Kingston Library in Kingston, Tasmania, Australia | Government organisation

Kingston Library

Locality: Kingston, Tasmania, Australia

Phone: +61 3 6165 6208

Address: 11 Hutchins Street 7050 Kingston, TAS, Australia

Website: https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au

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24.01.2022 Plenty of end of year festivities plus more to wrap up 2020 in the What's On for December! Book in early to save a spot in events including: Free Film Screening - Bush Christmas (1983) starring Nicole Kidman in her film debut.... Music Month - A variety of musical performances throughout the month more info coming. An important conversation on multiculturalism in Kingborough @ Kingborough Community Hub, 10 December. Home Fire Safety with the Kingston Fire Brigade @ Kingston Library. A special Christmas Storytime followed by a craft activity. Plus our Summer Holiday Program AND a brand new Summer Reading Program coming later in the month! We’ve also included our What’s Online featuring a huge range of eResources that you can access from anywhere! Bookings available via Facebook, Eventbrite, by phone, email or in person. See you soon @ Kingston Library #LibrariesTasmania

23.01.2022 Conversations on a Multicultural Kingborough The Kingborough Mayor Dean Winter, is keen to hear from local migrant residents about how they would like Kingborough Council to include and celebrate the different cultures in our local community. Please join him at the Kingborough Community Hub, Goshawk Way, to take part in this conversation.... Jump across to our event for more information. #LibrariesTasmania

18.01.2022 FOLK BOOKSALE IS BACK!!! This Friday is our second last FOLK Booksale of the year! Kingston Library between 10am and 12pm, Friday 20 November. These could be the early Christmas presents you've been looking for. CASH ONLY!... #LibrariesTasmania

17.01.2022 Kingborough Robotics has a few vacancies on their Saturday Robotics classes. If your child is in to Lego and Robotics this is a great class for them exploring our more advanced Lego EV3's. For ages 10 plus. Kingborough Robotics is funded by the Tasmanian Community Fund and supported by Libraries Tasmania ... https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ev3-lego-mindstorms-10-15-yrs-

17.01.2022 They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning... We will remember them Lest we forget #RemembranceDay #WeRememberThem #LestWeForget Today marks 102 years since the Armistice that ended the First World War on 11 November 1918. At 11am the nation will pause for Remembrance Day. A minute's silence to honour members of armed forces who have died as a result of their service to their country. #RemembranceDay #WeRememberThem #LestWeForget #LibrariesTasmania Image by Roman Grac from Pixabay

15.01.2022 Two spots on this Saturday Robotics session with Chad from Kingborough Robotics :) Hurry as they fill quickly!

15.01.2022 Good morning everyone! We have a great film screening coming up tomorrow of Nicole Kidman's debut film, a Bush Christmas. Perfect for the start of December! If you would like to come along please enrol as we need to make sure we comply with COVID safe requirements. You can ring or email us, or click the link below :) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/film-screening-bush-christmas-

13.01.2022 How's this for an appropriate exhibition for MOvember? 'A photographic ROMP of moustaches'. Check it out in person or online, featured at the Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, Libraries Tasmania.... https://www.libraries.tas.gov.au/featu//underyournose.aspx This exhibition is brought to you by the Libraries Tasmania curatorial team (The Moustache Cooperative) in partnership with the Mobart MoBros. Please join us in raising awareness of, and supporting, men’s health and wellbeing by donating to the MoBros’ Movember appeal here: www.mobartmobros.com #movember #librariestasmania

09.01.2022 What amazing art works #LibrariesTasmania

08.01.2022 Special NAIDOC themed Storytime @ Kingston Library Today's Storytime will feature stories by Indigenous Australian authors to celebrate NAIDOC Week and our indigenous culture. We also have a great display of other indigenous themed items you can borrow or place on hold. Don't miss out on your spot!... Register below: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/storytime-thursdays-bookings-r #LibrariesTasmania #NAIDOCWeek #NAIDOC2020

08.01.2022 It is Trans Awareness Week. We have some fabulous books in our collection highlighting the journey of people in our trans and gender diverse community such as this one. Becoming Eve by Abby Stein. ... Abby Stein was raised in a Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn, profoundly isolated in a culture that lives according to the laws and practices of an eighteenth-century Eastern European enclave, speaking only Yiddish and Hebrew and shunning modern life. Stein was born as the first son in a rabbinical dynastic family, poised to become a leader of the next generation of Hasidic Jews. But Stein felt certain at a young age that she was a girl. Without access to TV or the internet, and never taught English, she suppressed her desire for a new body while looking for answers wherever she could find them, from forbidden religious texts to smuggled secular examinations of faith. Finally, she orchestrated a personal exodus from ultra-Orthodox manhood into mainstream femininity--a radical choice that forced her to leave her home, her family, and her way of life. The powerful coming-of-age story of an ultra-Orthodox child who was born to become a rabbinic leader and instead became a woman. Powerful in the truths it reveals about biology, culture, faith, and identity, Becoming Eve poses the enduring question: How far will you go to become the person you were meant to be? This is available and on shelf here at Kingston Library and also at Hobart Library. You can also place it on hold from anywhere in the State. https://stors.tas.gov.au/ILS/SD_ILS-1325079 To find out more about Trans Awareness Week 2020 you can visit the link below. https://www.theequalityproject.org.au//trans-awareness-wee #TransAwarenessWeek #LibrariesTasmania

