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Adelaide City Libraries

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: (08) 8203 7990

Address: Level 3 Rundle Place Adelaide 5000 Adelaide, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.cityofadelaide.com.au/library

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25.01.2022 Join Marianne for another wonderful Online Storytime! Today she is reading Skippyjon Jones, by Judith Byron Schachner.

25.01.2022 Isn’t it lovely to read in the library? Celebrate #ReadingHour in City Library’s very own reading nook! Pull up a socially-distanced chair and spend some time reading today. You can also share a favourite book to our board! #SouthAustraliaReads #AustraliaReads #LibrariesSAOneCard #AustraliaReadsAtHome #SouthAustraliaReadsAtHome

25.01.2022 Together We Read starts today! This digital book club gives you access to a selected book with no waiting periods this month, its The Van Apfel Girls are Gone by Felicity McLean. Use the hashtag #TogetherWeRead to join the discussion on social media, visit https://togetherweread.com/aunz/ for discussion questions, or head straight to our virtual library to borrow the book: https://sapln.overdrive.com/media/4295501 Part mystery, part coming of age story, The Van Apfel G...irls are Gone is set in a distant suburb on the encroaching bushland, over the long hot summer of 1992. Blackly comic, sharply observed and wonderfully endearing, this is Picnic at Hanging Rock for a new generation, a haunting coming-of-age story with a shimmering, unexplained mystery at its heart. OverDrive for Libraries

25.01.2022 Join us for Read Aloud as we go 'Out Bush' and explore anecdotes from 'Flynn of the Inland.' A biography by Ion Idriess of John Flynn, founder of the Royal Flying Doctors service.

25.01.2022 What is your favourite float at the Adelaide Christmas Pageant? Come on a trip back in time to discover Treasure of Pageants Past. Join exhibition curator Polly Dance for a tour and talk through the display, beginning at Adelaide Town Hall and concluding at City Library. Rediscover the magic of the pageant with floats, photography, costumes, props and artworks from the pageant's 88 year history. Bookings essential. Comfortable footwear recommended: https://bit.ly/39JWWC7

24.01.2022 Here's Jo with a fun experiment making a paper helicopter! Would you like to try this at home? Get the template here: https://www.papertoys.com/spinning-helicopter.htm

24.01.2022 Tune in as Ariana reads 'I'm a Dirty Dinosaur' by Janeen Brian.

24.01.2022 It's Duplo time! Join us as we build with big Lego for little kids.

24.01.2022 Please join us for another exciting installment of Up in the Air!

24.01.2022 It’s #NationalNutritionWeek, so celebrate with nourishment! Drop into City Library on Wednesday 14 October, or Hutt Street Library on Friday 16 October, for Nutrition Week: Nourishing Table. Rebecca Greco from Nourish Adelaide will chat about healthy eating, wholesome foods and nutrition facts - plus there's a free raffle!

23.01.2022 Looking for some festive activities this December? Check out the Treasure of Pageants Past Exhibition! Hunt for hidden treasures and relive the magic of pageants past at the Adelaide Town Hall and City Library this festive season. This dual-site exhibition features Adelaide Christmas Pageant floats, float designs and small-scale models, artworks, photography, costumes, props and archives from its 88-year history as a South Australian icon.

23.01.2022 Explore the natural world with our online programs next week! Storytime is all about Sunny Days, Science Club is Defying Physics and Lego Club is heading Under the Sea. Plus, the winner of the Man Booker Prize will be announced next week, so join us as Read Aloud takes another dive though the shortlist! We also have a special #NAIDOCWeek storytime on Sunday! Catch us live on Facebook, check out our videos tab for past live streams, or head to our website for even more fun online programs: https://bit.ly/30dX73L

22.01.2022 Please join us as Nick reads from the classic A Tale of Two Cities!

22.01.2022 Join Gemma for an aquatic Lego Club as she builds creatures from under the sea!

22.01.2022 Couldnt you use a little Flamboyance in your life? Coming up this Friday, were hosting the Flamboyance Crochet Workshop. Learn to crochet a flamingo for our upcoming Feast Festival exhibition! Places are fully booked, but never fear you can still join the fun by contacting Access2Arts and requesting a make-at-home crochet pack. Follow the pattern and send in your flamingo to be part of the Flamboyance!

