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 19^th 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.

Margaret River Library

Tuesday 24 November | 5.30 – 6.30pm

Phone 9780 5600 to RSVP

More information on Dianne Wolfer can be found at www.diannewolfer.com/

9.30am—12.30pm Friday 6th November at the Lesser Hall, adjacent to the Augusta Library

Light refreshments provided. RSVP by 5^th 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

• Understand the beliefs which hold you back from achieving your potential as a writer
• Become familiar with strategies for overcoming self-limiting beliefs and behaviours
• Practice with tools which will empower you to continue to build confidence

All writing abilities welcome.

1 – 4pm Thursday 5^th November at Margaret River Library

RSVP as places are limited. Email:  amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600

An interactive workshop packed with tools, strategies & frameworks which will empower participants to continue to develop their expertise and confidence to write

• Read extracts from some of the world’s best writers
• Analyse their techniques
• Apply them to your own writing to develop new approaches

Suited to: writers at any career stage or skill level. This free writing workshop is hosted by published author, Annabel Smith.