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Celebrate World Uke Day with songs and stories by Gary Burke and Scott Wise
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Margaret River Library will be CLOSED on Friday 26th January for the Australia Day Public Holiday.
We apologise for any inconvenience. Feel free to use the after-hours chute for your returns.
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We are thrilled to have Miriam Wei Wei Lo with us to facilitate a poetry workshop on the theme of ‘Writing about home: the poetry of complicated journeys’. This workshop will guide participants in finding their own voice and stories on this theme, with a focus on metaphor as a poetic device.
In early 2023 Miriam was awarded a Westerly Mid-Career Fellowship. While teaching creative writing at Sheridan Institute of Higher Education, she has also just published a new collection of works titled ‘Who Comes Calling’. Attending poetry workshops can help participants learn a new skill, find self-expression and there is no pressure or judgement, just the opportunity to learn and grow.
This 2 hour event is FREE, welcoming and easily accessible with light refreshments included. Spaces are limited for this workshop. Please RSVP to Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600
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.
Visit your local library to collect your Summer Reading Quest booklet!
The Adventure Card in the booklet has lots of fun literacy activities to complete in your quest to help find a new home for the SRQ aliens.
Come into one of your shire libraries soon to start the quest!
We’re back!
The Augusta and Margaret River libraries are now open.
We look forward to seeing you soon 🙂
Even though, story-time and baby rhyme time are taking a break during the school holidays, we would like to remind you that kids can enjoy story-telling with StoryBox.
Storybox has some of the best stories read aloud by everyone’s favourite presenters and it is FREE to access with your library membership. With an ever growing collection, Storybox is suitable for pre-school and primary school aged children and is really Storytime, Anytime!
If your child likes Minecraft, check LibraryCraft. The award-winning Minecraft server running Paper 1.20.1 for Java Edition players in Western Australia aged 7 to 17 years old. There are multiple worlds connected by portals, to allow for various styles of gameplay. LibraryCraft uses Bungeecord, with three servers linked together. If you play on PC, Mac or Linux using Minecraft Java Edition you’ll be able to connect. Look out for regular Librarycraft competitions and challenges each month in addition to project worlds, free build plots and a minigames server.
Watch as many kid-friendly titles as you like with BeamaKids and Kanopy Kids.
So, no getting bored this school holidays
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The libraries are closed for the Christmas break!
We wish our community a happy and safe Christmas and New Year and look forward to welcoming you back at 10am on Tuesday 2 January 2024 🙂
Our online resources don’t take a holiday and continue to be available 24/7. Click here to explore the range on offer.
Miriam will share poetry from her new book ‘Who Comes Calling?’, followed by a conversation style interview with 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.
Miriam will facilitate a workshop on the theme of ‘Writing about home: the poetry of complicated journeys’. This workshop will guide participants in finding their own voice and stories on this theme, with a focus on metaphor as a poetic device. This 2 hour event is FREE and easily accessible, with light refreshments included.
Please RSVP to 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.
Fearn Avenue, Margaret River WA 6285
Phone: (08) 9780 5600
Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au