Hey kids! What do you want to do this school holidays? Don’t get stuck just hanging around like these guys… If you haven’t heard Adelaide City Libraries have loads of cool stuff happening & it’s all FREE. Check out our website for all the info: tinyurl.com/2j6fswke

Did you know your Adelaide City Libraries membership lets you borrow from our Library of Things? We've got some super cool stuff you can take home for free, like these 3Doodler pens. Find out more: tinyurl.com/25xymrfe

Come behind the scenes at the City Library & check out our new sorter in action. This nifty gadget is up & running in our check-in room. It’s going to make things a lot faster & it frees up our friendly team to help with questions, show you around, or suggest your next book.

Join us this Saturday 10 August at City Library from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm for our third workshop in our STEMM series for girls & gender diverse youth! Explore your inner engineer in this hands-on workshop where you’ll make & test out paper planes: tinyurl.com/3pfchduc

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us for #Firstival during July, whether it was your first or your 1000th visit. We love having you at the #AdelaideCityLibraries & we hope you had a blast. We got to try so much cool stuff for the first time, & we hope you did too. 🥳

Did you know that our City Library has a piano? 🎹 It’s part of our Library of Things where you can use and borrow cool stuff for FREE! Want to test out our Electric Piano? Just visit the link below or pop in and have a chat to our friendly staff:
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Come to the City Library this month to experience an exhibition featuring a visual snapshot of the Kaurna Voices Cultural Mapping Project.
Head to the link below to find out more about this incredible exhibition:
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#NAIDOC2024 #NAIDOCWeek #BlakLoudProud

We still have a few spots available for our free school holiday event tomorrow, The Children’s First Orchestra!

To find out more, visit:
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Photo by Nat Rogers

#SchoolHolidays #Music #UNESCOCityOfMusic #Libraries #AdelaideCityLibraries #WhatsOn

It’s Flashback Friday. Who remembers Shimmer? This cute seal appeared on our special kid’s library cards over ten years ago. Does anyone still have Shimmers Lane cards at home? Sign your kids up to your local library this school holidays.

#Shimmer #Libraries #LibraryCard

Hey there! It’s the last week of Storytime for Term 2. We’d love to have you join us for lots of stories, songs, music & crafts. Swing by on Tuesday at Hutt Street, Wednesday at North Adelaide, or Thursday at City Library from 10:30am. Let’s shoo those storm clouds away!

Firstival starts next Monday!! This July, come along to a huge range of free events at Adelaide City Libraries, as we encourage everyone to try something new for the first time ❤️🧡💛💚💙

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#Firstival #FreeEvents #Libraries #AdelaideCityLibraries #WhatsOn

Did you know that we have just added a bunch of bookable one-on-one sessions to try Virtual Reality in our Innovation Lab?
Head to our website to check out session times and terms and conditions:
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#VR #VirtualReality #STEM #Libraries #AdelaideCityLibraries

This weekend is our Big Winter Booksale and stock up on cosy reads for the cold weather! Bring your own bag and fill it for $5, or you can buy one of our bags for $6 and fill it for free! ☃️📚❄️📚🧣

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#booksale #adelaideciylibraries #libraries #whatson

👯✨👯‍♀️🌈 Join us this Thursday afternoon at City Library for the final instalment of our community information sessions with Relationships Australia SA: Life – It’s Not Meant to Be a Solo Journey 👯✨👯‍♀️🌈

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#RelationshipsAustraliaSA #Libraries

Next Monday June 17 and Friday June 21 Adelaide City Libraries will be hosting an Easy Air-Dry Clay Crafternoon 🤩♥️🥰

There are still a few spaces left and bookings are essential, head to the link below to book now!
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#Crafternoon #AirDryClay #Ceramics

Never be bored at Adelaide City Libraries!

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#BoardGames #BoardGaming #AdelaideCityLibraries

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Why read with your baby? 📚

To learn more, please visit wordsgrowminds.org.au

#WordsGrowMinds #EarlyLiteracy #EarlyLearning #PictureBooks #PublicLibraries #AdelaideCityLibraries

Last week at our North Adelaide Library and Community Centre we had a very special visitor!!
Thank you for dropping in and visiting our starstruck staff 📷📷📷
#TheWiggles #PublicLibraries #AdelaideCityLibraries

Parents are a child’s first teacher and there is so much that children can do at home to have fun and learn new skills!

A teddy’s picnic, brunch with dolls, or dinner with the Potato Heads will provide an early understanding of communication in a fun, safe space.

