News and events for our library community
Due to system maintenance, some online services may be unavailable this Sunday 5 August between 2pm – 6pm.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
We invite all our community to go into the draw for tickets to the CinefestOz 2018 Film Festival screening at Cape Mentelle.
The prizes include:
To enter, simply fill out an entry form and place it in the box provided at either Augusta Library or Margaret River Library.
Winners drawn Wednesday 8th August.
The Margaret River Library is hosting the FREE community screenings again this year commencing at 10am Thursday 23rd August through to Sunday 26th August. For more information about Community Screenings and this years wonderful lineup visit: cinefestoz.com/community-screenings
Do you love to make your own food? Are you looking to reduce your waste and become more connected to the food that you eat? Then this session could very well be for you! Three passionate makers will share their knowledge and passion for food through a session focused on the process of getting the basics right. During our Getting the Basics Right demonstration our makers will show how easy it is to create a range of the basics including:
Homemade Yogurt in the Easiyo
Healthy No Bake Brownie Bites
Homemade Muesli
Sourdough Bread
Participants will receive complimentary and easy to follow recipe sheets and a tasting. If this sounds like you, we would love to see you there.This is a FREE community event. The library is an easily accessible venue. Register online at Eventbrite : REGISTRATION LINK
Rainforest Coding is our new e-resource that takes you on an adventure while teaching you how to code.
The action takes place on the beautiful Echo Island, part of the Crystal Rainforest. Things suddenly turn very ugly for the scientists living on the island when it is attacked by hundreds of evil robots. Can the children help Doctor Han find her way around the old temples, removing the robots in her way? Can they discover what is going on and who is behind the attacks?
Suitable for five years and up. For more information, click here to go to our E-resources for parents and children page.
Book Chat is a free book club for youth aged 12- 17 years old who love to talk about what they have read. There is no set book for each month and members can enjoy free snacks whilst chatting about their favourite books. Come along to be in the draw to win a book voucher and chat to others about the books you have read recently. We hope to see you there!
Typing is a valuable skill for anybody who uses a keyboard to study, work or play.
KAZ is now available free for all library patrons. It uses a unique and proven ‘accelerated learning’ teaching method. Incorporating both ‘muscle memory’ and ‘brain balance’, it engages the major senses of sight, sound and touch simultaneously, radically enhancing memory retention and recall.
The course is presented in a structured but light hearted manner in order to make learning fun and enjoyable. It solely focuses on teaching typing and does not include gaming, to avoid overloading the ‘working memory’.
The program offers both spoken and written instruction. Developed with guidance from the British Dyslexia Research Trust, KAZ is suitable for everyone, but also offers dyslexia-friendly functionalities, minimising visual stress by allowing each individual to set preferences for visibility comfort.
Users can choose between the Junior and Adult versions. Links to KAZ can be found on the library Lifelong Learning page, and also on the E-resources for parents and children page.
Due to scheduled maintenance, online services (including catalogue access) may be unavailable between 12 noon – 6pm on Sunday 22 July.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Search Diversity WA is an online tool that allows users to search and download data on demographic, cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of people living across the State, including profiles of Local Government Areas and selected birthplace, ancestry, gender, language and religious groups from the 2011 and 2016 Australian Bureau of Statistics Census information.
Click here to visit the website, or for further information please email the Office of Multicultural Interests at: harmony@omi.wa.gov.au
The library is celebrating Plastic Free July with a competition. Just visit the library and put your details in the entry box. There are adult and children’s prizes so everyone has a chance to win. Prizes include wax wraps, go mugs, keep cups, water bottles, pack of metal straws, reusable lunch pockets, reusable produce bags and more. The Library Plastic Free July display encourages visitors to write their own ideas of how to reduce plastic use in the home. The idea goes on the display to inspire others. Winners notified at the end of July.
Did you know the library has a Boomerang Bag swap box? If you have had the pleasure of using a Boomerang Bag and have finished with it, you can recycle it at the library. If you are in the mood to learn to sew your own shopping bags the following events have been organised by Cape to Cape Plastic Free July.
Due to scheduled maintenance, some online services, including catalogue searches, may be unavailable between 7.00am – 11.30am this Sunday 15 July.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
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