Library News

Low Impact Living Session 5: What to Grow and How to Preserve It

What to Grow and How to Preserve It focuses on all you need to know about planting food for the summer growing season, including enriching your patch through the use of worm tunnels. In addition, Session 5 will provide you with demonstrations, recipes and tastings of a variety of ways to enjoy and preserve your summer fruit and vegetables.

Thursday 7th November, 6 – 7:30pm

RSVP to Eventbrite HERE or contact the library if that is all too hard. Ph: 9780 5600 or email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au

Keeping the ball rolling: building a sustainable writing practice

Margaret River Library on Saturday November 2nd. 10am – 1pm
RSVP essential by 31 st October to amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600
This 3 hour workshop is aimed at people 18+. It is less about the writing craft than about habit-building and the psychological aspects of creativity. It draws on the latest research from self-help, psychology and business and applies the strategies to creativity. Join author Annabel Smith, as she shares her expertise on getting your writing consistent and motivated. This workshop will undoubtedly appeal to those who enjoyed Annabel’s workshop on Overcoming Self-Doubt & Procrastination.

This is a free community event and the library is easily accessible.

It’s Get Online Week!

It’s Get Online Week, and libraries all over Australia are holding events to promote the benefits of getting online, especially for over-50s. These activities are supported by grants from the Federal Government Be Connected initiative, which is administered by the Good Things Foundation.

To celebrate Get Online Week, we’re holding a community lunch at the Margaret River Library (see the previous blog post for details). Unfortunately, the lunch is now fully booked. However, you can still get online or help a friend to get online.

Click on the links below to discover some online resources you may not have realised were available to you:

The Absolute Basics
Be Connected provides answers to basic questions including: What is a computer? What is the Internet?

Avoiding Scams & Tricks
Be Connected helps you to stay safe online!

Be Connected Topic Library
Explore the full range of topics that Be Connected can help you with

Video Tutorials for Library Services
Find out how to use a range of online library resources, including e-books and e-audiobooks.

Stay safe and have fun!

Community lunch @ the Margaret River Library

Image of older adult being assisted with technology

We are celebrating Get Online Week with a free community lunch at the Margaret River Library at 12 noon on Thursday 17 October. Places are limited so BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL.

The lunch is supported by a grant from the Federal Government Be Connected program. Be Connected is administered by the Good Things Foundation, and aims to encourage over-50s to build on their digital skills.

All the community is welcome, but over-50s are especially invited to attend the lunch.

We’ll be available to answer your questions about getting online, and to demonstrate online resources. All the booked attendees will be given a take-home gift of a USB storage device, pre-loaded with helpful links to encourage them to get online.

To book your place, RSVP to amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au with your name and phone number, or call 9780 5600, or drop into your local library branch.

The Margaret River Library is an accessible venue.

Cocoon Gallery presents Natalia Ford

Emerging artist Natalia Ford will be showing case her art at the Cocoon Gallery from October 5 to November 30.

Natalia started studying academic drawing when she was 17 years old and it absorbed her interest instantly. Later in art school, she studied oil painting, mainly life drawing, art history, philosophy, sculpture, developing art installations and working with digital media in art projects as robotics. Eventually her attention moved on to the field of arts and sciences, developing a strong interest in social sciences, which motivated her to work in journalism.

In her understanding, art expression has a very wide spectrum she is always combining methods, Natalia defines herself as a conceptual artist.

Now she is developing a multimedia art project under the name Plain O Studio, a creative space designed to be at the service of anyone interested in artistic expression. The studio selectively conducts art workshops, art events and offers consultation within the art spectrum.

Sales and enquiries please contact Natalia Ford on mobile 0422 014 714 or email: plainOstudio@gmail.com 

New books at the Library

When you next visit the library take a few minutes to look at our New Books Display. You might come across something you’ve been looking for, or a book you did not even know you wanted.

If you are a fiction reader, some of the current highlights include: “A boy and his dog at the end of the world” by C. A. Fletcher. With well thought lines, Fletcher evokes a world where not many of us are left. A phenomenally crafted tale of survival, kindness and a very empty planet.

“The beekeeper of Aleppo” by Christy Lefteri, is not the story of one single refugee, but many stories blended into one to draw a deep picture of the real struggles lived by those who try to escape a war torn country in order to survive. At times heart breaking and others heart-warming, this a tale of contemporary significance.

You will also find new books by Ben Elton, Chloe Benjamin and Sally Rooney.

Take a journey with “Great Western Railway Gallery” book, get adventurous but not too reckless in the kitchen with “Healthy Greek Cooking”, or toss the diet out the window with Pamela Clark’s” Cake & Co”.
Penny Olsen and Lynette Russell shed a light on the importance indigenous Australians had in helping European settlers find and catalogue our unique fauna in “Australia’s first naturalists”.

This New Books edition is an eclectic sample of our collection, and we hope you find something special for you. Just remember to place a hold on the item you would like to read, or ask one of our staff if you need help.

Happy reading!

Low Impact Living Session 4: an introduction to Beekeeping

Tuesday 1st October, 6 – 7:30pm at the Margaret River Library

An introduction to beekeeping will allow you to familiarise yourself with the craft and practice of beekeeping. In this session, presenter Luke Fulton, will explain:

  • Getting set up
  • Keeping it lawful
  • How to harvest your honey

There will also be plenty of time for questions and honey tasting. RSVP using Eventbrite HERE or contact the Library. Ph: 9780 5600 E: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au

Meet the artist – Carol Seeley

Margaret River Library invites the community to meet exhibiting artist Carol Seeley on Thursday 26th September from 6pm to 7pm.

If you haven’t had the opportunity to admire her exhibition at the Cocoon Gallery, the event will provide the perfect chance to enjoy her work while showing support for the emerging artist.

Reflecting on her creative process and techniques, Carol invites the community to have a closer look at An exploration of colour and texturea selection of seven canvasses designed to awake the viewer’s emotions.

Adding to the experience, the painter will also display pieces of her new series “A little bit of blue.”

RSVP to amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or  9780 5600 by Wednesday 25th September.  The Library is an accessible venue.

 

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Margaret River Library

Fearn Avenue, Margaret River WA 6285
Phone: (08) 9780 5600
Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au