Christmas spirit

Aldinga Library staff would like to thank everyone who has generously left gifts under the Mayor's Christmas tree. The spirit of Christmas is certainly active in the community.

School holiday fun

Animal fun at my library,
goats and sheep, 'maah' and bleat.
Gosh, oh gee, we'll have fun,
when the piglets run, run, run!

In every library during the holidays,
snakes and lizards watching me.
I'll have fun dressing up
as a tigersaurusbutterflybilby.

Animal Capers at all City of Onkaparinga Libraries during the October school holidays. Animal crafts, games and fun galore!

Suitable for children aged 4-14 years. Parental supervision required. Please call your local library for more details.

Poetry unhinged two thousand and eight

The fourth Poetry Unhinged festival is an initiative of the City of Onkaparinga and the SA Writers' Centre. It started as an element of the SA Writers' Festival but soon took on a life of its own to become a biennial festival in its own right.

City of Onkaparinga Libraries are hosting a variety of events. See the full program here.

Books Alive 2008

Be involved with Books Alive 2008 and meet and hear two of Australia's greatest authors of crime thrillers, Kathryn Fox and Michael Robotham.

Books Alive is an Australian Government initiative developed through the Australia Council for the Arts.

City of Onkaparinga Libraries are proud to host these authors at the Arts Centre Port Noarlunga on Wednesday 27 August, 2:00 to 3:30 pm.

Please call a City of Onkaparinga Library to make a booking for this event and visit one of the branches to collect a copy of the guide, "50 books you can't put down".

Top 10s

Britain's Guardian newspaper publishes top 10 book lists by various people.

From Elise Valmorbida's top 10 books with a happy ending and Richard Gwyn's top 10 books in which things end badly, to Lara Fiegel's top 10 smelly books and Gemma Malley's top 10 dystopian novels for teenagers, there's sure to be a list for you.

Lists are added regularly.

Write an original sms poem. U must B 12-25 yrs + live, skool or work in the City of Onkaparinga. Use clva sms language and either text, email or post your poem entry. Remember to include your name, email, age & contact number with your entry.

Age categories: 12-15yrs, 16-18yrs, 19-25yrs $200 per age category.

Starts Monday 21 July 2008. Ends Friday 29 August 2008.

Winners will be announced at the Awards Night to be held on Thursday 11 September at Seaford Library.

A competition entry form is available for download or you can pick one up at your local City Of Onkaparinga library.