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The Footpath Library – providing access to e-books and e-audiobooks for everyone

Books are food for the mind and soul for anyone who loves to read.

The Footpath Library was developed to provide free access to books for everyone, and especially for those who may be experiencing particular hardship in their lives right now.

The Footpath Library provides free access to e-books and e-audiobooks without requiring you to provide identification or proof of address.

The library offers thousands of popular titles for children, teens and adults – plus a special selection of wellbeing titles aimed particularly at teens.

To access this service, please email sarahchristiner@footpathlibrary.org and request your free log-in details.

Click here to explore the range of titles online now.

 

 

May Book Chat Club

Held on the last Monday of each month, Book Chat Club is a place for ten to fourteen year olds to chat about their favourite books and reading.

Bookings are required, please phone 9780 5600 or email rdrummond@amrshire.wa.gov.au as spaces are limited.

Happy Reading!

The next Book Chat Club Meeting is Monday 31st May at 4.15pm 

Help shape the new Shire website

We’re inviting all our community members to help with the development of the new Shire website.

Participants can go into a draw to win one of two $100 gift vouchers to spend at a local business of their choice.

You can help us by completing 2 online testing activities:

Activity A – Website home page testing (takes 5-7 minutes to complete)

Activity B – Website navigation testing (10 minutes)

Click here to start the test activities.

Thanks for your help! 🙂

National Reconciliation Week is 27 May – 3 June

This year’s theme “More than a word. Reconciliation takes action,” aims to encourage people to actively take action in matters of inequality and inspire people to safeguard the basic rights of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander peoples, raising the alarm when they are denied, ignored or diminished. The Reconciliation Report can be read here:  Reconciliation Report 2021 

Here is a sample of the resources we have at the library, please click on the images to place a hold on the item.


Calling all Dune fans.

Frank Herbert created a deeply complex and enthralling universe in the series Dune, which is soon to become a movie.

If you are a sci-fi fan and never read Frank Herbert, here is your chance to meet one of the most accomplished sci-fi writers, who precedes Star Wars, Matrix and many others.

Click on the image to place a hold on the title, or listen now to Dune and other Frank Herbert’s stories on CloudLibrary



You can also watch different versions of the movie on Kanopy 

What is Jazz? A music history talk by Serge Le Goueff

International jazz saxophonist and jazz educator Serge Le Goueff invites you to join him on his presentation “What is Jazz?” He brings to light the myths as well as the many truths that have contributed to shaping Jazz music over the past century. This lecture aims to bring clarity to how Jazz came to be. Through time, starting from the late 16th century all the way to today. It is an exploration of how different cultures (musically and geographically) have contributed to the making of the art form we know as Jazz today.


Thursday 20th May, 5.30 – 6.45pm
Seats are limited so please RSVP to amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600

The Margaret River Library is an easily accessible venue.

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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