21.01.2022 Congratulations to Douglas Stuart, whose debut novel ‘Shuggie Bain’ has won the 52nd Booker Prize!

20.01.2022 For #StaffPicks this year, Nick’s going with a true classic ‘Great Expectations’ by Charles Dickens. Nick’s pitch for why you should pick it up? It has all the joy, colour, texture and character of the Victorian era. Following the character arc of Pip takes you on an amazing journey. We’ve got this one in every format you can imagine eBook, audiobook, paperback, leatherbound, Large Print, DVD and even a Dyslexic Print edition! Borrow your copy, your way: https://bit.ly/3larrEO

18.01.2022 Looking for some new reading ideas for your kids? The Children’s Book Council of Australia has announced its list of Notable Books for 2021. There are shortlisted books in every category and for every age. Check it out...

18.01.2022 Heres Angus Bennett with his life-sized self-portrait, part of SALA at City Library - I am AWE-tistic. Angus says: I like making art because I get to make worlds and characters and whatever I like I love getting things in my head onto paper or in a picture and showing people what I am thinking about or what I want to be doing. Making art makes me feel calm and satisfied when I finish it. When I am making, I feel focused and happy.

18.01.2022 The City Library chute is currently out of order. We are waiting on a replacement part, and hope to have the chute back on its feet as soon as possible! Until then, please use an alternative return location: - During City Library opening hours, you can pop up to level 3 to return your books and say hi! - 24/7 chutes are also available in the city at 235 Hutt St and 176 Tynte St, or at your local Libraries SA branch.

17.01.2022 Libraries are amazing! Check out this great article from Kiddo Mag about all the amazing things you can find in your local Libraries SA library! And can you spot the cameo from the Adelaide City Libraries?

16.01.2022 Get customised book recommendations through our online catalogue! Just search for a book and click the Additional Info and Reading Suggestions tab, and well give you similar authors and series to try. You can also read reviews by other readers or write your own! Give it a try today: https://onecard.network/client/en_AU/adelaide

15.01.2022 September is #LibraryCardSignUpMonth, and even Rundle Mall's icons are getting in on the action! The Adelaide City Libraries are free to join, and your card connects you to over 3 million items across 130 public libraries in South Australia! Youll also have access to our amazing Virtual Library, which includes eBooks, digital magazines, movie and music streaming services, and all kinds of learning tools. Keen to join? Its easy! Head to our website for all the details and sign up today! https://bit.ly/32VItk4

15.01.2022 Blake’s choice for #StaffPicks this year is from our Freegal music streaming service Fiona Apple’s ‘Fetch the Bolt Cutters’. This was my comfort from the COVID craziness. A blend of mantras to live by and deeply personal lyrics warts and all in a raw and often unpolished form. Stream it for free on the Freegal App now! You can play it on the bus, the car, the kitchen - in fact, just about anywhere: https://adelaideau.freegalmusic.com/home

15.01.2022 The books we read can shape us and make us who we are. What books have left their stamp on you?

15.01.2022 Check out this piece by our ART WORKS Writer in Residence - Susan Charlton discussing art, colour and technique with Jasmine Ann Dixon.

15.01.2022 Looking for something spooky to read this October? Why not check out some of the best gothic novels! Perfect for a Halloween at home, curled up on the couch with a haunting read. Head to our catalogue and get requesting! https://onecard.network/client/en_AU/adelaide

14.01.2022 Join Yuan for a bilingual storytime in English and Mandarin, as she reads 'Shapes of Australia' by Bronwyn Bancroft.

14.01.2022 Were celebrating the Nature Festival at City Library, with Nature Festival - Connection to Country! Karrl Smith, or as he is known by his Kaurna name, Tamaru, will present an engaging discussion of Kaurnas relationship with their land, and how it impacts spiritual and cultural health and wellbeing.

