News and events for our library community
Learn to draw landscapes, portraits or your beloved pooch with this week’s new books, click on the image to reserve the title.
We would love to see the final work, so please send us a photo to amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au
NAIDOC Week celebrations are held around Australia from 8-15 November 2020 – but you can also celebrate at home: Beamafilm offers a great range of First Nations films, available for you to stream for free with your library membership.
Below is a selection of some of the titles now available – but there are more!
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 complimentary music. Copies of the book will be available for purchase on the night.
All welcome to this free, easily accessible event.
Your library membership gives you free access to tens of thousands of e-books and e-audiobooks with cloudLibrary.
The cloudLibrary app can be downloaded to your phone or tablet for a personalised reading experience. New app features have recently been released, including:
Choose from 6 fonts, including OpenDyslexic
Select your preferred format, including Large Print and Sepia settings
Advanced settings allow you to personalise your reading experience to suit your own needs
If you’re already using cloudLibrary, we encourage you to update the app whenever an update is available.
If you’re new to cloudLibrary, click here to find out more!
Join us for Toddler Tales this Thursday 12th November, 10.30am at Augusta Library. 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 Claire Preston on 9780 5600 to reserve your child’s place
Short notice of an online event being held THIS Thursday 5 November at 6pm: Rising Stars of Crime Fiction, via Zoom.
Join 3 rising stars of crime fiction for a virtual panel as they discuss their respective novels and publishing journeys.
Numbers are limited. Click here to reserve your place!
The Cocoon Gallery for Emerging Artists is proud to present Brooke McQueen in 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.
Take a trip down memory lane and contribute with your own reflections on our Shire…
Click here to visit the SLWA facebook post that showcases some iconic AMR moments and buildings.
I dreamed a house of
books, and where the sun
could wonder: and a
seemly sense of space
be resident within the
working place,
and reading spots be
there for everyone;
somewhere the seasons
would be known to pass
as people read or
talked; and baby rhyme
be opened by the page,
and storytime,
and children’s voices
sing behind the glass.
And there would be a
garden alongside
where water flowed, and
plants could breathe; and you
and I could find
the reasons to be true
to leisure, and the
leisurely confide;
a bright, uplifting place
where life could play, a ready measure of
community.
Alan Alexander (Cowaramup 25th March 2013)
1 – 4pm Thursday 5th November, 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. Suited to writers at any career stage or skill level.
9.30am—12.30pm Friday 6th November at the Lesser Hall, adjacent to the Augusta Library
Light refreshments provided. RSVP by 5th November as places are limited. Email: auglib@amrshire.wa.gov.au Ph: 9780 5670
This is an interactive workshop packed with tools, strategies and frameworks which will empower participants to develop their writing confidence
All writing abilities welcome. Participants can attend one or both workshops and the sessions are free. Both venues are easily accessible.
Fearn Avenue, Margaret River WA 6285
Phone: (08) 9780 5600
Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au