While you're self-isolating at home, why not catch up on your reading with an ebook or liven up chores while listening to an audiobook? Take a browse through our collections using the links above, or explore some content below, curated by our librarians.
Read, Watch & Listen
- eBooks and Audiobooks Select from our range of ebooks and audiobooks and download to read/listen offline.
- Magazines and Newspapers Browse and download some of the world's most popular magazines and newspapers.
- Music and Video Streaming Download and stream free music from chart-topping artists, and films from award-winning directors.
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NAIDOC Week 2021
Yarra Libraries is very proud to partner with Aboriginal Housing Victoria to celebrate NAIDOC Week 2021 with a series of online events.
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Online activities with Willowview Centre
Want to try out Chair Yoga? Learn to pickle olives? Watch and follow along as staff from Willowview Centre show you how.
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Five Sources of Poetic Relief
Finding solace in poetry is a historical past time. Have a look into these links for poetic relief and creative inspiration.
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Laughter therapy and Bollywood dance classes with Studio J
Improve your well-being with laughter therapy and Bollywood dance classes every Wednesday live on Studio J's YouTube channel. This free public program is made possible by the Yarra Arts Stimulate Yarra grant.
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IsolAid
Every weekend from 12 noon to 12 midnight (AEST), artists play 20-minute sets streamed live via their Instagram accounts. At the end of their set, each musician tag-teams the next artist to play, sending fans down a rabbit hole of new music discovery, community, and good feels.
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Journaling Through Uncertain Times
Join us in a 4-week journal keeping challenge equipped with weekly prompts, quotes, and inspiration on starting and keeping a journal.
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Learn something new with a MOOC
Check out some highlights from the vast world of online courses and find new skills and subjects you can study at home for free.
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Messages From Home
We are calling on all local people to send us messages from self-isolation. Share a message that we can post to the whole of Yarra.
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The Book Club for the End of the World
A virtual book club is for teens and their adults, reading dystopian fiction and try and use them to understand the world we’re living in right now. Last Monday of the month, 8pm.
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Vision Australia Radio
Vision Australia Radio offers a range of book readings from novels, biographies, history – and the odd curiosity.
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We Are YA
Writer and journalist Anna Borges talks with the diverse authors that make up the modern young adult writing community on this podcast, presented by Penguin Teen.
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Yarra Libraries Podcast
Listen to pre-recorded events including author talks and poetry performances, and reading recommendations from our librarians.
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