13.01.2022 Have fun exploring the wonderful workings of light with LEDs!

13.01.2022 The shortlist for the 2020 Booker prize has been announced! This year's lineup is the most diverse in the prize's history. There's also four debuts in the mix! Check out the full shortlist: https://bit.ly/3myYbJL

13.01.2022 Join Grace for Lego Club as she make some fantastic dinosaurs!

13.01.2022 Join Yuan as she helps our robot friend, Cozmo, navigate through a maze made of LEGO!

12.01.2022 What's On next week? Our Online Programs continue from Monday 21 to Saturday 26 September at the Adelaide City Libraries. Catch us live on Facebook for Science Club, Read Aloud, Storytime and LEGO Club or check out our videos tab for past live streams. You can also head to our website for even more fun online programs: https://bit.ly/30dX73L See you online. :)

12.01.2022 Check out Adelady's amazing video tour of all the fun and freeeee things you can do at your library!

12.01.2022 Jane Austen's classic of the classics

11.01.2022 Buckle up, library lovers, because the Recycled Reads Week-Long Mega Book Sale is here! And have we got a deal for you Bring a Bag and Fill it for $5! Yes, any bag. Yes, completely full! Now is the time to BAG A BARGAIN! (EFTPOS only, no cash) Head to City Library, Hutt Street Library or North Adelaide Library, and give some pre-loved books a good home

11.01.2022 While Adelaide City Library centres remain temporarily closed, remember you can visit us online and enjoy some of our resources: Our Virtual Library includes thousands of free e-books, magazines, movies, music and loads more. There is something for everyone! It’s super easy to use with your Adelaide City Library membership number. Not a member? Join online today. A diverse range of our Online Programs are available to view here on Facebook and our website.... A few important things to note: If you have existing loans, these have now been extended until 6 January 2021. So please hold on to your items until we reopen as all our chutes are closed. Holds have been extended for 3 weeks. Stay tuned for regular updates on our website and social media for any service changes. If you have any questions, please contact the library service on 8203 7990 during business hours or email [email protected] Stay safe and we look forward to welcoming you back into the centres when we reopen.

11.01.2022 Join Cate for an adorable storytime with 'The Pigeon Wants a Puppy' by Mo Willems.

10.01.2022 Celebrate the Nature Festival and build along at home as we make springtime flowers with LEGO!

10.01.2022 Did you miss Look Up and Build Your Brain in the City Library last week? Now you can catch up digitally! Hear from the fascinating Dr Fiona Kerr, founder of the NeuroTech Institute, about the art and science of looking up. Find out what happens to your neurons as you begin to focus on each other, and on the world around you.

10.01.2022 With the holiday season fast approaching, why not make someone’s holiday a little brighter? Give the Gift of Reading is back for 2020! We will be taking donations of new children’s and teen books at all Adelaide City Libraries throughout the rest of November and December, which will be distributed by our charity partners Anglicare SA and HYPA! Help share the love of reading this festive season!

10.01.2022 Discover how to fold this fun origami creation to play with your friends!

10.01.2022 Want to know what everyone was reading in 2020? We have crunched the numbers and we are excited to reveal the Top Ten Most Borrowed Adult Fiction titles of 2020 for the Adelaide City Libraries! How many have you read? Request them today: https://bit.ly/3qI4j4t Top 10 Most Borrowed Adult Fiction: 1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 2. Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton... 3. Normal People by Sally Rooney 4. Blue Moon by Lee Child 5. The Weekend by Charlotte Wood 6. The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams 7. The Long Call by Ann Cleeves 8. The Wife and the Widow by Christian White 9. The Yield by Tara June Winch 10. Past Tense by Lee Child See more

10.01.2022 Thank you so much to the artists and curator of SALA at City Library - I am AWE-tistic! It's been an absolute joy to host this exhibition at City Library. As the exhibition nears its end, we wanted to share this slideshow of images from the opening night!

10.01.2022 Join Carly as she reads 'Neither', by Airlie Anderson

10.01.2022 Please join Justin as he rambles over the wonderful topic of walking!

09.01.2022 Join us at the City Library to celebrate live music, with this month’s artist: Baby mo! Take a stroll down to the Francis Street Laneway on Friday 22 January and hear her versatile, soul-hitting voice. Baby mo is a singer, songwriter, and local street performer whose passion for music and performance is what pushed her from SoundCloud uploads to singing in pubs, weddings, and events around Adelaide. Baby mo enjoys writing music that combines her love of rock, pop and RnB.