Looking for something to do to close out South Australia’s History Festival? 🍻🍺 Come on down to the City Library and check out our exhibition ‘Cheers! Celebrating the Old Pubs of North Adelaide’

#SAHistoryFestival #LocalHistory #HistoryOfPubs #WhatsOn #AdelaideCityLibraries

Join us this Friday 31 May at City Library at 6:00 pm for the ‘Soulful Home’ poetry performance of our resident, First Nations’ Tikari Rigney.

To find out more about this event or what our amazing resident has been up to, visit the link below:
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Today we would like to thank Thom for their fantastic volunteer work.
Thom says, “I love volunteering at the City Library Lego Club! Being part of the team, getting creative and working together on a Lego build is a highlight of my week.”
Thank you Thom 😍✨💖
#NVW24

Today we are celebrating the wonderful Kyle, an Innovation Lab volunteer, who assists patrons of all ages in realising their technological creativity through 3D printing, robotics, VR, and more!

Thank you Kyle 😍🩷💻

#NVW24 #NationalVolunteerWeek #SomethingForEveryone

Calling all our fine-feathered (& non-feathered) friends! #NationalSimultaneousStorytime is coming to the Hutt Street Library this Wednesday at 11:30am & you are invited to help us celebrate...

At Adelaide City Libraries we are delighted to be celebrating National Volunteer Week! This year’s theme is Something for Everyone 😍✨🥰 @VolunteeringAus

#NVW24 #Volunteering #Libraryvolunteers #Volunteers #NationVolunteerWeek #SomethingForEveryone

It’s a perfect day to visit the Music Toy Library. 📷 📷
(Every day is a perfect day to visit the Music Toy Library!) 📷
Visit us: tinyurl.com/tubhjkhn
#MusicToyLibrary #ToyLibrary #UNESCOCityOfMusic #ADLMusic #Toys #PublicLibrary #AdelaideCityLibraries

Did you know that the 15th of May is Global Accessibility Awareness Day?

If you or a loved one lives in the City of Adelaide and could benefit from a Home Library Service reach out to us through the link below:

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#GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay

Why play with your baby? 🤩

Each time you play with your baby, you boost their brain development and help them explore the world around them.

#WordsGrowMinds #EarlyLearning #AdelaideCityLibraries

Are you looking for your next read and don’t know where to begin? Try looking through our Award Collection for something that’s guaranteed by the experts!

#SpecialCollection #Books #BooksAndReading #BookReccommendation #FindYourNextRead #AdelaideCityLibraries

Coming to a Library Centre near you….

For more information and program times check out the link below and we’ll see you there!

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#Storytime #ChildrensLibrary #PublicLibraries #EarlyLearning #AdelaideCityLibraries #WhatsOn

Adelaide City Libraries are proud to announce our first Machine and Embroidery and Design Resident Jo Spurrier 🪡🧵😍

Jo will be with us for drop-in sessions and workshops in May and June. To find out more book, follow the link below:

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Did you know that there are over 7 million songs available to stream on Freegal, including Electric Fields - this year's Eurovision representatives for Australia, FREE with your Adelaide City library card?

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#Eurovision #FirstNationsArtists #ElectricFields

Kick off South Australia’s History Festival at the City Library this Friday 3 May at 6:00pm for a live recording of AdeLOL’s podcast ‘Adelaide’s Silliest Stories’.

Book now: shorturl.at/gkFU4

#AdeLOL #SAHistoryFestival #WhatsOn #AdelaideCityLibraries

Our city, our stories. South Australia’s History Festival is coming to the Adelaide City Libraries this May. Discover what’s on: shorturl.at/bfq89

We are thrilled to announce our newest Poet in Residence, Tikari Rigney. Throughout May, Tikari will lead a series of workshops, drop-in sessions, & a performance at the City Library. We invite you to join us for Soulful Home: shorturl.at/jkuR7

All of our centres will be closed for ANZAC Day Public Holiday Thursday 25 April.

Normal hours will resume Friday 26 April.

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Do you like reading and social media? Chances are you've heard of BookTok… To find these titles and more, search ‘BookTok’ on any library catalogue:
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#BookTok #Reading #PublicLibraries #WhatsOn #AdelaideCityLIbraries

Simple back-and-forth conversation is important for brain structure and function, reading skills, and socio-emotional development.

Start a conversation by playing spot the colour!! 🎨

#WordsGrowMinds

Get as excited as Nick for our School Holiday Crafternoon: Paper Fish 🐠🐟🐡

Book Now!!

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#Crafternoon #SchoolHolidays #CraftActivity #AdelaideCityLibraries #WhatsOn #PublicLibraries

Did you know Adelaide City Libraries host a monthly Community Gardening Workshop? 🌿🌷🍂🌼

Check out our upcoming workshop, Garden Design 101, via the link below!

