Bega Valley Shire Library will close at 1.00pm on Tuesday 24 December. Branches will re-open Thursday 2 January 2025. We wish you a safe holiday season full of wonderful stories, tales and yarns. Return bins will be open.   In an emergency, phone 6499 2222.

Bega Valley Shire Library invites poets and writers to submit poems responding to your choice of 10 artworks from the upcoming Tideland exhibition to be held at SECCA, Bega. Submissions open: 16 December 2024 – 31 January 2025. Tideland runs at the South East Centre for Contemporary Art (SECCA) from 14 February to 10 April 2025.   The Tideland:  Art + Word Ekphrasis Challenge is calling for submissions of poems responding to 10 selected artworks which are part of the Tideland exhibition. Submitted poems will be considered for display alongside the corresponding artwork during the exhibition. Poets of each successful poem will be awarded $300 for their writing. Plus! The South Coast Writers Centre will publish the selected poems in their annual anthology for 2026. The selected poems will be publicly announced at a special event to be held at SECCA on Friday 28 February 2025 at 5.30pm. The Tideland   exhibition explores the aesthetics and symbolism of bodies of water (lake...

Libraries will be closed on Tuesday 3rd December due to a staff development day. Branches will re-open Wednesday 4th December, except Bermagui, which will re-open Thursday 5th December. Return bins will be open.   In an emergency, phone 6499 2222.

Stories and History from the People of Valley: Join Lisa Herbert from Sapphire Stories and special guests to hear tales from the Old Bega Hospitals. Former doctors, nurses, patients, midwives and more, will entertain us with their memories of this iconic hospital. Featuring fascinating historical images and afternoon tea. Thursday 31st Oct, 1pm - 3pm.  Call the library on 64992340 for more information.  Bookings are required. Free Event.  Book Online 

Bega Valley Shire libraries are running an action packed program of great activities, including plenty of fun children’s activities in the September School holidays.  Drop by your local Bega Valley Shire Library to pick up a handy program brochure.  Click Read More for website link.  Click here  to find out more.

  Join best-selling Australian rural romance author Fiona McArthur as she speaks at Bega & Bermagui libraries about her new rural romance Back to Birdsville.  Set in one of Australia’s most remote communities Fiona’s latest book follows a midwife and emergency nurse who is called back to the tight-knit community she grew up in for her cousin’s wedding, forced to reconnect with the people she left behind and confront the secrets that have long stayed locked away. Amidst the backdrop of the famous Birdsville races, this uniquely Australian romance celebrates the resilience of remote families, women who are always there for each other and the men that stand by their side, painting a vivid picture of a place where community spirit thrives against all odds. Drawing from her earlier life as a rural midwife, Fiona McArthur shares her love of working with women, families and health professionals in her books. In her compassionate, pacey fiction, her love of the Aust...

This week the Bega Valley Shire Library is celebrating the launch of an exciting new online resource, Comics Plus.  With Comics Plus, customers can “read all the comics” with unlimited access to thousands of digital comics, manga, and picture books on computers, tablets, and phones. There are no holds, wait lists, or monthly borrowing limits, and new titles are added to every week. Customers have the option to choose between the full collection, which includes a diverse selection of titles from a variety of popular publishers, as well as the Comics Plus Children’s Library, where young readers have access to thousands of age-appropriate digital comics, manga, learn to read books and picture books. Cat McLean, Acting Systems and Collections Librarian said “Graphic novels, comics and manga are growing in popularity incredibly quickly, for readers of all ages. It is exciting to be able to offer such a fantastic resource to our library customers”. Access to Comics Plus is completely fre...