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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