Today is exactly 5 years since we re-opened the Margaret River Library after a redevelopment that saw the library double in size.

The West wing was built, and the Outdoor Library Garden was created. The staff area was pushed back into the old Child Health Clinic, and the Junior area expanded into the old staff rooms.

Our Sorter was installed, allowing staff the freedom to move around the library as we no longer had to manually check-in every item returned.

If you would like to take a trip down Memory Lane, click here to view some ‘before’ and ‘after’ shots, including pictures of the building process. We think you’ll be amazed at how much smaller the library used to be…!

More pictures can be seen at the display at the Margaret River Library, and as you scroll down this post.

We are giving away free cuppas to celebrate this month. Come in and check out our display for more details.

The entry before & after:

The front counter before & after:

The garden before & after:

The staff workroom became the Junior area:

The West wing was built:

Looking West from inside:

CinefestOZ starts this week!

Here is the schedule for the free community screenings at the Margaret River Library:

For more information about each film, download the program at https://cinefestoz.com/festival-program/program-downloads/

We hope you will join us!

Ticket winners have all been notified – 5 lucky people won double-passes to screenings at the cinefestOZ Film Festival. Thanks to everyone who entered.

Full timetables are now available.

There are some wonderful films showing at various locations around the region, including some community screenings at the Margaret River Library. Community screenings are free of charge and all are welcome.

Find the Margaret River Region timetable here – or pick up a copy at the library.

Is it possible to live completely waste free?

In this multi-award winning festival favourite, partners Jen and Grant go head to head in a competition to see who can swear off consumerism and produce the least garbage. Their light-hearted competition is set against a darker examination of the problem of waste. Even as Grant and Jen start to garner interest in their project, they struggle to find meaning in their miniscule influence on the large-scale environmental impacts of our “throw-away society”. This film is a fun and inspiring call to individual action that speaks to crowds of all ages.

Join us as we celebrate Plastic Free July at the Library. Cape to Cape Plastic Free presenter, Nirala Hunt, will offer a question and answer session after the film. All welcome to this family friendly movie night. Spaces are limited so please book.

Phone: 9780 5600 Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au

Monday 24th July. Screening starts at 6pm followed by light refreshments at 7:15pm

This stirring documentary follows social worker Dan Cohen, founder of the non-profit organisation Music & Memory, as he fights against a broken healthcare system to demonstrate music’s ability to combat memory loss and restore a deep sense of self to those suffering from it. Rossato-Bennett visits family members who have witnessed the miraculous effects of personalized music on their loved ones, and offers illuminating interviews with experts including renowned neurologist and best-selling author Oliver Sacks (Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain) and musician Bobby McFerrin (“Don’t Worry, Be Happy”). An uplifting cinematic exploration of music and the mind, ALIVE INSIDE’s inspirational and emotional story left audiences humming, clapping and cheering at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award.

Spaces are limited in the library cinema so please RSVP

Phone: 9780 5600 or Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au