Connect, collaborate and celebrate. Visit your local library for a range of free events celebrating Social Inclusion Week.
Call for applications: Arts & Craft Market Day
Calling all creatives to apply to sell your wares at our Arts & Craft Market Day (Sat7 Dec). EOIs close Fri 8 Nov
New What's On brochure out now!
Discover all the highlight events happening at the library in November and December.
New Shelf Love Pride t-shirts are here!
Find these new Pride t-shirts in our library shop, Shelf Love. The design features well-known queer literature that has regularly appeared on banned books lists around the world.
The annual Local Word Poetry Prize is now open.
Open to established and emerging writers.
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Meet your local speech pathologist at the library, read award winning books, and find out how you can support your child’s language and literacy development at home.
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Are you a young person who is renting? Join Naarm Law Students for a free legal education session to help you understand your tenancy agreement rights.
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Join us for a discussion with the co-authors of Weighed Down, a book challenging societal norms of beauty, health and wellness and embracing body confidence.
Wednesday, 13 November 2024 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm Ocean Grove Library
Join Andrew Skeoch - an acoustic ecologist - as he guides you into developing your listening skills to hear the languages of nature at this unique presentation.
Wednesday, 13 November 2024 - 6:00pm to 7:45pm Drysdale Library
Free legal education session for youth on your right to protest. Presented by Naarm Law Students (a collective of law students from the University of Melbourne).
Acclaimed author will chat with Hannie Rayson about her latest suspense thriller – an exploration of the ways violent crime ricochets through the lives of those left behind.
Friday, 15 November 2024 - 10:00am to 11:00am Belmont Library
Join thriller writer Kylie Orr as she talks about her novels Someone Else's Child and The Eleventh Floor. Kylie delves into the complex stories of everyday people and their secret lives.
Friday, 15 November 2024 - 10:30am to 11:30am Queenscliff Library
Connect with the Bellarine community at the Fair! Meet local organisations, discover new activities, and find out how you can get involved with your community.
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Saturday, 16 November 2024 - 10:00am to 2:00pm Drysdale Library
Hear from author Christina Dudley, as she chats about her debut novel – a compelling story following a couple through Greece which is in chaos.
Wednesday, 20 November 2024 - 2:30pm to 3:30pm Drysdale Library
Join three Bellarine writers, Jacqui Connor, Jenny Macaulay and Pearl Wilson as they discuss their collaboration over a decade to create this crime novella.
Wednesday, 20 November 2024 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm Drysdale Library
A showcase of services and support organisations dedicated to enhancing the lives of people in the Geelong regionliving with disabilities.
Tuesday, 3 December 2024 - 12:08am to 5:30pm Geelong Library and Heritage Centre
Join bestselling author Peter FitzSimons. From Gallipoli to the battlefields of France, The Legend of Albert Jacka is the story of the first Australian to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
Thursday, 5 December 2024 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm Geelong Library and Heritage Centre
Visit your local library to explore arts and crafts stalls with the work of local creatives and artisans. From handicrafts to fine arts, something for all. Shop local this festive season! #LibraryMarketDay24
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Join award-winning contemporary fiction writer Anne Freeman in a spirited exploration of what makes a successful spicy scene and how to craft one.
Monday, 23 December 2024 - 10:30am to 11:30am Geelong Library and Heritage Centre
This is an opportunity for your community group or organisation to partner with us to present events for our adult audiences that will inform, entertain and enhance social connectedness.
Calling all local makers, artists and creatives! We invite you to submit an expression of interest (EOI) (via an online form) to sell your wares and creations at our Arts and Craft Market Day on Saturday 7 December.