09.01.2022 Join Dave and Ashley as they clown around with gravity.

09.01.2022 Join us next week for some more fascinating online programs! Read Aloud will walk with Charles Dickens, Storytime is wondering about the weather, and Science Club is looking at how playdough works! Plus, Lego Club is getting into the spirit of the season with Celebrations! Catch us live on Facebook, check out our videos tab for past live streams, or head to our website for even more fun online programs: https://bit.ly/30dX73L

08.01.2022 Join Belinda as she reads about how much she loves reading.

08.01.2022 Join Blake for a fun story time about all sorts of shapes. Squares and circles, triangles and stars your shape and my shape so many good shapes!

08.01.2022 Ben’s fave for #StaffPicks this year is a twist on the classic Sherlock Holmes series Warlock Holmes by GS Denning! As you can imagine there are supernatural elements to the usual Holmesian mysteries and Denning does this really well; very witty and some delightfully descriptive prose. ‘The Finality Problem’ is the most recent title, but you can request the whole series from our catalogue! https://bit.ly/3l60RwQ

08.01.2022 Join Kelly as she makes musical instruments with Lego!

08.01.2022 For a 2020 comfort read, Gemma’s #StaffPick is ‘Swordheart’ by T. Kingfisher. This is fantasy that made me snicker on the couch and read bits out loud to anyone who would listen. The characters are fantastically drawn, and I think this year I needed conflict that was less at the scale of ‘world-ending-apocalypse’, and more like ‘mean in-laws’. Request it today on Overdrive: https://sapln.overdrive.com/media/4413394

08.01.2022 Join Blake as he reads Mister Magnolia by Quentin Blake - a classic, exuberant rhyming story!

07.01.2022 Today, Blake's goal is to tell you why sport is fun! Join in as he reads The Bat Can Bat by Gene Barretta, and many more ace stories!

07.01.2022 It’s Mental Health Week an opportunity to have conversations with your friends, family and community about mental health and wellbeing. Here at the Adelaide City Libraries, we’re celebrating with Mindshare Group Exhibition, an annual, collaborative event showcasing South Australian artists living with mental health challenges. The exhibition is being displayed across all three library centres; today’s photos are from City Library! Drop in and check out the amazing works on display throughout October.

07.01.2022 Join the Science Club team as they create some colourful holiday playdough!

07.01.2022 Feeling blue today? Join us for Lego Club as we build all in one colour!

07.01.2022 Next week the fun continues with another suite of diverse Online Programs as we wrap up the School Holidays Science Club will explain how Pendulums work and LEGO Club will create Aliens and Monsters, Kids Corner will show you how to make your very own Thumbprint Family Tree! We will have two fascinating Read Aloud topics too we’ll be going ‘Out Bush’ this Saturday at 11am and on Wednesday we will revisit the ‘Speeches That Changed Our Lives.’ Tune in at the times above or check out these programs later on our Facebook videos tab, check out our playlists for a host of other fun and unique online programs anytime, anywhere: facebook.com/AdelaideLibrary/videos/

05.01.2022 Which books are coming to a screen near you in 2021? Check out these adaptations coming soon. What will be better the film or the book? :)

05.01.2022 Its time for the last workshop in our SALA Workshop Series: I am AWE-tistic! Kids aged 6 to 15 can enjoy this workshop as part of SALA Festival at the City Library, on Wednesday at 4pm. Book now: https://bit.ly/2Cknsp1 On Wednesday 23 September, be inspired by Mikalya Daveys work Brain-bow and make a collage of what you imagine it looks like inside your brain.

05.01.2022 Join Justin as he journeys through great British literary landscapes, reading from 'Britain by the Book' by Oliver Tearle.

05.01.2022 Join Vicki as she reads ‘Giraffes Can’t Dance’ by Giles Andreae, all about a giraffe with big dreams who learns to dance his own way.