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Every day we are preparing new items for all of our customers 😍📚✨

Check out our New Items display or head to the online catalogue to get your hands on a fresh title today!

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#AdelaideCityLibraries #NewBooks #Books #PublicLibraries

Did you know that Adelaide City Libraries have a range of Sensory Kits that are free to use within the library at our three centres?

Explore different sensory inputs with the Explore Kit or use a kit with a particular sensory focus at City Library today!

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Join us at the City Library from 5:30pm tonight to hear multidisciplinary artist Kaspar Schmidt Mumm in conversation with creative collaborator Arlon Hall. Together the artists will discuss the 2023 SALA, City of Adelaide Award-winning exhibition ROCKAMORA, held at ACE Gallery.

Why talk with your baby? Talking with your baby not only promotes communication & language, but also nurtures their social & emotional growth. Even more important than simply talking at your baby, is the idea of simple back-&-forth conversation: wordsgrowminds.org.au

The Adelaide City Libraries would like to wish you all a Happy Easter. City Library, Hutt Street & North Adelaide Library will be closed on 29 March, 30 March, 31 March & 1 April. Our normal opening hours will resume for all library centres on Tuesday: shorturl.at/cpyNX

School Holidays are coming! There are a number of FREE events coming up at the Adelaide City Libraries from Saturday 13 to Sunday 28 April, from Science Club, Paper Fish Crafternoons to Micro:Bit Coding. Bookings are open right now: shorturl.at/otx14

Did you know that our Library of Things also includes a wide range of exciting things that you can learn about in our libraries? Get hands on & learn about the latest tech with our Virtual Reality, 3D printers, laser cutters & robotics. Find out more: shorturl.at/adjrz

Philosophy Cafe is back tonight! Join Dr David Hunter from the University of Adelaide to explore the philosophy of Utilitarianism. All are welcome. Join us from 6pm at the City Library.

You are invited to join us at the City Library this Thursday at 10:30 am for a special Harmony Day Storytime! Harmony Day is the celebration that recognises our diversity & brings together Australians from all different backgrounds.

Our Library of Things has a wide variety of items you can borrow to use at home. Play with music & coding equipment, find fun new toys for your kids to play with, or measure your home’s energy usage. Find out more: shorturl.at/adjrz
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Adelaide has a vibrant spoken word community, with boundless amounts of talent. Get ready to be awed by some of this city’s young & rising stars this Friday from 5:30pm. Four poets, all under the age of 25, will be sharing their original words & performance in our space.

As part of SALA Festival, the City Library is offering a paid opportunity for an emerging curator to develop, coordinate, & deliver an exhibition & public program across our City Library. Find out more & check out the experiences of our past curators here: shorturl.at/biN17

The Adelaide City Libraries (City Library, Hutt Street Library & North Adelaide Library) will be closed on Monday 11 March 2024 for the Adelaide Cup public holiday. 24-hour chutes will be available for returns at each library location: shorturl.at/lyzO9

The Adelaide City Libraries recognise #InternationalWomensDay! Today we celebrate the amazing contribution that our community of women make every day, & we celebrate the diversity of our community. Collectively, let’s forge a more inclusive world for women.

A Library of Things is a collection of items that may be useful occasionally, or that you may not have the opportunity to use regularly. It is a way of sharing & maintaining resources sustainably instead of buying. It helps reduce our collective impact: shorturl.at/hDVZ3

It’s our favourite time of the year; Adelaide Writers’ Week! Too hot, too many people or you just can’t make it? Then come to the City Library where we will be live streaming the East Stage from Monday. Grab your Adelaide Writer’s Week program & start requesting your books now.

Join us for a full day of free family fun on Hutt Street this Saturday 2 March. From 10am onwards, there will be a fantastic array of free entertainment for all ages. Wander down to 235 Hutt Street where there will be Storytime, Toys, LEGO, Board Games, Robots & FREE giveaways!

Check it out. We are in the latest issue of @CityMagADL pick up a FREE copy around the CBD & open it up to page 12 where you’ll find our new segment “Feeling Bookish.” We have personally hand-picked five excellent book recommendations, unexpected, engaging, & total page turners.

ADVANCE NOTICE - LIMITED SERVICES - SATURDAY 24 AND SUNDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2024!

Due to a server migration, our services will be limited from 4:30 pm on Saturday 24 February to 8:30 pm on Sunday 25 February 2024.

Thank you for your patience during this time.

