These ideas were generated at the 26 November Readers Advisory Meeting at Bowral. Please feel free to add your own ideas at the end of the list.
Chill out – meditation and music display
Chillax Group -Meditation and relaxation
Tie in with winter sport – snowfields, skiing
Tour de France – French books display during event – French cooking, films etc
Chill read knitters group –knit in a day, teach kids to knit their own scarf
Winter warmers (knitting, display and Wrap with Love)
How to make gelato workshop, gelato tasting event
Come and Chill with… (insert fab author!) author talks
Reading spaces – where do you chill to read, library spaces
What’s your favourite place to chill and read? Hammocks etc, encourage pictures, selfies etc
Instagram – photos of people reading outside in the cold, or just relaxing and reading
Cold places titles, books and movies, Iceland travel books, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty etc
“It’s freezing here, why not go to…..” travel display
Chill read – warm up with hot food – list of places to eat known for spicy cuisine, tie in local restaurants
Winter story time and book babies dress up
Warding off the chill – display case decorated as a fireplace
Warm up with a good book
Wood smoke reduction campaign through council
RFS community engagement – meet a fireman, a fireman could read a book at story time
Burnout season, info on back burning – tie into council info
Read, review and chill competition
Chilling Horror – reads to send shivers down your spine….
Chiller thrillers
You could set up a photo completion or exhibition of cold places, especially of around the local area of people reading library books
Scandinavian and Tartan noir books
Chilling crimes – local history talks re local crimes eg, Clive Small
Chilli reads – books about spices, Asian cuisine, ice creams
Winter Magic
Snowflakes on recommended books
Chill out with books
Display – simple winter theme using dead leaves
Antarctic/arctic exploration
Snowy wonderland for kids area display (Frozen, Narnia etc)
Christmas in July