07.01.2022 The Kingston Library English Conversation Group enjoyed an informative and hands-on visit from the local branch of the Tasmania Fire Service this week! They heard about all that the service does, and were able to ask questions on fire safety in the home, smoke alarms, burning off and other fire-safe topics. Thanks to Al from Tasmania Fire Service for coming along and sharing with the group @ Kingston Library ... #LibrariesTasmania

07.01.2022 Free infection control accredited training for eligible individuals. A great one to add to your resume

07.01.2022 We hope you will all have a chance to learn and share in the celebrations for NAIDOC Week. It is held from 8 - 15 November so please visit the NAIDOC Week website to check out events happening in your area. Always Was, Always Will Be recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years. At Kingston Library we have a great display of aboriginal authors featuring fiction, non fiction and picture books for you to take home. O...ur children also enjoyed a range of aboriginal stories and picture books in our Story Time session this week. We attended a celebration and afternoon tea at the new SETAC Centre at Kingston Beach and a Smoking Ceremony and NAIDOC Week celebration at West Winds, Woodbridge. We extend our respect and heartfelt thanks to the aboriginal community for their generosity and commitment in sharing their culture and stories with us. #alwayswasalwayswillbe #NAIDOC2020

06.01.2022 Happy World Kindness Day from all of us here at Kingston Library #kindnessmatters #WorldKindnessDay

06.01.2022 December Displays @ Kingston Library We are almost halfway through the month which means you are running out of time to check out these awesome displays! Island Imprints have amazing art, knitted garments and the process of producing the books 'Mountain' and 'Maria' published by Forty South Tasmania on display.... Some of these items are available to purchase through Island imprints. Shot Tower Tasmania Official is celebrating 150 years of the shot tower. We are lucky enough to have artworks and items on display from there collection. Visit this summer to climb to the top, check out the view, count how many steps and have a cuppa. Kingborough Chronicle are once again displaying 'A look back at 2020'. All the headlines from Kingborough in 2020, Kingston Library also makes an appearance! #LibrariesTasmania

05.01.2022 Are you interested in Botanical art works? We have an exciting newly acquired set of ‘The Endemic Flora of Tasmania’ at Kingston, a six volume book by Winifred Mary Curtis and Margaret Stones. It has been referred to as one of the foremost botanical publications of the 20th century." ... Unfortunately these volumes are reference items only and can not be borrowed. You can however view them in Kingston Library during opening hours. #LibrariesTasmania

05.01.2022 The Hearing Bus is coming back to Kingston Library! Hop aboard for a free hearing check with Hearing Australia. A hearing check is a screening that helps identify people that may have hearing loss. #LibrariesTasmania

04.01.2022 The 2020-21 Seasonal Produce Guide has been launched, showcasing Tasmania’s quality produce and encouraging locals and tourists to buy from local growers and businesses. Jump across to Fruit Growers Tasmania or click on the link below for more information. #LibrariesTasmania #tasmania

03.01.2022 A couple of last minute spots on Stop Go this afternoon. So. Much. Fun. Join the Kingborough Robotics team using Lego and some prehistoric friends for Dinovember Hit the book now button at the top of our Facebook page or browse events to enrol.... #LibrariesTasmania #dinovember

03.01.2022 Have your say on Park and Ride facilities and improved bus services in Kingborough! View the plans and fill out a survey online here: https://stategrowthtas.mys...ocialpinpoint.com/southernproject We have developed concept designs and we want to know what you think, to help inform the development of detailed designs. Consultation is open until Wednesday 2 December 2020. This project is part of the Southern Access suite of projects, under the Hobart City Deal.

03.01.2022 Limited spaces available for Monday's talk @ Kingston Library! Director, performer, writer and designer Robert Jarman has entertained, provoked and captivated theatre audiences not only in Tasmania but across Australia over the last three decades. Robert’s work has often featured at the Theatre Royal (Hobart). In 2000 Robert was awarded the Federation Medal for his services to Performing Arts.... What I did on my Pandemic is Robert’s contribution to the @burningdesirefestivalhobart an initiative to support performing artists currently running across a number of venues in Hobart. Part talk, part performance, part fund-raiser for his overseas peacekeeping deployment in 2021/22. #LibrariesTasmania

02.01.2022 Look at these gorgeous festive creations! We had a fabulous afternoon making Christmas Wreaths today with our adult and parent/child class. Thank you so much to all who came. Also thank you to our lovely staff who brought in foliage and helped pack and clean up #LibrariesTasmania

01.01.2022 What's On in November? All of this! Book in early to save a spot in events including: Free film screenings - Films made from books for Australia Reads.... An important meeting for migrants @ Kingborough Community Hub. Our new Adult Beginners Spelling Group, digital support classes, Book Chat, and Christmas wreath making @ Kingston Library. Get involved in Dinovember with the kids Plus lots more in our latest What's On. Check it out See you soon @ Kingston Library #LibrariesTasmania