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The Barossa Council Public Library

The Barossa Council provides library services at Nuriootpa, Lyndoch, Mt Pleasant and Tanunda

Find out more about our services at
https://www.barossa.sa.gov.au/community-and-wellbeing/libraries

13/05/2026

Burnout by Sophie Kinsella follows an exhausted woman who escapes to a quiet seaside retreat, only to clash with a similarly burned-out stranger.
If you are a fan of UK romantic comedies this is the book for you.
I listened to this audiobook on BorrowBox, where you can also find more books by Sophie Kinsella.

13/05/2026

Join us for a creative morning of weaving, connection and community spirit.

Local textile artist Michelle Jahn will guide you through simple weaving techniques in the round, helping you create beautiful circular pieces.

📅 Saturday 20 June
⏰ 10.00am to 1.00pm
📍 Nuriootpa Library
🎫 $10.00pp - ages 16+

This hands-on workshop is part of our 'Woven Together' SALA 2026 exhibition series, building towards a colourful display in August. Your creations will help transform the trees surrounding the library into a celebration of creativity and collaboration.

All materials and morning tea are included.

For more details and to book, visit 👉 barossa.sa.gov.au/events
or give us a call on 8563 8440.

12/05/2026

Lyndoch Seed Library needs YOU!

The Barossa is blooming and we are very low on seeds for our seed library.

We’re calling for donations of seeds – veggies, flowers, herbs or plants to help our community gardens grow.

Simply pop your clean, clearly labelled seeds into an envelope and drop them off at the Lyndoch Library.

Let’s sow the seeds of sharing! 🌻

11/05/2026

We have a few places still available at our 'Pop-Up Tech Help' sessions this week.

Enjoy friendly, one-on-one support tailored especially for over 50s wanting to build confidence with technology. Whether it’s your phone, tablet, laptop or something else, we’ll work through it together at your pace.

📅 Wednesday 13 & Friday 15 May
📍 Nuriootpa Library
⏰Bookings available on the hour from 9am to 12 noon or drop in from 2pm to 4pm
🎫 FREE - places are limited.
📱Bring your device and your questions, we’ll take it from there

There is no such thing as a silly question!

Contact the library on 8563 8440 to book a session or for more information.

11/05/2026

Join our ‘Beanie Firstival’ this Winter!

We’re inviting our creative community to be part of our cosy and colourful Beanie Firstival & Exhibition this July.

Have you made a beanie you’re proud of or keen to get to work on a new creation?

Whether it’s bold, quirky, classic or completely one-of-a-kind, we’d love to showcase your work.

📅 Exhibition dates: Wednesday 1 July to Saturday 18 July
📍 Nuriootpa Library
🥳 Who can enter? All ages and skill levels welcome
🎫 FREE to register one (or more!) beanies

This celebration of community and the simple joy of making is your chance to share your craft, inspire others and be part of something warm and wonderful this winter.

Let’s fill the library with colour, texture and creativity!

Register your entry on the Barossa Council website via barossa.sa.gov.au/events or call us on 8563 8440 to find out more.

10/05/2026

At our recent author event Krystle was lucky enough to discuss the book ‘Click’ with Australian author Sarah Bailey.
Sarah Bailey’s Click is a tense and compelling crime thriller that draws readers into a city on edge. When a series of disappearances begins and a killer starts sending cryptic messages to the police and the media, journalist Oli Groves and rookie detective Penelope Kibbs are pulled into a high stakes race to uncover the truth before more lives are lost.
Fast paced and gripping, Click explores a range of confronting and timely themes, including domestic violence, toxic masculinity, and the darker corners of the digital world. As well as exploring the pressures of modern policing and the influence of media in shaping public perception.
The story is driven by strong characters and readers who enjoyed Oli Groves in ‘The Housemate’ will love seeing her story continue here.

09/05/2026

Elsie Steicke and her husband Henry owned and ran the popular ‘Steicke’s Café’ on Tanunda's main street during the 1930's and 1940's. The cafe offered pies, pasties and freshly made sandwiches all made daily by Henry, but they also served a three course sit-down hot lunch, prepared by Elsie every day in a kitchen that had no hot water and no electricity.

Undaunted by the working conditions, Elsie also ran a catering service for weddings and parties where tiered and elaborately decorated celebration cakes were her specialty. Thick fondant icing with intricate piping work demanded real mastery, but she had to bake the cakes first using an old family recipe for fruit cake then cook them in a wood oven - notorious for their unreliable temperature control. Despite her lack of professional training she was a skilled hospitality chef, without question.

Steicke's cafe, on the corner of Murray and Bushman streets in Tanunda, closed in the 1940's but the building continues its legacy as a popular contemporary restaurant.

Elsie was a contributor to The Barossa Cookery Book, and her story is included in several of the library's History Festival events. Her biography features in the new publication Rolling Up Their Sleeves, which along with The Barossa Cookery Book, are available in our local history and general borrowing collections.

For more information about our local History Festival events visit: https://festival.history.sa.gov.au/
For more local history information visit the library, or contact us on:
[email protected]

08/05/2026

Today, Sir David Attenborough celebrates an extraordinary milestone - 100 laps around the sun.

For seven decades, Sir David has brought the wonders of the natural world into our homes, inspiring generations to care about science, wildlife and our planet. Few voices have shaped our understanding of Earth quite like his.

Be sure to dedicate a little time this weekend to revisiting the work of Sir David Attenborough - there is plenty to choose from.

Thank you, Sir David, for your lifelong dedication to storytelling, conservation and giving nature a voice. 🌍

**Image from Festival in Adelaide (1962), of British broadcaster and naturalist, Sir David Attenborough patting a koala at Adelaide Zoo. Courtesy of Film Australia Collection.

08/05/2026

EVENT CANCELLATION NOTICE

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this evening’s Author Event with Jennifer Mackenzie Dunbar has been cancelled.

We hope to reschedule the event as soon as possible and will be in touch once the new details have been confirmed.

We apologise for any inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

We are excited to kick off our SA History Festival celebrations this May with a 'Meet the Author' event.

Author Jennifer Mackenzie Dunbar will demonstrate how to weave historical research from colonial South Australia into engaging settings, plots, and characters.

Using excerpts from her novel Stolen she highlights the profound impact of critical historical events on both settlers and Indigenous people.

📅 Friday 8 May
⏰5.30pm to 7.00pm
📍Nuriootpa Library
🎫FREE - bookings required | Light supper will be provided

For more details and to book, visit 👉 barossa.sa.gov.au/events
or give us a call on 8563 8440.

07/05/2026

the light gets in – Ben Crowe
Ben Crowe is one of the world’s most in-demand mindset coaches, and in this powerful new book he shares nine simple but transformative perspective shifts designed to change the way you see yourself and the world around you.
From fear to play, from “doing” to “being”, and from fitting in to finding true belonging, these shifts invite us to pause, reflect, and reimagine what confidence, happiness, achievement and fulfilment can look like. With themes of self-compassion, imagination and appreciation, this is a reminder that even small perspective shifts can lead to massive breakthroughs, creating the freedom to redefine what it means to live a life true to yourself, because that's where the light gets in.
Reserve a copy now and discover a new way of thinking.

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43-51 Tanunda Road
Nuriootpa, SA
5355

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https://www.barossa.sa.gov.au/community-and-wellbeing/libraries

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