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Libraries now closed for Christmas

Posted on 24 December 2020

The Augusta and Margaret River Libraries are now closed for the Christmas break.

We’d like to wish all our community a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

The libraries will re-open again at these times:

Margaret River Library: Open at 10am on Monday 4 January

Augusta Library: Open at 10am on Tuesday 5 January

Our online resources will be available for the duration of the break – click here to explore our range of e-books, downloadable audio-books, movies and online courses.

And ho ho ho! Beamafilm have a range of Christmas films for you to enjoy! Click here to find out more.

School holiday craft activity : Christmas Card craft packs available

Posted on 21 December 2020

Come to your Shire Libraries this week and grab a free Christmas card craft pack as part of our school holiday activities program.

Both Augusta and Margaret River Libraries have packs to give away each week, check our website amrlibraries.com at the beginning of each week to find out which pack is available to collect.

For information on library Christmas hours please click here

Happy Holidays!

Summer School holidays at the Shire Libraries

Posted on 17 December 2020

Lego Club

Join 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 to reserve your child’s place.

Margaret River Library

Tuesday 12 January | 10.30 -11.30am
Thursday 21 January | 10.30 -11.30am

Phone 9780 5600 for bookings

If you cannot make it to a library Lego Club, check out www.amrlibraries.com for a virtual Lego Club challenge to complete from home – you could win a prize!

Get crafty: take away craft packs

Visit either Margaret River or Augusta Library for a FREE craft activity pack to take home. At the beginning of each week a new pack will be available, check out our website amrlibraries.com to find out which pack is ready for collection.
Packs include:
● Greeting cards ● 2021 Calendars ● Masks ● Kites ● Cups ● Badges

Craft packs include inspiration for your creation but you will need to provide scissors, glue and pens at home.

Summer Reading Rabbits

If you are in year one at school, the summer holidays is the perfect time to visit the library, choose some books and get some Reading Rabbit stamps on your card.
Over the summer holidays, bonus prizes will be given for a book review, based on a book you have read recently.

Summer Book Bandicoots

For all those in year two and over at school, Book Bandicoots rewards kids for reading, especially over the summer holidays!
As a summer holiday treat we are giving away bonus prizes for extra book reviews completed, just see library staff for more details.
Reading Rabbits and Book Bandicoots are an initiative of the Shire of Augusta Margaret River Libraries and kindly supported by Rotary Club of Margaret River and the Margaret River Bookshop

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. Bring a book for the book swap, take on the next monthly reading challenge and go in the draw to win a prize.

Margaret River Library

Monday 25 January | 4.15 – 5.15pm

Phone Rachael on 9780 5602 for bookings.

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.

Regular Baby Rhyme Time, Storytime and Toddler Tales sessions take a break over school holidays. Sessions resume during school term, commencing Monday 1^st February 2021.

New Dyslexia Friendly Collection

Posted on 16 December 2020

Did you know that Augusta Margaret River Libraries have an extensive Dyslexia Friendly collection?

For some time we have been adding titles to our Junior and Young Adult collection, which has been hugely popular.

Hoping to make our collection as broad and inclusive to all age groups, we recently expanded our Adult Dyslexia collection.

The new collection has a variety of titles from crime/thrillers to modern Australian novels.

Here are some of the options available to borrow now, click on the image to reserve the book, or browse the shelf for more titles.

Also, did you know that CloudLibrary also have Large Print and Dyslexia Friendly fonts?

Click here to learn more.

Christmas hours for libraries

Posted on 14 December 2020

The Augusta and Margaret River Libraries will be closed for the Christmas break.

Both branches will close at 3pm on Thursday 24 December, and re-open at these times:

Margaret River Library: Open at 10am on Monday 4 January

Augusta Library: Open at 10am on Tuesday 5 January

Our online resources will be available for the duration of the break – click here to explore our range of e-books, downloadable audio-books, online courses and movie streaming services.

Remember, you can borrow up to 30 items, so be sure to stock up! We extend our borrowing period over Christmas, so no items will be due back during the break.

Staff picks for 2020

Posted on 11 December 2020

The dystopian landscape created by a pandemic won’t come to mind when we all look back to 2020. Instead, the fantastic, unique, escaping world of books is what we will remember! (imagine a smiley emoji right here).

With that in mind, we decided to curate a selection of our library staff’s most memorable reads for this year. As always, it was a challenge to select one title per person; but you know, we are librarians, we can do anything. (another emoji)

Among the selection we have A boy and his dog at the end of the world by C. A. Fletcher, Bruny by Heather Rose (no surprises here), The bees by Laline Paull, Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell, and the fascinating sci-fi All Systems Red by Martha Wells

There was still love by Favel Parrett, The Choke by Sophie Laguna and True West by David Whish-Wilson, were also selected as stunning and memorable reads.

The suspense thriller A bad day for sunshine, and the new Australian classic Honeybee by Craig Silvey are also among our list.

We end this list with an ebook recommendation, the family drama Monogamy by Sue Miller, which is available on OverDrive or BorrowBox

Now its your turn, tell us what is your favourite book for 2020?

PS: If you like to read in e-format, search for these titles on CloudLibrary, OverDrive or BorrowBox

Margaret River Library closes at midday this Friday

Posted on 8 December 2020

The Margaret River Library is closing early this Friday 11 December at 12pm for an all Shire staff event.

We’ll be open again at 10am on Saturday 12 December.

We apologise for any inconvenience. Please feel free to use the after-hours chute for returns.

Meet the artist event : Brooke McQueen

Posted on 7 December 2020

Tuesday 15th December, 6 – 7pm

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. Come along to support Brooke in this next step of her artistic career. Light refreshments provided and all welcome.

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

Animals in Aqua runs until 23rd December and the artworks are available to purchase.

Toddler Tales at Augusta Library Thursday 10th December, 10.30am

Posted on 5 December 2020

Join us for Toddler Tales this Thursday 10th December, 10.30am at Augusta Library. This will be the last session for the year, then Toddler Tales continues on the second Thursday of each month during school term.

Toddler Tales is aimed at children 18 to 36 months old and involves a story, rhymes, songs, craft and morning tea.

Bookings are required as spaces are limited, phone Rachael on 9780 5602 to reserve your child’s place

Who else writes like my favourite author?

Posted on 3 December 2020

Here is a great (free!) tool to help you discover more authors who write the type of story you enjoy: Literature Map!

It’s simple to use – go to the site and type in the name of your favourite author:

Click the search button and you’ll then be presented with a map of authors. The closer authors are to each other on the map, the more similar their styles are – so look for the names closest to your favourite author.

Once you’ve identified a new author you’d like to try, click here to go to our catalogue, enter the author’s name and click search to find titles to borrow.

If you’re new to using the catalogue, click here for assistance. Happy reading!