their Great Reads Display. Come in and check it out!

Book Clubs

• Cambridge Library has two book clubs for adults: during the day and the evening.
• Meetings are monthly in the Reading Room.
• The daytime club meets from 2.00pm – 3.00pm on the first Monday of the month.
• The evening club meets from 5.30pm - 6.30 pm on the second Thursday of the month.
• To find out more, or to join: Telephone 9383 8999.

Databases for Book Clubs

The Library subscribes to Novelist (from Ebscohost), which could be of interest to book clubs. NoveList provides access to full text reviews, annotations, publication information, subject headings and more for more than 120,000 works of fiction. In addition, this database can recommend similar titles and authors, provide guides for book discussions and more. This database can search for titles by author, title, series or even by plot descriptions. Click here to access Novelist.

Adult Literacy

• Cambridge library assists with Adult Literacy and English as a Second language needs, by offering loanable resources which include books and talking books on both CD and cassette.
• Please ask about this at the Service Desk, or call 9383 8999.

To learn more about Read Write Now! click here
To learn more about Adult Learners Week, click here