Photographic Workshop
Learn to get the most from your digital camera using Photoshop. Bring your digital camera along.
Ages 8-14. Cost $5. Bookings essential. Limit 10.
East Maitland Library: Friday, January 23 between 10.30am and noon.
Scrapbooking Workshop
Make your own scrapbook page or card to take home. Bring your favourite holiday photo to cut up and display.
Ages 7-15. Cost $5. Bookings essential. Limit 15 per session.
East Maitland Library: Tuesday, January 20 between 10.30am and noon.
Maitland Library: Wednesday, January 21 between 10.30am and noon.
JD's World of Magic Workshop
Joel the magician has even more tricks up his sleeve, but this time he'll show you how to do the magic!
Ages 6-14. Cost $5. Bookings essential.
East Maitland Library: Wednesday, January 21 between 2.30pm and 3.30pm.
JD's World of Magic Show
Ages 4-14. Cost $5. Bookings essential.
Thornton Library: Wednesday, January 21 between 10.30am and 11.30am.
Journal Workshop
Decorate a journal using scrap booking and collage techiniques. Materials provided.
Ages 5-15. Cost $5. Bookings essential. Limit 15.
Thornton Library: Friday, January 16 between 2.30pm and 3.30pm.
Storytime at Thornton Library
Enjoy stories, craft and a short movie showcasing popular children's authors.
Ages up to 10. Free. Bookings not necessary.
Thornton Library: Tuesday, January 13 between 10.30am and 11.30am.
Creative Keepsake Boxes Workshop
Make your own wonderful keepsake boxes. Ages 6-14. Cost $5. Bookings essential. Limit 15 per session.
Rutherford Library: Thursday, January 22 between 2.30pm and 3.30pm.
Phone (02) 49328730.
Memory Wire Bracelet Workshop
have fun making your own beaded bracelet to take home.
Ages 8-15. Cost $5. Bookings essential. Limit 15 per session.
East Maitland Library: Thursday, January 8 between 2.30pm and 3.30pm.
Rutherford Library: Monday, January 19 between 2.30pm and 3.30pm.
Pipsqueak
In this special program for little ones, parents and their children lean about selected artworks from Maitland Regional Art Gallery's collection. The focus will be on birds and children can create their own quirky, cute and colourful kid-sized wings before flying home.
Ages 2-7. Cost $5. Bookings Essential. Limit 15 per session.
'Floating on a Sea of Stories' Peformance
A delightful performance about the sea and the creatures that dwell above and below it.
Ages 3-10. Cost $5. Bookings essential. Limit 40 per session.
Maitland Library: Wednesday, January 14 between 10.30am and 11.30am.
Rutherford Library: Wednesday, January 14 between 2.30pm and 3.30pm.
Plaster Painting Workshop
Paint and decorate pre-cast plaster plaques in a variety of shapes; all materials provided.
Ages 3-10. Cost $3. Bookings essential, limit 15.
Rutherford Library: Monday, January 12 between 2.30pm and 3.30pm.
East Maitland Library: Tuesday, January 13 between 10.30am and 11.30am.
Maitland Library: Monday, January 19 between 10.30am and 11.30am.
$2 Book Fair
Book Fair at Newcastle Community Arts Centre
Thousands of secondhand books including modern fiction, childrens, literature, cooking and gardening, humanities etc. A great range for all readers, collectors and resellers.
All at two dollars each.
Opens Friday evening at 6pm on the 28th November 2008.
Runs Saturday and Sunday from 9-5pm
Entry is Free
Poetry Workshop - New Angles and Directions
Jan Owen, 2008 Newcastle Poetry Prize Judge, will be presenting a special workshop at the Hunter Writers Centre in November.
New Angles and Directions: poems and prose poems with Jan Owen
Literary Award Winners Announced
Local poets have taken out the major awards in the 2008 Lake Macquarie Literary Award (formerly Roland Robinson Literary Award), with Kylie Rose winning first prize for her poem Bluebottles.
Bluebottles focuses on the relationship between mother and child while something much darker simmers under the surface. In 2006, Kylie received second prize in the Roland Robinson Literary Award for her poem Shark Egg. She is currently collaborating with poets and composers on a project commissioned by the Hunter Writers Centre.
The inaugural Roland Robinson Local Poet’s prize went to Martinsville poet, Magdalena Ball, for her poem Grandpa’s Birds.
Australia's Independent Booksellers Announce Short List of Winners for the "Indie" Award.
Australia's independent booksellers have selected the four listed titles for their major new prize, The Indie Award. The $19 000 prize will honour an Australian author for the best book of the past 12 months, with the winner to be chosen by independent booksellers and announced on Monday 6th October 2008.
The four shortlisted titles for the inaugral Indie Award are:
Debut Fiction: Addition by Toni Jordan.
Fiction: Breath by Tim Winton
Non-Fiction: American Journeys by Don Watson
Children's Book: Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
Aerial Photographs Newcastle 1944-2008
A pictorial history of Newcastle from 1944-2008, as seen from the air! The aerial photographs provide an accurate historical record of development and land use in the Newcastle Local Government Area. The current digital aerial photographs are used to provide invaluable information on the built environment of Newcastle.
Author Visit - Michael Robotham
Michael Robotham is one of Australia's most widely read crime writers. His three novels have won awards and been translated into more than 20 languages. His first novel The Suspect sold more than one million copies worldwide. His latest novel is Shatter.
Venue: Lovett Gallery, 2nd Floor, Laman St, Newcastle
Time: Workshop for HSC students 11.30am-12.30pm
Wacky Wombat Playtime - Wallsend District Library
Puppets, songs, craft and games for kids under 5. Wallsend District Library Time: 10.30am Duration: 45 mins. Cost: $3.00 per child www.ncc.nsw.gov.au/discover_newcastle/visit_our_libraries/exhibitions
Wacky Wombat Playtime - Stockton Library
Puppets, songs, craft and games for kids under 5. Stockton Library Time: 10.30am Duration: 45 mins.
Storytime - Beresfield Library
Beresfield Library Time: 10.30am Duration: 40 mins. Cost: Free www.ncc.nsw.gov.au/discover_newcastle/visit_our_libraries/exhibitions