Something @ City Library is back this Saturday 17 February at 2pm. Come along there's a whole range of fun activities for all ages, from board games & LEGO to puzzles & crafts. There is something for everyone, so join in the excitement & make some new friends!

On behalf of Raising Literacy Australia, McGregor Tan is conducting a survey about public awareness of childhood development & would appreciate your views. Completed surveys go into a draw for a chance to win $200! Survey: bitly.ws/3de6c

Libraries are inspiring, transformational places filled with books, community, people… & artists! This year to celebrate Library Lovers Day we have asked some of our team to share their creative side & we are proud to be exhibiting & celebrating their works in our spaces.

It’s #LibraryLoversDay! Whether you have been in love with libraries all your life or have only just fallen head over heels for the very first time, today is your chance to let us know. Come in & share your love story with us…❤️

Join award winning sustainable gardener, Alan Shepard at the North Adelaide Community Centre & Library this Friday 16 February at 2:30pm to learn techniques to bring back the butterflies, insects, birds, frogs, micro-bats & skinks to your garden. Book Now: shorturl.at/lLO37

It’s here!

The Adelaide Writers’ Week 2024 programs are now available at the Adelaide City Libraries (while stocks last).

Start planning out your schedule and we look forward to seeing you all in the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden from the 2 to 7 March.

Come & see us at our pop-up in @rundlemall today, we will be there until 2pm in Gawler Place. There are robots, LEGO, craft activities & FREE books & badges to take home. You can even create & personalise your own Tiny Books - special portals to secret, imaginary worlds.

This Saturday we’re popping up in Rundle Mall under the Gawler Place Canopy from 11am for Library Lovers Week! There are heaps of fun activities planned. Meet our robots, craft Tiny Books, unleash your creativity with LEGO, & grab yourself a FREE pre-loved book & fun badges.

Adelaide has a vibrant spoken word community, with boundless amounts of talent. Get ready to be awed by some of this city’s young & rising stars. Four poets, all under the age of 25, will be sharing their original words & performance at the City Library on Friday 15 March.

Did you know that on this day, February 7, 2014, the City Library first opened its doors to the world & invited you inside to a wonderful place of possibilities. As a special treat we dug out this timelapse video from the archives. Thank you, for making the last decade fabulous!

Would you like to create your very own custom jewellery made from recycled materials? Our popular Crafternoon sessions are back at the City Library. Come along on Tuesday 6 & Tuesday 27 February from 11:30am & learn how to make fashionable accessories: shorturl.at/rARY1

Talk, Play, Read & Sing! Join us as we explore an interactive world of stories, songs, music, movement, crafts & early literacy for children aged 0 to 5 & their families at the Adelaide City Libraries. We're back from this Tuesday at the Hutt Street Library.

The Adelaide City Libraries (City Library, Hutt Street Library & North Adelaide Library) will be closed on Friday 26 January 2024 for the Australia Day public holiday. 24-hour chutes will be available for returns at each library location: shorturl.at/lyzO9

Are you looking for something to do this Saturday afternoon? Come along to the City Library! We have a fun range of activities for all ages, from board games and LEGO, to puzzles and crafts. There is something for everyone, so join in the fun!

Philosophy Cafe is back for 2024 this Friday 19 January at 6pm at the City Library. Join Dr Jonathan Opie to explore the Philosophy of Paradoxes. Book Now: shorturl.at/iryGW

Check out our snazzy new decals! You won’t have any trouble finding your way to Hutt Street & the Music Toy Library with these bright & colourful guides leading the way. Next time you are down in the Southern corner of the city check them out & pop in for a visit.

Have you checked out Kinderling on our Virtual Library? You can explore songs, stories, podcasts, quizzes & even content in other languages! It’s fun for kids & parents. All you need to do is use your library card to set up a FREE account, then you download the app & off you go.

Want to join a Book Club in 2024? Our Book Groups gives you the chance to meet people & discuss a new book each month. Can't make it along? Did you know that we have special collections of book sets that you can use to start your own DIY Book Club? shorturl.at/bcQ14

LEGO Club is back!

We now have two sessions a week. Every Wednesday at Hutt Street Library from 3:45 pm and every Sunday at the City Library from 2:00 pm.

All ages are welcome.

Want some books to help get the kids through the holidays? Come in & visit us & explore our collection - you might just stumble upon something amazing, & we can even recommend some titles to help your kids find their next favourite read: shorturl.at/ejluA

Have you ever wondered why sharks don’t sink to the bottom of the sea? Have you considered creating a floating masterpiece on water? Come along to Science Club where you can do these experiments & more: shorturl.at/giDQ6

City Library’s new STEAM Loan Kits allow you to have access to new & innovative tech that you can borrow & explore at home! All Libraries SA members can borrow the kits with a full adult membership card. Terms and conditions apply.

