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Subiaco Library

Locality: Perth, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9237 9300

Address: 237 Rokeby Road 6008 Perth, WA, Australia

Website: www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/Our-community/Subiaco-Library

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25.01.2022 Happy New Year from Subiaco Library

25.01.2022 Events and programs are back at Subiaco Library! We are now taking bookings for Storytime, Baby Rhymetime and our adult book clubs so check out our website to book in for your favourite events!

24.01.2022 | Science Week | Next week is Science Week and to celebrate we are giving away take home experiments for little hands and young minds! Pick from four options: Super bubble solution Balloon powered car Magic beans... Oobleck Get in quick though, these packs are limited to one per child! See more

24.01.2022 Have you heard the news? We are hosting a special event as part of the Subi Lounge Series! Enjoy Nordic folk tunes from this Danish string quartet in this intimate lounge style event. Tickets are selling quickly with spaces limited so get in fast!

23.01.2022 Check out our opening hours for the festive season

23.01.2022 Looking for some weekend reading inspiration? Check out the most popular eAudiobooks and eBooks from last month on BorrowBox

22.01.2022 Have you heard about our summer reading challenge? The Western Suburbs Libraries have set up a summer reading challenge on the Beanstack App for young readers. Log your reading, earn badges and points and go in the draw to win some fantastic prizes! The challenge runs until Friday 29 January. If you need help downloading the app and setting it up check out our website: https://bit.ly/3gQTWa8

22.01.2022 Struggling for inspiration for the perfect short story for the 2020 Tim Winton Award for Young writers? Check out Rorys Story Cubes and see if they spark some creativity? Perhaps a Wizard lost at sea battling a mystical Sea King, or a Princess that was hypnotised and lead into a magical forest...

22.01.2022 Floras Salon are meeting again tonight, bring along your writing for some friendly feedback and a good chat! No bookings required!

22.01.2022 Have you entered the Connecting through Creativity competition run by Scribblers Festival?? Time is running out to get your creative visual art entries in for your chance to win $500!

21.01.2022 Another virtual Storytime is ready for your viewing pleasure. Join Neale, Scruffy and a special guest appearance from our old Rhymetime favourite Billy! Word of warning, this story is a bit on the nose!

21.01.2022 Join Neale and Scruffy for another virtual Storytime at home. Today Neale is reading the classic Mem Fox story, Where is the green sheep? Can you helpd Neale and Scruffy find the green sheep in this story?

20.01.2022 | Competition giveaway! | It is Plastic Free July and we are having a special giveaway of these eco-friendly goodies! To go in the draw to win like @SubacioLibrary on Facebook and comment your best plastic free living tip below. The best comment will win all the goodies pictured. Competition ends Friday 31 July, visit our website for T&Cs. https://www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/Special-/Terms-and-conditions

20.01.2022 Australians of all ages and from all walks of life to share and celebrate the joys of reading this month. Whether you’re picking up a book for the first time or your head is already stuck in one, there are plenty of books, activities and events as part of the Australia Reads festivities. Jump online and unwind, get inspired and find joy in books! From islands, blue shores, bushland to red heart Australia Reads. Featuring Judy Nunn, Peter Fitzsimons, Peter Helliar, Mich...ael Robotham, Dervla McTiernan, Tanya Plibersek, Andy Griffiths, Nikki Gemmell, Jimmy Barnes, Virginia Trioli, Mikey Robins and more. https://fb.me/e/1LlZxgeoq

18.01.2022 Happy Roald Dahl Day! Pop into Subiaco Library to borrow one of Roald Dahls classics and celebrate one of the worlds greatest storytellers.

18.01.2022 Congratulations to the winners of the Beanstack October reading challenge. Badges were earned, book reviews were written and oodles of books have been read. Eight year old Jeremiah Clausse Sy won the family pass to Scietech and six year old Ziggy Chan won the family pass to the zoo. Well done to all who joined in, keep an eye out for our Christmas Beanstack reading challenge, coming soon!

17.01.2022 Missing our book club? Why not join this global book club, reading The Darwin Affair by Tim Mason. Jump online and borrow the ebook through out online resources and join the discussion. Use #biglibraryread on social media for a chance to win a Samsung Galaxy Tablet. Check out the link below for more details!

17.01.2022 Interested in your family history? Subiaco Library members now have access to Ancestry Library Edition from home!

16.01.2022 Looking for some info on bin basics and how to recycle the right way? Check out this fantastic free event run by WMRC Waste Watchers

15.01.2022 Join Neale and Scruffy for another Subiaco Lirbary virtual Storytime. This time Neale is reading "A house of her own" by Jenny Hughes. What would your house look like if it was all yours? Maybe youd have a treehouse or live in a lighthouse?

15.01.2022 Social distancing going strong at Subiaco Library Were so happy to have our doors open and people back inside! Drop in to study, browse or read - wed love to see you!

15.01.2022 We love this reading challenge from Dymocks Subiaco a great way to dive into reading new books in 2021!

14.01.2022 Entries for the 2020 Tim Winton Award for Young Writers have closed and our judges are busy reading over 1350 stories from across the state! Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry, we are so happy to see stories from young people from all over WA. Finalists will be announced in late September so stay tuned!

14.01.2022 | School Holidays | Visit us during the school holidays to pick up your free Boredom Buster packs full of lots of fun activities and goodies to do at home and around Subiaco. Plant a sunflower Paint a pet rock Colour in a bookmark or even go on an adventure around Subiaco Hurry in, numbers are limited!!

