The ultimate guide to festive cooking, craft and reading

Let the festivities begin with the ultimate guide to cooking, decorating, craft and reading this festive season thanks to Sunshine Coast Libraries.

This thoughtful list of resources will be sure to get you in the mood for Christmas whether you’re looking to perfect table decorations, prepare mouth-watering feasts or dive into a festive novel.

Sunshine Coast Library members enjoy free access to the growing catalogue of books, magazines, DVD’s as well as free online access to eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines from your personal device.

Not yet a library member? It’s free to join, simply visit your local branch or the Library website and then download the myLibrary app to access the eLibrary.

Festive cookbooks:

• A Christmas celebration: festive food and craft with flair
• Christmas Table
• How to bake anything gluten-free: over 100 recipes for everything from cakes to cookies, bread to festive bakes, doughnuts to desserts
• Advent: Recipes and crafts for the countdown to Christmas
• Happy vegan Christmas : plant-based recipes for festive Scandinavian feasts
• Festive Table
• 4 Ingredients Christmas

Festive Craft

• Holiday Craft eMagazine
• Supercraft Christmas
• Easy greeting cards: favourites by Better Homes and Gardens
• Martha Stewart's handmade holiday crafts : 225 inspired projects for year-round celebrations
• Homemade Christmas: creating your own gifts, cards, decorations, and recipes
• Handmade Christmas eMagazine

Festive Fiction

• Christmas of new beginnings by Kirsty Ferry (Large Print)
• The twelve topsy-turvy, very messy days of Christmas by James Patterson
• Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
• Christmas Dessert Murder by Joanne Fluke
• The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer
• A Holly Jolly Diwali by Sonya Lilli
• A Christmas Legacy by Anne Perry
• A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote

Looking for more book recommendations? Have your next great read curated for you by the ultimate book lovers themselves. Sunshine Coast Libraries expert staff will collate a list tailored to you through the Your Next Great Read personalised service. Visit Council’s library website for more information.  

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Featured recipes thanks to 4 Ingredients Christmas.

4 Ingredients Christmas is overflowing with simple but stylish recipes designed to impress your guests this Christmas.

Maple & Pepper Turkey, Cherry Baubles, Pavlova, Trifle, Baked Hams, Chocolate treats, a 3-ingredient Christmas Cake and more.

4 Ingredients Christmas will help you create the best in festive fare without the fuss, and is destined to become your trusted entertaining cookbook for every special occasion.