The Melbourne Athenaeum will close for the New Year period at 4:00pm Wednesday December 20 and will reopen at 10:00am Tuesday January 9.

During this period the returns box will be available on the landing outside the library when the building is open. Ebooks and eaudiobooks will be available through Overdrive and the Libby app.

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The man who died twice
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Ruth Wilson
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The promise
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The ghost fields
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