04.01.2022 Join us next week for another exciting batch of Online Programs! Were going out there with Science Club, looking beyond the basic senses, and with Read Aloud, learning about xenobiology! Storytime will share books about equality, and Lego Club is all about loving Adelaide! Catch us live on Facebook, check out our videos tab for past live streams, or head to our website for even more fun online programs: https://bit.ly/30dX73L

04.01.2022 We are excited to let you know that, in keeping with the State Government’s advice, all Adelaide City Library Centres have reopened today, Monday 23 November 2020 at 10am, as per normal opening hours. Alternatively, you can continue to visit us online and enjoy the Virtual Library and Online Programs. To help protect our community, volunteers and staff, we would like to remind you about our conditions of entry:... Please do not visit if you are unwell or developing cold or flu-like symptoms - Keep 1.5 meters distance from others - Use sanitiser provided on entry or exit - Cover coughs and sneezes - Food or drinks are not allowed in the library We look forward to seeing you soon.

04.01.2022 Its Read an eBook day! Be a part of the festivities by checking out your favourite eBook from our Virtual Library. Post with #eBookLove to share why you love eBooks, or comment below and let us know what youre reading! Check out our ebook collection here: https://sapln.overdrive.com/ or download the Libby app to your device, and read an eBook today! OverDrive for Libraries

04.01.2022 Please join Amelita as she explores what it means to feel at Home.

04.01.2022 We’re going wild for #NationalNutritionWeek! On Thursday 15 October we're hosting Nutrition Week: Something Wild Native Food Workshop. Daniel Motlop, GM of Something Wild, the largest indigenous owned food and beverage company in Australia, will talk about the culture, history and background of native food.

03.01.2022 Vicki’s choice for this year’s #StaffPicks is ‘Greenwood’ by Michael Christie. If you love multi-generational family sagas and stories featuring our connection to the environment then you will love this amazing book featured at this year’s Adelaide Writers' Week. Well developed and interesting characters spanning multiple eras. I think this quote sums up the heart of the story 'What if a family isn’t a tree at all? What if it’s more like a forest?....sheltering each other from wind and weather and drought.' Grab the eBook today from our Virtual Library! https://sapln.overdrive.com/media/5030303 Scribe Publications

03.01.2022 Please join Terri and Elaine to discover the science in snow globes.

03.01.2022 As our SALA at City Library - I am AWE-tistic exhibition comes to a close, its been great to celebrate the artists who have brought so much colour and creativity into the library! For todays final artist feature, meet James Ford. James likes doing art because when there is nothing to do around the house, I usually grab my pencil case and paper, and start to draw stuff that I like I feel very happy when doing it, because even if the picture looks terrible or great, I have a crack at it and have fun along the way. If I could describe myself in one word, I would say that I am happy, happy that I enjoy drawing, happy that I can draw, paint, colour.

02.01.2022 Join Nick as he journeys along with Colin Thiele's South Australian classic 'Storm Boy' and other reads.

02.01.2022 We are thrilled to announce that once again City Library will be hosting a livestream of Adelaide Writers' Week. Amongst the tumult and challenges of the year that’s been, Writers Week’ is relieved and inspired to come together again to ask the big questions what just happened? What happens next? If it only happened on Zoom, did it really happen at all? Immerse yourself in the healing power of literature. This livestream has been a highly anticipated announcement for our ...community. Allowing those that are otherwise unable to make it to the main venue due to accessibility, COVID-19 restrictions or weather conditions, to be able to still experience this much loved event from the comfort of the City Library. You are invited to join us from Monday 1 March to Thursday 4 March, 10:00 am to 5:45 pm in Studio One at the City Library. See the schedule below for all the latest details including any changes due to unforeseen circumstances: https://www.adelaidefestival.com.au//writers-week-schedule/

01.01.2022 Are you a Serial Reader? An Eclectic Reader? An Exacting Reader? Check out this quiz and find out your reading personality!

01.01.2022 Philosophy café returns with a fascinating topic: Philosophy Cafe: The Nocebo Effect and Informed Consent. Join us at 6pm on Friday 18 September, as Dr David Hunter of the The University of Adelaide leads the discussion about medical ethics, informed consent and respect for autonomy.

01.01.2022 Tune in for Science Club as we show you how to make a Pendulum.