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Invitation to the Launch of the Cocoon Gallery Exhibition By Yude Mahendri

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We Welcome Yude Mahendri to The Cocoon Gallery for Emerging Artists

The community is invited to help us celebrate the exhibition titled “New Place”, by Yude Mahendri

Thursday 8th February, 5.30pm – 6.30pm

The exhibition will be formally opened by local artist, Dea Haddow and light refreshments will be provided.

Yude presents beautiful landscapes of the Augusta area, both river and sea views. She has recently completed the Certificate IV in Visual Art at the Margaret River Tafe and attended the Albany Summer School to hone her skills. Her work is mainly in oils but she is experimenting with mixed media and a few of these are also on display. All works are for sale through the artist. The exhibition continues until the end of February.

Please RSVP for catering purposes. Email: ayu.mahendri@gmail.com or Ph: 0412 589 117

How to request an item not held in our collection

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This is a way for you to let us know which items you would like to use, if they are not available in our collection already.

Search Discovery to find the item. If it is not held within our collection, it will display as

  • At State Library of Western Australia, or
  • At other libraries worldwide

To request the item, click on the Share button:

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A webform will open. Enter the following details:

Your Email:       Type in your email address

Recipients:        Margaret River members type –  illsmar@amrshire.wa.gov.au

Augusta members type –  auglib@amrshire.wa.gov.au

Subject:            No subject is needed; you can leave this blank.

Message:         Type your name and library card number here

Once you have entered the details, click Send Email…

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We cannot provide a time-frame or a guarantee that it will be available to us, but we will do our best to supply the item 😊

Poetry Performance by Miriam Wei Wei Lo

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Thursday 18th January, 6 – 7pm at the Margaret River Library

Miriam will share poetry from her new book ‘Who Comes Calling?’, followed by a conversation style interview with local poet Ana Brawls. Light refreshments will be provided after the talk.

Miriam lived in Margaret River for 11 years (some of you might remember her as Miriam Lochore), and many of the poems in this collection are set in Margaret River.  Her poems are accessible and engaging and should appeal, not only to those who identify with her faith perspective, but also to those who are interested in embodied female experience, to lovers of poetry, and to anyone who likes to ask big questions.

“These are beautifully crafted poems that ask profound questions: Where is home? What does it mean to be a mother? Or a poet? Where is God in the face of inexplicable suffering?” WA Poets Press.

Her first book, Against Certain Capture, was a poetic re-telling of her grandmothers’ lives. It was published by Five Island Press as part of the New Poets 10 series in 2004. It was highly commended in the Anne Elder award and went on to win the Western Australian Premier’s Prize for poetry.

In early 2023 she was awarded a Westerly Mid-Career Fellowship. She teaches creative writing at Sheridan Institute of Higher Education and writes from a faith perspective that remains open to finding common ground with others.

Please RSVP to reserve your seat. Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600

Who Comes Calling? is Miriam’s latest poetry collection, recently published by Western Australian Poets Press. 

Christmas and New Year Holiday Hours

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Remember to stock up on all your reads in the lead up to the holiday season…

You can borrow as many items as you like!

Augusta Library will be closed from 4pm, Thursday 21 December.

Margaret River Library will be closed from 3pm, Saturday 23 December.

Both libraries will OPEN again at 10am on Tuesday 2nd January 2024.

Our online resources will be available for the duration of the break.

Visit amrlibraries.com to explore our range of e-books, downloadable audio-books, online courses and movie streaming services, 24/7.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all the staff at the Augusta and Margaret River Libraries.

 

 

 

Changes to Opening Hours

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change to library hours

Margaret River library will be closing early at 12.30pm on Friday 8th December

for an all Shire staff event.

Open again on Saturday 9th December at 10am.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Feel free to use the after-hours chute for your returns

Access to our online services is available at amrlibraries.com

 

Walking Through History Series: The Shetland Islands

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Wednesday 6th December, 10.30 – 11.30am at the Margaret River Library

Dr Pam Lynch has a fascination for all eras of UK history and archaeology and has taken part in an archaeological dig on a Roman Palace site in the south of England. She recently visited Shetland and its historical sites, intrigued by its extensive remains and the insight they give into an ancient society.

Come along and let her lead you through the extensive history of this group of islands and wonder at the creation of some of its unique monuments and the people who left them behind.
The talk will be followed with light refreshments and the chance to mingle. All welcome to this FREE event.

RSVP to reserve a seat. Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600

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Contact the Libraries

Margaret River Library

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

Augusta Library

Allnutt Terrace, Augusta WA 6290
Phone: (08) 9780 5670
Email: auglib@amrshire.wa.gov.au