News and events for our library community
Come to our hour long Lego club session to take on new challenges with all the Lego provided. Best suited to children over 5 years and bookings are essential.
Phone the library now on 9780 5600 to reserve your child’s place.
All school holiday activities are FREE at the Shire Libraries, however bookings are essential and children must be accompanied by an adult for each session.
Margaret River Library hosts an informal Auslan chat group on alternative Tuesdays 6 – 7pm and all those interested in chatting in Auslan (Australian Sign Language), learning more about the language or practicing their skills are welcome to come along.
For more information contact Sarah on 0419 198 383, check out our library events calendar for dates or ask the friendly library staff.
Walking Through History: The Hadrian’s Wall Walk.
Come along for an armchair travel and history talk by Dr Pam Lynch where she shares images from her trip to Hadrian’s Wall and her knowledge on all things archaeology of Roman Britain.
Please RSVP as space is limited. Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600
Join Aly Bannister for some motivational, self-help career information. Her talk will cover innovative ideas to consider when trying to secure employment in the current era!
* RSVP’s for this event will be accepted in February 2021 and a reminder about the event will be on the library blog in early February
Aly Bannister is the author of ‘Get Your Rear into Gear’ Job Searching Tips for Career Success (Packed with over 60 tips on how to find and secure employment) and specialises in career coaching.
Animals in Aqua: an exhibition by Brooke McQueen
Meet the artist event
Emerging artist Brooke McQueen invites the community to join her at the Margaret River Library for an evening of art-talk.
Brooke will discuss her artistic journey and talk through some of her paintings at the Cocoon Gallery.
With an intensive and empowering learning journey, Brooke is always developing new skills with art instructed sessions. She has her own studio space and is always developing new paintings.
Brooke has a strong connection with her art, enjoying the creative process and the rewards that comes with it.
“Painting with my brushes makes me feel calm,” she affirms.
Animals in Aqua runs from 2nd November until 23rd December.
The Cocoon Gallery is the library’s exhibition space used to showcase emerging artists. Exhibitions rotate approximately every two months.
Margaret River Library is an easily accessible venue.
To RSVP please contact Gaye McQueen on 0416 248 169, or via email on info@driftcafe.com.au
Light refreshments provided.
RSVP to amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600
The Death and Dying Matters group in Margaret River is hosting an information evening about beginning the conversation concerning death and dying.
The group has spent the last two years gathering information about many different aspects of dying and death and are ready to share their research. After three brief presentations to introduce the topic, guests will have the opportunity for more individual discussion and question time.
‘Death and Dying Matters’ is based in the Margaret River region and are a not-for-profit, volunteer-run community group interested in normalising the topic of death and bringing it into the community.
The group feels it is important to reclaim this universal event as a normal, honourable and inevitable part of each person’s life and not something to be silenced and hidden. Death and Dying Matters have no religious affiliation and respect the personal and private affiliations of everyone.
“Living more fully by holding death as a natural part of life”
The library is an easily accessible venue. All welcome to this free event.
The Cocoon Gallery for Emerging Artists is proud to present Brooke McQueen with her exhibition, Animals in Aqua.
Brooke works mostly independently on her fine art projects; her main interest is in photo-realistic painting.
She browses the Internet looking for pictures, then she digitally prints and traces them by hand on her canvas and paints them with acrylic.
With an intensive and empowering learning journey, Brooke is always developing new skills with art instructed sessions. She has her own studio space, and is always developing new paintings.
Animals in Aqua will run from 2nd November until 23rd December.
The Cocoon Gallery for Emerging Artists is located in the foyer of the Margaret River Library and is easily accessible.
Thursday 19th November, 6 – 7.30pm
Light refreshments provided. Please RSVP to amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600
Genelle Jones is a lover of music, a writer and an adventurer from Baldivis, who has dabbled in a variety of genres. Finally, 16 short stories, her first collection of tales about musicians on and off less than glamorous stages, are published. To match each short story, Robbie Jones, plays complementary music. Copies of the book will be available for purchase on the night.
All welcome to this free, easily accessible event.
Award winning West Australian author Dianne Wolfer is coming to Margaret River to talk about using local history and personal experience to create fiction. This presentation is suited to anyone who is interested in reading and has an enthusiasm for stories no matter what age or ability. It would be particularly interesting for aspiring authors as Dianne will share details of how she shapes an idea into a book.
More information on Dianne Wolfer can be found at www.diannewolfer.com/
Light refreshments provided. RSVP by 5th November as places are limited. Email: auglib@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5670
This is an interactive workshop packed with tools, strategies and frameworks which will empower participants to develop their writing confidence
All writing abilities welcome.
Fearn Avenue, Margaret River WA 6285
Phone: (08) 9780 5600
Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au