November 2023 

Newsletter

Welcome to our November 2023 Newsletter!

Last month was a busy one and we would like to thank everyone who came along to see, listen, laugh, paint, create and engage at the October School Holiday activities, the author events, our second Mini Makers Market and the many other activities we had on offer.

Read on and check out the range of regular and one-off events and activities we will be offering this month.

Speechie Story Time

Do you have a child between 0-5 years old?

Would you like to help develop their language and literacy skills?

Listening, understanding, and speaking skills are important for good literacy. Speech pathologists work with children and families to help build the foundations on which literacy skills develop and help support a healthy transition into literacy.

Meet your local speech pathologist, enjoy a reading of one of Speech Pathology Australia’s Book of the Year 2023 winning books, and find out more about how you can support your child’s language and literacy development at home.

Families are invited to stay and join in with some fun craft activities afterwards.

Wednesday 15 November 2023

10:30am - 11:30am

FREE EVENT

Senior Moments 

Come along and enjoy the antics and insights from the Acting Out Troupe, about the ‘autumn of one’s life’, shared through poems, plays and monologues.

Acting Out Troupe is a local hills group of active and passionate senior women who have come together to share their love for theatre, creativity and of life itself, and an aim to deliver a feel-good experience and social connection in the community by providing entertainment for various audiences. The group has been directed by Anne Marie Serrano.

Tuesday 21 November 2023

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Tickets $5 plus booking fee

Cheese and wine included

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

Judith Lees In Conversation 

Join us as Adelaide Hills local Judith Lees chats about her new murder mystery novel, The Dispatch with Tanya Lyons.

A wonderful murder mystery with numerous twists and turns: The cheerful butchers are not always what they seem. I’m hesitant to enter the cold room again! -- A Local Butcher’s Wife.

Detective Dean Matthews is back on the force and he needs to solve this intriguing murder mystery. A mystery of life, love and revenge. Someone is killing the butchers in the Adelaide Hills. The peaceful Adelaide Hills town of Ashcombe, still reeling from the murder of its local baker, is once again a major crime scene when the local butcher is found dead in his cool room!

Tuesday 28 November 2023

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Tickets $5 plus booking fee

Cheese and wine included

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL

Start Your Own Book Club

Do you and your friends love reading? Have you ever wanted to form your own book club but don’t know where to start?

The library has recently set up a collection of sets of books for library customers who would like to set up and run their own book club with a group of friends, work colleagues or perhaps family members.

Currently, there are nine sets available, with the following guidelines:

-          the sets are available to adults with fully library membership

-          the books are to be borrowed as a set, all 8 or10 at a time, even if your book club has less members

-          each set contains an information booklet with tips on how to run a book club

The library also has a number of book clubs that meet once a month at the library.

If you would like more information about the book club options available through the library, ring 8393 6400.

Christmas Card Competition

CALLING ALL ARTISTS!

Design your own Christmas card for a chance to win a Christmas surprise!

Collect your blank card and entry form from the service desk and return your completed design to Mount Barker Community Library by Saturday 25 November.

Cards will be delivered and shared with the elderly residents of the Mount Barker District Council community to spread the joy of the festive season. 

The Inky Fingers Comic Gang

Do you have kids who have an interest in creating characters and comics, and want to learn more?

Get them to join the popular Inky Fingers Comic Gang - a monthly comic group led by Adelaide comics artist, Georgina Chadderton (aka George Rex Comics).

Back by popular demand, the gang will be meeting on the third Monday of the month

Suitable for ages 8-14 -- Open to all drawing levels -- All materials supplied.

Come along to both, or just to one of them.

The December workshop will be filled with Christmas inspiration!

4.00pm - 5.00pm

Monday 20 November & Monday 18 December 

$7 per session

Bookings Essential 

Cracker of a Christmas Coming Up!

 Our team is busy putting together a fun-filled program of Christmas themed events in the week before Christmas, and will share details soon. 

Bookings for all activities will go live on MONDAY 27 NOVEMBER, online at Eventbrite mbcl.eventbrite.com.au, so mark the date in your diary now.

Great Christmas Reads....

...check out and reserve more great Christmas eBooks, books, DVDs and CDs via our online catalogue

Hairy Maclary Story Time

Join us for Story Time with your little ones, during the month of November and enjoy the timeless and well-loved books by Lynley Dodd including the many adventures of loveable and mischievous Hairy Maclary.

Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays

10.30am

Suitable for children 2 - 5 years of age

BOOKINGS NOT REQUIRED

 Forty Favours the Brave

By Lise Carlaw, Sarah Wills

From the creators of the hit podcast FORTY come musings, advice and real-life stories on the highs, lows and unexpected delight of life in your forties in Forty Favours the Brave.

In their first book, Lise and Sarah, along with women from all walks of life, share insightful tales about entering their forties and beyond: the lessons learned, heartbreaks survived, things they wish they’d known, relationship changes, confidence gained … and the surprising, wondrous joy of life in its second act.  Brimming with wit, honesty and relatable ‘aha!’ moments, Forty Favours the Brave is the ultimate coming-of-age read for any woman approaching (or in) her 40s. This book will make you laugh and cry. It is full of funny and relatable stories of two beautiful friends.

Recommended by Staff member Susan

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