ADELAIDE WRITERS' WEEK

LIVE STREAMING

Enjoy the experience of Adelaide Writers' Week from the comfort of your local library.  Aldinga library will be live streaming the east stage from 9.30am to 5pm Wednesday 6 March.  

See who will be gracing the stage here.

INVENTION CONVENTION TODAY!

Join us for tinkering, technology, inventing and fun!

BABYTIME  -  TODDLERTIME  -  STORYTIME

All the good times start up again next week.  

What's on and when?

📚 SUMMER READING BINGO 📚

Want to read more?  Stuck in a reading rut and don't know what to do?  

Challenge yourself and read something different.  

Get involved with Summer Reading Bingo at Onkaparinga libraries.  

Tick of as many squares as you can and enter the free draw for a book pack.

Remember to ask staff about their favourites and recommendations.  

Pick up a bingo sheet and enjoy your reading.

New opening hours

Pick up a copy of the new library hours.  Changes start Wednesday 2 January 2019.

On this day the "Thriller" single by Michael Jackson was released.  Request this book about the stories behind the songs here

*-*-* BOOK SALE *-*-*

On now!

BOOK WEEK WINNERS!

So do you agree with the judges' decisions?  Staff are so disappointed that Mopoke by Philip Bunting didn't make the winner's podium.  Definitely a favourite here.

CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK 2018

Stay tuned ... winners will be announced tomorrow!  

Are you as excited as we are?

TORMENT Teaser #1: WAR

Request a copy of "Torment" by Lauren Kate. Book 2 in the Fallen series.

Eco Warriors

Join us for school holiday activities at Aldinga Library

Stories and craft sessions for children aged 5 - 12 years.

• Monday 12 April 10.30 am - 12 noon
• Friday 16 April 10.30 am - 12 noon

Listen to some fun stories and create a froggy masterpiece.
Parental supervision is essential for all children attending this activity.


Aged 9-14 years?
Friday 16 April 2.00 pm
Learn about amazing frogs in your local area. Listen to their unique calls and find out more about the EPA fog census.
Parental supervision is essential for all children attending this event.

Book now!

Herbs & Succulents

Come a learn about herbs and succulents! Lorraine Thompson from hillside Herbs at McLaren Vale will be sharing a wealth of information about these plants.

Join the Friends of the Willunga and Aldinga Libraries at the Willunga Hub on Friday 12 March from 1.30 pm. Plants are available on the day and afternoon tea will be provided.

Library Lovers Week 8 - 14 February

Books are read,
library cards are blue.
We have some special treats
just for you!

Valentine's Day is Sunday 14 February and libraries are celebrating it all week. We have renamed it Library Lovers Week.

Blind dates are available again this year. You may take home a bit of action and adventure, historical fiction, a saga, science fiction, a memoir, armchair travels, a western, teenage fiction or even a bit of romance. Go on, be daring and take a blind date home and let us know all about it.


If you like a bit of romance then enter the Romantic Reading Challenge. Just read a book that you consider is romantic, find it on the library catalogue and review it online using LibraryThing. Register your details on the Romantic Reading Challenge site to enter the draw to win a $80 voucher for a dinner for two at the White Dove Restaurant.

Here are a few sites to explore.
All recommended for the Romantic Reading Challenge.

The Romance Reader
Romance fiction - suite 101
Reader's Advice
Paranormal Romance
Paranormal Romance Writers
Chick Lit Romance Writers
Historical Romance Writers
The Good Ton - Regency Romance
Romantic Science Fiction & Fantasy Novels


Or just declare your love for your library on the heart shaped slips available at the front desk.

Games Galore!

Come along and play board games, card games, GIANT floor games and make your own game too.

Aldinga Library
Tuesday 19 January, 10 am - 12 pm and
Thursday 21 January, 2 - 4 pm.

Willunga Library
Wednesday 12 January, 1 - 3 pm and
Wednesday 20 January, 10 am - 12 pm.

Bookings are essential and adult supervision is required.

Read on the wild side!

Are you ready to Read on the Wild Side? Yes? Then become a member of the Summer Reading Club.

The Club is from Saturday 5 December 2009 - Friday 12 February 2010. The Club is open to children aged up to 16 years. Children must be a member of the City of Onkaparinga Libraries to register.

Children may register online or visit a library and staff will assist with the registration. A reading record may be completed either online or on a sheet available at the libraries.

Why be a part of the Summer Reading Club?

• it's fun
• prizes for every 3rd, 6th and 10th book read
• random prize draws
• there are different activity sheets each week - available in the libraries and online
• write and read book reviews online
• receive 10 points per item borrowed - double points on Fridays!
• receive 100 points for writing book reviews

Points? Points are for the special auction held after the school holidays. Points will be used to bid for items in the auction. There are lucky dips for children under the age of 5. The auction will be at the Arts Centre, Port Noarlunga on Sunday 28 February 2010 from 12 noon.

Participants who read at least 10 books will be entered into a state-wide prize draw too.

For more information please contact your local City of Onkaparinga Library.

Mayor's Christmas Tree

The Mayor's Christmas Tree will be in the Aldinga Library again this year. From 30 November - 11 December donations of gifts may be left under the tree.

Gifts are not required to be wrapped. Anglicare and the Salvation Army will be distributing the gifts.

Where the wild things are!

Do you remember travelling with Max to the land where the wild things are? Did you gnash your terrible teeth and roar your terrible roar? This wonderful children's classic by Maurice Sendak will now be released as a movie.

Tickets for a pre-release movie screening are available from all City of Onkaparinga Libraries for $9.50. The preview is scheduled for Wednesday 2 December 2009 at 7 pm. Wallis Cinemas, Noarlunga Centre, David Witton Drive, Noarlunga.

Here's a snippet ...

Craft Demonstration

The Friends of Willunga and Aldinga Libraries invite you to a quilting and craft demonstration. Karen Bennet from "The Sewing Sanctuary" at Snapper Point will use fabric, buttons and beads to create small Christmas presents and decorations.

Join us in the Aldinga Community Room
13 November, 1.30 - 3.30 pm.

Twilight and New Moon movie marathon

Where? Wallis Cinema Centre - Noarlunga Centre
When? Wednesday 18 November 2009
Twilight (rated M) 9:30 pm $8.50
New Moon (rated TBC) 12.01 am $9.50

There are still tickets left for this movie marathon. Tickets are available from all City of Onkaparinga Libraries. Purchase a ticket and enter the draw for an autographed Twilight photo.

Here's a sneak preview ....

Libraries that deliver

Houston Public Library delivers to your door .... well, your car door. This initiative is a result of "parking challenged" libraries.

Library patrons are able to reserve items via an on-line catalogue and are then notified when they are ready for collection. Here's the twist, patrons call the library and provide a description of their cars and their borrower details. Staff collect the requested items and deliver to the patron waiting in their car.

No, fries are not part of the service. Full story here.