News and events for our library community
Come to your local public library this school holidays for fun, free activities such as Lego Club, Bunting Making and Teen Face food workshops. Bookings are essential as places are limited, phone Margaret River Library on 9780 5600 or Augusta Library 9780 5670 now to reserve a spot.
Augustus Oldfield trekked throughout Southern Australia from 1845 to 1862 amassing plant specimens that would be used to describe over 700 species new to science, including twenty-one that would ultimately bear his name. He undertook botanical expeditions throughout Australia including South West WA.
On the lower Murchison River, Western Australia, he encountered and travelled extensively with an indigenous group, the Watchandie and his paper on these Australian Aborigines is the only ethnographic record of them at the onset of European settlement.
Never appropriately recognised in either Australia or his native Britain, this comprehensive biographical work, twenty years in the making, fills that gap and places Oldfield’s career within the context of his immediate family and the scientific, environmental and broader socio-cultural contexts of the time. Starting with his childhood, raised in the gambling dens of London, through his amazing journeys on the far flung shores of Britain’s Australian colonies, to his untimely death, this book finally tells the story of a man who, driven by his love of nature, turned his life over to the pursuit of a greater prize than gold.
Join Bill Bunbury and Helen Henderson as they talk about all things Augustus Oldfied, his travels and discoveries. All welcome. Please RSVP to amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600
Join Rebecca Hannan as she talks candidly about a time in her life when she wasn’t taking care of herself. Everyone around Rebecca saw a successful professional woman doing it all, but the things in life that were most important to her were being dismissed. It cost her dearly in many areas of her life, she knew something had to change. So she created a challenge to pull herself out of her funk and into her flow. Rebecca has shared this challenge with many of her clients and now it’s time to share it with the world.
RSVP to amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600
Congratulations to Jessica, who found a silver feather amongst the junior fiction books at Margaret River Library recently.
Jessica has won a signed book from an author at the Scribblers Festival in Claremont, as part of the Golden Feather Hunt.
There are still some feathers left to be found, come to your local public library to join in the hunt!
10am Friday 3 May @ the Augusta Library: Arkie’s Pilgrimage
Join Lisa Walker as she talks about her delightfully funny and inspiring novel. Arkie used to be a trendspotter, advising companies on ‘the next big thing’ until she lost her marriage and her mojo. Funds are tight, so instead of a pilgrimage in Japan, Arkie goes on a very Australian trip, to all the ‘Big Things’.
Entry is free but bookings are essential. Click here to book your free ticket.
7pm Friday 3 May @ the Margaret River Library: After Dark
Meet the new voice in crime writing! Join Robert Jeffreys after dark at the Margaret River Library, as he discusses the secrets to writing compelling crime fiction. Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.
Entry is free but bookings are essential. Click here to book your free ticket.
If you are at Voyager Estate for the Readers and Writers festival, do not forget there will be free fun activities for all the family. Click here, or on the image below, for more information.
Today we celebrate neurodiversity, and aim to increase awareness of autism in our community.
The world has come a long way in its understanding of autism, and a large part of this has been due to the shared insights of adults living with autism.
Your library service has a wide range of resources relating to autism, including books by Temple Grandin and John Elder Robison, who write of their own adventures and experiences of living with autism. You can click here to start searching the catalogue, or ask one of our friendly staff to help you get started.
Click here to visit the SWAN (South West Autism Network) Autism Awareness page.
Click here to view the UN statement for World Autism Day observance.
What is creativity and where does it come from? Can anyone be creative? Josh will talk about his unconventional views on the subject and how he turned his life around by throwing out the rule book. Light refreshments provided after the talk and Josh’s books will be available to purchase.
Please RSVP for catering to amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600
Fearn Avenue, Margaret River WA 6285
Phone: (08) 9780 5600
Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au