Headland’s writers Festival comes to the library with this exciting exhibition of artworks by well know authors. Juvenilia is work produced by an author or artist while they were a child. This exhibition showcases the juvenilia of Australian children’s authors and illustrators and their early attempts at storytelling.  Featured authors include Andy Griffiths, Alison Lester, Graeme Base, Ursula Dubosarsky, Danny Katz, Dub Leffler, Oliver Phommavanh, Aimee Chan, Chris Kennett, Kylie Howarth, Trent Roberts, Dianne Wolfer, Asphyxia, Susanne Gervay, Tim Harris, Hazel Edwards, Jeremy Lachlan, Craig Sheather, Mandy Foot Bega Library:  Friday 20 October – Friday 2 November -  Opening Event  Saturday 21 October, 12.00pm

  Grow, Share, Connect and save a rare bean Join in a community wide project led by the Bega Valley Seed Savers in conjunction with the Bega Valley Shire Library to bring back a rare bean and enjoy growing delicious beans in the process. Together, we are on a mission to increase numbers of the Cupidon bean, which is scarce in Australia, by sharing with other seed saving groups around the country. Click Read MORE to find our  more information

  An emotive and poignant exhibition, Convict Tokens, which explores the enduring connection between the convicts who made these tiny mementoes and those they left behind, is being hosted at the Tura Marrang Library until 5 November. The exhibition showcases 40 of the National Museum of Australia’s collection of 315 convict tokens; the world’s largest. Engraved onto metal discs with illustrations and text, love tokens were made by convicts around the time of their sentencing and were given to friends and loved ones as farewell mementoes. Although tiny, these tokens are rich in meaning and are a powerful link to Australia’s convict past. Convicts’ lives are well documented by official government records, however, these tokens record personal and emotional responses to an uncertain future. Bega Valley Shire Library Acting Library Services Coordinator, Linda Albertson said Council was privileged to be chosen to host this remarkable exhibition. "The convict tokens are truly extraordin