Our mobile library van has been travelling around the Port Macquarie Hastings region since January 2013. The service has primarily been aimed at rural schools. Thanks to a grant from the State Government through the Regional Cultural Fund, we also now service the communities at Lake Cathie and Sovereign Hills with van visits every fortnight. […]
Our mobile library van has been travelling around the Port Macquarie Hastings region since January 2013. The service has primarily been aimed at rural schools. Thanks to a grant from the State Government through the Regional Cultural Fund, we also now service the communities at Lake Cathie and Sovereign Hills with van visits every fortnight. […]
Please join us for a presentation and chat with Erna Walraven and Leanne at our Port Macquarie Library on Saturday 5th July at 11.30am. Erna describes herself as someone who gets bored easily and wears many hats: including author, wildlife and zoo consultant, workshop facilitator, lecturer, and speaker. The thread that runs through these activities […]
Paint and decorate a boomerang and a wooden Australian animal to take home with you. For kids aged 5 years and up. Bookings essential. This event is part of our July school holiday program.
Join us for a fun and meaningful afternoon as we explore and celebrate the rich culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Get creative at three engaging craft stations designed to inspire learning through art and storytelling. Bookings not required, so come along and join in! All ages welcome. This event is part of […]
Please join us for a chat with local children's author Wendy Haynes and illustrator Jemma Ortiger at Port Macquarie Library on Thursday 10th July at 10am. Wendy Haynes has completed a Diploma in Creative Writing at Southern Cross University. Her writing focuses on middle-grade fantasy, historical, and contemporary stories for children, picture books, junior fiction, […]
Create your own colourful, breezy, pocket sized paper fan. For kids aged 6 years and up. Bookings essential. This event is part of our July school holiday program.
Experiment with colour, patterns and big bright eyes to create your purrrfect piece of pet art! For kids aged 5 years and up. Bookings essential. This event is part of our July school holiday program.
Design a character and then make your own bendy, dancing puppet to enjoy. For kids aged 7 years and up. Bookings essential. There is also a session of this workshop at 2pm. Please only book for ONE of these sessions, so that no one misses out. This event is part of our July school holiday […]
Design a character and then make your own bendy, dancing puppet to enjoy. For kids aged 7 years and up. Bookings essential. There is also a session of this workshop at 10am. Please only book for ONE of these sessions, so that no one misses out. This event is part of our July school holiday […]
Our mobile library van has been travelling around the Port Macquarie Hastings region since January 2013. The service has primarily been aimed at rural schools. Thanks to a grant from the State Government through the Regional Cultural Fund, we also now service the communities at Lake Cathie and Sovereign Hills with van visits every fortnight. […]
Learn the twisted art of quilling and create your very own curly wonders of marvellous colour! For kids aged 5 years and up. Bookings essential. This event is part of our July school holiday program.
Make your own simple marionette puppet, and then learn and practise the magic of puppetry! For kids aged 7 years and up. Bookings essential. This event is part of our July school holiday program.
Craft a pool-noodle puppet with a moving mouth, and then learn some new puppetry skills! For kids aged 7 years and up. Bookings essential. This event is part of our July school holiday program.
Our mobile library van has been travelling around the Port Macquarie Hastings region since January 2013. The service has primarily been aimed at rural schools. Thanks to a grant from the State Government through the Regional Cultural Fund, we also now service the communities at Lake Cathie and Sovereign Hills with van visits every fortnight. […]
Please join us for chat with writer and mentor Diego Alberto Souza and Leanne at our Port Macquarie Library on Friday 18th July at 10.30am. DIEGO ALBERTO SOUZA is a passionate Writer and Mentor specializing in personal development. He has dedicated his life to helping others discover their true selves through his transformative method, "From […]
Join Lucy at Port Macquarie Library on Monday July 21st 11.00pm for Authentic Relating. Authentic Relating is an opportunity to experience deeper connections, with yourself and with others. What starts with a simple, guided meditation grows into a series of games where we observe and notice, welcome, reveal (share) and receive surprising insights about ourselves […]
Please join us for a chat with local author Terry Stanton at our Port Macquarie Library on Tuesday 22nd July at 2.30pm. Terry is a retired English solicitor. He specialised in litigation, retired in 2005, and moved with his wife, Christine, to Australia. Their three children had already moved here. His hobbies are writing and […]
Do you have any questions regarding the rights of seniors? Struggling to navigate aged care? Join us for a concise session on understanding services, negotiating care plans, and making confident decisions. Come and join us for a cuppa on Wednesday July 23 @ 2:00pm, Port Macquarie Library. Former Aged Care Advocate Jill McDonnell believes in […]
Join us at Port Macquarie Library on Friday July 25th at 10:00am for our program 'Talking Tech for Seniors'. Don't let technology intimidate you; let it empower you! The library is running free classes providing tutorials on technology essentials. Bring along your own device; we will run a short session from the ‘Be connected’ program […]
The Library Film Club presents a 2022 comedy on Friday July 25th, 2pm at Port Macquarie Library. The film brings to life a collection of stories from the final issue of an American magazine published in a fictional 20th-century French city. The movie features writer-director Wes Anderson's iconic art direction, dark humour, and melancholic themes. […]
Join us at the Port Macquarie library for an information session and launch event for the brand new collection of decodable readers for dyslexic, struggling or early readers. This event will introduce the new items in the library collection and will also feature a panel of speakers who will discuss dyslexia, decodable readers and where […]
Apologies - this event has been cancelled. Matthew was a journalist at The Australian for twenty years, with long stints running the Foreign News desk and as Opinion Editor. He has written for newspapers and magazines in Uganda and Kenya and been published in The Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald. Matthew’s […]
Our mobile library van has been travelling around the Port Macquarie Hastings region since January 2013. The service has primarily been aimed at rural schools. Thanks to a grant from the State Government through the Regional Cultural Fund, we also now service the communities at Lake Cathie and Sovereign Hills with van visits every fortnight. […]
Our mobile library van has been travelling around the Port Macquarie Hastings region since January 2013. The service has primarily been aimed at rural schools. Thanks to a grant from the State Government through the Regional Cultural Fund, we also now service the communities at Lake Cathie and Sovereign Hills with van visits every fortnight. […]
Please join us for an interesting presentation with author Laura Fienor at our Wauchope Library on Friday 1st August at 11.00am. Laura Fienor is an Australian author who writes about environmental and social justice issues; world philosophies; and mystical concepts. She is a passionate advocate for transforming educational institutions in order to address systemic racism […]
Join Alice Yunchan at the Port Library on Saturday August 2nd at 10:00am for a creative writing workshop that invites you to express your longing and belonging to nature. In this immersive experience, we’ll return to the basics of belonging—both to ourselves and the land that holds us. Through a series of simple, mindful […]