What to do during trimester break
Exams are wrapping up and you are finally free until Trimester 2! Our campus libraries were busier than ever during this exam preparation period, and we know thousands of you took advantage of our 24-hour access at Burwood, Waterfront and Waurn Ponds to study late into the night. Congratulations on your hard work.
We’re still open throughout the trimester break, but some open hours and staffed hours will be different until the start of T2. Also, while you can leave a message for us any time, Library Chat will only be staffed from 7.45am–9pm Monday to Friday and 11am–5pm Saturday and Sunday until 8 July.
If you want a quiet place to hang out and kick back with something fun to read, we have several great recommendations from our Reading Nook collection below. Check out your campus hours to find out when we’ll be open, and pop in for a leisure read. You’ve earned it.
Campus hours from 17 June to 7 July
Burwood
Level two is open 24 hours.
All levels are open and staffed:
- Monday to Friday: 7.45am–9pm
- Saturday and Sunday: 11am–5pm
Warrnambool
- Monday to Friday: 7.30am–8pm (staffed 9am–5pm)
- Saturday and Sunday: Closed
Please note: Weekend closure begins on 15 June.
Waterfront
The library is open 24 hours to Deakin students and staff.
Library staff hours:
- Monday to Friday: 9am–6pm
- Saturday and Sunday: 1–5pm
Waurn Ponds
The learning space will remain open 24 hours.
The library is open and staffed:
- Monday to Friday: 8.30am–6pm
- Saturday and Sunday: 1–5pm
Books that everyone’s talking about
- The place on Dalhousie by Melina Marchetta
- Boy swallows universe by Trent Dalton
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- The Rosie result by Graeme Simsion
Books that’ll make you laugh
- Rolling with the punchlines by Urzila Carlson
- I built no schools in Kenya: a year of unmitigated madness by Kirsten Drysdale
- How I became a famous novelist by Steve Hely
- Am I doing this right?: life lessons from the encyclopedia Bri-Tanya by Tanya Hennessy
Books that’ll make you swoon
- Unmarriageable: pride and prejudice in Pakistan by Soniah Kamal
- Love: an enthusiastic & modern perspective on matters of the heart by Zoë Foster Blake
- The kiss quotientby Helen Hoang
- What if it’s us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Books that’ll take you to new worlds
- Rosewater by Tade Thompson
- Space opera by Catherynne M Valente
- The extinction trials by S.M. Wilson
- Exo by Fonda Lee
Books that’ll scare you silly
- I always find you by John Ajvide Lindqvist
- Pet sematary by Stephen King
- Inspection by Josh Malerman
- Nightflyers by George R.R. Martin
Books that’ll harness your imagination
- How long ’til black future month? by N.K. Jemisin
- The fall of Gondolin by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Black leopard, red wolf by Marlon James
- Trail of lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
Books that you’ll finish quickly
- If cats disappeared from the world by Genki Kawamura
- Mary Ventura and the ninth kingdom by Sylvia Plath
- Fox 8 by George Saunders
- Gmorning, gnight! little pep talks for me & you by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jonny Sun
If you haven’t found what you’re looking for above, just search ‘Reading Nook’ in the library search bar and narrow results by selecting ‘books’ in order to browse the latest titles. Happy reading, and enjoy the trimester break!