13.01.2022 Happy Holidays from the City of Subiaco https://fb.watch/2pb_wU3Kjk/

13.01.2022 Congratulations to Ella the winner of our Classics reading competition over the winter school holidays! Ella was headed straight to Dymocks Subiaco to buy the new Wings of Fire book! Enjoy Ella

12.01.2022 Want a new pet without the fuss? How about a pet rock! Low maintenance, no need for walks or cleaning up. In our school holiday Boredom Buster packs you have your own pet rock to take home and decorate into the perfect little character for your home. Available at the front desk during school holidays while stocks last! Get in quick!

12.01.2022 Need some help with Zooming across the internet? Book in for next weeks Zoom it! Video Calling for novices Digication info session. Spots are filling up fast so get in quick!

12.01.2022 We just love the book cover challenge thats been all over social media lately, which one is your favourite??

12.01.2022 Check out all the exciting school holiday activities we have coming up later this month. Bookings are now open, get in quick to join us for some Lego making, a Pajama Storytime, Marble run and games club! https://bit.ly/2KuMVjj

12.01.2022 One week to go until entries close for the Tim Winton Award for Young Writers. If youre still stumped for inspiration see what you can conjure up with these Rorys Story Cubes

11.01.2022 Check out the free virtual events run by Australia Reads this month! https://fb.watch/1ziz3I6-9U/

11.01.2022 Tickets are booking up fast for Friday nights exhibition launch, drop into Subiaco Library to see the Wandana Portraits exhibition by Bee K C Tan on display until Sunday 31 January. https://bit.ly/3oSpjnB

11.01.2022 Enjoy another special virtual Storytime with Neale and Scruffy. Have you seen a giraffe today?

10.01.2022 Join Neale and Scruffy for another fantastic virtual storytime, this time reading Oliver Jeffers story The Incredible Book Eating Boy. Please Note: Subiaco Library does not encourage book eating of any kind!

08.01.2022 Entries for the Tim Winton Award for Young Writers close tomorrow. Check out our Rorys Story Cubes and be inspired to submit a last minute entry! Visit the website for more details: www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/timwintonaward

08.01.2022 Penguin Random House and Public Libraries WA have partnered to bring Kathy Lette to you screen in this exclusive free online event. BYO Cocktail and log in to Zoom on 27 August at 7pm to hear Kathy talk about her latest novel HRT: Husband Replacement Therapy

08.01.2022 Yarn Club is back! Calling all crochet and knitting aficionados we are back in time for the winter weather! Drop in anytime on Thursday mornings from 9.30am to 12.30pm and bring along your projects to finish with a cup of tea and good company!

08.01.2022 Bookings for the first event at Subiaco Library for 2021 are now open. Join us for the launch of Bee K C Tan's exhibition Wandana Portraits. Get in quick, tickets are booking up fast for the launch of this beautiful exhibition! https://bit.ly/3oSpjnB

08.01.2022 Come along to a special signing Storytime session with key word signing for the rhymes and stories on Tuesday 1 December. Take home a special pack to practice signing signs at home! Book in for this free event! https://bit.ly/364XodE

07.01.2022 Entries for the 2020 Tim Winton Award for Young Writers are now open!! All WA school aged students are invited to submit an original story of up to 2000 works in length. Entries close on Friday 14 August so get writing and let your imagination run wild!!

07.01.2022 Subiaco Library hosted the 2020 Tim Winton Awards evening earlier this month and we had a fantastic time! Congratulations to all the winning young writers, to read their stories visit the City's website.

06.01.2022 The Tim Winton Award for Young Writers is back in 2020! All WA school aged students are welcome to enter, entries open Monday 20 July at 9.30am. Visit our website for more details and happy writing!!

06.01.2022 Looking for some bedtime stories but dont have the performance skills of Play School or The Wiggles? Never fear, Neale is here! Our resident storyteller has recorded a heap of stories perfect for sharing with your little ones. Visit our website and enjoy them anytime!

06.01.2022 Aspiring authors be sure to put this in your diary, the first meeting of Floras Salon writers group is coming up!

05.01.2022 Hahaha great work Tea Tree Gully Library, this is how librarians socially distance!

05.01.2022 Young creatives have you entered this amazing competition yet? Scribblers Festival and CBH Group have joined forces to launch a visual storytelling competition! Show how you explore the topic of connectivity using any visual art form for a chance to win $500! Visit Scribblers Festivalival for inspiration from the four Creative Mentors or visit their website to enter!

04.01.2022 Our childrens collection received some new additions this week thanks to the Subiaco Kids Crew! The SKC selected a range of new books to add to our childrens library, come in and look for the SKC sticker to borrow their picks!

04.01.2022 Check out this fantastic interview by Nadia L King Author chatting to the overall winner of the 2020 Tim Winton Awards, Karoline Magpily https://bit.ly/2TX4fil

02.01.2022 Does your fantastic fiction need some help to take flight? Entries for the Tim Winton Award for Young writers close on Friday 14 August, and we want to hear your short stories! Check out todays roll of the Rorys Story Cubes for some fantasy inspiration!

02.01.2022 School holidays are fast approaching but if you’ve barely had a minute to think about your Christmas shopping (we’re with you!), let alone school holiday activi...ties, Subiaco Library is here to help. The team is holding a number of activities for the kids covering science, engineering, arts, storytelling, and technology. Bookings open online from 9.30am Monday 4 January with the fun kicking off on Tuesday 19 January. The library also has a number of other events and initiatives this summer to keep boredom at bay. Head to our website for more. https://bit.ly/2W1q94R

01.01.2022 | Congratulations| Well done to Priscilla Lu for her winning Plastic Free Tip - "Buying in bulk! Nuts, grains etc. from bulk food stores using your own containers and buying refills instead of new products to save on the pump or spray lids." Priscilla we will DM you to get in touch and you can pop into Subiaco Library to collect your prize pack!