News and events for our library community
Due to scheduled maintenance, some online services may be unavailable between 1pm – 6pm this Sunday 12 August.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
August 1st – September 30th
Fred has spent forty years as a gold prospector and promised himself to take up photography when he retired. With a collection of beautiful photographs printed onto canvas, his new career is well and truly under way. His works on display are all for sale with the opportunity to buy limited edition prints online.
There is a small story behind each photo that is documented and available for you to read in the gallery. “Little Red” for example:
Little Red, Leonora This is a photo of a breakaway in the East Murchison Goldfields (North of Leonora). I did not come across this breakaway while detecting, but while looking for a lost prospector. We were on motor bikes and working north of Wilsons patch checking bush tracks for the lost prospector. Unknown to us, he had already been found, alive and well. We got the good news when we called in on a CB radio.
Thirty Five years later and with my first camera I took this photo. It was taken with the last 20 seconds of sunlight. One of my favourites.
Every second Thursday of the month at 10.30am (excluding school holidays) join us 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 5602 to reserve your child’s place at Toddler Tales.
** Please note: Toddler Tales is at Margaret River Library until renovations at Augusta Library are complete, which is estimated to be October 2018. When renovations at Augusta library are completed, Toddler Tales will resume there on the second Thursday of the month.
The Noongar Boodjar Language Centre is running Noongar language lessons at the Margaret River Library commencing on Thursday 30th August.
The language lessons go for 2 hours, each Thursday for 5 weeks. Due to popular demand there are 2 sessions to choose from, afternoon or evening.
2 – 4pm Session 1
5:30 – 7:30pm Session 2
Contact the library to reserve your place. The Noongar Boodjar Language centre will invoice participants directly and the cost is $150 per person.
The Library hosted Charmaine Councillor from the Noongar Boodjar Language Cultural Aboriginal Corporation in April this year. She talked about the Master and Apprentice model which is a language revival program designed in the USA to revive and sustain languages. The lessons use this method to revive the Noongar Language and its many dialects across the South West of WA. The language lessons are designed to be fun and leave you with a conversational language skill to build on.
Dates of the lessons are: August 30th, September 6th, September 13th, September 20th, September 27th. RSVP to Ph: 9780 5600 or email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au
The Margaret River Library is an easily accessible venue.
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.
Fearn Avenue, Margaret River WA 6285
Phone: (08) 9780 5600
Email: amrlibrary@amrshire.wa.gov.au