What’s on? We are hosting FREE #SchoolHoliday events this January, Whacky Water Science, Claymation Creations, Something @ City Library & Learn to Draw with Paul Rutter. Of course, there's our usual favourites like LEGO Club & Virtual Reality too: shorturl.at/epyGZ

We’re open! The Adelaide City Libraries three locations (City Library, Hutt St & North Adelaide Library) are back to our normal opening hours. The doors are open, it’s nice & comfy, the shelves are brimming with fascinating things, & we can’t wait to welcome you back for 2024.

We’re open! We’re here on Wednesday 27 December, Thursday 28 December, Friday 29 December & Saturday 30 December from 10am to 5pm. Please note that Hutt Street & North Adelaide will remain closed until Tuesday 2 January 2024: shorturl.at/ehjHQ

From all of us here at the Adelaide City Libraries, we wish you a Merry Christmas, a Happy Holidays & best wishes for the New Year. Check out our full holiday hours via the link: shorturl.at/cozD2

Here are the Top 10 Most Borrowed titles of 2023:
1. Exiles by Jane Harper
2. The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
3. The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
4. Tomorrow, & tomorrow, & tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
5. I Will Find You by Harlan Coben
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Closing out our #StaffPicks for the 2023 season is Vicki, with another favourite book of the year, ‘Blood Sugar’ by Sascha Rothchild. We wish you all happy reading for the holiday season.

We are coming towards the end of #StaffPicks. Here is Amanda’s favourite..."Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson is a beautifully told book with amazing illustrations to compliment the story. I adored this – I read the book & then listened to the audio book as well."

Unsurprisingly our team are incredibly voracious readers, they couldn't limit their #StaffPicks, so here is Ariana with another non-fiction book: 'Maybe You Should Talk to Someone' by Lori Gottlieb. "This is a fusion of memoir & self-help; philosophy & humour & I devoured it."

Here is Jess, with her #StaffPick, ‘Kiki & Bobo’s Super Surprise’ by Yasmeen Ismail. 'This book is pure sunshine. The readers explore a day in the lives of Kiki & Bobo, best friends who are kind, caring & independently exploring the world as they plan a big surprise party!"

Here is Cate’s #StaffPick: “The Fraud by Zadie Smith is a sprawling book, full of digressions & ranging across 30 years of Victorian England, Jamaica & colonial Australia. It does not sacrifice complexity for a tidy story. I was engrossed in this brilliant tale.”

Prue's #StaffPick is: “Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. The story is set in a small town & revolves around the Richardson family, who lease their property to a mother & daughter. The lives of these two families soon intertwine & what follows is a compelling story."

Luke’s #StaffPick for 2023 is ‘Beastie Boys Book’ by Michael Diamond & Adam Horovitz. “This e-audio book is thoughtful, chaotic & hilarious. It is compiled in such a unique way. It was a thrill to wait & see which special guest narrator would pop up in the next chapter!”

Bring your Christmas spirit & join us for come-&-try ukulele sessions guided by Richard Tonkin, Director of Adelaide Ukulele Club. You will learn essential chords & strumming patterns & be playing along like a band. Come along & jam out some jingles at 6pm!

Meet Dr Rowe this Friday at 2pm. Together we will explore the things we can do to maximise our home solar energy usage. This talk will discuss the profile of our daily electricity-use compared to the energy produced by the sun through our solar panels.

We are having a Summer Book Sale and it's happening this weekend, Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 December at the City Library. Come with your family and friends and load up on pre-loved books for the holidays!

'Root Nurture Grow - The Essential Guide to Propagating & Sharing Houseplants' by Caro Langton & Rose Ray is Nick's choice for #StaffPicks! “I found this book full of great advice backed with practical steps & informative photographs to help with any gardening journey.”

Marianne's #StaffPick is the film, Talk to Me. “Danny & Michael Phillippou are two local creators better known as RackaRacka. When I saw this, it was shocking & I swear most of us were looking at each other checking to see if we had all witnessed the same thing. I loved it.”

We hope you have been enjoying our #StaffPicks for 2023 so far? Here is Anna with her favourite for the year... "The David Roche Foundation guidebook. I love this as it describes the wonderful collection that is available to see at ‘Fermoy House’ & Museum in North Adelaide."

Check out our NEW Christmas Cookie Cutter printed on the 3D printer at the City Library! If you would like to get your own cookie cutters or Christmas ornaments printed, we’ve got a few remaining sessions left for the year in our Innovation Lab: shorturl.at/bknqQ