Library News
11 January 2023
Library Spotlight: Thursday, January 5
Spotlight: Happy New Year and Welcome to the library! It’s school holidays and as usual the library has a range of activities to suit all ages. For the youngsters, there’s Book Buddies on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 10.30 to 11.00am. The programme is for children aged seven years and younger, and they will enjoy some stories and a handicraft. On Wednesday 11 January, from 3.30 to 4.30 pm older children to 12 years…
21 December 2022
Library Spotlight: Thursday, December 15
Spotlight: Library closing over Christmas and New Year All eager readers please note that the Library will be closed over the Christmas/New Year period. We will close at 12pm on 23 December, 2022, and will re-open on Monday, 9 January, 2023.However, don’t despair! You will be able to borrow extra books during this time to tide you over, and if you’ve finished with your books and want to return them, there’s an after-hours chute to…
29 August 2022
Library Spotlight: Thursday, August 25
Spotlight: Activities at the library Your local library is not just a place for borrowing books, although that’s important! It’s also a place where you can dream - ‘reading is dreaming with your eyes open’ - and a place where you can work on the computers, do some research, meet with friends or business partners for discussions, and learn new things. Want to try colouring-in, or knitting or crocheting? Come along to Knit and Natter,…
29 August 2022
Library Spotlight: Thursday, August 18
Spotlight: Book Buddies – Guest Indonesian speaker On Tuesday, August 24, at 10.30am, the library will run its usual Book Buddies program for children up to five years old, but with a difference! We have a guest presenter from the Gunnedah Multicultural Women’s Association, and she will be reading stories in Indonesian and presenting some handicrafts. If you’d like to get an introduction to another language and culture, pop along to the library and enjoy…
10 August 2022
Library Spotlight: Thursday, August 11
Spotlight: Science Month at the Library! Libraries are not just book places, but are also people spaces with lots of fun activities happening for young and old. Participants who attended the Make it! session on Wednesday, August 10 at 3.30pm had a great time, learning to draw in 3D. The human hand, chasms in the pavement, a surreal pathway were all part of the session. Don’t worry if you missed it – come along on…
03 August 2022
Library Spotlight: Thursday, August 4
Spotlight: Library Services You don’t have to wait until Local Government Week to enjoy the services of the library! It’s available for residents, ratepayers, and visitors to enjoy throughout the year. After filling out a simple application form, you can begin your reading journey at once, borrowing up to twenty items, which can include books, magazines, paperbacks, DVDs, CDs, and talking books. Public libraries are no longer just ‘book places but people spaces’. They are…
26 July 2022
Library Spotlight: Thursday, 28 July
Spotlight: National Science Week August brings National Science Week, so head down to the library to see what we are doing to celebrate – displays of books in all fields of science, a new seek and find competition for the young and young at heart, and some fascinating Make it! sessions on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month! And for those of you still working on your Superhero Seek and Find answer sheets…
26 July 2022
Library Spotlight: Thursday, 21 July
Spotlight: Make It! @ the Library Libraries aren’t just for borrowing books, although that is a most important part of our activities! Libraries are also a place to meet, to chat, to socialise, to sit and read the paper or a magazine, and a place to learn new things with like-minded people. If you’re looking to do any of the above, the library has you covered, and we are there for all ages too, especially…
26 July 2022
Library Spotlight: Thursday, 14 July
Spotlight: Superheroes at the library Superheroes are featuring at the library until the end of the month, so if you haven’t finished your Superhero Seek and Find activity, you still have time to locate the pictures of the ten superhero icons in the library. Name the superhero the icon belongs to, and what the icon is, and give your entry sheet to the Super Librarians to go in the running for some great prizes. The…
04 July 2022
Spotlight, Thursday, 7 July
Spotlight: Superheroes at the library! If you haven’t come to the library yet, then head on down and see if you can spot all the visiting superheroes! Superman, Batman with his car, and Spiderman are only three of many visiting the library. There’s even a Superheroes Headquarters, and a seek-and-find competition that the young, and the young-at-heart, can enter. Our Book Buddies storytelling program will also feature superheroes and is for youngsters under seven on…