Coming up at Bega Valley Shire libraries June – August 2023 Winter is here and it's cold outside so have some fun while you stay warm and dry at your local library. Libraries are running a full program of great activities, including plenty of fun activities to keep the kids busy throughout the school holidays. Drop by your local library to pick up a handy program brochure. Click here to find out more about all our events this winter for adults and children.  

  The library would like to notify you that we will be saying farewell to Libby (Overdrive), our current provider of eMagazine content on Friday 30 June and moving across to BorrowBox. From 1 July,  you will be unable to access Libby content. In making this decision, we considered user-friendliness of the product for customers and staff, popularity and customer usage of the content compared with other platforms, as well as reporting capabilities and vendor responsiveness. If you are a current user of BorrowBox, you will not have to update your existing app in any way, the eMagazine collection will simply show as a format option on the app. If you do not currently have BorrowBox, the app can be downloaded for free on both Apple and Android devices, your user name is your library member number and password is your eight digit birthdate DDMMYYYY. Please don’t hesitate to contact our helpful library team if you would like some assistance in making the change. You can conta...

Bega Library Sat 3 June,  Tura Marrang Library Sat 10 June, 10:00am to 12:15pm Heading to the Merimbula Lakeside Lantern Walk? Drop into Bega Library or Tura Marrang Library and create a beautiful lantern to light up the night sky. Book online at begavalley.events.mylibrary.digital Phone the library on 6499 2127 For more information on the Lantern Walk visit: https://merimbulajazz.org.au/lantern-walk/

Bega Valley Shire Library is celebrating the completion of the courtyard upgrade at Tura Marrang Library.  With funding received from the State Library of NSW  Infrastructure Grants program, the courtyard has been revitalised and provides a wonderful new area for working, playing and relaxing. The upgrade took 10 months to complete and includes new garden plantings in raised garden beds, a large feature tree which will grow to provide shade and green space, a wave shade structure, new outdoor furniture, corton decorator panels and a Masterkidz STEM outdoor activity wall complete with soft fall mats.  Come along to our opening event on Saturday 10 June, 10am to 12:15pm.  There are plenty of events scheduled to keep the whole family happy: Free sausage sizzle and face painting. Make a lantern family drop in workshop for the Merimbula Lakeside Walk on Saturday evening. Performances of Shakespeare's sonnets. Dr Kai Jensen will perform the sonnets...

  Australia’s most beloved celebration of literature, stories and ideas. South East Arts and Bega Valley Shire Library present a LIVESTREAM of the  Sydney Writers’ Festival sessions . Join us for one of Australia’s most loved forums for literature, ideas and storytelling.  Find out more information by clicking READ MORE and following the link to the event info page .

Libraries are running a full program of great activities this Autumn. Programs for adults and lots of school holiday events. You can read all about it by clicking READ MORE and then clicking  here

  In early 2022, Bega Valley Shire Library received funding from the NSW State Library Infrastructure grant to update the outdoor courtyard area @ Tura Marrang Library. As part of the project, we are delighted to announce that the new outdoor children’s area is ready for action, complete with soft fall matts, children’s seating and  STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) activity wall. The new Masterkidz STEM WALL® provides endless opportunities for open-ended discovery learning. The system is designed for all children from 3 years onwards. You can read more here