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Library and Shire on the move

July 8, 2010 by Jean | No comments

Please make a note of the arrangements and the closing and reopening dates for The Shire of Peppermint Grove offices and the Cottesloe, Peppermint Grove, Mosman Park Library (‘The Grove’) as we move next door to 1 Leake Street, Peppermint Grove.

Shire Offices

Closed on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th August 2010 and re-opening on Monday 9 August 2010 at 8.30am. Please check the website for further information www.peppermintgrove.wa.gov.au

The Library

Closed from Monday 2nd to Saturday – 14th August 2010 and re-opening on Monday 16th August. Please check the website for opening times www.thegrovelibrary.com

Plan ahead

During this time you will not be able to borrow or return items from the Library. You can borrow items at any of the other Western Suburbs libraries located at Nedlands, Mt Claremont, Subiaco and Claremont.

More books for longer

From Monday 5th to Saturday 31st July, you will be able to take twice as many items for a six week loan period. Visit the website for more information.
The new Shire Offices and Library will lead the way with an exquisite new green precinct with environmentally sustainable design features, low water landscaping and information to help the community reduce its greenhouse footprint.

More books for longer

July 6, 2010 by Jean | No comments

We are moving.

Which means…MORE BOOKS FOR LONGER

From Monday 5th July until Saturday 31st July, you will be able to borrow

32 Items for 6 weeks (including 8 DVDs).

Relocation Book Sale

July 6, 2010 by Jean | No comments

Monday 12th July – Saturday 24th July

Books. DVDs. Videos. CDs. Talking books. Large print books.

Fill a library bag for $5.

Juggling Workshop

June 22, 2010 by Jean | No comments

School Holiday Activity: Juggling Workshop
Make your own juggling balls.
Learn how to juggle.
Date: Wednesday 7th July 2010
Time: 2pm
Ages 7 & up.
Bookings essential – call the library on 9385 3233.

Online Catalogue unavailable

April 28, 2010 by Jean | No comments

On Friday 30th May, the library’s web catalogue will not be available, whilst maintenance is being carried out on our servers.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Good Reading online

April 28, 2010 by Jean | No comments

The May issue of gr is now online, and packed full of author interviews, book reviews and book trivia.

Meet Adriana Trigiani
Read a posthumous interview with Jane Austen
Visit Ruen, home of Gustave Flaubert
Brush up on your book gossip
Find out if computer games really stop kids reading
Read reviews of all the latest books
Chat with Mitch Albom
And enter fantastic competitions

Click here to view Good Reading online. (You’ll need your library card number to access this.)

Baby Rhyme Time sessions in May

April 27, 2010 by Jean | No comments

Share rhymes, songs and books with your baby. Suitable for babies 6-18 months.
Baby Rhyme Time will run on Mondays throughout May 2010, at 10:30am.
(Dates for May: 3rd, 10th,17th,24th and 31st).
For more details and to register, contact the library.

Book Review: Singled out

April 12, 2010 by Jean | No comments

Singled out: how two million women survived without men after the First World War by Virginia Nicholson, 2008

This book is a well-researched window into the lives of women left without partners as a result of the First World War. It contains many more references for further investigation should the reader so desire but manages to keep up an interesting flow through various anecdotes.

This book makes very informative reading for women and girls of any age as the generation of women interviewed were courageously making something of their lives while dealing with the then social stigma of being single and their own personal expectations of the time.

Glenda

Good Reading online

March 29, 2010 by Jean | No comments

April gr is now online!

This month, find out what Clown Doctor Jean-Paul Bell likes to read; meet Malla Nunn, author of A Beautiful Place to Die; read about Fiona McIntosh’s latest novel; use Peter Temple discussion notes in your book club; enter one of our fantastic competitions; find out about turning Peter Carey’s novel Bliss into an opera; get the latest book gossip, and read reviews of all the latest books!

Click here to view Good Reading online. (You’ll need your library card number to access this.)

School Holiday Activities: Origami Workshops

March 23, 2010 by Jean | No comments

Learn the art of paper-folding.

Sanny Ang will be sharing the magic of origami in these one-hour workshops.
DATE: Tuesday 13th April, 2010
TIMES: 2pm (ages 5-8)
3pm (ages 9 and up)
Bookings essential – call the library on 9385 3233.

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