Volunteers required for the Books-To-Go book cubby

Mandurah Libraries will be running an activity during Stretch Festival where children can write, create and publish their own book.  

Using one A3 piece of paper and a few simple folds, children can create their own book without having to stick or staple.  The books are published on the spot using a colour photocopier. The author gets to keep their original, and a copy travels in the Book Cubby to other communities for other children to read, enjoy and be inspired by.

 

We are looking for volunteers to help us run this activity.

Volunteers will each fill one 2-hour shift (10-12, 12-2 or 2-4) on either Saturday May 5th or Sunday May 6th.  The event will be held in the foyer of the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre. 

Full training will be provided.  The main training workshop will be on Saturday 28th April, 9am-12 midday at Falcon eLibrary and Community Centre.   This workshop will include examples of how this activity can be adapted for use in other situations such as schools, libraries, childcare facilities, art classes, holiday programs etc.  Extra training sessions can also be arranged if you would like to help at the event but are unable to attend this workshop. 

To volunteer to help at this activity and to book your place in the training workshop please contact:

The National Year of Reading Project Officer, Deidre Robb

Ph 9550 3237

Mob: 0418 290 771

Deidre.Robb@mandurah.wa.gov.au

  

This event is supported by the State Library of Western Australia as part of their Better Beginnings program. 

Quote Me! at the 2012 Channel Seven Mandurah Crab Fest

This weekend a major event is happening in Mandurah: the 2012 Channel Seven Mandurah Crab Fest.

Now in its 14th year, the annual event attracts up to 100,000 people and is bigger and better than ever before with an extensive variety of displays, activities and entertainment, including live performances, market stalls and a stunning fireworks display on Mandurah’s eastern foreshore.  You can find out more about Crab Fest here.

Mandurah Libraries and National Year of Reading will be at Crab Fest running a reading event called Quote Me!  Look for our gorgeous love2read marquee (featuring the the National Year of Reading flower logo) near the band rotunda on the Eastern Foreshore.

Remember all those great quotes you sent me a few weeks back?  Well there below is what we have done with them.  They are now made up into huge (8.5cm diameter) badges read for you to read, enjoy, take away and wear during Crab Fest.

We are also using these quotes as the starting point for the Quote Me! Reading Wall we'll build over the weekend. 

But we need YOU add to it! 

We want your favourite sayings, poems, jokes, lines from books, original writing, quotes - even just your thoughts on the day - to add to the wall.  Chill out at our craft table and create your "spot" to add to the the Reading Wall!

If your children feel like a more traditional reading experience at Crab Fest, then we would be delighted to sit and read with them.   And if you want to get a whole box of badges made too, I can highly recommend the services of the Mandurah office of Intework.

See you on the weekend!

Library Lovers Day promotion

February 14th is a special day for many people but did you know that it is also Library Lovers Day?

As part of Library Lovers Day 2012, the Mandurah Libraries are giving away a Kindle ebook reader!

Simply collect a promotional postcard (see picture above) from either Mandurah Library or Falcon eLibrary and Community Centre and tell us what you love about your libraries.

Then send the postcard via post to the City of Mandurah (reply post paid).

The promotion runs from 14th February to 13th March so get in quick!

Send us your favourite quotes please

As part of the National Year of Reading 2012, Mandurah Libraries will be running a fun activity based on quotes at the 2012 Channel 7 Mandurah Crab Fest. Our activity is called Quote me! and....

we need your help!

Please send us your favourite quotes.

We need the details of who said or wrote the quote wherever possible.   In addition to the usual utterances of famous people, we’d also love to include your favourite lines from books, poems or movies, great song lyrics, or anything else that means something to you. 

We are after a wide range of inspiring, uplifting, thought-provoking or humorous quotes. 

They can be on any topic but extra thanks to anyone who can source some on the theme of action sports (so wake boarding, waterskiing, freestyle motocross, BMX and skateboarding) to tie in with this highlight of the 2012 Crab Fest program.  Please don’t send quotes that are insulting to any individual or group of people and remember they must be suitable for use at a family event.

Then come along and visit the National Year of Reading and Mandurah Libraries team during Channel 7 Mandurah Crab Fest on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th of March.  Peruse the whole range of quotes collected from our community, select one you like to take away and wear, and maybe spot someone else in the crowd wearing the quote you contributed.

Please leave your quotes as comments on this blog or email them to Deidre.Robb@mandurah.wa.gov.au with Quotes in the subject line.  Many thanks for your help.

Next time you are in Falcon eLibrary and Community Centre, look around and up to see the quotes that are part of the building including this one by Groucho Marx that makes many a visitor stop, read and smile:

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog it's too dark to read.

National Year of Reading 2012 needs you!

As part of the National Year of Reading 2012, the City of Mandurah will be organising events and activities to help people to discover and rediscover the joy of reading.  We need your help!

We need volunteers to:

• Become National Year of Reading 2012 Roving Readers and provide read aloud experiences in public places, schools, parenting centres and at events;
• Help at events such as Crab Fest, Stretch Festival and the Children's Festival;
• Welcome people to the library at special events; and
• Assist with behind the scenes work such as filling gift bags and information packs.

If you can assist in any of these roles, please collect a National Year of Reading Volunteer registration pack from:

• Mandurah Library
• Falcon eLibrary and Community Centre
• via email to Deidre.Robb@mandurah.wa.gov.au

Together we'll have fun encouraging a reading culture in every Mandurah home.