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.

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).

Monday 12th July – Saturday 24th July

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

Fill a library bag for $5.

Julie Martin has shared with us richly detailed and fascinating stories all about eBay. The friend who sold ticket stubs to a 1966 Beatles Concert in Adelaide for $280, the boy who advertised his “max wicked sick BMX” one that “did boom gnarly stunt tricks & girl got pregnant just watching” , the husband who bought a gift for his wife – only to discover that she was actually the seller….

Last week, Julie did a session called “Fun Family Fotos” where she showed people how to find out who was in family pictures and how to preserve and store the pictures.

I took notes on my laptop during Julie’s session last night , Selling on eBay Part One. I fed my notes into a CoverItLive window that I have added below. I learned so much about how to describe an item, how to photograph it right and how to set the price so the item sells well. Just click on the window to see my notes.

Brian Kavanagh, chair of the Project Steering Committee for the Cottesloe, Peppermint Grove, Mosman Park library committee, announced that THE GROVE had been chosen as the preferred name for the project by the Library Naming Working Group, with the byline, ‘Leading Learning’ and Living’.

“The shortlisted names were analysed against the naming criteria graded out of 10 with The Grove, Leaf Library and Library on the Green identified as most strongly meeting the criteria,” he said.

“The Grove symbolises the green and leafy nature of the building, the surrounding landscaping and the natural environment.

“It already has an historical and geographical connection to the location which is on the corner of Stirling Highway and Leake Street in Cottesloe, and reflects sustainable attributes such as tranquillity, satisfaction with what we have, and a sense of place.

According to Ricky Burges, Chief Executive Officer of the Western Australian Local Government Association the development demonstrates tremendous leadership from the three councils and will be a showpiece for the local government sector’s commitment to environmentally sustainable development.

Read more about the decision on our New Library page.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

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.)