Story Collage Workshop with Ana Brawls

Margaret River Library – Thursday 17th November, 5.30 – 7.30pm

Join us for a fun and imaginative workshop designed to unlock the story you are trying to tell. Ana will guide you through the creative process of the story collage, both in paper and digital form. You will leave the workshop with a clearer vision and idea of the different aspects of your story.

What you need to bring:

– Bring your own tablet or laptop*
– Come prepared with information about your story (character, setting, themes, etc.)

*If you don’t have a tablet or laptop, no worries! Ana will provide materials so that you can make a story collage out of paper, magazine clippings and other bits.

RSVP to Eventbrite so we can reserve your seat at Margaret River.

Contact the library for more information on Ph: 9780 5600 or Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au

Mindful Mandala Workshop with Dawn Burke – afternoon session available

Wednesday 19th October, 1pm – 3pm

Wednesday 19th October, 10am to 12pm (FULL)

Have you ever thought about what each of our seasons of the year mean? Are there spiritual, cultural or personal connections for you throughout the season? Do symbols, colours or smells come to mind and what they represent? Why not sit back, explore and watch your Mandala of Seasons design unfold.

All materials are provided in this free workshop, including light refreshments. Suitable for all abilities.

Please RSVP to the afternoon session as space is limited. To find out more please email amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or call 9780 5600

 

2022 Perth Poetry Festival is this weekend

WAPoets is pleased to present the 18th annual Perth Poetry Festival with a host of free and low-cost events to inspire and encourage you to develop your poetry. Find out more online at https://wapoets.com/2022-perth-poetry-festival-program/

Our very own Ana Brawls from the Margaret River Library will be making a guest appearance at the festival Multicultural night on Saturday 1st October with a reading of her poems titled ‘How to turn misery into poetry’ and ‘Wooden chest’. Some events including the Multicultural Poetry night can be joined by Zoom. 

Parents as career coaches: an online workshop with Aly Bannister

Thursday 13th October, 6 – 7.30pm

 

A straight-talking presentation giving parents and carers information and ideas on how to help a young person to shape their career. Providing participants with the tools they need to assist in career opportunities and employability skills.

  • Provides motivational career tips that a young person can relate to
  • Gives guidance regarding where to find free support and information after the session
  • Offers simple steps to help a youngster reach their desired destination
  • Shares heaps of resources that are easily accessible to enable future career success
  • Provides details on where to access information for Apprenticeships and Traineeships
  • Aims to help maximize a young person’s opportunity to build positive employability skills
  • Explains what a career plan looks like and how to implement an action plan

This is an online presentation that you can watch at the library while enjoying light refreshments. RSVP using Eventbrite

Alternatively, sign in from home  using your own device using this zoom invitation. (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89032786816). For more information contact the Library on Ph: 9780 5600 or Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au

Aly Bannister is the author of the book titled ‘Get your rear into gear: job searching tips for career success’. She is a dynamic public speaker who will get participants motivated to get careers up and running. A copy of the book is in stock at the Margaret River Library if members would like to dip into it before the event.

Wildflower Society of Western Australia : a presentation by Richard Clark

Thursday 18th August, 6 – 7pm followed by light refreshments

RSVP using Eventbrite here or to the Library on Ph: 9780 5600 or Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au

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Come along to the Library to hear about our wildflowers. Topics covered include:

  • The Australian Native Plant Society and the Wildflower Society of Western Australia
    Our natural flora – home to our birds, insects and fauna
  • Concerns and activities – conservation, weeds, fire, …
  • What the South West Capes branch is trying to achieve
  • Growing Australian plants
  • Suggestions of resources

This informative presentation is for all ages, all welcome. The library is an easily accessible venue

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Save the Date! An afternoon with Ros Thomas

Saturday 25th June, 1 – 2pm at the Margaret River Library

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RSVP using Eventbrite here, call the library 9780 5600, or email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au

For many years, Ros wrote a weekly column for The West Australian which garnered her a wide, devoted readership. A collection of her columns ‘Was it Something I Said?’ was a best seller by UWA Publishing in 2014. In 2021, Ros’s 300-word flash fiction piece How To Leave Your Childhood Behind was awarded winner of Britain’s annual STAUNCH prize against a prominent UK and US shortlist.

Since 2017 Ros has been heavily involved in Aged Care Advocacy and has been an ambassador for Alzheimer’s WA. She has been the sole carer for her mother who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease and has written this fiction novel ‘How to shame the devil’, while spending time in and around nursing homes.

‘Clever, entertaining, beautifully crafted, disturbing and full of humanity. An original take on the #MeToo phenomenon, with the wonderful Ros Thomas at her most witty and compelling.’ – Will Yeoman, The West Australian

All welcome to this free event.

The Margaret River Bookshop will be on hand with copies of ‘How to shame the Devil’ and light refreshments will be provided after the talk.

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Margaret River Readers and Writers Festival Writing Workshop in Augusta

Friday 13th May, 10am – 12pm at the Augusta Council Chambers, Allnutt Terrace Augusta

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Write a poem. Write a song. Write a book. Find your rhythm and step to your own beat. Like music, language has resonance – a quality captured by words that makes writing meaningful and important. Join award-winning author and percussionist Mark Greenwood for a masterclass on imaginative storytelling. Hone your creative skills and discover the beating heART of your story.

This Margaret River Readers and Writers Festival event is hosted by Shire of Augusta Margaret River Libraries. This is a FREE event but places are limited.

Register on the Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival Website

https://mrrwfestival.com/tickets/30-write-to-the-beat-of-different-drum/

Margaret River Readers and Writers Festival author talk at the library

Saturday 14th May, 3 – 4pm at the Margaret River Library

Join Rashida Murphy for this intimate discussion exploring the themes of identity, heritage, history and the growing pains of the migrant experience that form her latest book, ‘The Bonesetter’s Fee and Other Stories’. Rashida’s characters remake lives in shifting terrain where sometimes it is barely possible to speak, let alone be heard and echo unspoken, misremembered and intentionally forgotten events, that ripple across time and place. Presented by Ana Brawls

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Rashida Murphy will be in conversation with Ana Brawls at the Margaret River Library

This Margaret River Readers and Writers Festival event is hosted by Shire of Augusta Margaret River Libraries. This is a FREE event but places are limited. Register on the Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival Website

https://mrrwfestival.com/tickets/34-in-conversation-with-rashida-murphy/

Author talk by Alec O’Halloran about ‘The Master from Marnpi’

Tonight! Thursday 24th Feb, 5.30 – 6.30pm at the Margaret River Library or sign in from home

Click this link to sign into Teams to view the presentation from home on your own mobile device.

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Alec O’Halloran is the author of ‘The master from Marnpi’, the authorised biography of Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri, a Pintupi man who became an award-winning Papunya Tula artist. Last year marked  the 50th anniversary of the beginning of his exemplary art career at Papunya (NT) in 1971 and this year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Western Desert art movement, of which Namarari was a founding member and leading exponent. Join us in hearing about Alec’s journey in writing this biography and experiencing his knowledge of this art movement in Australia.

Alternatively, register with Eventbrite to receive the Teams link in your email.

https://amrlibrary-author-talk-alec-ohalloran.eventbrite.com.au

All welcome to this free event and the library is an easily accessible venue.

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Margaret River Library

Fearn Avenue, Margaret River WA 6285
Phone: (08) 9780 5600
Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au