News and events for our library community
Come to your Shire Libraries this week and grab a free, single page, 2021 calendar 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.
Happy Holidays!
The Margaret River Library is now open!
The Augusta Library will open tomorrow (Tuesday) at 10am.
We wish you all a very happy 2021, and look forward to welcoming you back to the libraries for the new year.
Studiosity offers some great tips for putting your best foot forward. You can also upload your CV and cover letter, and get free, personalised feedback to help you give it that final polish.
Step 1
Read 10 tips for writing a great CV
Step 2
Read How to write an epic cover letter
Step 3
Get writing!
Step 4
Have your library card handy and go to Studiosity
Step 5
Select Writing Feedback – Submit your document, and follow the instructions that follow…
After the year we’ve just had, nobody will judge us for not setting the bar too high with New Year Resolutions! Who needs that extra pressure?
But if you’re approaching 2021 with some enthusiasm for change, you may like to know that your library membership gives you free access to all kinds of learning platforms.
From arts and crafts or pet care, through to computer skills and even touch-typing, we have online courses to guide you. You can learn a new language, get help with your resume, even learn how to use Facebook, and all in the comfort of your own home.
Click here to visit our Lifelong Learning page, and check out the list of resources available to you.
And… Happy New Year! We wish all our community a healthy and peaceful 2021.
Seems like now could be a good time to relax on the couch and watch a few movies!
Grab the popcorn and settle in for some seriously good entertainment with Beamafilm. You can stream some amazing movies and documentaries – and it’s free, using your library membership.
Enjoy Australian, foreign and indie films, documentaries, children’s features and more.
Have your library membership number handy and click here to go to our Online Resources>Entertainment page, where you’ll find more information and a handy link to Beamafilm (plus more movie options!)
The libraries are closed for Christmas and New Year, but our e-resources don’t take breaks!
Your library membership gives you instant access to tens of thousands of titles that can be downloaded and enjoyed from your mobile phone or tablet.
Download an audiobook for that long drive, or just ensure you always have a digital version of your favourite magazine handy. No need to fill a suitcase with books for that long-awaited getaway – you can store them all on your mobile device!
There are several platforms to browse, each offering a different range of titles and authors.
Explore e-books and e-audiobooks with cloudLibrary, BorrowBox and Overdrive.
Browse e-magazines at RBDigital Magazines.
Have your library card handy, and click here to explore these resources.
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.
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!
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
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!
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.
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.
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
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
Phone Rachael on 9780 5602 for bookings.
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.
Fearn Avenue, Margaret River WA 6285
Phone: (08) 9780 5600
Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au