WEAR IT PURPLE 2025
Celebrate LGBTQIA+ youth and their stories at your library this August for Wear It Purple Day (29 Aug). Check out the displays, events and activities taking place.
Warm Winter Read is back for 2025!
Cosy up this winter! Read, relax, and win with Warm Winter Read from 1 June to 31 August.
New What's On brochure out now!
Discover all the highlight events happening at the library in July and August.
20% off our Pride collection for a limited time!
To celebrate Wear It Purple Day this year, we're offering a 20% discount off all Pride merchandise from our Shelf Love retail shop from 25-31...
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Hear from Archibald Prize artists, sitters and moderators as they share the stories and creative processes behind the portraits. Explore the stories, ideas and creative processes behind Australia’s most celebrated portrait prize.
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Friday, 29 August 2025 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm Geelong Library and Heritage Centre
Learn how to digitise your photos, VHS tapes, slides and film negatives ready to share with family and friends! Discover how to use the equipment to start saving your family stories.
Friday, 1 August 2025 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm Geelong Library and Heritage Centre
Join local author Barbara Cook as she shares the journey of bringing her book to life, and into an audiobook. Hear how following intuition and using the library’s recording studio led to unexpected opportunities.
Thursday, 4 September 2025 - 6:00pm to 7:30pm Biyal-a Armstrong Creek Library
Saturday, 6 September 2025 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
Learn the essentials of wills and estate planning in this practical session with local legal expert Gabrielle McManus. Find out what makes a valid will, why powers of attorney matter and what happens if you don’t have a plan in place.
Wednesday, 10 September 2025 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm Ocean Grove Library
Think you’re not a writer? Think again. Join author and lecturer Rachel Matthews for a relaxed, hands-on workshop that encourages everyone to explore storytelling in their own way. Expect playful writing prompts and a welcoming space, no experience needed.
Saturday, 13 September 2025 - 10:30am to 1:30pm Geelong Library and Heritage Centre
Hear the fascinating local history of Griggs Creek and the families who farmed the land through drought, depression and change. Learn about their links to Geelong Football Club, the flax industry and more, including First Nations history in the area.
Saturday, 13 September 2025 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm Boronggook Drysdale Library
Saturday, 20 September 2025 - 11:00am to 12:00pm Geelong Library and Heritage Centre
Saturday, 11 October 2025 - 11:00am to 12:00pm Geelong Library and Heritage Centre
Here's your chance to win a family pass to Geelong Arts Centre production of Looking for Alibrandi.
uLibrary offers immediate access to audiobooks, with no wait times and is free with your membership.
