Book Launch and Events Abound for Library and Information Week

Northern Grampians Library Services will be catering to all ages with several events planned for this year’s Library and Information Week (Library Week), a week observed nationally by libraries. Library Week will be held this year from Monday 17 to Friday 23 May.

The theme for Library Week is “Adventures in Space and Time”. To celebrate this theme, St Arnaud and Stawell Libraries will delight younger library users with a reading of “Give Me Some Space!” by Philip Bunting during the Simultaneous Storytime that forms part of the week’s activities.

During Library Week, both libraries will participate in the Biggest Morning Tea, a fundraising event for the Cancer Council. The morning tea event at Stawell is also earmarked as an opportune time to celebrate the announcement of recent funding to refurbish the library.

Northern Grampians Shire Council Mayor, Cr Murray Emerson, sees the national week of observance as a wonderful opportunity for the community to refamiliarise themselves with the diverse range of services available at the shire libraries.

“Many of us think of our libraries as the obvious place to access free books, media and information within our community but they are very much community hubs where all generations and like-minded people can gather to pursue their special interests,” he said.

“Our libraries host book clubs, local history clubs, preschool storytime, school holiday activities, craft activities, writing groups and provide a comfortable and quiet place for our residents to work or study with ready access to PCs and printing, scanning and laminating.

“I encourage all of the community whether you are a regular or infrequent library visitor or completely new to our Northern Grampians Libraries to come along and experience everything on offer during this fun packed week.”

The event schedule for Library and Information Week at Northern Grampians Libraries is as follows:

St Arnaud Library

Stawell Library

Book Launch