Multicultural Cooking Class

Fortnightly Fridays 11 am - 12 noon via Zoom, next session 23 June

Welcome to this culinary extravaganza - a fun, informal, hands-on cooking class. Each class will be dedicated to one of the world's cuisines. Together in our next class we will be cooking Coconut Kaukau (Papua New Guinean Sweet Potato).

Board at the Library

Monthly, 4th Wednesday of the month, 6.30 - 8.30pm, next session 28 June

Get ready for an evening of fun and games at Waverley Library. Whether you're a seasoned gamer or a newcomer to the world of board games, there's something for everyone. Meet new people and test your strategic skills with games like Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, just to name a few.

IndigiGrow: Culture & Connection to Country

Wednesday 5 July, 6.30 - 7.30pm

Join Peter Cooley, CEO of IndigiGrow, to learn about local Aboriginal culture, connection to country and caring for country through endangered native plants & bush foods. Peter will share his story including vital work reviving the critically endangered Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub (ESBS) which is Sydney's original coastal plant community.

The Watchful Wife with Suzanne Leal

Tuesday 11 July, 6 - 7.30pm

Warm up and listen in as prize-winning author Suzanne Leal shares her brilliant new page-turner, The Watchful Wife at Waverley Library. How well do you know the person you love? In a world of swirling suspicion and accusations, Ellen will need to fight to prove her husband’s innocence. But what will that cost her? And what will she discover about him along the way?

Film screening for NAIDOC

Friday 14 July, 10am - 12pm

This gripping drama is set in the harsh Australian outback during the 19th century. It follows the story of a determined and resilient woman named Molly Johnson, who is left to fend for herself and her four children while her husband is away droving. Facing isolation and constant threats, her life takes a dramatic turn when an Indigenous man named Yadaka seeks refuge at her doorstep.

Beeswax Wraps Making Workshop

Wednesday 26 July, 6.30 - 8pm

Discover the versatility of beeswax wraps in this hands on workshop. Learn how to make and maintain your own beautiful, reusable and natural food wraps using beeswax, cotton fabric, and other natural ingredients. Whether you want to wrap your fruit and vegetables, keep food fresher for longer without the use of plastic or simply cover a bowl – beeswax wraps are the perfect fit.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Craft

Saturday 24 June, 10am - 2pm and 
Sunday 25 June, 2 - 4pm, 4 years+

Eric Carle’s books have delighted millions of young readers around the world, with their bright illustrations and engaging storylines. In honour of Eric Carle’s birthday, drop in to the Children's Library for a craft activity based on his bestselling book The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Author Talk: Jimmy Pozarik

Wednesday 12 July, 10.30 - 11am, 4 years+

Join author Jimmy Pozarik OAM as he presents an audio-visual version of his children’s book, The Giant Green Grape. Co-published with the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation, all profits from the sale of the book will be donated to the kids! This is a happy, funny, little bit sad, and then happy again story.

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Road to IELTS

This module provides the best possible preparation and practice for IELTS testing. It covers 4 skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking, and contains over 120 hours of interactive activities, advice videos from British Council experts, hints and tips on question types as well as downloadable practice tests.

Book: Freeing my family by Sadam Abdusalam & Michael Bradley

In a remote area of deserts and mountains, China has built the world's largest prison. The Uyghur population of Xinjiang is being systematically rounded up, with as many as a million citizens being held in detention. Sadam came to Australia as a political refugee, settling into the community and becoming a citizen. Then he returned to Xinjiang for a visit and met Nadila.

Book: Freedom, only freedom by Behrouz Boochani

Over six years of imprisonment on Australia's offshore migrant detention centre, the Kurdish Iranian journalist and writer Behrouz Boochani bore personal witness to the suffering and degradation inflicted on him and his fellow refugees, culminating eventually in his prize-winning book, which was painstakingly typed out in text messages while he was incarcerated.

Book: Where the water ends by Zoe Holman

An expansive account of the refugee crisis and the people at its heart. Around the world, forced migration doubled in the decade leading up to 2019. Over that time, the borders of the European Union became the world's deadliest frontier. More than 20,000 people have died or disappeared while attempting to gain entry since 2012, the year the EU was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Book: The hungry and the fat by Timur Vermes

Germany has imposed an upper limit on asylum seekers, and Europe's borders are closed. Beyond the Sahara, huge camps have been built for millions of people. When German star presenter visits the largest of the camps with MyTV, young refugee Lionel recognises a unique opportunity: to organise 150,000 refugees and set off on a march to Europe, in full view of the media.

Film: Limbo

Omar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request. Ben Sharrock’s film is a funny and poignant cross-cultural satire, that subtly sews together the hardship and hope of the refugee experience.

Film: Flee

Flee is a captivating documentary that delves into the extraordinary life of Amin Nawabi, a man who escaped war-torn Afghanistan as a child and embarked on a remarkable journey to find safety and a sense of belonging. This film combines hand-drawn animation with gripping interviews to tell Amin's personal story.

Graphic Novel: Parvana by Shelley Tanaka

This beautiful graphic-novel adaptation of the animated film, inspired by Deborah Ellis's beloved novel, tells the story of eleven-year-old Parvana. When soldiers burst into her home and drag her father off to prison, Parvana is forced to take responsibility for her whole family, dressing as a boy to make a living in the marketplace of Kabul, risking her life in the dangerous and volatile city.

Graphic Novel: Still Alive by Sardar Ahmed

Still alive documents the conditions, experiences and deprivations of Australia's system of mandatory and indefinite detention for asylum seekers and refugees. Drawing from Safdar Ahmed's experiences as a volunteer in Sydney's Villawood detention centre, it contains the testimony of refugees and workers in a system that is often decried by human rights organisations for its cruelty.