News and events for our library community
Due to scheduled maintenance, our online catalogue may not be available between 3pm – 7.30pm on Saturday 10 November.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Don’t forget these two amazing authors are visiting the Margaret River Library for an author talk so come along and say hello. We would love to offer up a warm Margaret River welcome to them both. Light refreshments will be provided. Margaret River Bookshop will also be on hand with signed copies of the latest offerings. Please RSVP for catering purposes to amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600. This is a free library event.
Every second Thursday of the month at 10.30am (excluding school holidays) join us at Augusta Library for a special storytime session aimed at children 18 to 36 months and their caregivers. Toddler Tales includes stories, songs, rhymes, craft and morning tea.
Bookings are preferred due to space restrictions and for catering purposes. Please call 08 9780 5600 to reserve your child’s place at Toddler Tales.
With Studiosity, our patrons can access free, one-on-one online tutoring in a wide range of subjects suitable for students from Year 3 through to Year 12 and beyond.
Click here to discover the top 5 Maths questions asked of Studiosity tutors by students.
You will find easy links to Studiosity on your Library Services webpages, or you can click here to go directly to Studiosity now.
ABIA award-winning, best-selling author Rachael Johns is promoting her recently published novel Lost Without You. It is a fresh and poignant novel of family, journeys, past decisions … and four women, one dress, and the secret that binds them all…
Rachael Johns, an English teacher by trade and a mum 24/7, is the author of The Patterson Girls and a number of other romance and women’s fiction books including The Art of Keeping Secrets and The Greatest Gift. She is currently Australia’s leading writer of contemporary relationship stories around women’s issues, a genre she has coined ‘life-lit’. Light refreshments will be provided with the chance to purchase a signed copy of her new book. Please RSVP by 7th November to amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au Ph: 9780 5600
Come join us at the Margaret River Library this Monday 29th October at 4.30pm for a club that is all about books for 12 to 17 year olds. No need for bookings, just turn up for a chat about books and free snacks.
There are many ways that individuals and households can reduce their impact on this earth. By making your own cleaning and beauty products, you can greatly reduce your plastic consumption and also rid toxins from your household. Melanie Gardiner (also known as OilyMarketVibes) will be hosting a free workshop to share with us how we can make our own beauty and cleaning products using natural essential oils. Come and discover how to make your own:
With complimentary and easy to follow recipe sheets available to participants. If this sounds like you, we would love to see you there. Please RSVP via Eventbrite here.
Or copy and paste this link into your browser: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/low-impact-living-session-6-diy-beauty-cleaning-products-tickets-51677533895
Tumblebook Library is an easy-to-use online resource to educate and entertain children.
The read-along functionality can also be useful for adults who are learning to read English.
Click here to visit our E-resources for Parents and Children page, where you will find more information and links to Tumblebook Library.
Due to scheduled maintenance, some online services (including catalogue) may be unavailable on Sunday 21 October, between 10am – 6pm.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
A MEMOIR OF A WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GIRL – FAYE BOHLING
Light refreshments provided. Please RSVP by 24th October to:
amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au or Ph: 9780 5600
Set in Perth, Western Australia, during the closing stages of World War II, first-time author Faye Bohling has written an autobiography of her life that is full of passion. Faye tells her story of a ten-year-old child, given up by her mother to a Catholic home for wayward women and about-to-be unmarried mothers. But there is a marked difference between schoolgirl Faye and the other wards. She should never have been there, as she was a child in an adult environment and where she received no schooling and was put to work in the institutions laundry. After meeting her soul mate, and being happily married for seven years, tragedy struck in 1964, when her husband drowned in a fishing accident at Ledge Point, north of Perth. They were expecting their fourth child. When her children were older Faye accepted a challenge; stepped a long way from her comfort zone and spent the next ten years as a promoter and fund raiser of prestigious Miss Australia Quest, which was at that time, the main fund-raising initiative for the support of people with cerebral palsy. The story continues against a vividly described backdrop of “Perth back then” – Perth of the 40s, 50s, and 60s. Streets such as Newcastle, Aberdeen, and stores like Re Store, Eziwalkin Shoes, Boans, Bairds, Charles Moore and Co. The Capitol Theatre and other Perth icons.
Fearn Avenue, Margaret River WA 6285
Phone: (08) 9780 5600
Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au